State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,983 Tennessee births in 1927 across 952 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#70Rebaoutside the national top 200
#72Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#54Imogene#157 nationally
#95Dewey#197 nationally
#95Johnnie#191 nationally
#98Bobbie#194 nationally
#97Maggie#188 nationally
#45Billie#135 nationally
#51Luther#139 nationally
#28Mattie#113 nationally
#35Geneva#119 nationally
#88Mable#171 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,330US #1
#2Dorothy1,059US #2
#3Betty681US #3
#4Helen637US #4
#5Margaret565US #5
#6Martha502US #24
#7Mildred489US #11
#8Virginia486US #8
#9Frances430US #12
#10Ruby426US #30
#11Ruth425US #6
#12Annie346US #36
#13Evelyn310US #15
#14Elizabeth299US #13
#15Willie277US #71
#16Hazel276US #53
#17Gladys269US #37
#18Doris257US #7
#19Anna249US #16
#20Edna245US #40
#21Louise240US #27
#22Thelma235US #38
#23Lois214US #19
#24Marie205US #20
#25Sarah202US #61
#26Emma195US #64
#27Juanita195US #55
#28Mattie189US #113
#29Pauline189US #42
#30Edith179US #48
#31Katherine175US #73
#32Jean173US #14
#33Wilma166US #68
#34Lillian164US #32
#35Geneva159US #119
#36Clara158US #63
#37Bessie154US #88
#38Georgia151US #120
#39Barbara148US #10
#40Bonnie147US #100
#41Jessie145US #95
#42Christine142US #117
#43Nellie141US #105
#44Minnie139US #114
#45Myrtle133US #110
#46Eva132US #79
#47Lillie132US #94
#48Ethel130US #47
#49Lucille130US #45
#50Alice129US #17
#51Alma127US #97
#52Bertha127US #80
#53Marjorie127US #25
#54Imogene118US #157
#55Bernice116US #49
#56Margie114US #104
#57Irene113US #21
#58Nancy112US #56
#59Laura110US #82
#60Opal110US #141
#61Elsie106US #72
#62Sara106US #129
#63Peggy105US #96
#64Velma105US #118
#65Ella102US #98
#66Catherine101US #31
#67Geraldine101US #58
#68Wanda101US #66
#69Billie100US #109
#70Reba93
#71Ida92US #84
#72Bettye91
#73Joyce91US #35
#74Beatrice90US #67
#75Norma90US #26
#76Carolyn89US #99
#77Rosie87US #152
#78June86US #43
#79Hattie84US #156
#80Jane84US #60
#81Lucy84US #112
#82Lula84US #150
#83Agnes82US #81
#84Ann82US #59
#85Josephine82US #39
#86Beulah81US #145
#87Fannie81US #160
#88Mable81US #171
#89Carrie80US #139
#90Cora79US #158
#91Grace79US #50
#92Mamie79US #164
#93Vera79US #89
#94Julia77US #76
#95Johnnie76US #191
#96Mae75US #125
#97Maggie74US #188
#98Bobbie73US #194
#99Eula73US #176
#100Charlotte71US #75

Boys

#1James2,412US #3
#2William1,478US #4
#3John1,248US #2
#4Robert1,159US #1
#5Charles1,011US #5
#6George603US #7
#7Thomas479US #11
#8Joe370US #30
#9Billy354US #31
#10Willie346US #27
#11Jack340US #16
#12Paul306US #13
#13Roy287US #34
#14Edward281US #10
#15Frank263US #12
#16Walter250US #17
#17Fred247US #35
#18Harold237US #14
#19Carl234US #26
#20Joseph230US #9
#21Henry225US #19
#22Richard221US #6
#23Ralph213US #24
#24Earl210US #33
#25Raymond205US #15
#26David200US #21
#27Clarence191US #32
#28Eugene190US #20
#29Kenneth182US #18
#30Howard179US #28
#31Albert171US #23
#32Ernest161US #41
#33Samuel159US #49
#34Clyde150US #68
#35Floyd150US #53
#36Charlie147US #80
#37Donald144US #8
#38Arthur142US #22
#39Harry132US #25
#40Ray128US #60
#41Herbert124US #42
#42Herman106US #70
#43Bill102US #69
#44Alvin99US #66
#45Billie97US #135
#46Claude96US #114
#47Louis96US #29
#48Calvin94US #73
#49Jesse90US #89
#50Elmer89US #61
#51Luther89US #139
#52Alfred87US #45
#53Cecil87US #92
#54Hubert87US #128
#55Jessie87US #124
#56Leonard87US #40
#57Bobby86US #91
#58Gene86US #72
#59Lee85US #86
#60Melvin85US #48
#61Lawrence82US #37
#62Marvin82US #47
#63Johnnie81US #105
#64Glenn79US #76
#65Vernon79US #71
#66Sam75US #102
#67Clifford74US #65
#68Homer73US #129
#69Hugh71US #131
#70Willard71US #106
#71Andrew70US #56
#72Oscar69US #113
#73Horace68US #145
#74Edgar67US #107
#75Eddie64US #103
#76Lewis64US #82
#77Leroy63US #51
#78Ben61US #156
#79Everett61US #120
#80Wayne61US #67
#81Chester60US #85
#82Gerald60US #38
#83Junior59US #119
#84Lester59US #83
#85Earnest58US #148
#86Lloyd58US #58
#87Harvey54US #94
#88Leon54US #78
#89Wallace54US #96
#90Jimmie53US #108
#91Russell53US #54
#92Curtis52US #118
#93Douglas52US #104
#94Marion52US #117
#95Dewey51US #197
#96Guy51US #162
#97Edwin49US #57
#98Allen48US #95
#99Daniel48US #46
#100Glen48US #115

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑41Gene#58
↑29Imogene#54
↑27Velma#64
↑26Glenn#64
↑26Vernon#65
↑24Georgia#38
↑21Rosie#77
↑20Joyce#73

Falling

↓32Maggie#97
↓22Agnes#83
↓21Lloyd#86
↓20Ann#84
↓20Grace#91
↓19Carrie#89
↓19Hugh#69
↓19Leon#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.