State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,765 Tennessee births in 1919 across 948 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#80Mackoutside the national top 200
#87Gradyoutside the national top 200
#90Bufordoutside the national top 200
#52Maggie#155 nationally
#98Rebaoutside the national top 200
#64Bonnie#163 nationally
#97Ollie#195 nationally
#100Johnie#196 nationally
#86Elbert#179 nationally
#98Rufus#190 nationally
#79Lorene#168 nationally
#85Marshall#165 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,000US #1
#2Dorothy621US #3
#3Margaret587US #4
#4Mildred546US #6
#5Ruth497US #5
#6Ruby485US #24
#7Frances437US #9
#8Helen409US #2
#9Elizabeth382US #8
#10Martha362US #25
#11Virginia345US #7
#12Annie331US #35
#13Louise326US #20
#14Gladys319US #21
#15Hazel316US #32
#16Willie311US #61
#17Edna301US #22
#18Pauline275US #36
#19Anna273US #10
#20Thelma265US #31
#21Edith264US #29
#22Evelyn240US #11
#23Sarah232US #46
#24Mattie213US #95
#25Lucille207US #27
#26Marie201US #12
#27Bessie190US #59
#28Irene188US #16
#29Clara183US #43
#30Alice181US #13
#31Lillian179US #17
#32Emma176US #45
#33Jessie174US #75
#34Ethel172US #28
#35Nellie171US #69
#36Katherine164US #51
#37Georgia157US #106
#38Minnie156US #80
#39Grace155US #34
#40Myrtle154US #67
#41Lillie150US #81
#42Geneva138US #107
#43Beatrice135US #41
#44Lois135US #40
#45Eva131US #55
#46Bertha128US #52
#47Ida127US #57
#48Alma124US #76
#49Juanita124US #73
#50Opal117US #98
#51Pearl116US #56
#52Maggie111US #155
#53Hattie110US #125
#54Christine108US #116
#55Elsie106US #47
#56Laura106US #71
#57Mabel104US #78
#58Fannie100US #121
#59Lula100US #134
#60Mamie100US #132
#61Sara99US #112
#62Ella98US #87
#63Velma98US #104
#64Bonnie97US #163
#65Beulah96US #108
#66Carrie90US #111
#67Cora90US #122
#68Wilma90US #86
#69Betty89US #15
#70Agnes88US #50
#71Catherine87US #23
#72Viola86US #58
#73Marjorie84US #33
#74Lena83US #94
#75Lucy82US #91
#76Ada80US #129
#77Bernice80US #42
#78Florence80US #14
#79Lorene79US #168
#80Mable79US #143
#81Mae79US #99
#82Ann78US #49
#83Julia78US #48
#84Josephine77US #26
#85Blanche74US #97
#86Stella74US #70
#87Doris71US #18
#88Eula71US #159
#89Gertrude71US #39
#90Kathleen71US #101
#91Lola71US #142
#92Nancy71US #100
#93Vera69US #65
#94Rachel67US #150
#95Rebecca67US #170
#96Nora65US #161
#97Ollie65US #195
#98Reba64
#99Rosa64US #110
#100Rose64US #19

Boys

#1James2,113US #3
#2William1,401US #2
#3John1,258US #1
#4Robert958US #4
#5Charles696US #5
#6George567US #6
#7Thomas435US #10
#8Willie315US #23
#9Joe301US #35
#10Edward256US #8
#11Frank249US #9
#12Fred249US #30
#13Henry245US #16
#14Joseph244US #7
#15Paul244US #15
#16Walter243US #11
#17Roy241US #32
#18Clarence219US #25
#19Carl210US #29
#20Charlie208US #66
#21Raymond207US #14
#22Howard205US #24
#23Earl201US #31
#24Jack184US #21
#25Ralph183US #22
#26Albert177US #18
#27Richard151US #12
#28Ernest149US #36
#29Eugene149US #33
#30David147US #27
#31Clyde141US #67
#32Samuel140US #43
#33Harry138US #20
#34Harold136US #13
#35Arthur124US #19
#36Jesse116US #77
#37Floyd109US #59
#38Elmer107US #44
#39Cecil104US #78
#40Herman103US #61
#41Herbert101US #40
#42Claude99US #92
#43Ray99US #69
#44Jessie98US #109
#45Leonard98US #39
#46Andrew97US #47
#47Sam97US #75
#48Lawrence93US #38
#49Lee91US #82
#50Horace89US #127
#51Luther87US #117
#52Kenneth84US #26
#53Louis84US #28
#54Hugh83US #114
#55Alvin79US #76
#56Lloyd79US #58
#57Johnnie78US #95
#58Clifford76US #60
#59Hubert76US #115
#60Oscar76US #88
#61Woodrow76US #91
#62Eddie72US #99
#63Earnest66US #139
#64Homer65US #104
#65Leroy63US #55
#66Lester63US #62
#67Edgar62US #89
#68Willard61US #87
#69Ben58US #126
#70Alfred55US #42
#71Harvey54US #85
#72Chester53US #53
#73Leon53US #80
#74Marvin51US #63
#75Allen50US #101
#76Benjamin50US #79
#77Virgil50US #103
#78Donald49US #17
#79Everett49US #93
#80Mack49
#81Bill48US #130
#82Lewis48US #74
#83Vernon48US #65
#84Glenn46US #84
#85Marshall46US #165
#86Elbert45US #179
#87Grady45
#88Melvin45US #56
#89Tom45US #140
#90Buford44
#91Curtis43US #120
#92Leslie43US #105
#93Milton43US #73
#94Daniel42US #51
#95Edwin42US #52
#96Francis41US #34
#97Jimmie41US #143
#98Rufus41US #190
#99Billy39US #154
#100Johnie39US #196

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑20Sara#61
↑20Cora#67
↑18Alvin#55
↑18Everett#79
↑16Agnes#70
↑14Maggie#52
↑14Hattie#53
↑14Carrie#66

Falling

↓26Woodrow#61
↓24Stella#86
↓23Bernice#77
↓20Leslie#92
↓19Nancy#92
↓19Lewis#82
↓17Florence#78
↓15Ella#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.