State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,345 Tennessee births in 1934 across 897 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#43Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#62Rebaoutside the national top 200
#74Imogeneoutside the national top 200
#86Dorthyoutside the national top 200
#89Opal#199 nationally
#46Billie#147 nationally
#76Horace#170 nationally
#97Beulah#191 nationally
#84Junior#171 nationally
#24Bobbie#110 nationally
#87Ben#169 nationally
#91Lena#172 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,958US #1
#2Betty1,532US #2
#3Dorothy797US #5
#4Barbara714US #3
#5Martha485US #27
#6Helen467US #9
#7Peggy431US #36
#8Margaret413US #8
#9Shirley357US #4
#10Joyce356US #12
#11Ruby340US #39
#12Frances337US #19
#13Mildred334US #35
#14Doris333US #11
#15Virginia324US #15
#16Nancy300US #10
#17Ruth271US #13
#18Anna264US #31
#19Annie257US #38
#20Elizabeth253US #18
#21Wilma239US #73
#22Evelyn237US #29
#23Wanda231US #47
#24Bobbie222US #110
#25Norma209US #24
#26Carolyn203US #33
#27Patricia200US #6
#28Edna197US #55
#29Billie196US #92
#30Thelma191US #65
#31Jo173US #75
#32Lois173US #20
#33Sarah168US #67
#34Jean167US #16
#35Alice161US #25
#36Gladys159US #66
#37Louise158US #40
#38Clara157US #76
#39Juanita155US #64
#40Willie152US #102
#41Bonnie151US #58
#42Ann147US #32
#43Bettye143
#44Edith132US #81
#45Joan132US #7
#46Patsy132US #59
#47Pauline130US #71
#48Alma127US #123
#49Hazel127US #87
#50Katherine125US #101
#51Emma122US #85
#52Lillian118US #52
#53Georgia113US #122
#54Charlotte110US #72
#55Marie110US #34
#56Eva108US #100
#57Margie105US #103
#58Marjorie105US #41
#59Sue104US #119
#60Mattie101US #132
#61Christine99US #121
#62Reba99
#63Nellie98US #126
#64Ethel97US #78
#65Geraldine93US #43
#66Sara93US #125
#67Jane91US #48
#68Minnie90US #133
#69Geneva89US #139
#70Bessie88US #128
#71Lillie87US #116
#72Gloria86US #30
#73June86US #46
#74Imogene85
#75Jessie84US #129
#76Joann84US #50
#77Laura83US #96
#78Sylvia79US #70
#79Velma78US #144
#80Ella75US #113
#81Vivian74US #98
#82Elsie72US #107
#83Catherine70US #42
#84Myrtle70US #141
#85Lucille69US #84
#86Dorthy68
#87Irene67US #49
#88Josephine66US #60
#89Opal66US #199
#90Ida65US #118
#91Lena65US #172
#92Rebecca65US #165
#93Rosie65US #160
#94Stella65US #169
#95Maxine63US #114
#96Carol61US #14
#97Beulah60US #191
#98Hattie58US #176
#99Cora57US #168
#100Delores57US #51

Boys

#1James2,266US #2
#2William1,265US #4
#3Robert1,155US #1
#4Charles1,141US #7
#5John927US #3
#6Billy893US #20
#7Bobby675US #23
#8Thomas488US #9
#9Joe483US #26
#10George436US #8
#11Donald363US #6
#12Paul319US #14
#13Kenneth314US #15
#14Harold313US #18
#15David308US #12
#16Willie286US #30
#17Jimmy273US #56
#18Jack265US #17
#19Edward263US #13
#20Richard262US #5
#21Roy249US #35
#22Frank235US #16
#23Jerry228US #25
#24Carl215US #28
#25Ralph210US #31
#26Walter208US #21
#27Franklin192US #46
#28Joseph185US #10
#29Fred183US #33
#30Raymond183US #19
#31Clarence179US #45
#32Eugene176US #24
#33Howard174US #37
#34Henry166US #27
#35Earl161US #41
#36Ray153US #63
#37Jimmie143US #68
#38Clyde121US #84
#39Johnny120US #83
#40Ernest116US #51
#41Tommy116US #98
#42Charlie114US #100
#43Albert112US #32
#44Ronald111US #11
#45Wayne111US #48
#46Billie110US #147
#47Samuel107US #66
#48Herbert104US #57
#49Marvin101US #44
#50Floyd100US #73
#51Bill99US #59
#52Don99US #50
#53Gene98US #67
#54Harry97US #36
#55Jesse96US #102
#56Herman95US #97
#57Lawrence89US #34
#58Larry85US #43
#59Glenn84US #81
#60Cecil83US #111
#61Leonard81US #53
#62Melvin81US #55
#63Elmer78US #108
#64Gerald78US #22
#65Lee78US #79
#66Jackie74US #114
#67Arthur71US #29
#68Claude70US #130
#69Hugh69US #135
#70Leroy67US #54
#71Louis67US #40
#72Alvin66US #93
#73Eddie66US #92
#74Glen66US #120
#75Jessie66US #144
#76Horace65US #170
#77Lewis65US #94
#78Curtis61US #103
#79Clifford59US #85
#80Norman58US #38
#81Vernon58US #89
#82Sam57US #127
#83Daniel56US #42
#84Junior56US #171
#85Hubert55US #150
#86Johnnie54US #116
#87Ben52US #169
#88Bob52US #75
#89Douglas52US #72
#90Leon52US #87
#91Alfred51US #64
#92Lester51US #110
#93Earnest50US #161
#94Lloyd50US #82
#95Harvey49US #99
#96Willard49US #136
#97Oscar47US #143
#98Calvin46US #128
#99Gordon46US #71
#100Allen45US #88

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑32Jackie#66
↑21Shirley#9
↑19Glen#74
↑19Jessie#75
↑18Minnie#68
↑16Wayne#45
↑14Edith#44
↑14Leroy#70

Falling

↓27Emma#51
↓20Rebecca#92
↓19Leon#90
↓18Willard#96
↓17Claude#68
↓17Calvin#98
↓15Clifford#79
↓14Nellie#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.