State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,419 Tennessee births in 1952 across 1,033 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#71Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#72Wilmaoutside the national top 200
#50Donnie#156 nationally
#95Unknownoutside the national top 200
#42Jackie#144 nationally
#91Janie#189 nationally
#93Emma#180 nationally
#43Patsy#128 nationally
#94Edna#177 nationally
#68Ruby#145 nationally
#65Rickey#140 nationally
#84Mildred#159 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,584US #1
#2Mary1,488US #2
#3Deborah1,337US #4
#4Patricia1,233US #3
#5Brenda1,132US #15
#6Barbara779US #6
#7Sandra705US #10
#8Carolyn697US #24
#9Judy661US #26
#10Nancy563US #7
#11Betty545US #32
#12Donna538US #13
#13Janice532US #23
#14Kathy522US #29
#15Sharon498US #14
#16Susan476US #5
#17Shirley468US #28
#18Wanda434US #54
#19Pamela433US #17
#20Martha387US #40
#21Debra380US #9
#22Karen370US #8
#23Elizabeth368US #22
#24Rebecca358US #30
#25Margaret346US #21
#26Joyce343US #27
#27Peggy310US #43
#28Beverly305US #35
#29Connie305US #44
#30Teresa301US #52
#31Carol286US #12
#32Janet284US #19
#33Sherry278US #68
#34Dorothy261US #46
#35Phyllis252US #65
#36Cynthia232US #18
#37Cathy230US #56
#38Gloria229US #36
#39Vickie226US #76
#40Glenda223US #97
#41Charlotte216US #89
#42Virginia203US #49
#43Patsy202US #128
#44Doris197US #83
#45Sheila192US #64
#46Marilyn191US #38
#47Helen190US #63
#48Alice189US #69
#49Rita179US #66
#50Frances176US #67
#51Judith175US #25
#52Katherine168US #59
#53Jo165US #55
#54Diane163US #16
#55Vicki157US #61
#56Paula155US #47
#57Bonnie147US #41
#58Cheryl140US #31
#59Evelyn138US #90
#60Jacqueline137US #58
#61Anita136US #91
#62Catherine135US #34
#63Gwendolyn134US #114
#64Sarah129US #93
#65Jane128US #42
#66Marsha127US #75
#67Joan126US #37
#68Ruby121US #145
#69Norma118US #112
#70Ruth118US #57
#71Shelia111
#72Wilma107
#73Gail104US #39
#74Laura103US #53
#75Anna102US #101
#76Kathryn102US #48
#77Julia100US #131
#78Ann99US #45
#79Kathleen98US #11
#80Diana97US #51
#81Lois97US #86
#82Rhonda97US #95
#83Rose96US #62
#84Mildred89US #159
#85Vivian88US #142
#86Marcia85US #80
#87Sylvia85US #99
#88Dianne84US #96
#89Annie82US #127
#90Christine82US #20
#91Janie80US #189
#92Theresa79US #60
#93Emma77US #180
#94Edna76US #177
#95Unknown76
#96Jean73US #50
#97Delores72US #152
#98Victoria72US #74
#99Constance70US #92
#100Loretta70US #136

Boys

#1James2,504US #1
#2William1,703US #6
#3David1,478US #5
#4Robert1,464US #2
#5Michael1,305US #4
#6John1,279US #3
#7Charles1,260US #9
#8Larry1,224US #14
#9Gary902US #10
#10Jerry853US #26
#11Richard788US #7
#12Thomas767US #8
#13Ronald663US #15
#14Donald612US #13
#15Kenneth601US #16
#16Danny472US #40
#17Terry466US #29
#18Billy435US #65
#19George428US #22
#20Stephen420US #21
#21Steven411US #11
#22Paul368US #19
#23Bobby366US #77
#24Johnny357US #53
#25Edward342US #23
#26Roger341US #30
#27Jimmy326US #72
#28Dennis325US #18
#29Joseph309US #12
#30Ronnie307US #82
#31Joe284US #62
#32Willie256US #48
#33Carl248US #45
#34Walter237US #44
#35Harold233US #51
#36Roy233US #55
#37Daniel215US #20
#38Eddie202US #93
#39Ricky197US #81
#40Phillip196US #74
#41Anthony195US #34
#42Jackie184US #144
#43Samuel183US #67
#44Tommy183US #97
#45Mark180US #17
#46Randy169US #41
#47Douglas162US #28
#48Jack162US #52
#49Raymond162US #33
#50Donnie159US #156
#51Ralph157US #56
#52Steve155US #85
#53Stanley153US #58
#54Henry152US #50
#55Timothy149US #27
#56Gregory148US #24
#57Randall147US #63
#58Wayne139US #38
#59Frank137US #32
#60Barry133US #69
#61Gerald132US #39
#62Melvin129US #91
#63Arthur122US #47
#64Fred121US #90
#65Rickey121US #140
#66Albert118US #66
#67Micheal118US #94
#68Howard117US #73
#69Ernest115US #87
#70Glenn113US #61
#71Clarence111US #102
#72Lawrence111US #35
#73Calvin110US #108
#74Bruce109US #25
#75Harry109US #75
#76Allen103US #78
#77Ray103US #113
#78Tony100US #133
#79Dwight97US #123
#80Earl96US #98
#81Marvin93US #95
#82Lonnie91US #148
#83Curtis90US #86
#84Alan88US #42
#85Philip86US #60
#86Herbert85US #115
#87Don84US #120
#88Floyd84US #149
#89Andrew83US #68
#90Darrell81US #109
#91Patrick80US #37
#92Eugene77US #71
#93Mike77US #136
#94Leonard75US #83
#95Clyde74US #143
#96Keith74US #49
#97Jeffrey73US #31
#98Dale72US #46
#99Lee72US #92
#100Clifford69US #99

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑35Rickey#65
↑33Ricky#39
↑23Norma#69
↑19Gregory#56
↑18Vickie#39
↑16Julia#77
↑15Marsha#66
↑15Ruth#70

Falling

↓20Rose#83
↓19Annie#89
↓19Janie#91
↓16Diana#80
↓16Bruce#74
↓16Eugene#92
↓13Frank#59
↓12Allen#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.