State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,664 Tennessee births in 1923 across 989 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#67Elbert#183 nationally
#94Rebaoutside the national top 200
#94Gradyoutside the national top 200
#56Mable#162 nationally
#96Lonnieoutside the national top 200
#84Dewey#185 nationally
#78Maggie#176 nationally
#79Eula#171 nationally
#90Lorene#178 nationally
#64Earnest#146 nationally
#25Mattie#106 nationally
#32Georgia#112 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,371US #1
#2Dorothy947US #2
#3Margaret634US #4
#4Mildred570US #8
#5Helen549US #3
#6Frances496US #10
#7Ruby491US #25
#8Virginia455US #7
#9Martha442US #21
#10Ruth437US #6
#11Annie399US #34
#12Elizabeth367US #9
#13Willie322US #67
#14Evelyn302US #12
#15Betty295US #5
#16Louise294US #22
#17Gladys293US #29
#18Thelma285US #31
#19Hazel283US #40
#20Edna276US #32
#21Anna273US #13
#22Pauline250US #37
#23Sarah250US #54
#24Juanita240US #51
#25Mattie215US #106
#26Edith214US #36
#27Clara205US #49
#28Lillian203US #20
#29Alice201US #15
#30Marie187US #14
#31Doris186US #11
#32Georgia184US #112
#33Lucille180US #35
#34Katherine171US #60
#35Emma169US #53
#36Irene166US #17
#37Bessie163US #81
#38Lois162US #27
#39Ethel161US #38
#40Myrtle159US #84
#41Jessie158US #94
#42Lillie158US #91
#43Geneva147US #111
#44Christine145US #120
#45Nancy140US #75
#46Opal139US #113
#47Eva136US #66
#48Elsie135US #61
#49Alma134US #89
#50Minnie134US #99
#51Marjorie133US #16
#52Ida132US #68
#53Bertha130US #64
#54Wilma129US #74
#55Grace121US #39
#56Mable120US #162
#57Nellie119US #88
#58Julia118US #62
#59Laura117US #73
#60Bonnie116US #126
#61Sara111US #123
#62Ella110US #93
#63Velma109US #116
#64Jean106US #19
#65Ann105US #52
#66Bernice103US #43
#67Beatrice102US #46
#68Pearl101US #78
#69Catherine100US #24
#70Margie99US #101
#71Lula98US #151
#72Stella98US #96
#73Vera92US #82
#74Florence91US #18
#75Mamie91US #154
#76Josephine90US #30
#77Lena88US #108
#78Maggie88US #176
#79Eula87US #171
#80Mabel87US #102
#81Carrie86US #134
#82Lucy86US #92
#83Norma86US #41
#84Hattie83US #147
#85Jane83US #55
#86Vivian83US #69
#87Agnes82US #63
#88Fannie82US #142
#89June82US #42
#90Lorene81US #178
#91Rosie79US #166
#92Beulah78US #129
#93Mae78US #109
#94Reba78
#95Cora76US #149
#96Kathleen72US #70
#97Viola72US #79
#98Rose70US #23
#99Rosa69US #130
#100Susie69US #170

Boys

#1James2,423US #4
#2William1,556US #3
#3John1,248US #1
#4Robert1,019US #2
#5Charles916US #5
#6George548US #6
#7Thomas505US #12
#8Joe342US #35
#9Edward331US #8
#10Paul320US #14
#11Willie314US #30
#12Roy303US #32
#13Henry296US #18
#14Frank285US #11
#15Walter265US #16
#16Jack257US #17
#17Joseph249US #7
#18Fred235US #33
#19Carl227US #28
#20Clarence214US #29
#21Raymond207US #15
#22Earl199US #31
#23Harold199US #13
#24Ralph192US #23
#25Howard181US #26
#26Albert179US #20
#27Ernest176US #38
#28Richard173US #9
#29Charlie166US #79
#30Samuel163US #45
#31Kenneth161US #21
#32Arthur155US #19
#33Clyde153US #68
#34David149US #24
#35Eugene143US #25
#36Harry137US #22
#37Billy132US #78
#38Ray131US #61
#39Jesse125US #83
#40Floyd109US #64
#41Herman104US #66
#42Elmer102US #57
#43Herbert100US #40
#44Claude99US #103
#45Cecil97US #87
#46Lee96US #85
#47Sam96US #89
#48Luther94US #126
#49Clifford92US #65
#50Jessie92US #119
#51Louis92US #27
#52Lawrence89US #36
#53Hubert85US #117
#54Warren84US #43
#55Willard84US #92
#56Calvin82US #82
#57Lewis77US #74
#58Johnnie76US #107
#59Alvin75US #73
#60Oscar75US #96
#61Leonard73US #37
#62Melvin72US #48
#63Andrew71US #53
#64Earnest70US #146
#65Hugh70US #123
#66Chester68US #63
#67Elbert68US #183
#68Marvin66US #51
#69Horace65US #134
#70Alfred64US #42
#71Vernon64US #67
#72Wallace63US #69
#73Donald62US #10
#74Edgar60US #94
#75Norman58US #44
#76Virgil58US #100
#77Edwin57US #56
#78Bill56US #98
#79Leon56US #77
#80Eddie55US #110
#81Homer54US #113
#82Glenn53US #84
#83Marion53US #106
#84Dewey52US #185
#85Lester52US #71
#86Lloyd51US #59
#87Milton51US #81
#88Benjamin50US #86
#89Leroy50US #55
#90Curtis49US #116
#91Russell49US #52
#92Gordon47US #76
#93Everett45US #99
#94Grady45
#95Junior45US #139
#96Lonnie45
#97Harvey44US #91
#98Jimmie44US #141
#99Jim43US #167
#100Leo43US #49

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑21Julia#58
↑21Jean#64
↑19Edwin#77
↑18Elbert#67
↑17Doris#31
↑16Chester#66
↑15Willard#55
↑14Betty#15

Falling

↓25Hattie#84
↓21Homer#81
↓20Beulah#92
↓20Marvin#68
↓18Andrew#63
↓18Lester#85
↓16Grady#94
↓16Jim#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.