Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1913

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1913 were Mary for girls (1,029 babies) and James for boys (960). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,201 babies born in Tennessee in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1913

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: 33 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Rubye: 20 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Nelle: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Georgie: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Nell: 58 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Linnie: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dovie: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tommie: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Roxie: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Flossie: 43 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Buford: 26 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Andy: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Will: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Grady: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Charlie: 118 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Luther: 54 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jessie: 49 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Elbert: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Otis: 35 babies, 3× the national rate
Bill: 29 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Mary	1,029	–	1
2	Ruby	345	–	23
3	Ruth	263	–	5
4	Mildred	233	↑2	6
5	Margaret	232	–	4
6	Annie	221	↓2	30
7	Elizabeth	215	↑3	8
8	Gladys	194	↑3	19
9	Louise	194	↓1	17
10	Dorothy	191	↑2	3
11	Helen	191	↑12	2
12	Frances	189	↑7	9
13	Edna	179	↓6	18
14	Hazel	172	↑6	27
15	Willie	172	↓6	65
16	Martha	160	–	28
17	Thelma	159	↓2	26
18	Bessie	146	↓5	47
19	Pauline	146	↑7	35
20	Virginia	145	↓3	15
21	Ethel	144	–	20
22	Edith	136	–	29
23	Mattie	136	↓9	75
24	Grace	132	↑8	25
25	Lucille	131	↑13	31
26	Myrtle	131	↑9	53
27	Anna	130	↓9	7
28	Sarah	127	↓4	43
29	Lillian	124	↓4	16
30	Jessie	120	↓3	61
31	Pearl	110	↓1	55
32	Katherine	106	↑14	54
33	Marie	106	↑3	10
34	Clara	105	↓6	36
35	Evelyn	103	↓1	12
36	Georgia	103	↑5	100
37	Lillie	103	↓8	71
38	Nellie	103	↑1	58
39	Minnie	102	↑3	63
40	Emma	100	–	38
41	Alice	99	↓8	11
42	Irene	94	↓5	21
43	Beulah	90	–	85
44	Elsie	86	↑1	40
45	Fannie	85	↑5	91
46	Ida	85	new	49
47	Beatrice	80	new	37
48	Florence	77	new	13
49	Hattie	77	new	96
50	Eva	75	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	James	960	–	3
2	William	748	–	2
3	John	653	–	1
4	Robert	453	–	4
5	Charles	315	↑1	7
6	George	277	↓1	6
7	Thomas	200	–	10
8	Willie	175	↑1	24
9	Henry	160	↑5	12
10	Frank	159	↓2	9
11	Edward	145	↓1	8
12	Joe	144	↓1	37
13	Walter	137	–	11
14	Joseph	129	↓2	5
15	Roy	124	↑1	32
16	Paul	120	↓1	14
17	Charlie	118	↑5	62
18	Fred	116	↑1	27
19	Howard	113	↑2	26
20	Woodrow	112	↑7	44
21	Albert	107	↓4	16
22	Clarence	100	↓4	21
23	Raymond	96	↑1	18
24	Carl	91	↓4	23
25	Ernest	91	–	34
26	Harry	90	↑5	15
27	Jack	89	↓4	28
28	Earl	87	↑5	31
29	Samuel	80	↑3	36
30	Floyd	75	↑18	58
31	David	69	↓1	29
32	Elmer	69	↑15	45
33	Arthur	67	↓4	17
34	Richard	65	↓6	19
35	Louis	62	↑1	20
36	Claude	60	↑2	88
37	Clyde	59	↓11	64
38	Herman	59	↑6	53
39	Jesse	58	↓4	79
40	Ralph	56	↓3	22
41	Luther	54	↓7	>100
42	Sam	53	–	65
43	Herbert	52	new	39
44	Lee	51	↑2	78
45	Ben	49	–	>100
46	Homer	49	new	96
47	Jessie	49	new	>100
48	Eugene	48	↓9	43
49	Lawrence	48	–	35
50	Harold	47	↓10	13

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