State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,041 Tennessee births in 1914 across 756 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#80Johnieoutside the national top 200
#82Gradyoutside the national top 200
#64Ollie#177 nationally
#93Nelloutside the national top 200
#67Bonnie#174 nationally
#94Bufordoutside the national top 200
#95Grover#200 nationally
#69Katie#167 nationally
#46Maggie#141 nationally
#76Jimmie#170 nationally
#99Ora#190 nationally
#98Elbert#188 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,158US #1
#2Ruby320US #24
#3Ruth308US #5
#4Margaret304US #4
#5Mildred254US #7
#6Elizabeth253US #8
#7Annie241US #33
#8Dorothy230US #3
#9Frances226US #9
#10Louise225US #17
#11Willie224US #66
#12Martha223US #27
#13Edna222US #19
#14Hazel214US #29
#15Helen212US #2
#16Mattie184US #78
#17Gladys181US #20
#18Anna177US #6
#19Virginia169US #14
#20Thelma162US #26
#21Ethel158US #21
#22Lucille156US #30
#23Pauline155US #34
#24Sarah150US #47
#25Edith144US #31
#26Lillian140US #16
#27Evelyn136US #11
#28Bessie131US #55
#29Jessie125US #64
#30Clara124US #37
#31Grace120US #25
#32Lillie120US #74
#33Minnie119US #67
#34Nellie119US #61
#35Marie117US #10
#36Alice111US #12
#37Bertha111US #41
#38Emma109US #39
#39Laura108US #59
#40Katherine106US #48
#41Pearl106US #56
#42Myrtle102US #60
#43Hattie101US #97
#44Irene95US #22
#45Eva93US #52
#46Maggie93US #141
#47Alma92US #69
#48Georgia91US #107
#49Ida89US #49
#50Fannie87US #99
#51Elsie86US #46
#52Lula84US #120
#53Beatrice80US #38
#54Beulah78US #96
#55Ella78US #72
#56Geneva71US #118
#57Lois71US #51
#58Gertrude70US #32
#59Juanita70US #94
#60Mamie70US #115
#61Florence69US #13
#62Viola69US #57
#63Lena68US #75
#64Ollie67US #177
#65Carrie66US #91
#66Mable66US #137
#67Bonnie65US #174
#68Julia65US #42
#69Katie65US #167
#70Lucy65US #73
#71Velma65US #92
#72Susie64US #130
#73Vera63US #68
#74Ada62US #106
#75Opal62US #89
#76Mabel58US #58
#77Rosa58US #104
#78Catherine57US #18
#79Cora57US #105
#80Daisy57US #126
#81Mae57US #85
#82Jennie56US #77
#83Christine55US #117
#84Nancy55US #102
#85Dora54US #121
#86Sara54US #108
#87Josephine53US #23
#88Blanche52US #80
#89Stella52US #65
#90Bernice50US #43
#91Flora49US #131
#92Lucile49US #129
#93Nell49
#94Della48US #165
#95Eula48US #157
#96Rose48US #15
#97Rosie48US #153
#98Wilma48US #95
#99Ora47US #190
#100Alberta46US #119

Boys

#1James1,196US #3
#2William930US #2
#3John782US #1
#4Robert559US #4
#5Charles388US #7
#6George365US #6
#7Thomas293US #11
#8Willie231US #25
#9Joe193US #34
#10Henry174US #12
#11Edward163US #8
#12Paul162US #13
#13Fred157US #28
#14Frank156US #9
#15Walter155US #10
#16Joseph153US #5
#17Roy149US #32
#18Carl132US #24
#19Charlie129US #65
#20Howard118US #26
#21Raymond114US #16
#22Clarence113US #22
#23Ernest112US #38
#24Richard111US #17
#25Earl104US #33
#26Jack104US #27
#27Ralph103US #21
#28David98US #29
#29Clyde95US #63
#30Samuel90US #36
#31Albert87US #15
#32Woodrow87US #71
#33Arthur82US #18
#34Herman81US #51
#35Sam81US #67
#36Herbert79US #42
#37Harry76US #19
#38Cecil72US #79
#39Jessie72US #117
#40Harold69US #14
#41Leonard69US #45
#42Andrew67US #44
#43Floyd67US #58
#44Eugene64US #43
#45Jesse63US #82
#46Claude62US #93
#47Elmer60US #46
#48Lee59US #84
#49Lawrence57US #35
#50Oscar57US #77
#51Louis56US #20
#52Luther53US #114
#53Hubert52US #118
#54Homer51US #101
#55Clifford50US #62
#56Ray50US #74
#57Horace49US #125
#58Hugh49US #116
#59Eddie48US #109
#60Tom44US #137
#61Ben41US #110
#62Marvin41US #75
#63Edgar40US #87
#64Kenneth40US #30
#65Leroy40US #60
#66Lester39US #57
#67Guy38US #156
#68Lewis38US #72
#69Allen36US #105
#70Benjamin35US #70
#71Harvey35US #95
#72Alvin34US #78
#73Chester34US #56
#74Johnnie34US #119
#75Earnest32US #147
#76Jimmie32US #170
#77Lloyd32US #66
#78Virgil32US #107
#79Edwin31US #53
#80Johnie31
#81Glenn30US #91
#82Grady30
#83Leslie30US #103
#84Alfred29US #41
#85Marion29US #115
#86Oliver29US #122
#87Vernon29US #83
#88Bill28US #159
#89Leon28US #85
#90Rufus28US #179
#91Daniel27US #55
#92Everett27US #90
#93Jim27US #174
#94Buford26
#95Grover26US #200
#96Donald25US #23
#97Lonnie25US #186
#98Elbert24US #188
#99Melvin24US #59
#100Alex23US #131

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑39Gertrude#58
↑27Ray#56
↑27Guy#67
↑25Vera#73
↑24Tom#60
↑23Ollie#64
↑23Andrew#42
↑21Allen#69

Falling

↓29Rose#96
↓27Stella#89
↓27Nell#93
↓24Elbert#98
↓22Eula#95
↓21Mae#81
↓18Mabel#76
↓17Jim#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.