State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,234 Tennessee births in 1912 across 629 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Tennessee more than they say America.

#69Nannieoutside the national top 200
#69Mack#195 nationally
#59Bonnie#183 nationally
#78Gradyoutside the national top 200
#68Johnie#186 nationally
#89Nelloutside the national top 200
#72Bill#168 nationally
#80Elbert#172 nationally
#91Lonnie#179 nationally
#76Ollie#163 nationally
#34Luther#114 nationally
#71Jim#149 nationally

Girls

#1Mary869US #1
#2Ruby275US #23
#3Ruth234US #5
#4Annie232US #27
#5Margaret214US #4
#6Mildred194US #6
#7Edna175US #16
#8Louise174US #17
#9Willie168US #61
#10Elizabeth167US #8
#11Gladys164US #19
#12Dorothy163US #3
#13Bessie153US #43
#14Mattie153US #70
#15Thelma146US #26
#16Martha143US #29
#17Virginia143US #20
#18Anna142US #7
#19Frances136US #9
#20Hazel136US #25
#21Ethel133US #18
#22Edith124US #31
#23Helen124US #2
#24Sarah124US #41
#25Lillian119US #14
#26Pauline117US #38
#27Jessie115US #65
#28Clara114US #34
#29Lillie112US #67
#30Pearl111US #54
#31Bertha108US #36
#32Grace107US #24
#33Alice103US #11
#34Evelyn98US #13
#35Myrtle98US #50
#36Marie97US #10
#37Irene96US #22
#38Lucille96US #32
#39Nellie95US #59
#40Emma94US #35
#41Georgia92US #101
#42Minnie89US #60
#43Beulah88US #80
#44Carrie85US #82
#45Elsie84US #42
#46Katherine82US #53
#47Maggie80US #115
#48Ella78US #69
#49Alma75US #62
#50Fannie75US #87
#51Ida74US #45
#52Lois73US #63
#53Lena72US #72
#54Hattie69US #90
#55Beatrice68US #37
#56Laura66US #57
#57Mae66US #74
#58Eva65US #49
#59Bonnie63US #183
#60Mabel62US #46
#61Mamie62US #95
#62Ada60US #96
#63Lucy58US #78
#64Lula57US #107
#65Cora56US #98
#66Nancy56US #108
#67Florence55US #12
#68Gertrude54US #30
#69Nannie54
#70Catherine53US #21
#71Velma52US #88
#72Josephine51US #28
#73Lola51US #127
#74Viola51US #52
#75Geneva50US #116
#76Ollie50US #163
#77Rosa50US #94
#78Katie49US #149
#79Blanche47US #75
#80Daisy47US #112
#81Opal47US #85
#82Stella46US #73
#83Susie46US #120
#84Agnes45US #40
#85Sara45US #121
#86Dora44US #110
#87Eula44US #147
#88Juanita44US #103
#89Nell44
#90Wilma43US #99
#91Jennie42US #81
#92Sallie42US #164
#93Ann40US #47
#94Rosie40US #138
#95Bernice39US #51
#96Flora39US #128
#97Ora39US #168
#98Betty38US #66
#99Effie38US #161
#100Estelle38US #111

Boys

#1James792US #3
#2William575US #2
#3John550US #1
#4Robert382US #4
#5George256US #6
#6Charles224US #7
#7Thomas180US #10
#8Frank163US #9
#9Willie155US #22
#10Edward129US #8
#11Joe126US #36
#12Joseph124US #5
#13Walter123US #11
#14Henry117US #12
#15Paul99US #14
#16Roy99US #31
#17Albert98US #17
#18Clarence97US #21
#19Fred96US #26
#20Carl88US #24
#21Howard85US #25
#22Charlie83US #57
#23Jack83US #28
#24Raymond83US #18
#25Ernest79US #32
#26Clyde78US #65
#27Woodrow70US #46
#28Richard67US #19
#29Arthur65US #15
#30David64US #29
#31Harry64US #16
#32Samuel64US #30
#33Earl63US #34
#34Luther59US #114
#35Jesse57US #74
#36Louis54US #20
#37Ralph53US #23
#38Claude52US #89
#39Eugene47US #41
#40Harold46US #13
#41Leonard46US #45
#42Sam46US #63
#43Cecil45US #76
#44Herman45US #50
#45Ben44US #102
#46Lee44US #78
#47Elmer43US #47
#48Floyd43US #59
#49Lawrence42US #38
#50Oscar41US #73
#51Andrew39US #44
#52Homer39US #98
#53Hugh38US #116
#54Jessie37US #109
#55Clifford36US #62
#56Herbert34US #39
#57Alfred32US #40
#58Earnest32US #132
#59Tom32US #124
#60Johnnie31US #106
#61Lewis31US #68
#62Ray31US #77
#63Chester30US #55
#64Marvin30US #83
#65Virgil30US #111
#66Eddie29US #104
#67Horace29US #119
#68Johnie29US #186
#69Mack28US #195
#70Hubert27US #122
#71Jim26US #149
#72Bill25US #168
#73Edgar25US #85
#74Lester25US #58
#75Benjamin24US #67
#76Otis24US #126
#77Daniel23US #53
#78Grady23
#79Marion23US #112
#80Elbert22US #172
#81Leon22US #79
#82Theodore22US #52
#83Alvin21US #86
#84Harvey21US #91
#85Oliver21US #117
#86Vernon21US #90
#87Leroy20US #66
#88Milton20US #64
#89Curtis19US #121
#90Lloyd19US #70
#91Lonnie19US #179
#92Arnold18US #99
#93Edwin18US #54
#94Glenn18US #84
#95Guy18US #140
#96Jimmie18US #160
#97Leslie18US #108
#98Wallace18US #128
#99Wilson18US #131
#100Allen17US #103

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑33Louis#36
↑25Josephine#72
↑25Lola#73
↑24Lawrence#49
↑20Harold#40
↑19Alice#33
↑19Mack#69
↑18Katherine#46

Falling

↓28Ora#97
↓25Allen#100
↓24Leroy#87
↓23Eva#58
↓23Harvey#84
↓21Beatrice#55
↓20Lucille#38
↓20Emma#40

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.