State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,796 Tennessee births in 1922 across 1,029 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#78Gradyoutside the national top 200
#91Rebaoutside the national top 200
#96Nelloutside the national top 200
#85Elbert#184 nationally
#94Dewey#193 nationally
#82Maggie#170 nationally
#83Jim#169 nationally
#52Bonnie#137 nationally
#90Eula#174 nationally
#70Mable#152 nationally
#59Hattie#139 nationally
#26Mattie#103 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,245US #1
#2Dorothy887US #2
#3Margaret657US #4
#4Mildred564US #8
#5Helen543US #3
#6Ruth489US #5
#7Ruby482US #26
#8Frances459US #10
#9Virginia455US #7
#10Martha421US #21
#11Annie393US #30
#12Elizabeth371US #9
#13Louise321US #22
#14Willie317US #70
#15Evelyn312US #13
#16Edna311US #29
#17Gladys310US #25
#18Pauline267US #36
#19Anna263US #12
#20Hazel263US #37
#21Thelma254US #31
#22Edith248US #34
#23Sarah236US #51
#24Lillian227US #19
#25Marie210US #14
#26Mattie210US #103
#27Juanita189US #57
#28Irene188US #17
#29Betty185US #6
#30Clara185US #47
#31Alice184US #15
#32Emma183US #50
#33Lucille177US #33
#34Ethel176US #32
#35Katherine172US #54
#36Bessie163US #81
#37Jessie156US #87
#38Georgia155US #114
#39Marjorie146US #16
#40Geneva144US #110
#41Myrtle144US #75
#42Nellie144US #83
#43Eva142US #64
#44Lillie142US #85
#45Ida141US #65
#46Laura141US #68
#47Opal141US #108
#48Doris140US #11
#49Alma137US #84
#50Lois134US #35
#51Minnie134US #91
#52Bonnie133US #137
#53Christine133US #116
#54Bertha126US #63
#55Nancy125US #78
#56Ella120US #90
#57Beatrice119US #43
#58Bernice118US #41
#59Hattie114US #139
#60Wilma113US #77
#61Velma112US #113
#62Elsie111US #59
#63Grace109US #38
#64Sara109US #118
#65Stella109US #88
#66Lula105US #142
#67Josephine104US #27
#68Florence100US #18
#69Margie99US #100
#70Mable98US #152
#71Mabel95US #99
#72Beulah93US #124
#73Pearl93US #71
#74Agnes92US #62
#75Catherine91US #24
#76Lena91US #107
#77Ann90US #49
#78Mae90US #111
#79Julia89US #60
#80Carrie88US #122
#81Fannie87US #135
#82Maggie87US #170
#83Lucy86US #93
#84Cora85US #140
#85Jean83US #20
#86Mamie83US #147
#87Vera81US #79
#88Vivian80US #74
#89Ada79US #148
#90Eula78US #174
#91Reba78
#92Geraldine75US #58
#93Viola75US #72
#94Jane74US #55
#95Norma73US #46
#96Nell72
#97Rachel71US #154
#98Rebecca71US #173
#99Rosa71US #123
#100Kathleen70US #80

Boys

#1James2,453US #4
#2William1,685US #3
#3John1,274US #1
#4Robert1,022US #2
#5Charles895US #5
#6George560US #6
#7Thomas504US #11
#8Paul322US #14
#9Edward312US #8
#10Joe305US #35
#11Henry304US #17
#12Willie291US #28
#13Roy271US #32
#14Walter262US #15
#15Carl255US #30
#16Fred250US #33
#17Jack242US #18
#18Frank237US #10
#19Joseph237US #7
#20Howard234US #26
#21Clarence226US #29
#22Raymond194US #16
#23Albert189US #20
#24Eugene186US #25
#25Ralph184US #23
#26Samuel180US #43
#27Ernest179US #37
#28Harold176US #13
#29Earl175US #31
#30Richard175US #9
#31Charlie165US #72
#32Clyde163US #67
#33David163US #24
#34Kenneth155US #21
#35Harry148US #22
#36Arthur136US #19
#37Claude130US #97
#38Ray123US #65
#39Jesse119US #81
#40Elmer117US #54
#41Cecil116US #85
#42Herman109US #66
#43Warren108US #45
#44Jessie107US #111
#45Andrew103US #53
#46Floyd100US #61
#47Clifford99US #63
#48Marvin99US #56
#49Luther98US #118
#50Billy96US #90
#51Hubert94US #116
#52Louis94US #27
#53Herbert93US #40
#54Hugh91US #120
#55Lawrence91US #36
#56Leonard91US #38
#57Sam82US #84
#58Lee79US #83
#59Horace78US #132
#60Homer76US #108
#61Lewis74US #75
#62Alfred73US #42
#63Melvin71US #50
#64Alvin70US #73
#65Ben70US #139
#66Eddie70US #112
#67Lester69US #69
#68Oscar69US #92
#69Johnnie68US #105
#70Willard68US #91
#71Virgil67US #99
#72Earnest63US #143
#73Lloyd62US #59
#74Benjamin59US #82
#75Bill59US #104
#76Edgar59US #93
#77Donald57US #12
#78Grady57
#79Allen55US #95
#80Vernon55US #68
#81Leon54US #77
#82Chester52US #64
#83Jim51US #169
#84Wallace51US #87
#85Elbert50US #184
#86Everett50US #98
#87Leroy49US #55
#88Milton49US #74
#89Curtis48US #113
#90Jimmie48US #140
#91Glenn46US #79
#92Marion46US #107
#93Daniel45US #47
#94Dewey44US #193
#95Douglas44US #106
#96Edwin44US #52
#97Oliver44US #134
#98Harvey43US #88
#99Guy42US #141
#100Johnny42US #170

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑27Stella#65
↑26Andrew#45
↑25Melvin#63
↑22Benjamin#74
↑20Marjorie#39
↑20Mae#78
↑19Hattie#59
↑16Eddie#66

Falling

↓22Warren#43
↓19Edwin#96
↓17Grace#63
↓17Lucy#83
↓17Reba#91
↓16Rachel#97
↓13Pearl#73
↓13Guy#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.