State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1955 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 79,549 Tennessee births in 1955 across 1,076 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#59Shelia#181 nationally
#57Patsy#172 nationally
#87Wilmaoutside the national top 200
#92Janieoutside the national top 200
#62Donnie#169 nationally
#60Jackie#148 nationally
#47Glenda#128 nationally
#94Ruby#173 nationally
#52Charlotte#129 nationally
#76Melissa#149 nationally
#91Annie#160 nationally
#46Rickey#114 nationally

Girls

#1Deborah1,302US #2
#2Mary1,283US #1
#3Patricia1,151US #6
#4Linda1,114US #3
#5Debra895US #4
#6Brenda871US #18
#7Pamela695US #12
#8Kathy686US #22
#9Sandra676US #13
#10Teresa663US #26
#11Donna638US #10
#12Barbara601US #7
#13Sharon544US #16
#14Karen531US #8
#15Susan518US #5
#16Judy500US #32
#17Janice489US #25
#18Cynthia463US #11
#19Carolyn455US #30
#20Nancy442US #9
#21Betty402US #36
#22Connie386US #35
#23Shirley381US #37
#24Janet362US #20
#25Wanda360US #61
#26Rebecca357US #27
#27Sherry344US #56
#28Elizabeth324US #21
#29Martha323US #53
#30Carol322US #15
#31Joyce316US #29
#32Beverly312US #34
#33Vickie300US #68
#34Margaret281US #24
#35Cathy279US #44
#36Marilyn272US #49
#37Sheila252US #57
#38Debbie250US #63
#39Dorothy250US #64
#40Peggy241US #51
#41Cheryl240US #19
#42Rita236US #72
#43Diane227US #14
#44Vicki225US #52
#45Phyllis202US #74
#46Rhonda195US #71
#47Glenda194US #128
#48Paula190US #39
#49Jo186US #58
#50Gloria183US #47
#51Anita173US #94
#52Charlotte170US #129
#53Jacqueline167US #73
#54Doris159US #101
#55Lisa153US #48
#56Helen152US #78
#57Patsy150US #172
#58Katherine149US #65
#59Shelia147US #181
#60Frances146US #96
#61Rose146US #54
#62Virginia141US #66
#63Angela137US #109
#64Catherine134US #28
#65Bonnie132US #45
#66Theresa131US #38
#67Laura129US #41
#68Sarah125US #108
#69Robin123US #33
#70Terry123US #83
#71Ann122US #43
#72Alice119US #87
#73Gwendolyn117US #122
#74Marsha117US #106
#75Evelyn114US #112
#76Melissa114US #149
#77Jane113US #50
#78Judith111US #31
#79Denise109US #23
#80Ruth109US #70
#81Gail101US #42
#82Julia101US #131
#83Joan97US #46
#84Kathryn95US #59
#85Darlene94US #76
#86Regina94US #127
#87Wilma94
#88Anna93US #105
#89Vivian93US #154
#90Jennifer90US #104
#91Annie88US #160
#92Janie85
#93Terri84US #85
#94Ruby81US #173
#95Loretta78US #123
#96Vicky78US #159
#97Norma77US #137
#98Sylvia77US #107
#99Diana76US #55
#100Vanessa76US #140

Boys

#1James2,405US #3
#2David1,625US #2
#3Michael1,612US #1
#4William1,459US #6
#5Robert1,442US #4
#6John1,289US #5
#7Charles1,108US #11
#8Larry811US #19
#9Gary799US #12
#10Richard791US #7
#11Thomas751US #8
#12Jerry692US #33
#13Terry664US #28
#14Steven579US #10
#15Kenneth574US #15
#16Donald554US #14
#17Ronald543US #18
#18Danny538US #45
#19Ricky478US #46
#20Mark446US #9
#21Billy422US #69
#22Stephen409US #21
#23Johnny402US #55
#24Dennis400US #23
#25George400US #26
#26Randy372US #30
#27Joseph354US #13
#28Paul348US #16
#29Roger344US #37
#30Ronnie319US #80
#31Bobby318US #75
#32Jimmy303US #78
#33Anthony299US #31
#34Timothy299US #22
#35Edward298US #25
#36Joe273US #68
#37Gregory258US #24
#38Roy244US #58
#39Steve243US #72
#40Carl224US #47
#41Daniel223US #17
#42Randall220US #53
#43Willie219US #54
#44Jeffrey216US #20
#45Harold214US #63
#46Rickey202US #114
#47Walter197US #51
#48Frank190US #34
#49Tommy190US #108
#50Micheal189US #87
#51Eddie185US #92
#52Phillip184US #74
#53Stanley183US #64
#54Douglas169US #29
#55Samuel168US #71
#56Jack163US #60
#57Tony163US #93
#58Darrell159US #91
#59Barry155US #70
#60Jackie152US #148
#61Raymond144US #36
#62Donnie141US #169
#63Wayne139US #44
#64Gerald137US #48
#65Henry137US #61
#66Marvin137US #94
#67Melvin135US #95
#68Ralph135US #67
#69Bruce132US #32
#70Keith128US #39
#71Jeffery127US #73
#72Howard123US #83
#73Alan116US #43
#74Arthur114US #56
#75Calvin109US #110
#76Glenn108US #59
#77Ernest99US #90
#78Russell99US #57
#79Albert98US #76
#80Fred98US #97
#81Curtis95US #79
#82Dwight94US #142
#83Andrew93US #66
#84Philip93US #62
#85Lawrence92US #42
#86Allen90US #84
#87Christopher90US #49
#88Clarence90US #117
#89Eugene90US #81
#90Kevin87US #27
#91Earl86US #106
#92Ray86US #113
#93Don84US #125
#94Garry84US #140
#95Mike82US #123
#96Patrick81US #41
#97Harry80US #89
#98Dale79US #52
#99Lee78US #96
#100Lonnie75US #155

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑26Robin#69
↑25Debbie#38
↑20Angela#63
↑19Lisa#55
↑19Jeffrey#44
↑18Russell#78
↑17Jeffery#71
↑15Cheryl#41

Falling

↓19Ray#92
↓16Virginia#62
↓15Ruby#94
↓15Norma#97
↓14Gwendolyn#73
↓14Clarence#88
↓14Patrick#96
↓13Dale#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.