State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,432 Tennessee births in 1925 across 963 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#69Rebaoutside the national top 200
#91Gradyoutside the national top 200
#76Maggie#179 nationally
#77Imogene#174 nationally
#92Lorene#188 nationally
#64Billie#156 nationally
#45Luther#132 nationally
#84Mable#166 nationally
#99Dewey#181 nationally
#67Horace#145 nationally
#70Hattie#148 nationally
#74Fannie#151 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,443US #1
#2Dorothy1,013US #2
#3Helen657US #4
#4Margaret655US #5
#5Mildred641US #9
#6Ruby507US #30
#7Betty493US #3
#8Ruth455US #6
#9Martha449US #23
#10Virginia424US #7
#11Frances422US #11
#12Annie385US #32
#13Elizabeth317US #10
#14Evelyn311US #12
#15Anna299US #13
#16Gladys285US #33
#17Willie282US #68
#18Hazel279US #45
#19Edna278US #37
#20Louise277US #27
#21Thelma256US #35
#22Juanita233US #49
#23Sarah232US #58
#24Doris226US #8
#25Mattie221US #100
#26Pauline221US #38
#27Edith207US #42
#28Alice200US #15
#29Bessie193US #87
#30Emma193US #57
#31Marie190US #16
#32Katherine175US #61
#33Ethel173US #43
#34Clara172US #55
#35Lillian171US #25
#36Lois171US #18
#37Georgia167US #112
#38Geneva165US #109
#39Nellie159US #98
#40Lucille156US #41
#41Wilma154US #62
#42Jean153US #14
#43Minnie152US #104
#44Myrtle146US #95
#45Bertha145US #74
#46Nancy144US #60
#47Irene141US #19
#48Marjorie141US #21
#49Alma138US #94
#50Jessie136US #97
#51Lillie136US #91
#52Beatrice132US #50
#53Christine130US #123
#54Bonnie129US #107
#55Ella126US #93
#56Elsie126US #63
#57Bernice124US #46
#58Ida124US #82
#59Grace123US #44
#60Eva121US #71
#61Margie121US #99
#62Opal116US #129
#63Catherine112US #29
#64Agnes108US #69
#65Ann107US #52
#66Sara101US #133
#67Carrie99US #134
#68Lena98US #124
#69Reba98
#70Hattie97US #148
#71Laura97US #75
#72Barbara95US #22
#73Lula94US #149
#74Fannie93US #151
#75June93US #39
#76Maggie91US #179
#77Imogene90US #174
#78Florence88US #24
#79Beulah87US #143
#80Jane87US #53
#81Pearl87US #90
#82Geraldine86US #54
#83Lucy85US #102
#84Mable85US #166
#85Vivian83US #76
#86Josephine82US #36
#87Julia82US #65
#88Rosie81US #156
#89Velma81US #128
#90Gloria80US #20
#91Vera80US #86
#92Lorene79US #188
#93Norma77US #34
#94Ellen76US #101
#95Inez76US #139
#96Billie74US #141
#97Viola74US #84
#98Wanda74US #72
#99Cora73US #150
#100Mabel73US #118

Boys

#1James2,360US #4
#2William1,582US #3
#3John1,186US #2
#4Robert1,168US #1
#5Charles910US #5
#6George550US #6
#7Thomas449US #11
#8Paul359US #13
#9Edward343US #9
#10Willie334US #27
#11Joe313US #34
#12Walter303US #16
#13Jack279US #17
#14Henry256US #18
#15Roy248US #32
#16Frank246US #12
#17Howard235US #26
#18Billy231US #49
#19Harold230US #14
#20Fred226US #33
#21Clarence223US #30
#22Carl220US #28
#23Ralph211US #25
#24Earl200US #31
#25Richard200US #8
#26Joseph199US #7
#27Raymond187US #15
#28David184US #22
#29Ernest172US #37
#30Eugene171US #24
#31Charlie167US #78
#32Albert166US #21
#33Clyde164US #68
#34Samuel157US #46
#35Harry155US #23
#36Kenneth152US #19
#37Arthur122US #20
#38Ray118US #64
#39Floyd117US #58
#40Jesse116US #85
#41Clifford109US #59
#42Calvin108US #47
#43Donald108US #10
#44Cecil106US #87
#45Luther102US #132
#46Herman101US #69
#47Claude99US #102
#48Jessie96US #123
#49Leonard96US #38
#50Lawrence95US #36
#51Hugh94US #127
#52Lee90US #82
#53Sam88US #91
#54Louis87US #29
#55Elmer84US #61
#56Herbert82US #42
#57Hubert82US #124
#58Johnnie82US #100
#59Willard82US #97
#60Marvin79US #51
#61Alvin73US #70
#62Andrew73US #56
#63Eddie73US #101
#64Billie72US #156
#65Homer72US #116
#66Alfred71US #43
#67Horace68US #145
#68Bill66US #84
#69Leroy66US #52
#70Lewis66US #79
#71Melvin65US #50
#72Edgar64US #96
#73Lloyd64US #62
#74Oscar63US #99
#75Glenn61US #77
#76Leon61US #76
#77Jimmie60US #121
#78Earnest59US #148
#79Lester59US #81
#80Vernon59US #67
#81Chester58US #73
#82Allen57US #94
#83Edwin57US #57
#84Junior57US #115
#85Ben56US #153
#86Wayne55US #74
#87Virgil54US #120
#88Wallace54US #92
#89Harvey52US #88
#90Johnny51US #142
#91Grady48
#92Jim48US #147
#93Milton48US #80
#94Norman46US #41
#95Arnold45US #95
#96Douglas45US #103
#97Everett45US #108
#98Gordon45US #72
#99Dewey44US #181
#100Daniel43US #44

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑27Lena#68
↑23Ann#65
↑20Jean#42
↑19Barbara#72
↑19Imogene#77
↑19Eddie#63
↑19Billie#64
↑18Fannie#74

Falling

↓19Geraldine#82
↓18Milton#93
↓17Cora#99
↓16Laura#71
↓16Josephine#86
↓15Mable#84
↓15Herbert#56
↓14Beulah#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.