State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,123 Tennessee births in 1926 across 968 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
#65Maggie#189 nationally
#84Gradyoutside the national top 200
#89Bufordoutside the national top 200
#81Johnnie#191 nationally
#97Jewelloutside the national top 200
#97Loydoutside the national top 200
#85Dewey#188 nationally
#75Mable#164 nationally
#83Imogene#172 nationally
#57Billie#145 nationally
#51Sara#131 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,150US #1
#2Dorothy963US #2
#3Margaret605US #5
#4Betty582US #3
#5Mildred539US #9
#6Helen521US #4
#7Martha505US #24
#8Ruby460US #30
#9Virginia431US #8
#10Frances417US #10
#11Ruth389US #6
#12Annie369US #34
#13Elizabeth317US #11
#14Evelyn314US #13
#15Louise273US #27
#16Thelma256US #36
#17Willie256US #73
#18Gladys254US #35
#19Anna253US #15
#20Edna240US #38
#21Sarah240US #63
#22Hazel238US #48
#23Doris216US #7
#24Edith216US #42
#25Juanita209US #52
#26Pauline200US #39
#27Marie191US #18
#28Clara189US #61
#29Jean187US #12
#30Mattie173US #109
#31Lillian171US #28
#32Lois171US #19
#33Wilma169US #67
#34Emma165US #59
#35Alice163US #17
#36Ethel154US #41
#37Katherine152US #72
#38Jessie150US #93
#39Bessie144US #89
#40Geneva143US #117
#41Nancy143US #57
#42Minnie139US #111
#43Irene137US #21
#44Nellie137US #102
#45Eva133US #79
#46Marjorie131US #22
#47Alma129US #91
#48Lillie129US #99
#49Myrtle125US #101
#50Lucille122US #43
#51Sara122US #131
#52Margie119US #103
#53Bertha118US #76
#54Bonnie116US #105
#55Barbara111US #16
#56Christine110US #120
#57Bernice109US #45
#58Opal109US #130
#59Elsie107US #69
#60Ella104US #98
#61Agnes103US #77
#62Georgia102US #116
#63Wanda102US #66
#64Ann99US #55
#65Maggie97US #189
#66Catherine96US #31
#67Ida96US #82
#68Norma95US #29
#69Reba95
#70Carrie92US #138
#71Grace91US #46
#72Laura91US #81
#73Lena88US #123
#74Hattie87US #151
#75Mable86US #164
#76Lula84US #154
#77Pearl84US #96
#78Fannie83US #153
#79Geraldine83US #54
#80Peggy83US #104
#81Johnnie80US #191
#82Billie79US #122
#83Imogene79US #172
#84Julia79US #75
#85Beulah77US #148
#86Florence76US #26
#87Jane76US #56
#88Kathleen75US #83
#89Mamie75US #167
#90June74US #40
#91Velma74US #124
#92Josephine73US #37
#93Joyce73US #44
#94Rachel73US #165
#95Cora72US #158
#96Lucy72US #106
#97Jewell71
#98Rosie71US #156
#99Ellen69US #100
#100Rose69US #25

Boys

#1James2,467US #3
#2William1,552US #4
#3John1,168US #2
#4Robert1,135US #1
#5Charles914US #5
#6George582US #6
#7Thomas481US #11
#8Joe342US #33
#9Paul320US #13
#10Willie313US #28
#11Jack305US #16
#12Edward301US #10
#13Walter268US #17
#14Roy266US #34
#15Harold262US #14
#16Billy245US #40
#17Henry224US #19
#18Carl218US #26
#19Fred213US #31
#20Frank212US #12
#21Earl211US #32
#22Howard204US #27
#23Joseph204US #8
#24Ralph193US #24
#25Richard191US #7
#26Clarence187US #29
#27Raymond185US #15
#28Albert181US #21
#29Eugene174US #23
#30Kenneth172US #18
#31David170US #22
#32Ernest159US #37
#33Samuel151US #48
#34Floyd141US #53
#35Clyde138US #67
#36Ray137US #57
#37Charlie132US #81
#38Arthur129US #20
#39Herbert120US #44
#40Harry107US #25
#41Jesse103US #87
#42Louis101US #30
#43Herman100US #69
#44Claude98US #106
#45Elmer98US #61
#46Lawrence96US #36
#47Calvin93US #65
#48Cecil93US #86
#49Donald91US #9
#50Hugh90US #128
#51Lee86US #85
#52Bill85US #74
#53Sam84US #92
#54Clifford82US #62
#55Luther82US #135
#56Hubert81US #131
#57Billie80US #145
#58Homer80US #123
#59Marvin80US #50
#60Alvin77US #72
#61Leonard77US #38
#62Oscar73US #105
#63Lewis71US #82
#64Johnnie69US #104
#65Lloyd69US #60
#66Willard69US #100
#67Edgar68US #109
#68Alfred66US #45
#69Leon66US #73
#70Norman66US #39
#71Andrew65US #59
#72Jessie65US #124
#73Johnny63US #136
#74Bobby62US #116
#75Melvin62US #47
#76Junior61US #117
#77Earnest60US #147
#78Jimmie60US #115
#79Eddie57US #108
#80Horace56US #149
#81Ben54US #155
#82Daniel54US #46
#83Edwin54US #55
#84Grady54
#85Dewey52US #188
#86Curtis51US #112
#87Douglas51US #103
#88Lester51US #78
#89Buford50
#90Glenn50US #75
#91Vernon49US #66
#92Wayne48US #68
#93Everett47US #119
#94Gerald47US #41
#95Harvey47US #90
#96Leroy47US #51
#97Loyd47
#98Russell47US #52
#99Gene46US #91
#100Milton45US #83

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑35Wanda#63
↑25Norma#68
↑24Norman#70
↑18Daniel#82
↑17Barbara#55
↑17Herbert#39
↑17Johnny#73
↑16Bill#52

Falling

↓27Leroy#96
↓25Georgia#62
↓24Jessie#72
↓16Eddie#79
↓15June#90
↓15Glenn#90
↓13Lucy#96
↓13Clifford#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.