Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1919

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1919 were Mary for girls (2,000 babies) and James for boys (2,113). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 47,765 babies born in Tennessee in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1919

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

Girls

Trula: 24 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Dimple: 18 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Robbie: 51 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Rubye: 37 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Callie: 47 babies, 6× the national rate
Roxie: 42 babies, 6× the national rate
Nelle: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Zula: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Eddie: 35 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Gertie: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Buford: 44 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Edd: 24 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Houston: 24 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Clay: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Will: 36 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Wilburn: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ollie: 34 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Hobert: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Hershel: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mack: 49 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Mary	2,000	–	1
2	Dorothy	621	↑3	3
3	Margaret	587	↓1	4
4	Mildred	546	–	6
5	Ruth	497	↑1	5
6	Ruby	485	↓3	24
7	Frances	437	↑1	9
8	Helen	409	↓1	2
9	Elizabeth	382	↑5	8
10	Martha	362	–	25
11	Virginia	345	↓2	7
12	Annie	331	–	35
13	Louise	326	–	20
14	Gladys	319	↑1	21
15	Hazel	316	↑1	32
16	Willie	311	↓5	61
17	Edna	301	↑2	22
18	Pauline	275	↑2	36
19	Anna	273	↓1	10
20	Thelma	265	↑3	31
21	Edith	264	↓4	29
22	Evelyn	240	↓1	11
23	Sarah	232	↓1	46
24	Mattie	213	–	95
25	Lucille	207	–	27
26	Marie	201	–	12
27	Bessie	190	↑6	59
28	Irene	188	↑9	16
29	Clara	183	↑2	43
30	Alice	181	↑8	13
31	Lillian	179	↓1	17
32	Emma	176	↑2	45
33	Jessie	174	↓5	75
34	Ethel	172	↓7	28
35	Nellie	171	↓6	69
36	Katherine	164	↑3	51
37	Georgia	157	↑5	>100
38	Minnie	156	↑2	80
39	Grace	155	↓4	34
40	Myrtle	154	↓4	67
41	Lillie	150	↓9	81
42	Geneva	138	new	>100
43	Beatrice	135	–	41
44	Lois	135	new	40
45	Eva	131	↓4	55
46	Bertha	128	–	52
47	Ida	127	↓2	57
48	Alma	124	↓4	76
49	Juanita	124	new	73
50	Opal	117	new	98

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	James	2,113	–	3
2	William	1,401	–	2
3	John	1,258	–	1
4	Robert	958	–	4
5	Charles	696	–	5
6	George	567	–	6
7	Thomas	435	–	10
8	Willie	315	–	23
9	Joe	301	–	35
10	Edward	256	↑1	8
11	Frank	249	↑1	9
12	Fred	249	↑5	30
13	Henry	245	↑1	16
14	Joseph	244	↑2	7
15	Paul	244	–	15
16	Walter	243	↓6	11
17	Roy	241	↓4	32
18	Clarence	219	–	25
19	Carl	210	↑2	29
20	Charlie	208	↓1	66
21	Raymond	207	↓1	14
22	Howard	205	↑1	24
23	Earl	201	↓1	31
24	Jack	184	↑2	21
25	Ralph	183	↑2	22
26	Albert	177	↓2	18
27	Richard	151	↑3	12
28	Ernest	149	–	36
29	Eugene	149	–	33
30	David	147	↑2	27
31	Clyde	141	↓6	67
32	Samuel	140	↓1	43
33	Harry	138	–	20
34	Harold	136	↑8	13
35	Arthur	124	↑2	19
36	Jesse	116	↓2	77
37	Floyd	109	↑4	59
38	Elmer	107	↑2	44
39	Cecil	104	↓3	78
40	Herman	103	↓1	61
41	Herbert	101	↑3	40
42	Claude	99	↓4	92
43	Ray	99	new	69
44	Jessie	98	↑3	>100
45	Leonard	98	new	39
46	Andrew	97	new	47
47	Sam	97	↓1	75
48	Lawrence	93	↓3	38
49	Lee	91	↓1	82
50	Horace	89	new	>100

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