Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1911

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1911 were Mary for girls (721 babies) and James for boys (433). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,744 babies born in Tennessee in 1911 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1911

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

Girls

Nannie: 36 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Roxie: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bonnie: 41 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bertie: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kate: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Allie: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Nola: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Frankie: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lorene: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Nell: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Will: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bill: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Charlie: 66 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tom: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Otis: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Hubert: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Roy: 73 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Clyde: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Claude: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Luther: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Mary	721	–	1
2	Ruby	201	–	22
3	Ruth	180	↑1	5
4	Annie	168	↓1	24
5	Mildred	158	↑7	8
6	Margaret	150	↑1	3
7	Elizabeth	147	↓2	7
8	Louise	127	↓2	19
9	Willie	126	↓1	61
10	Gladys	122	↑1	18
11	Martha	119	↑9	28
12	Bessie	118	↑2	40
13	Edna	117	–	17
14	Mattie	115	↑3	65
15	Ethel	114	↓6	15
16	Thelma	112	↑5	27
17	Sarah	107	↑1	42
18	Lucille	102	↑6	32
19	Hazel	101	↑8	25
20	Emma	100	↑3	35
21	Anna	98	↑1	6
22	Frances	97	↑11	10
23	Dorothy	93	↓4	4
24	Virginia	91	↑11	26
25	Helen	90	↑3	2
26	Lillie	90	↓16	60
27	Minnie	89	↑2	52
28	Grace	87	↑3	23
29	Myrtle	86	↑3	50
30	Pauline	86	↑11	38
31	Lillian	84	↓5	13
32	Edith	78	↓17	31
33	Marie	78	↑7	9
34	Beatrice	77	new	37
35	Eva	76	↑15	46
36	Georgia	75	↑8	96
37	Jessie	73	↓3	66
38	Clara	72	–	33
39	Maggie	71	new	>100
40	Pearl	71	↓24	48
41	Nellie	69	↓11	54
42	Bertha	68	–	36
43	Evelyn	67	new	16
44	Irene	67	↓8	21
45	Laura	67	↓6	57
46	Elsie	63	new	41
47	Florence	63	new	12
48	Mae	60	↓1	71
49	Beulah	58	↓4	79
50	Carrie	58	new	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	James	433	–	3
2	William	332	–	2
3	John	312	–	1
4	Robert	235	–	5
5	George	140	↑1	4
6	Charles	128	↓1	7
7	Willie	105	–	14
8	Henry	101	↑3	11
9	Thomas	88	↓1	10
10	Roy	73	↑7	31
11	Joe	71	↑1	29
12	Walter	70	↓2	12
13	Frank	68	↓4	8
14	Charlie	66	↑1	45
15	Edward	59	↑1	9
16	Clarence	58	↓3	23
17	Fred	58	↑3	22
18	Joseph	54	↑3	6
19	Paul	51	↓5	17
20	Albert	46	↓2	15
21	Carl	42	↑8	26
22	Earl	40	↑9	34
23	Richard	40	↑13	20
24	Ernest	39	–	32
25	Jack	39	↓2	25
26	Harry	38	↑6	13
27	Samuel	38	↑3	30
28	Clyde	37	–	61
29	Howard	37	↓4	28
30	Raymond	35	↓8	19
31	Arthur	33	↓5	18
32	David	33	↑2	27
33	Ralph	31	↑6	24
34	Elmer	30	new	48
35	Herman	30	↑9	49
36	Jesse	29	↓3	72
37	Herbert	28	↑3	41
38	Sam	28	↓19	47
39	Andrew	25	↑2	42
40	Claude	24	↓13	87
41	Eugene	24	new	43
42	Tom	24	new	>100
43	Ben	23	↑2	86
44	Cecil	23	new	76
45	Ray	23	new	71
46	Jessie	22	↓8	79
47	Lee	22	↓12	67
48	Leonard	22	↑1	46
49	Melvin	22	new	73
50	Johnnie	21	new	90

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