State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,866 Tennessee births in 1933 across 895 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#46Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#71Rebaoutside the national top 200
#78Imogeneoutside the national top 200
#83Robbieoutside the national top 200
#90Johnnie#195 nationally
#97Gradyoutside the national top 200
#48Billie#146 nationally
#68Horace#165 nationally
#72Rebecca#169 nationally
#75Junior#168 nationally
#22Bobbie#114 nationally
#95Bettie#185 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,846US #1
#2Betty1,534US #2
#3Dorothy772US #4
#4Barbara593US #3
#5Margaret432US #7
#6Martha417US #27
#7Peggy413US #36
#8Helen411US #8
#9Virginia333US #15
#10Ruby331US #43
#11Frances325US #18
#12Mildred305US #32
#13Joyce285US #12
#14Ruth275US #13
#15Doris274US #10
#16Nancy271US #11
#17Wilma263US #66
#18Anna249US #29
#19Annie245US #37
#20Elizabeth245US #17
#21Evelyn243US #30
#22Bobbie212US #114
#23Billie197US #92
#24Emma196US #75
#25Wanda193US #48
#26Thelma190US #57
#27Juanita187US #63
#28Edna181US #55
#29Sarah179US #58
#30Shirley176US #9
#31Norma172US #23
#32Willie172US #93
#33Patricia171US #6
#34Lois160US #19
#35Louise160US #39
#36Clara159US #67
#37Carolyn153US #40
#38Jean149US #14
#39Hazel145US #82
#40Gladys143US #60
#41Alice142US #22
#42Ann142US #34
#43Jo142US #90
#44Patsy134US #65
#45Margie129US #95
#46Bettye126
#47Bonnie126US #68
#48Alma120US #124
#49Nellie120US #120
#50Joan119US #5
#51Georgia113US #126
#52Sue113US #131
#53Pauline110US #64
#54Lillian103US #51
#55Katherine102US #100
#56Marie102US #33
#57Charlotte101US #79
#58Edith101US #80
#59June101US #45
#60Mattie96US #130
#61Bessie95US #117
#62Eva94US #101
#63Marjorie94US #41
#64Sara93US #123
#65Ethel92US #71
#66Geraldine92US #42
#67Jessie92US #127
#68Ella85US #113
#69Geneva85US #141
#70Christine84US #128
#71Reba84
#72Rebecca83US #169
#73Lillie81US #111
#74Bertha79US #106
#75Laura79US #91
#76Myrtle79US #142
#77Velma78US #137
#78Imogene77
#79Gloria76US #31
#80Jane76US #47
#81Lucille76US #78
#82Bernice74US #83
#83Robbie72
#84Elsie71US #99
#85Irene69US #46
#86Minnie69US #135
#87Faye68US #153
#88Ida68US #109
#89Rose68US #35
#90Johnnie65US #195
#91Lula65US #166
#92Hattie63US #167
#93Lena63US #165
#94Opal63US #182
#95Bettie62US #185
#96Grace61US #69
#97Kathleen61US #77
#98Rosie60US #155
#99Agnes59US #118
#100Julia59US #97

Boys

#1James2,171US #2
#2William1,257US #4
#3Robert1,193US #1
#4Charles1,115US #6
#5John946US #3
#6Billy829US #20
#7Bobby590US #26
#8Joe459US #27
#9Thomas432US #10
#10George405US #8
#11Donald327US #7
#12Paul327US #14
#13Harold292US #18
#14Kenneth285US #15
#15Jack275US #17
#16Willie253US #32
#17Carl240US #28
#18Richard232US #5
#19Edward231US #11
#20Franklin227US #33
#21Roy227US #39
#22Frank223US #16
#23Jimmy221US #64
#24David219US #13
#25Walter206US #21
#26Fred187US #34
#27Ralph181US #29
#28Joseph178US #9
#29Jerry174US #31
#30Earl172US #41
#31Raymond172US #19
#32Clarence169US #43
#33Howard157US #36
#34Eugene153US #23
#35Henry150US #24
#36Ray131US #62
#37Albert125US #30
#38Floyd120US #69
#39Johnny119US #90
#40Ernest112US #50
#41Samuel111US #61
#42Herbert110US #49
#43Charlie109US #95
#44Bill108US #59
#45Clyde105US #87
#46Jimmie101US #72
#47Harry98US #35
#48Billie96US #146
#49Leonard91US #47
#50Gene90US #66
#51Claude87US #131
#52Tommy87US #109
#53Glenn85US #74
#54Arthur83US #25
#55Don83US #54
#56Marvin83US #44
#57Cecil77US #111
#58Jesse77US #100
#59Melvin77US #51
#60Louis76US #40
#61Wayne75US #52
#62Lawrence72US #38
#63Eddie69US #93
#64Clifford67US #86
#65Herman67US #96
#66Gerald65US #22
#67Lee65US #79
#68Horace64US #165
#69Elmer63US #101
#70Larry63US #58
#71Leon63US #85
#72Alvin62US #88
#73Lewis62US #92
#74Curtis61US #107
#75Junior61US #168
#76Hugh59US #141
#77Johnnie58US #115
#78Willard58US #130
#79Alfred56US #57
#80Sam56US #121
#81Calvin55US #112
#82Daniel54US #42
#83Earnest54US #166
#84Leroy54US #56
#85Lloyd54US #73
#86Luther54US #162
#87Norman54US #37
#88Vernon54US #83
#89Ben53US #163
#90Douglas51US #81
#91Hubert51US #155
#92Andrew50US #76
#93Glen50US #124
#94Jessie50US #143
#95Lester50US #108
#96Homer49US #150
#97Grady48
#98Jackie48US #123
#99Marion48US #133
#100Gordon47US #71

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑39Glenn#53
↑30Horace#68
↑28Franklin#20
↑25Sue#52
↑25Don#55
↑25Larry#70
↑19Calvin#81
↑17Charlotte#57

Falling

↓35Jessie#94
↓31Hubert#91
↓25Imogene#78
↓20Minnie#86
↓19Sam#80
↓18Andrew#92
↓17Norman#87
↓17Douglas#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.