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Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,514 Tennessee births in 1935 across 898 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#50Rebaoutside the national top 200
#52Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#87Imogeneoutside the national top 200
#57Billie#168 nationally
#97Doyle#199 nationally
#63Geneva#156 nationally
#25Bobbie#116 nationally
#80Homer#170 nationally
#93Lena#183 nationally
#49Mattie#136 nationally
#48Nellie#131 nationally
#57Minnie#139 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,953US #1
#2Betty1,553US #4
#3Shirley1,128US #2
#4Barbara818US #3
#5Dorothy730US #6
#6Martha473US #24
#7Margaret437US #8
#8Helen428US #10
#9Peggy376US #36
#10Joyce357US #12
#11Virginia337US #16
#12Nancy330US #9
#13Frances320US #19
#14Doris288US #13
#15Ruby287US #41
#16Patricia284US #5
#17Wilma270US #70
#18Mildred261US #35
#19Annie247US #38
#20Ruth246US #15
#21Anna241US #34
#22Carolyn241US #28
#23Elizabeth239US #17
#24Evelyn238US #31
#25Bobbie236US #116
#26Wanda232US #49
#27Norma185US #29
#28Edna181US #67
#29Juanita180US #72
#30Billie177US #106
#31Lois172US #21
#32Jo171US #73
#33Sarah170US #61
#34Ann165US #30
#35Jean164US #18
#36Patsy162US #56
#37Joan158US #7
#38Clara155US #81
#39Thelma154US #76
#40Emma152US #89
#41Alice147US #25
#42Willie147US #99
#43Hazel143US #92
#44Louise141US #45
#45Margie126US #100
#46Georgia119US #123
#47Bonnie118US #62
#48Nellie117US #131
#49Mattie113US #136
#50Reba113
#51Alma109US #132
#52Bettye109
#53Edith109US #87
#54Gladys106US #78
#55Charlotte105US #65
#56Marie105US #33
#57Minnie105US #139
#58Katherine100US #103
#59Lillian100US #66
#60Eva96US #110
#61Ella95US #122
#62Sara93US #128
#63Geneva91US #156
#64Lillie91US #118
#65Sue91US #115
#66Geraldine89US #40
#67Christine84US #130
#68Joann83US #53
#69Ethel82US #82
#70Bertha81US #114
#71Jessie81US #135
#72Laura81US #101
#73June80US #55
#74Marjorie79US #46
#75Pauline79US #80
#76Phyllis79US #27
#77Velma79US #147
#78Bessie77US #129
#79Carol77US #11
#80Jane75US #43
#81Marilyn74US #14
#82Rebecca74US #163
#83Irene70US #52
#84Lucille70US #85
#85Sylvia70US #60
#86Catherine69US #42
#87Imogene69
#88Rose69US #37
#89Gloria68US #32
#90Ida68US #121
#91Maxine68US #120
#92Beverly66US #20
#93Lena66US #183
#94Anne65US #84
#95Bernice64US #90
#96Lula64US #174
#97Faye63US #161
#98Delores62US #57
#99Elsie60US #113
#100Rosie60US #166

Boys

#1James2,338US #2
#2William1,330US #4
#3Charles1,247US #6
#4Robert1,186US #1
#5John978US #3
#6Billy911US #19
#7Bobby733US #24
#8Joe463US #25
#9George445US #8
#10Thomas434US #9
#11Donald403US #7
#12Paul322US #14
#13Jimmy321US #47
#14Harold317US #20
#15Kenneth306US #15
#16David294US #11
#17Richard294US #5
#18Jack280US #18
#19Jerry279US #22
#20Willie279US #30
#21Roy260US #40
#22Edward248US #13
#23Walter225US #23
#24Carl223US #28
#25Frank198US #16
#26Ralph196US #32
#27Howard188US #39
#28Raymond186US #17
#29Eugene178US #26
#30Fred173US #34
#31Joseph172US #10
#32Henry169US #27
#33Johnny156US #74
#34Earl149US #46
#35Jimmie144US #69
#36Clarence142US #48
#37Franklin142US #71
#38Albert134US #31
#39Clyde133US #82
#40Ernest130US #55
#41Tommy126US #95
#42Ray116US #64
#43Wayne113US #49
#44Samuel112US #62
#45Bill110US #60
#46Jackie105US #102
#47Ronald105US #12
#48Harry103US #37
#49Herman101US #101
#50Charlie100US #100
#51Gene97US #66
#52Herbert96US #58
#53Jesse96US #104
#54Floyd95US #76
#55Norman94US #38
#56Marvin93US #45
#57Billie92US #168
#58Larry89US #33
#59Arthur88US #29
#60Cecil88US #109
#61Lawrence88US #35
#62Melvin88US #57
#63Claude84US #129
#64Don84US #51
#65Gerald84US #21
#66Lee83US #80
#67Eddie82US #87
#68Glenn80US #78
#69Leon80US #86
#70Leroy80US #50
#71Lewis79US #98
#72Curtis76US #108
#73Sam76US #126
#74Louis75US #42
#75Alvin73US #91
#76Leonard72US #54
#77Elmer68US #115
#78Douglas63US #75
#79Jessie61US #140
#80Homer60US #170
#81Hugh60US #139
#82Johnnie58US #118
#83Oscar58US #143
#84Edgar55US #138
#85Willard55US #132
#86Clifford53US #88
#87Andrew52US #85
#88Vernon52US #94
#89Chester51US #121
#90Luther51US #169
#91Glen50US #124
#92Jim50US #90
#93Lloyd50US #84
#94Earnest49US #163
#95Hubert49US #160
#96Daniel48US #43
#97Doyle48US #199
#98Harvey47US #99
#99Alfred46US #63
#100Arnold46US #103

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑25Norman#55
↑21Leon#69
↑20Jackie#46
↑19Ella#61
↑17Carol#79
↑15Nellie#48
↑14Oscar#83
↑12Margie#45

Falling

↓28Pauline#75
↓18Gladys#54
↓17Gloria#89
↓17Elsie#99
↓17Glen#91
↓16Marjorie#74
↓15Leonard#76
↓14Elmer#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.