State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 82,218 Tennessee births in 1947 across 1,028 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#65Bobbie#178 nationally
#43Wilma#152 nationally
#73Billie#175 nationally
#75Sammy#175 nationally
#71Donnie#168 nationally
#96Benny#191 nationally
#67Janie#161 nationally
#49Jackie#141 nationally
#80Gladys#165 nationally
#74Freddie#153 nationally
#89Claude#167 nationally
#76Thelma#153 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,785US #1
#2Mary1,928US #2
#3Brenda1,333US #21
#4Patricia1,290US #3
#5Barbara1,191US #4
#6Carolyn1,051US #15
#7Judy1,013US #14
#8Betty1,001US #17
#9Sandra880US #5
#10Shirley702US #19
#11Nancy663US #7
#12Wanda625US #66
#13Joyce550US #20
#14Martha534US #32
#15Janice514US #22
#16Margaret501US #16
#17Dorothy479US #26
#18Donna431US #10
#19Peggy427US #42
#20Carol399US #6
#21Sharon379US #9
#22Patsy378US #87
#23Elizabeth367US #25
#24Phyllis358US #37
#25Helen316US #38
#26Virginia310US #34
#27Judith307US #12
#28Glenda304US #96
#29Susan290US #8
#30Doris260US #58
#31Rebecca260US #52
#32Frances249US #39
#33Gloria244US #27
#34Beverly237US #31
#35Charlotte234US #68
#36Jo212US #51
#37Alice207US #47
#38Janet200US #23
#39Evelyn198US #72
#40Connie194US #43
#41Sarah194US #93
#42Pamela193US #28
#43Wilma181US #152
#44Ruby175US #112
#45Marilyn173US #29
#46Ann159US #41
#47Anna159US #92
#48Sherry159US #67
#49Joan157US #30
#50Annie154US #103
#51Ruth154US #44
#52Mildred153US #109
#53Jane151US #36
#54Lois151US #63
#55Diane149US #18
#56Bonnie146US #35
#57Karen144US #13
#58Cheryl142US #24
#59Norma142US #82
#60Lynda140US #77
#61Cynthia138US #33
#62Edna128US #131
#63Sue126US #69
#64Sheila122US #73
#65Bobbie118US #178
#66Diana118US #48
#67Janie113US #161
#68Jean112US #40
#69Deborah109US #62
#70Katherine109US #76
#71Rita107US #60
#72Sylvia104US #97
#73Billie103US #175
#74Gwendolyn103US #130
#75Jacqueline103US #59
#76Thelma101US #153
#77Laura99US #74
#78Emma98US #141
#79Gail97US #49
#80Gladys95US #165
#81Julia94US #116
#82Anita92US #94
#83Juanita91US #110
#84Margie91US #139
#85Geraldine89US #78
#86Paula89US #54
#87Catherine87US #46
#88Sara87US #138
#89Clara83US #150
#90Vivian83US #128
#91Edith82US #136
#92Ellen82US #61
#93Dianne81US #83
#94Rose80US #65
#95Georgia79US #129
#96Marie79US #57
#97Eva78US #168
#98Kay78US #104
#99Delores76US #115
#100Elaine75US #50

Boys

#1James3,282US #1
#2William1,928US #4
#3Robert1,752US #2
#4John1,527US #3
#5Charles1,456US #9
#6Larry1,357US #10
#7David1,196US #6
#8Jerry1,112US #20
#9Thomas852US #8
#10Richard783US #5
#11Ronald758US #11
#12Gary688US #12
#13Donald610US #13
#14Michael607US #7
#15Jimmy600US #44
#16Billy587US #51
#17George578US #16
#18Kenneth561US #15
#19Bobby502US #60
#20Ronnie482US #61
#21Johnny440US #49
#22Danny429US #39
#23Joe423US #43
#24Paul420US #18
#25Terry356US #26
#26Edward351US #19
#27Roy346US #48
#28Harold345US #35
#29Willie311US #42
#30Roger287US #25
#31Joseph285US #14
#32Carl283US #40
#33Dennis275US #17
#34Tommy249US #79
#35Walter243US #34
#36Eddie242US #80
#37Jack223US #37
#38Wayne221US #30
#39Stephen219US #21
#40Raymond214US #27
#41Frank212US #23
#42Henry195US #46
#43Ralph194US #50
#44Phillip190US #74
#45Howard188US #62
#46Fred186US #56
#47Samuel180US #72
#48Gerald164US #28
#49Jackie163US #141
#50Daniel161US #22
#51Harry155US #54
#52Steve155US #58
#53Douglas153US #31
#54Arthur152US #38
#55Ernest146US #75
#56Glenn145US #70
#57Ray140US #97
#58Earl139US #83
#59Don135US #86
#60Clarence133US #88
#61Melvin131US #85
#62Albert129US #55
#63Eugene126US #59
#64Lawrence126US #32
#65Clyde121US #128
#66Tony121US #126
#67Lonnie120US #137
#68Jimmie118US #113
#69Bill113US #76
#70Mike112US #65
#71Donnie110US #168
#72Steven110US #24
#73Marvin107US #89
#74Freddie103US #153
#75Sammy103US #175
#76Floyd102US #130
#77Jesse100US #107
#78Anthony99US #41
#79Charlie98US #145
#80Stanley98US #67
#81Curtis97US #99
#82Allen95US #73
#83Barry95US #68
#84Leonard94US #71
#85Herbert90US #104
#86Lee90US #92
#87Randall90US #106
#88Bruce83US #29
#89Claude83US #167
#90Louis83US #64
#91Jim78US #77
#92Lewis78US #118
#93Cecil77US #165
#94Alvin76US #129
#95Herman75US #150
#96Benny74US #191
#97Clifford74US #101
#98Philip74US #57
#99Gene73US #103
#100Russell72US #69

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑35Cynthia#61
↑24Pamela#42
↑22Steven#72
↑20Stephen#39
↑19Phillip#44
↑18Gwendolyn#74
↑17Steve#52
↑13Lonnie#67

Falling

↓26Juanita#83
↓19Lee#86
↓18Vivian#90
↓18Bill#69
↓17Delores#99
↓16Rose#94
↓15Don#59
↓15Cecil#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.