State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,024 Tennessee births in 1915 across 867 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#73Nannieoutside the national top 200
#85Willoutside the national top 200
#78Jess#193 nationally
#88Bufordoutside the national top 200
#70Bonnie#180 nationally
#41Maggie#150 nationally
#93Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#92Lonnie#199 nationally
#96Nelloutside the national top 200
#90Ollie#194 nationally
#100Lelaoutside the national top 200
#97Isaac#196 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,515US #1
#2Ruby419US #24
#3Margaret413US #4
#4Ruth399US #5
#5Mildred355US #6
#6Frances328US #9
#7Elizabeth325US #8
#8Dorothy324US #3
#9Martha301US #25
#10Annie292US #36
#11Helen284US #2
#12Louise276US #18
#13Willie254US #72
#14Virginia246US #12
#15Gladys245US #21
#16Edna233US #20
#17Anna231US #7
#18Pauline220US #32
#19Hazel214US #26
#20Edith209US #31
#21Thelma209US #30
#22Ethel195US #23
#23Evelyn185US #10
#24Lucille185US #29
#25Bessie181US #57
#26Mattie178US #91
#27Sarah175US #51
#28Lillian172US #15
#29Grace158US #27
#30Myrtle155US #58
#31Marie154US #11
#32Katherine153US #49
#33Alice152US #13
#34Clara149US #38
#35Irene148US #17
#36Jessie147US #66
#37Lillie147US #84
#38Emma140US #40
#39Minnie138US #68
#40Beatrice129US #37
#41Maggie125US #150
#42Bertha124US #46
#43Lois124US #47
#44Elsie123US #41
#45Nellie121US #63
#46Alma120US #70
#47Laura117US #61
#48Georgia115US #111
#49Eva112US #55
#50Beulah108US #95
#51Lena106US #77
#52Pearl101US #56
#53Florence93US #14
#54Hattie92US #113
#55Mamie92US #124
#56Catherine91US #19
#57Ella91US #75
#58Geneva91US #110
#59Stella91US #64
#60Juanita90US #92
#61Gertrude89US #35
#62Nancy88US #102
#63Fannie87US #105
#64Lula86US #129
#65Mabel86US #62
#66Sara85US #106
#67Ida83US #54
#68Velma83US #94
#69Mae82US #89
#70Bonnie80US #180
#71Carrie79US #103
#72Bernice78US #42
#73Nannie77
#74Wilma77US #80
#75Lucy76US #79
#76Viola75US #59
#77Christine74US #125
#78Opal73US #90
#79Rosa73US #116
#80Blanche72US #87
#81Eula71US #160
#82Lola69US #136
#83Cora68US #119
#84Josephine68US #22
#85Betty67US #53
#86Mable65US #145
#87Nora65US #144
#88Vera65US #65
#89Daisy64US #131
#90Ollie64US #194
#91Ellen63US #88
#92Julia63US #44
#93Agnes62US #45
#94Rebecca62US #159
#95Ada61US #114
#96Nell61
#97Dora60US #122
#98Flora60US #140
#99Jennie60US #73
#100Lela57

Boys

#1James1,604US #3
#2William1,235US #2
#3John990US #1
#4Robert731US #4
#5Charles479US #7
#6George452US #6
#7Thomas370US #10
#8Willie292US #30
#9Paul235US #13
#10Joe219US #38
#11Edward215US #8
#12Fred213US #26
#13Frank209US #9
#14Joseph208US #5
#15Roy208US #32
#16Henry199US #14
#17Walter188US #11
#18Carl178US #22
#19Clarence161US #24
#20Albert152US #17
#21David149US #31
#22Howard145US #25
#23Raymond140US #16
#24Earl137US #33
#25Charlie132US #75
#26Clyde130US #63
#27Ernest126US #35
#28Richard125US #15
#29Ralph117US #21
#30Jack116US #27
#31Samuel115US #39
#32Arthur108US #18
#33Harold107US #12
#34Claude100US #96
#35Jesse99US #77
#36Woodrow94US #83
#37Harry92US #19
#38Herman92US #56
#39Cecil91US #76
#40Eugene90US #41
#41Willard89US #58
#42Ray87US #67
#43Elmer85US #45
#44Herbert84US #40
#45Floyd82US #59
#46Hubert81US #116
#47Jessie79US #114
#48Homer77US #98
#49Sam76US #68
#50Lee73US #84
#51Luther72US #115
#52Louis71US #23
#53Leonard69US #44
#54Horace68US #122
#55Lawrence68US #37
#56Hugh67US #111
#57Edgar66US #85
#58Kenneth60US #28
#59Oscar60US #88
#60Alfred59US #42
#61Ben59US #113
#62Clifford58US #61
#63Andrew55US #46
#64Johnnie55US #117
#65Lester55US #57
#66Marvin55US #72
#67Lewis54US #70
#68Leroy51US #66
#69Lloyd51US #62
#70Melvin49US #60
#71Edwin46US #53
#72Bill44US #157
#73Chester44US #54
#74Eddie44US #120
#75Tom44US #142
#76Vernon43US #80
#77Earnest42US #143
#78Jess41US #193
#79Elbert38US #169
#80Glenn38US #87
#81Harvey38US #95
#82Leo37US #47
#83Leslie37US #106
#84Allen36US #99
#85Will36
#86Francis35US #29
#87Oliver35US #119
#88Buford34
#89Daniel34US #55
#90Ira34US #146
#91Leon33US #82
#92Lonnie33US #199
#93Malcolm33
#94Marion33US #112
#95Clifton32US #144
#96Donald32US #20
#97Isaac32US #196
#98Milton32US #73
#99Russell32US #51
#100Sidney32US #94

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑30Stella#59
↑29Melvin#70
↑24Wilma#74
↑24Alfred#60
↑22Catherine#56
↑22Nancy#62
↑20Sara#66
↑19Elbert#79

Falling

↓26Ollie#90
↓24Julia#92
↓21Ada#95
↓21Andrew#63
↓20Mable#86
↓18Ida#67
↓17Jennie#99
↓15Vera#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.