Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1920

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1920 were Mary for girls (2,076 babies) and James for boys (2,412). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 51,395 babies born in Tennessee in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1920

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: 19 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Robbie: 60 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Rubye: 36 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Nelle: 19 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Treva: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Reba: 77 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Nell: 72 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Birdie: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Hettie: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Oma: 29 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Benton: 16 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Porter: 20 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Hobert: 24 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Buford: 36 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Will: 41 babies, 5× the national rate
Coy: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Walker: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Arlie: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Everette: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Thurman: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Mary	2,076	–	1
2	Dorothy	691	–	2
3	Margaret	639	–	4
4	Mildred	549	–	6
5	Ruby	525	↑1	26
6	Ruth	520	↓1	5
7	Helen	508	↑1	3
8	Frances	463	↓1	9
9	Virginia	418	↑2	7
10	Martha	416	–	23
11	Annie	366	↑1	35
12	Willie	357	↑4	74
13	Gladys	355	↑1	22
14	Elizabeth	353	↓5	8
15	Louise	320	↓2	19
16	Thelma	307	↑4	31
17	Evelyn	286	↑5	12
18	Hazel	286	↓3	34
19	Edna	285	↓2	27
20	Edith	281	↑1	32
21	Pauline	265	↓3	36
22	Anna	263	↓3	10
23	Lillian	234	↑8	18
24	Sarah	217	↓1	50
25	Marie	213	↑1	13
26	Alice	212	↑4	15
27	Lucille	211	↓2	29
28	Mattie	205	↓4	96
29	Irene	191	↓1	17
30	Lillie	191	↑11	90
31	Katherine	190	↑5	45
32	Emma	188	–	46
33	Ethel	186	↑1	30
34	Nellie	171	↑1	76
35	Clara	169	↓6	44
36	Minnie	169	↑2	87
37	Bessie	164	↓10	71
38	Juanita	163	↑11	61
39	Myrtle	162	↑1	68
40	Jessie	157	↓7	84
41	Eva	154	↑4	58
42	Geneva	151	–	>100
43	Bertha	147	↑3	57
44	Betty	147	new	11
45	Georgia	145	↓8	>100
46	Beatrice	142	↓3	41
47	Laura	139	new	63
48	Bonnie	137	new	>100
49	Grace	137	↓10	37
50	Alma	132	↓2	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	James	2,412	–	4
2	William	1,540	–	2
3	John	1,258	–	1
4	Robert	985	–	3
5	Charles	729	–	5
6	George	543	–	6
7	Thomas	490	–	11
8	Henry	336	↑5	17
9	Willie	333	↓1	29
10	Edward	325	–	8
11	Walter	283	↑5	13
12	Joe	279	↓3	35
13	Paul	268	↑2	14
14	Roy	264	↑3	32
15	Frank	245	↓4	9
16	Fred	235	↓4	33
17	Joseph	235	↓3	7
18	Clarence	218	–	26
19	Carl	215	–	27
20	Raymond	212	↑1	15
21	Earl	199	↑2	31
22	Richard	191	↑5	10
23	Jack	188	↑1	20
24	Albert	180	↑2	19
25	Howard	180	↓3	24
26	Warren	176	new	39
27	David	173	↑3	25
28	Eugene	164	↑1	30
29	Harold	159	↑5	12
30	Charlie	155	↓10	70
31	Ralph	153	↓6	22
32	Clyde	151	↓1	68
33	Ernest	147	↓5	37
34	Harry	145	↓1	21
35	Arthur	143	–	18
36	Ray	136	↑7	67
37	Samuel	125	↓5	44
38	Cecil	120	↑1	77
39	Jesse	120	↓3	79
40	Claude	116	↑2	92
41	Leonard	113	↑4	38
42	Floyd	112	↓5	61
43	Herbert	108	↓2	41
44	Sam	108	↑3	84
45	Herman	106	↓5	66
46	Lawrence	104	↑2	36
47	Jessie	101	↓3	>100
48	Elmer	99	↓10	45
49	Hugh	99	new	>100
50	Kenneth	98	new	23

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