State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,705 Tennessee births in 1932 across 894 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#49Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#53Imogene#196 nationally
#69Rebaoutside the national top 200
#91Deweyoutside the national top 200
#94Robbieoutside the national top 200
#36Billie#141 nationally
#86Johnnie#190 nationally
#21Bobbie#113 nationally
#91Bettie#183 nationally
#88Opal#179 nationally
#60Hubert#146 nationally
#92Hattie#178 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,022US #1
#2Betty1,546US #2
#3Dorothy991US #4
#4Barbara581US #3
#5Helen476US #8
#6Margaret470US #7
#7Martha465US #27
#8Virginia379US #14
#9Mildred361US #26
#10Ruby358US #38
#11Frances345US #19
#12Peggy314US #40
#13Doris311US #10
#14Ruth286US #11
#15Joyce280US #12
#16Evelyn279US #23
#17Anna268US #24
#18Annie267US #41
#19Elizabeth250US #17
#20Wilma246US #65
#21Bobbie227US #113
#22Edna222US #50
#23Nancy220US #13
#24Billie206US #93
#25Lois202US #20
#26Thelma202US #51
#27Willie198US #91
#28Jean194US #15
#29Louise183US #36
#30Norma181US #22
#31Juanita179US #58
#32Hazel173US #75
#33Sarah172US #67
#34Shirley167US #9
#35Wanda165US #52
#36Emma163US #76
#37Alice155US #21
#38Joan155US #5
#39Bonnie151US #64
#40Gladys143US #54
#41Carolyn141US #46
#42Patricia140US #6
#43Alma139US #119
#44Clara138US #70
#45Mattie136US #125
#46Edith134US #69
#47Bessie133US #117
#48Ann131US #34
#49Bettye128
#50Georgia128US #118
#51Jo127US #103
#52Margie120US #102
#53Imogene119US #196
#54Marie117US #31
#55June115US #44
#56Lillian115US #48
#57Pauline114US #59
#58Ethel113US #66
#59Patsy111US #77
#60Eva110US #98
#61Geneva110US #137
#62Geraldine110US #42
#63Ella108US #108
#64Nellie108US #123
#65Katherine107US #95
#66Minnie98US #129
#67Christine96US #127
#68Jessie94US #126
#69Reba92
#70Sara92US #130
#71Lillie91US #111
#72Laura90US #88
#73Catherine89US #39
#74Charlotte89US #74
#75Elsie88US #97
#76Marjorie88US #37
#77Sue88US #139
#78Jane85US #49
#79Gloria82US #25
#80Bernice81US #71
#81Irene81US #43
#82Velma81US #133
#83Vivian78US #90
#84Bertha77US #101
#85Rebecca77US #162
#86Johnnie75US #190
#87Myrtle75US #135
#88Opal74US #179
#89Lucille72US #63
#90Maxine69US #110
#91Bettie68US #183
#92Hattie68US #178
#93Julia68US #92
#94Robbie68
#95Vera67US #121
#96Ida66US #105
#97Rosie65US #152
#98Agnes64US #115
#99Cora63US #169
#100Fannie63US #164

Boys

#1James2,214US #2
#2William1,380US #4
#3Robert1,259US #1
#4Charles1,235US #6
#5John1,038US #3
#6Billy824US #20
#7Bobby569US #30
#8George476US #8
#9Thomas471US #10
#10Joe454US #29
#11Jack323US #17
#12Paul308US #13
#13Harold301US #18
#14Donald293US #7
#15Willie272US #31
#16Kenneth271US #14
#17Roy267US #38
#18Edward260US #11
#19Richard254US #5
#20David235US #12
#21Carl231US #28
#22Frank229US #15
#23Ralph218US #27
#24Walter217US #21
#25Fred210US #33
#26Raymond189US #19
#27Henry188US #23
#28Eugene187US #22
#29Clarence181US #40
#30Howard181US #36
#31Joseph176US #9
#32Earl174US #41
#33Jimmy165US #76
#34Ray160US #59
#35Albert144US #26
#36Billie142US #141
#37Ernest132US #47
#38Jerry131US #34
#39Jimmie126US #75
#40Herbert123US #44
#41Charlie122US #90
#42Bill121US #58
#43Clyde120US #82
#44Samuel117US #56
#45Harry116US #32
#46Arthur109US #25
#47Floyd102US #68
#48Franklin102US #66
#49Gene102US #64
#50Johnny101US #96
#51Leonard94US #48
#52Jesse93US #99
#53Wayne91US #57
#54Cecil85US #108
#55Tommy84US #109
#56Gerald82US #24
#57Lawrence82US #35
#58Marvin82US #46
#59Jessie81US #137
#60Hubert77US #146
#61Sam77US #120
#62Curtis76US #103
#63Herman76US #89
#64Eddie75US #91
#65Johnnie73US #113
#66Claude72US #126
#67Clifford71US #84
#68Hugh71US #128
#69Junior71US #145
#70Norman70US #37
#71Elmer69US #94
#72Melvin69US #51
#73Douglas67US #85
#74Andrew66US #69
#75Lee65US #86
#76Lloyd65US #71
#77Louis65US #39
#78Lewis64US #92
#79Oscar63US #138
#80Don62US #55
#81Alfred61US #49
#82Alvin61US #87
#83Homer60US #148
#84Leon60US #83
#85Luther60US #157
#86Ronald60US #16
#87Willard60US #125
#88Leroy59US #53
#89Lester55US #101
#90Vernon55US #78
#91Dewey54
#92Glenn53US #77
#93Allen52US #80
#94Glen51US #118
#95Larry51US #65
#96Chester50US #112
#97Earnest50US #169
#98Horace50US #168
#99Jackie50US #130
#100Calvin49US #119

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑38Patsy#59
↑36Gerald#56
↑29Imogene#53
↑23June#55
↑22Laura#72
↑20Patricia#42
↑18Shirley#34
↑18Wayne#53

Falling

↓26Marjorie#76
↓24Leroy#88
↓20Glenn#92
↓20Glen#94
↓18Lillie#71
↓18Earnest#97
↓17Willard#87
↓16Clara#44

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.