State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 25,201 Tennessee births in 1913 across 667 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#66Nelloutside the national top 200
#80Bufordoutside the national top 200
#75Grady#190 nationally
#88Willoutside the national top 200
#94Flossieoutside the national top 200
#74Bonnie#180 nationally
#99Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#74Elbert#168 nationally
#86Maude#179 nationally
#79Katie#171 nationally
#99Lonnie#191 nationally
#90Sallie#178 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,029US #1
#2Ruby345US #23
#3Ruth263US #5
#4Mildred233US #6
#5Margaret232US #4
#6Annie221US #30
#7Elizabeth215US #8
#8Gladys194US #19
#9Louise194US #17
#10Dorothy191US #3
#11Helen191US #2
#12Frances189US #9
#13Edna179US #18
#14Hazel172US #27
#15Willie172US #65
#16Martha160US #28
#17Thelma159US #26
#18Bessie146US #47
#19Pauline146US #35
#20Virginia145US #15
#21Ethel144US #20
#22Edith136US #29
#23Mattie136US #75
#24Grace132US #25
#25Lucille131US #31
#26Myrtle131US #53
#27Anna130US #7
#28Sarah127US #43
#29Lillian124US #16
#30Jessie120US #61
#31Pearl110US #55
#32Katherine106US #54
#33Marie106US #10
#34Clara105US #36
#35Evelyn103US #12
#36Georgia103US #100
#37Lillie103US #71
#38Nellie103US #58
#39Minnie102US #63
#40Emma100US #38
#41Alice99US #11
#42Irene94US #21
#43Beulah90US #85
#44Elsie86US #40
#45Fannie85US #91
#46Ida85US #49
#47Beatrice80US #37
#48Florence77US #13
#49Hattie77US #96
#50Eva75US #50
#51Alma73US #64
#52Ella73US #70
#53Bertha72US #39
#54Laura71US #62
#55Maggie68US #127
#56Lula66US #111
#57Lois64US #59
#58Mabel64US #56
#59Velma64US #89
#60Mae61US #79
#61Mamie61US #106
#62Stella59US #69
#63Carrie58US #90
#64Catherine58US #22
#65Cora58US #103
#66Nell58
#67Rose57US #14
#68Viola57US #52
#69Nancy56US #102
#70Julia54US #42
#71Lena54US #73
#72Lucy53US #77
#73Eula52US #153
#74Bonnie50US #180
#75Geneva50US #120
#76Bernice49US #45
#77Ada48US #104
#78Juanita48US #95
#79Katie48US #171
#80Opal47US #86
#81Ann46US #46
#82Daisy46US #123
#83Flora46US #132
#84Agnes45US #41
#85Betty45US #67
#86Maude45US #179
#87Ollie45US #172
#88Rosa45US #101
#89Sadie45US #115
#90Sallie45US #178
#91Lucile44US #128
#92Nora44US #135
#93Dora43US #109
#94Flossie43
#95Inez43US #98
#96Ora43US #182
#97Gertrude42US #33
#98Vera42US #68
#99Johnnie40
#100Leona40US #74

Boys

#1James960US #3
#2William748US #2
#3John653US #1
#4Robert453US #4
#5Charles315US #7
#6George277US #6
#7Thomas200US #10
#8Willie175US #24
#9Henry160US #12
#10Frank159US #9
#11Edward145US #8
#12Joe144US #37
#13Walter137US #11
#14Joseph129US #5
#15Roy124US #32
#16Paul120US #14
#17Charlie118US #62
#18Fred116US #27
#19Howard113US #26
#20Woodrow112US #44
#21Albert107US #16
#22Clarence100US #21
#23Raymond96US #18
#24Carl91US #23
#25Ernest91US #34
#26Harry90US #15
#27Jack89US #28
#28Earl87US #31
#29Samuel80US #36
#30Floyd75US #58
#31David69US #29
#32Elmer69US #45
#33Arthur67US #17
#34Richard65US #19
#35Louis62US #20
#36Claude60US #88
#37Clyde59US #64
#38Herman59US #53
#39Jesse58US #79
#40Ralph56US #22
#41Luther54US #116
#42Sam53US #65
#43Herbert52US #39
#44Lee51US #78
#45Ben49US #108
#46Homer49US #96
#47Jessie49US #114
#48Eugene48US #43
#49Lawrence48US #35
#50Harold47US #13
#51Hubert46US #112
#52Cecil44US #74
#53Hugh43US #115
#54Oscar42US #76
#55Horace40US #123
#56Marvin40US #77
#57Clifford38US #68
#58Leonard38US #46
#59Lester38US #59
#60Eddie37US #102
#61Edgar37US #87
#62Leroy35US #63
#63Otis35US #140
#64Chester34US #56
#65Andrew33US #47
#66Johnnie33US #118
#67Earnest32US #144
#68Kenneth31US #33
#69Lewis31US #72
#70Glenn30US #85
#71Russell30US #50
#72Bill29US #156
#73Harvey29US #93
#74Elbert27US #168
#75Grady27US #190
#76Jim27US #154
#77Vernon27US #83
#78Virgil27US #107
#79Alvin26US #82
#80Buford26
#81Jimmie26US #158
#82Leslie26US #105
#83Ray26US #73
#84Tom26US #135
#85Bennie25US #159
#86Curtis25US #119
#87Melvin25US #61
#88Will24
#89Willis24US #136
#90Allen22US #100
#91Benjamin22US #70
#92Donald22US #25
#93Everett22US #97
#94Guy22US #137
#95Rufus22US #169
#96Willard22US #99
#97Wilson22US #122
#98Alfred21US #42
#99Lonnie21US #191
#100Milton21US #71

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑25Leroy#62
↑24Glenn#70
↑23Nell#66
↑20Stella#62
↑19Florence#48
↑19Bernice#76
↑19Hubert#51
↑18Floyd#30

Falling

↓41Alfred#98
↓29Gertrude#97
↓25Tom#84
↓22Bertha#53
↓21Ray#83
↓19Carrie#63
↓18Lena#71
↓17Leonard#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.