State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,988 Tennessee births in 1930 across 915 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#60Rebaoutside the national top 200
#64Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#65Imogene#188 nationally
#90Jewelloutside the national top 200
#92Maggieoutside the national top 200
#94Dorthyoutside the national top 200
#97Deweyoutside the national top 200
#98Gradyoutside the national top 200
#99Bobbie#200 nationally
#100Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#41Bobbie#135 nationally
#46Jessie#133 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,104US #1
#2Betty1,361US #2
#3Dorothy1,030US #3
#4Helen545US #4
#5Margaret512US #5
#6Martha443US #27
#7Mildred433US #21
#8Virginia402US #12
#9Ruby400US #36
#10Frances360US #16
#11Ruth342US #10
#12Evelyn302US #19
#13Barbara300US #6
#14Doris288US #9
#15Annie262US #40
#16Elizabeth250US #15
#17Anna242US #23
#18Edna238US #51
#19Thelma235US #45
#20Wilma235US #68
#21Jean232US #14
#22Willie230US #87
#23Juanita218US #57
#24Peggy218US #67
#25Sarah214US #70
#26Louise213US #31
#27Hazel205US #71
#28Gladys193US #48
#29Nancy183US #24
#30Billie179US #79
#31Norma179US #25
#32Joyce175US #18
#33Clara168US #64
#34Lois162US #17
#35Pauline156US #52
#36Emma151US #73
#37Wanda151US #56
#38Marie149US #26
#39Edith147US #61
#40Katherine143US #85
#41Bobbie141US #135
#42Nellie140US #113
#43Georgia139US #117
#44Alice135US #20
#45Alma135US #109
#46Bonnie135US #78
#47Eva133US #86
#48Margie131US #112
#49Mattie131US #128
#50Christine125US #124
#51Geneva124US #133
#52Ethel118US #65
#53Lillian117US #44
#54Bessie112US #108
#55Lucille108US #59
#56Shirley107US #11
#57Lillie106US #111
#58Minnie106US #122
#59Marjorie104US #32
#60Reba102
#61Ella100US #107
#62Jessie97US #114
#63Jo97US #131
#64Bettye95
#65Imogene95US #188
#66Bernice92US #58
#67Ann91US #41
#68Bertha90US #95
#69Jane90US #55
#70Myrtle90US #123
#71Irene88US #33
#72Carolyn87US #72
#73Sara87US #134
#74Grace86US #62
#75Joan86US #8
#76Catherine85US #35
#77Laura85US #89
#78Ida83US #94
#79June83US #47
#80Velma83US #127
#81Beulah76US #168
#82Geraldine76US #43
#83Hattie76US #160
#84Josephine76US #49
#85Opal76US #156
#86Patricia74US #7
#87Rosie74US #153
#88Rachel72US #164
#89Elsie71US #88
#90Jewell71
#91Rebecca70US #176
#92Maggie69
#93Charlotte68US #75
#94Dorthy67
#95Maxine67US #93
#96Vera67US #104
#97Beatrice66US #76
#98Carrie66US #145
#99Fannie66US #166
#100Johnnie65

Boys

#1James2,353US #2
#2William1,475US #4
#3Robert1,297US #1
#4Charles1,160US #6
#5John1,076US #3
#6Billy639US #20
#7Thomas519US #11
#8George505US #8
#9Joe428US #27
#10Jack334US #14
#11Paul321US #12
#12Bobby316US #41
#13Willie283US #29
#14Harold264US #18
#15Richard264US #5
#16Roy264US #33
#17Kenneth255US #17
#18Walter255US #19
#19Edward254US #10
#20Carl245US #26
#21David240US #15
#22Donald230US #7
#23Henry220US #22
#24Fred219US #32
#25Howard214US #31
#26Earl206US #38
#27Frank205US #13
#28Raymond192US #16
#29Herbert191US #35
#30Eugene184US #21
#31Joseph180US #9
#32Clarence172US #39
#33Ralph171US #25
#34Ray150US #57
#35Clyde144US #76
#36Ernest138US #43
#37Albert137US #24
#38Herman132US #78
#39Harry128US #28
#40Billie120US #123
#41Charlie118US #91
#42Samuel110US #55
#43Arthur109US #23
#44Bill106US #59
#45Jesse106US #94
#46Jessie103US #133
#47Floyd102US #61
#48Jimmie98US #86
#49Claude97US #122
#50Jimmy94US #102
#51Johnny91US #101
#52Glenn89US #71
#53Jerry89US #51
#54Elmer88US #80
#55Junior88US #135
#56Marvin87US #48
#57Lee84US #82
#58Melvin84US #50
#59Gene83US #70
#60Alfred79US #46
#61Clifford78US #73
#62Alvin77US #79
#63Cecil77US #99
#64Johnnie76US #104
#65Hubert74US #137
#66Leroy73US #53
#67Luther73US #148
#68Leonard72US #45
#69Curtis71US #106
#70Hugh70US #131
#71Leon70US #81
#72Sam70US #110
#73Tommy67US #127
#74Andrew65US #62
#75Homer65US #146
#76Lawrence65US #36
#77Louis65US #34
#78Vernon64US #72
#79Calvin63US #111
#80Lewis63US #87
#81Douglas62US #89
#82Lester62US #95
#83Lloyd61US #69
#84Don60US #68
#85Glen60US #114
#86Ben59US #154
#87Oscar58US #124
#88Willard58US #117
#89Earnest55US #153
#90Edgar54US #119
#91Gerald54US #30
#92Horace54US #158
#93Eddie53US #97
#94Milton53US #93
#95Norman53US #40
#96Edwin49US #66
#97Dewey46
#98Grady44
#99Bobbie43US #200
#100Marion43US #126

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑34Norma#31
↑29Shirley#56
↑24Jo#63
↑23Jimmy#50
↑22Junior#55
↑21Calvin#79
↑20Leon#71
↑19Johnny#51

Falling

↓35Eddie#93
↓25Sam#72
↓22Leonard#68
↓21Curtis#69
↓19Elsie#89
↓18Maxine#95
↓18Herbert#29
↓17Lawrence#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.