State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 65,123 Tennessee births in 1943 across 952 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#77Rebaoutside the national top 200
#82Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#80Johnnie#196 nationally
#98Genevaoutside the national top 200
#74Alma#174 nationally
#48Bobbie#147 nationally
#64Faye#163 nationally
#85Sammy#183 nationally
#30Wilma#120 nationally
#80Jessie#166 nationally
#99Mattie#183 nationally
#41Jackie#124 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,928US #1
#2Linda1,402US #4
#3Barbara1,076US #2
#4Betty1,060US #10
#5Carolyn822US #11
#6Patricia749US #3
#7Shirley716US #12
#8Brenda622US #35
#9Dorothy534US #19
#10Nancy533US #9
#11Judy524US #13
#12Joyce521US #16
#13Sandra502US #6
#14Martha485US #29
#15Margaret478US #14
#16Wanda398US #56
#17Peggy391US #41
#18Helen346US #28
#19Elizabeth339US #23
#20Patsy325US #61
#21Virginia314US #25
#22Doris287US #40
#23Carol284US #5
#24Janice276US #26
#25Judith276US #7
#26Frances259US #31
#27Charlotte225US #47
#28Glenda223US #83
#29Phyllis220US #39
#30Wilma220US #120
#31Alice203US #38
#32Ruby200US #82
#33Gloria195US #30
#34Sarah190US #71
#35Donna189US #17
#36Jo189US #63
#37Anna182US #64
#38Ann179US #37
#39Mildred167US #76
#40Annie165US #69
#41Ruth162US #33
#42Sharon161US #8
#43Norma160US #58
#44Evelyn156US #53
#45Beverly151US #32
#46Joan150US #21
#47Edna144US #106
#48Bobbie138US #147
#49Bonnie138US #34
#50Lois138US #43
#51Rebecca133US #87
#52Juanita132US #91
#53Jane127US #44
#54Sue118US #72
#55Emma117US #114
#56Thelma117US #127
#57Billie116US #138
#58Katherine113US #78
#59Marilyn112US #27
#60Jean110US #36
#61Willie107US #139
#62Lynda105US #115
#63Margie105US #128
#64Faye102US #163
#65Georgia97US #119
#66Susan97US #18
#67Hazel96US #144
#68Vivian95US #122
#69Eva94US #148
#70Clara92US #133
#71Geraldine92US #51
#72Marie92US #45
#73Janet91US #20
#74Alma87US #174
#75Delores86US #99
#76Julia86US #95
#77Reba86
#78Edith85US #118
#79Sylvia85US #77
#80Johnnie83US #196
#81Louise80US #70
#82Bettye79
#83Rose79US #50
#84Ella78US #155
#85Laura77US #117
#86Sara76US #137
#87Loretta74US #89
#88Ethel73US #126
#89Lillian73US #116
#90Rita73US #52
#91Kay72US #81
#92Anita71US #98
#93Gail71US #55
#94Catherine70US #48
#95Minnie70US #173
#96Jessie69US #177
#97Carole68US #42
#98Geneva68
#99Mattie67US #183
#100Gladys65US #131

Boys

#1James2,925US #1
#2William1,591US #4
#3Robert1,440US #2
#4Charles1,363US #7
#5John1,272US #3
#6Jerry864US #17
#7David738US #6
#8Thomas673US #8
#9Larry657US #12
#10Billy601US #37
#11Bobby560US #46
#12George496US #14
#13Jimmy489US #42
#14Richard479US #5
#15Donald476US #11
#16Kenneth458US #15
#17Ronald401US #9
#18Paul398US #19
#19Joe386US #35
#20Roy366US #38
#21Edward329US #18
#22Johnny321US #52
#23Harold317US #27
#24Willie281US #36
#25Carl269US #33
#26Walter232US #26
#27Joseph231US #13
#28Tommy215US #77
#29Ronnie211US #71
#30Raymond207US #22
#31Frank204US #21
#32Jack195US #34
#33Henry192US #31
#34Eddie188US #80
#35Fred185US #45
#36Douglas180US #28
#37Wayne177US #41
#38Ralph176US #40
#39Michael175US #10
#40Gary172US #16
#41Jackie170US #124
#42Roger168US #24
#43Clarence160US #68
#44Gerald154US #23
#45Samuel149US #62
#46Earl147US #60
#47Howard145US #48
#48Ernest143US #61
#49Ray142US #84
#50Jimmie140US #95
#51Don132US #72
#52Albert129US #43
#53Eugene128US #47
#54Arthur125US #30
#55Danny124US #88
#56Clyde123US #114
#57Dennis123US #20
#58Harry122US #50
#59Terry118US #49
#60Marvin109US #66
#61Charlie108US #122
#62Jesse107US #105
#63Glenn106US #85
#64Lawrence102US #32
#65Bill94US #65
#66Floyd93US #112
#67Phillip93US #81
#68Cecil90US #132
#69Clifford90US #94
#70Daniel90US #25
#71Melvin86US #63
#72Freddie83US #143
#73Alvin81US #113
#74Claude78US #152
#75Curtis78US #100
#76Gene77US #89
#77Lee77US #91
#78Allen75US #76
#79Leroy74US #74
#80Jessie73US #166
#81Leonard73US #55
#82Elmer71US #154
#83Herbert71US #86
#84Herman71US #129
#85Sammy71US #183
#86Stanley70US #54
#87Louis69US #53
#88Andrew68US #79
#89Lonnie67US #144
#90Norman66US #56
#91Hugh65US #160
#92Lewis65US #115
#93Leon64US #103
#94Lloyd61US #104
#95Sam61US #153
#96Franklin60US #119
#97Stephen59US #29
#98Donnie58US #180
#99Steve58US #93
#100Calvin57US #126

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑39Sharon#42
↑34Roger#42
↑29Danny#55
↑29Clifford#69
↑26Susan#66
↑21Lynda#62
↑20Vivian#68
↑20Dennis#57

Falling

↓41Franklin#96
↓35Gladys#100
↓22Carole#97
↓22Herbert#83
↓20Mattie#99
↓19Phillip#67
↓18Sara#86
↓17Geraldine#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.