State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,985 Tennessee births in 1944 across 938 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#77Johnnie#192 nationally
#93Nellie#199 nationally
#95Deweyoutside the national top 200
#71Donnie#171 nationally
#50Bobbie#144 nationally
#32Wilma#125 nationally
#85Alma#176 nationally
#52Billie#142 nationally
#97Janie#186 nationally
#67Claude#154 nationally
#81Faye#165 nationally
#67Eva#148 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,810US #1
#2Linda1,445US #3
#3Barbara992US #2
#4Betty913US #10
#5Carolyn820US #11
#6Patricia796US #4
#7Brenda720US #30
#8Shirley668US #15
#9Judy612US #12
#10Sandra567US #6
#11Nancy537US #7
#12Joyce524US #18
#13Martha444US #29
#14Dorothy436US #19
#15Wanda416US #58
#16Peggy407US #45
#17Margaret386US #14
#18Elizabeth328US #23
#19Patsy318US #72
#20Carol303US #5
#21Helen285US #31
#22Virginia277US #26
#23Judith259US #9
#24Doris254US #42
#25Janice249US #28
#26Alice226US #38
#27Frances220US #33
#28Glenda218US #79
#29Phyllis216US #40
#30Charlotte215US #50
#31Donna203US #17
#32Wilma203US #125
#33Ruby198US #87
#34Sarah194US #67
#35Gloria191US #25
#36Jo189US #61
#37Anna181US #74
#38Sharon176US #8
#39Ruth168US #32
#40Mildred164US #81
#41Bonnie159US #34
#42Annie158US #71
#43Evelyn154US #57
#44Ann149US #39
#45Rebecca149US #84
#46Norma145US #66
#47Lois140US #47
#48Joan139US #22
#49Beverly136US #35
#50Bobbie133US #144
#51Janet132US #21
#52Billie131US #142
#53Jean123US #37
#54Edna121US #112
#55Marilyn120US #27
#56Thelma118US #131
#57Sue117US #62
#58Susan117US #13
#59Jane112US #41
#60Willie108US #138
#61Geraldine107US #53
#62Georgia106US #114
#63Clara101US #134
#64Emma101US #118
#65Juanita93US #94
#66Julia91US #102
#67Eva85US #148
#68Margie84US #130
#69Gladys83US #137
#70Pamela82US #44
#71Cheryl81US #36
#72Connie81US #51
#73Lynda81US #113
#74Katherine80US #77
#75Louise79US #69
#76Edith78US #123
#77Johnnie77US #192
#78Rita77US #54
#79Sylvia77US #83
#80Hazel75US #147
#81Faye74US #165
#82Anita71US #95
#83Carole71US #43
#84Rose71US #52
#85Alma69US #176
#86Christine69US #75
#87Laura69US #119
#88Sara69US #136
#89Vivian69US #129
#90Joann68US #65
#91Diane67US #24
#92Catherine66US #49
#93Nellie65US #199
#94Sherry65US #100
#95Ella64US #158
#96Lillian64US #126
#97Janie62US #186
#98Jeanette62US #117
#99Jessie62US #177
#100Karen62US #16

Boys

#1James2,770US #1
#2William1,542US #4
#3Robert1,386US #2
#4Charles1,228US #7
#5John1,189US #3
#6Jerry907US #19
#7David777US #6
#8Larry713US #12
#9Thomas663US #8
#10Billy568US #38
#11Richard528US #5
#12Jimmy505US #41
#13George490US #14
#14Bobby473US #50
#15Donald468US #11
#16Kenneth417US #16
#17Ronald415US #10
#18Paul394US #17
#19Johnny347US #45
#20Joe339US #33
#21Roy300US #39
#22Edward299US #18
#23Willie299US #31
#24Harold297US #27
#25Gary295US #15
#26Tommy244US #70
#27Michael225US #9
#28Carl217US #36
#29Raymond215US #22
#30Walter212US #26
#31Roger209US #23
#32Joseph203US #13
#33Frank201US #21
#34Ronnie188US #69
#35Ralph186US #42
#36Jack177US #30
#37Henry176US #35
#38Eddie169US #79
#39Fred169US #47
#40Howard169US #53
#41Terry168US #43
#42Wayne156US #37
#43Danny148US #76
#44Douglas142US #34
#45Clarence141US #74
#46Gerald141US #24
#47Ernest140US #59
#48Jackie140US #128
#49Samuel140US #62
#50Don134US #72
#51Ray131US #86
#52Earl130US #65
#53Harry127US #49
#54Albert119US #44
#55Dennis117US #20
#56Clyde111US #111
#57Arthur108US #29
#58Marvin104US #75
#59Lawrence101US #32
#60Glenn98US #88
#61Jesse98US #103
#62Melvin94US #67
#63Bill92US #66
#64Jimmie91US #98
#65Eugene88US #48
#66Leonard88US #56
#67Claude86US #154
#68Franklin86US #121
#69Cecil85US #142
#70Charlie85US #120
#71Donnie85US #171
#72Freddie84US #138
#73Floyd83US #110
#74Daniel80US #25
#75Herbert79US #90
#76Stanley79US #57
#77Alvin77US #115
#78Phillip73US #83
#79Allen72US #77
#80Calvin72US #124
#81Lee71US #85
#82Leon71US #108
#83Gene70US #95
#84Johnnie70US #131
#85Stephen70US #28
#86Curtis69US #97
#87Norman68US #58
#88Clifford67US #99
#89Lonnie67US #148
#90Jessie65US #167
#91Louis64US #54
#92Glen63US #147
#93Sammy63US #173
#94Harvey62US #118
#95Dewey61
#96Lloyd61US #102
#97Herman60US #129
#98Alfred58US #82
#99Steve57US #89
#100Dwight56US #140

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑31Gladys#69
↑28Franklin#68
↑27Donnie#71
↑22Janet#51
↑20Calvin#80
↑18Terry#41
↑15Gary#25
↑15Leonard#66

Falling

↓21Vivian#89
↓19Clifford#88
↓17Faye#81
↓16Katherine#74
↓14Jimmie#64
↓13Juanita#65
↓13Hazel#80
↓13Herman#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.