State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,765 Tennessee births in 1949 across 986 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#48Wilma#167 nationally
#74Bobbie#188 nationally
#92Sammyoutside the national top 200
#50Donnie#156 nationally
#48Jackie#140 nationally
#93Willie#179 nationally
#88Thelma#172 nationally
#85Janie#165 nationally
#28Patsy#106 nationally
#69Charlie#146 nationally
#93Garry#165 nationally
#100Clara#168 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,289US #1
#2Mary1,671US #2
#3Brenda1,483US #13
#4Patricia1,203US #3
#5Barbara1,041US #4
#6Judy879US #20
#7Carolyn819US #17
#8Sandra807US #6
#9Betty787US #22
#10Shirley767US #18
#11Wanda575US #56
#12Nancy566US #7
#13Donna484US #12
#14Sharon477US #10
#15Janice466US #24
#16Margaret461US #14
#17Martha450US #34
#18Joyce434US #26
#19Peggy430US #38
#20Susan362US #5
#21Carol358US #8
#22Deborah339US #15
#23Elizabeth335US #25
#24Dorothy331US #32
#25Phyllis308US #50
#26Rebecca295US #40
#27Glenda272US #87
#28Patsy270US #106
#29Connie261US #43
#30Gloria258US #29
#31Beverly250US #31
#32Helen250US #46
#33Judith247US #16
#34Pamela246US #21
#35Virginia240US #39
#36Kathy232US #42
#37Charlotte224US #71
#38Janet216US #23
#39Karen214US #11
#40Doris213US #69
#41Frances212US #49
#42Sherry212US #68
#43Rita196US #54
#44Alice183US #53
#45Sarah180US #84
#46Jo170US #60
#47Cheryl167US #28
#48Wilma167US #167
#49Marilyn160US #33
#50Diane157US #19
#51Annie149US #103
#52Bonnie147US #35
#53Sheila147US #76
#54Ruth146US #47
#55Anna145US #91
#56Cynthia145US #27
#57Teresa142US #82
#58Ann141US #44
#59Jane136US #41
#60Lois136US #73
#61Evelyn134US #80
#62Ruby131US #123
#63Joan122US #36
#64Norma121US #105
#65Lynda119US #93
#66Cathy118US #81
#67Katherine117US #59
#68Paula115US #55
#69Catherine114US #37
#70Laura111US #65
#71Mildred110US #120
#72Juanita106US #107
#73Vicki106US #70
#74Bobbie103US #188
#75Edna103US #142
#76Jacqueline102US #58
#77Diana98US #48
#78Sue98US #88
#79Gail94US #51
#80Emma93US #147
#81Jean93US #45
#82Kathleen93US #9
#83Paulette93US #125
#84Gwendolyn91US #114
#85Janie91US #165
#86Vivian87US #136
#87Sylvia86US #94
#88Thelma86US #172
#89Anita85US #99
#90Dianne84US #85
#91Rose83US #66
#92Suzanne82US #62
#93Willie82US #179
#94Kathryn79US #52
#95Theresa79US #63
#96Delores78US #126
#97Julia78US #112
#98Geraldine77US #90
#99Vickie76US #124
#100Clara75US #168

Boys

#1James2,849US #1
#2William1,720US #4
#3John1,511US #3
#4Robert1,501US #2
#5Charles1,346US #9
#6Larry1,338US #10
#7David1,295US #6
#8Jerry930US #23
#9Michael891US #5
#10Thomas780US #8
#11Gary760US #12
#12Ronald708US #11
#13Richard627US #7
#14Donald599US #13
#15Kenneth539US #15
#16George483US #18
#17Billy477US #57
#18Jimmy467US #53
#19Johnny428US #49
#20Roger404US #25
#21Danny399US #40
#22Ronnie385US #65
#23Terry385US #28
#24Bobby348US #67
#25Paul342US #17
#26Edward330US #21
#27Joe324US #52
#28Joseph321US #14
#29Stephen307US #19
#30Harold302US #42
#31Willie293US #41
#32Roy287US #51
#33Carl264US #43
#34Dennis257US #16
#35Eddie251US #80
#36Tommy237US #84
#37Steven231US #20
#38Phillip216US #66
#39Walter211US #37
#40Daniel208US #22
#41Raymond188US #30
#42Frank182US #27
#43Samuel182US #62
#44Wayne178US #35
#45Henry176US #46
#46Steve174US #68
#47Ralph172US #50
#48Jackie161US #140
#49Gerald157US #33
#50Donnie154US #156
#51Jack152US #47
#52Fred148US #72
#53Clarence140US #94
#54Melvin137US #82
#55Harry132US #59
#56Howard130US #63
#57Douglas129US #29
#58Ernest129US #76
#59Arthur127US #44
#60Randall122US #79
#61Glenn120US #61
#62Don115US #98
#63Lawrence115US #32
#64Stanley114US #60
#65Eugene113US #58
#66Albert112US #56
#67Earl108US #91
#68Anthony105US #36
#69Charlie103US #146
#70Ray100US #109
#71Marvin97US #89
#72Floyd91US #133
#73Allen88US #71
#74Barry88US #73
#75Jimmie86US #130
#76Lee85US #93
#77Lonnie85US #134
#78Timothy84US #34
#79Leonard83US #74
#80Clyde82US #131
#81Bruce81US #26
#82Tony81US #139
#83Clifford80US #103
#84Herbert80US #107
#85Mark79US #24
#86Jesse78US #110
#87Alan77US #45
#88Alvin77US #128
#89Calvin77US #112
#90Freddie77US #152
#91Patrick77US #39
#92Sammy77
#93Garry76US #165
#94Philip76US #55
#95Andrew75US #75
#96Micheal72US #122
#97Curtis71US #97
#98Herman71US #157
#99Russell71US #69
#100Mike69US #88

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑32Kathy#36
↑29Randall#60
↑22Catherine#69
↑19Deborah#22
↑19Steven#37
↑18Anthony#68
↑18Floyd#72
↑16Clifford#83

Falling

↓21Geraldine#98
↓21Tony#82
↓19Clara#100
↓18Freddie#90
↓18Andrew#95
↓18Mike#100
↓17Rose#91
↓15Evelyn#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.