State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,603 Tennessee births in 1918 across 953 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#76Gradyoutside the national top 200
#78Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#90Nannieoutside the national top 200
#91Rebaoutside the national top 200
#92Nelloutside the national top 200
#70Bonnie#178 nationally
#96Ollieoutside the national top 200
#99Deweyoutside the national top 200
#66Maggie#158 nationally
#79Eula#168 nationally
#88Lorene#173 nationally
#48Lula#132 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,909US #1
#2Margaret600US #4
#3Ruby520US #27
#4Mildred506US #6
#5Dorothy475US #3
#6Ruth457US #5
#7Helen403US #2
#8Frances374US #8
#9Virginia368US #7
#10Martha365US #25
#11Willie334US #70
#12Annie329US #36
#13Louise327US #18
#14Elizabeth318US #9
#15Gladys308US #22
#16Hazel296US #33
#17Edith278US #30
#18Anna274US #10
#19Edna273US #23
#20Pauline266US #35
#21Evelyn252US #11
#22Sarah246US #52
#23Thelma236US #32
#24Mattie201US #100
#25Lucille196US #29
#26Marie195US #12
#27Ethel181US #28
#28Jessie177US #75
#29Nellie176US #65
#30Lillian175US #15
#31Clara174US #43
#32Lillie174US #89
#33Bessie171US #61
#34Emma169US #46
#35Grace167US #31
#36Myrtle162US #62
#37Irene160US #16
#38Alice159US #13
#39Katherine158US #50
#40Minnie155US #88
#41Eva148US #55
#42Georgia146US #107
#43Beatrice145US #40
#44Alma137US #73
#45Ida137US #57
#46Bertha131US #51
#47Ella130US #84
#48Lula129US #132
#49Laura126US #64
#50Pearl123US #56
#51Beulah119US #104
#52Lois118US #42
#53Geneva115US #112
#54Bernice112US #41
#55Juanita110US #85
#56Opal109US #94
#57Elsie107US #49
#58Betty106US #21
#59Mabel106US #74
#60Fannie105US #120
#61Florence104US #14
#62Stella101US #67
#63Lena100US #93
#64Christine99US #119
#65Lucy99US #90
#66Maggie99US #158
#67Hattie98US #121
#68Wilma98US #82
#69Mable97US #144
#70Bonnie96US #178
#71Mae95US #95
#72Mamie94US #137
#73Nancy92US #102
#74Velma91US #103
#75Gertrude89US #39
#76Josephine89US #24
#77Marjorie89US #34
#78Johnnie88
#79Eula85US #168
#80Carrie84US #113
#81Sara83US #109
#82Ada82US #123
#83Catherine78US #20
#84Julia77US #48
#85Kathleen75US #99
#86Agnes74US #47
#87Cora73US #124
#88Lorene73US #173
#89Vera72US #68
#90Nannie71
#91Reba71
#92Nell69
#93Ellen68US #92
#94Flora68US #150
#95Jane68US #53
#96Ollie67
#97Nora66US #161
#98Susie66US #159
#99Daisy65US #149
#100Dora65US #136

Boys

#1James2,028US #3
#2William1,431US #2
#3John1,180US #1
#4Robert962US #4
#5Charles764US #5
#6George523US #6
#7Thomas465US #10
#8Willie320US #29
#9Joe311US #34
#10Walter273US #11
#11Edward258US #8
#12Frank258US #9
#13Roy256US #32
#14Henry255US #16
#15Paul254US #14
#16Joseph243US #7
#17Fred213US #33
#18Clarence204US #23
#19Charlie195US #70
#20Raymond195US #15
#21Carl192US #25
#22Earl179US #31
#23Howard176US #26
#24Albert172US #19
#25Clyde170US #67
#26Jack169US #21
#27Ralph168US #22
#28Ernest154US #37
#29Eugene145US #35
#30Richard145US #12
#31Samuel139US #43
#32David138US #28
#33Harry138US #20
#34Jesse134US #78
#35Woodrow125US #58
#36Cecil116US #82
#37Arthur112US #17
#38Claude111US #95
#39Herman109US #65
#40Elmer108US #44
#41Floyd108US #61
#42Harold108US #13
#43Luther105US #119
#44Herbert102US #40
#45Lawrence101US #38
#46Sam100US #75
#47Jessie96US #120
#48Lee90US #86
#49Louis87US #24
#50Hubert85US #114
#51Oscar85US #87
#52Andrew81US #46
#53Ray81US #69
#54Leonard80US #41
#55Kenneth78US #27
#56Edgar76US #89
#57Clifford75US #60
#58Hugh73US #112
#59Horace72US #132
#60Homer70US #100
#61Willard69US #83
#62Leon67US #77
#63Lewis67US #74
#64Marvin67US #68
#65Leroy66US #57
#66Lester65US #62
#67Lloyd65US #51
#68Ben63US #128
#69Johnnie63US #110
#70Bill57US #143
#71Earnest57US #142
#72Leslie56US #102
#73Alvin55US #80
#74Eddie55US #117
#75Glenn54US #84
#76Grady52
#77Tom51US #139
#78Wilson51US #122
#79Melvin47US #56
#80Virgil47US #99
#81Alfred46US #42
#82Benjamin46US #79
#83Harvey46US #88
#84Vernon46US #66
#85Chester45US #54
#86Edwin45US #55
#87Jim45US #165
#88Oliver45US #130
#89Jimmie44US #159
#90Daniel43US #52
#91Donald43US #18
#92Francis43US #30
#93Marion42US #107
#94Marshall42US #156
#95Milton42US #76
#96Arnold41US #92
#97Everett41US #93
#98Bruce40US #146
#99Dewey40
#100Russell40US #50

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑29Stella#62
↑28Bernice#54
↑22Wilson#78
↑19Leroy#65
↑17Jessie#28
↑16Mae#71
↑16Elmer#40
↑15Lucy#65

Falling

↓22Bonnie#70
↓22Sara#81
↓22Flora#94
↓19Carrie#80
↓18Nell#92
↓17Lena#63
↓17Daniel#90
↓16Alfred#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.