Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1910

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1910 were Mary for girls (735 babies) and James for boys (419). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 15,281 babies born in Tennessee in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1910

Names given at least 15 times in Tennessee that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Robbie: 17 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Nola: 25 babies, 6× the national rate
Georgie: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Nannie: 43 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bertie: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Birdie: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bonnie: 45 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Nell: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Flossie: 39 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Roxie: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Malcolm: 16 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Bill: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Will: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Claude: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Horace: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Hubert: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Virgil: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Sam: 53 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Clyde: 36 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jesse: 33 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Mary	735	1
2	Ruby	168	27
3	Annie	163	19
4	Ruth	163	5
5	Elizabeth	154	7
6	Louise	151	20
7	Margaret	149	3
8	Willie	147	56
9	Ethel	133	13
10	Lillie	129	54
11	Gladys	125	15
12	Mildred	125	8
13	Edna	120	18
14	Bessie	114	37
15	Edith	113	35
16	Pearl	113	39
17	Mattie	109	60
18	Sarah	104	40
19	Dorothy	102	4
20	Martha	96	28
21	Thelma	95	25
22	Anna	94	6
23	Emma	94	34
24	Lucille	93	31
25	Alice	92	10
26	Lillian	92	14
27	Hazel	90	24
28	Helen	90	2
29	Minnie	88	50
30	Nellie	86	51
31	Grace	85	23
32	Myrtle	85	43
33	Frances	83	11
34	Jessie	80	63
35	Virginia	79	29
36	Irene	78	21
37	Hattie	76	73
38	Clara	74	32
39	Laura	71	53
40	Marie	69	9
41	Pauline	69	42
42	Bertha	68	33
43	Lena	67	66
44	Georgia	66	91
45	Beulah	65	82
46	Katherine	64	57
47	Mae	64	65
48	Mamie	64	86
49	Ida	63	47
50	Eva	62	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	James	419	2
2	William	364	3
3	John	319	1
4	Robert	214	4
5	Charles	130	7
6	George	129	5
7	Willie	129	11
8	Thomas	91	12
9	Frank	87	8
10	Walter	84	13
11	Henry	83	10
12	Joe	71	25
13	Clarence	67	20
14	Paul	67	15
15	Charlie	60	34
16	Edward	56	9
17	Roy	55	29
18	Albert	53	14
19	Sam	53	40
20	Fred	52	22
21	Joseph	52	6
22	Raymond	51	19
23	Jack	48	23
24	Ernest	47	31
25	Howard	43	27
26	Arthur	41	17
27	Claude	36	78
28	Clyde	36	57
29	Carl	35	26
30	Samuel	35	32
31	Earl	33	33
32	Harry	33	16
33	Jesse	33	60
34	David	32	30
35	Lee	29	49
36	Richard	29	21
37	Eddie	28	59
38	Jessie	28	72
39	Ralph	28	28
40	Herbert	27	41
41	Andrew	26	42
42	Floyd	26	55
43	Leroy	26	50
44	Herman	25	52
45	Ben	24	79
46	Louis	24	24
47	Will	23	>100
48	Bill	22	>100
49	Leonard	21	46
50	Alfred	20	38

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