State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,030 Tennessee births in 1924 across 988 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#85Rebaoutside the national top 200
#88Mackoutside the national top 200
#84Elbert#195 nationally
#90Jeweloutside the national top 200
#91Bufordoutside the national top 200
#72Maggie#181 nationally
#93Jewelloutside the national top 200
#94Gradyoutside the national top 200
#94Johnnie#196 nationally
#78Eula#177 nationally
#69Mable#162 nationally
#97Dewey#186 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,474US #1
#2Dorothy967US #2
#3Margaret707US #5
#4Mildred641US #8
#5Helen606US #3
#6Frances541US #10
#7Ruby541US #26
#8Ruth523US #6
#9Martha507US #21
#10Virginia424US #7
#11Betty405US #4
#12Annie393US #32
#13Evelyn346US #12
#14Willie335US #68
#15Gladys328US #30
#16Anna325US #13
#17Elizabeth317US #11
#18Louise317US #24
#19Edna288US #31
#20Hazel275US #42
#21Edith263US #36
#22Thelma260US #33
#23Pauline256US #38
#24Sarah237US #54
#25Juanita221US #48
#26Doris209US #9
#27Lillian205US #23
#28Lois202US #22
#29Mattie200US #109
#30Clara199US #56
#31Katherine195US #59
#32Emma193US #57
#33Marie189US #14
#34Alice183US #15
#35Georgia178US #113
#36Ethel177US #39
#37Wilma176US #67
#38Irene167US #18
#39Bessie155US #86
#40Lucille154US #37
#41Geneva153US #110
#42Nellie153US #92
#43Minnie151US #100
#44Alma147US #87
#45Marjorie147US #17
#46Christine139US #115
#47Lillie139US #97
#48Myrtle139US #89
#49Beatrice138US #50
#50Opal136US #120
#51Jessie135US #91
#52Ella132US #94
#53Eva132US #66
#54Nancy132US #69
#55Laura129US #72
#56Bonnie126US #117
#57Grace120US #43
#58Elsie117US #61
#59Bertha116US #65
#60Bernice114US #47
#61Ida114US #70
#62Jean110US #16
#63Geraldine109US #58
#64Agnes107US #63
#65Beulah103US #138
#66Florence102US #20
#67Margie101US #102
#68Sara101US #116
#69Mable100US #162
#70Josephine99US #34
#71June99US #45
#72Maggie99US #181
#73Pearl99US #78
#74Catherine98US #27
#75Mae96US #114
#76Velma94US #123
#77Julia90US #62
#78Eula88US #177
#79Lula88US #146
#80Carrie87US #135
#81Hattie86US #149
#82Cora84US #155
#83Kathleen84US #76
#84Mamie84US #156
#85Reba84
#86Lucy83US #98
#87Vera82US #85
#88Ann81US #55
#89Jane81US #53
#90Jewel81
#91Barbara80US #28
#92Fannie79US #152
#93Jewell79
#94Johnnie78US #196
#95Lena77US #112
#96Imogene76US #182
#97Ellen75US #99
#98Rachel74US #157
#99Mabel73US #108
#100Kathryn71US #81

Boys

#1James2,494US #4
#2William1,748US #3
#3John1,304US #2
#4Robert1,206US #1
#5Charles943US #5
#6George574US #6
#7Thomas496US #11
#8Joe345US #35
#9Willie329US #30
#10Henry322US #18
#11Edward309US #9
#12Walter301US #16
#13Paul294US #14
#14Jack290US #17
#15Joseph289US #7
#16Roy271US #31
#17Frank248US #12
#18Fred239US #32
#19Carl233US #27
#20Harold226US #13
#21Raymond218US #15
#22Howard204US #26
#23Ralph203US #23
#24Richard203US #8
#25Clarence202US #29
#26Earl194US #33
#27Clyde182US #69
#28Calvin180US #44
#29David175US #24
#30Albert170US #21
#31Eugene163US #25
#32Kenneth163US #19
#33Billy155US #63
#34Samuel151US #45
#35Charlie148US #80
#36Harry143US #22
#37Ernest141US #37
#38Arthur131US #20
#39Ray129US #60
#40Jesse123US #86
#41Herbert120US #41
#42Claude117US #103
#43Louis112US #28
#44Cecil107US #85
#45Elmer106US #57
#46Floyd105US #66
#47Herman100US #70
#48Lawrence96US #36
#49Marvin94US #50
#50Lee93US #83
#51Sam92US #91
#52Homer91US #109
#53Jessie90US #124
#54Donald89US #10
#55Luther86US #127
#56Clifford83US #64
#57Andrew82US #56
#58Hubert81US #115
#59Hugh81US #116
#60Bill78US #92
#61Leonard78US #38
#62Lewis77US #77
#63Horace75US #143
#64Alvin73US #73
#65Lloyd71US #61
#66Willard69US #97
#67Oscar68US #99
#68Vernon67US #68
#69Edgar66US #96
#70Junior64US #121
#71Ben63US #141
#72Edwin62US #55
#73Johnnie62US #101
#74Lester62US #72
#75Milton61US #81
#76Leroy59US #53
#77Melvin59US #48
#78Curtis58US #117
#79Jimmie58US #132
#80Earnest57US #145
#81Alfred56US #43
#82Eddie56US #113
#83Billie53US #167
#84Elbert53US #195
#85Warren53US #58
#86Glen51US #118
#87Leon51US #76
#88Mack51
#89Arnold50US #95
#90Glenn50US #79
#91Buford49
#92Chester49US #67
#93Wallace49US #87
#94Grady47
#95Harvey47US #88
#96Marion47US #112
#97Dewey46US #186
#98Wayne45US #74
#99Daniel44US #47
#100Gordon44US #75

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑29Homer#52
↑28Calvin#28
↑27Beulah#65
↑25Junior#70
↑23Agnes#64
↑21Lloyd#65
↑19Marvin#49
↑19Donald#54

Falling

↓31Warren#85
↓26Chester#92
↓23Ann#88
↓21Wallace#93
↓19Julia#77
↓19Mabel#99
↓18Lena#95
↓17Elbert#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.