Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1933

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1933 were Mary for girls (1,846 babies) and James for boys (2,171). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 49,864 babies born in Tennessee in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1933

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

Girls

Dimple: 19 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Dean: 15 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Robbie: 72 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Bettye: 126 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Reba: 84 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jewell: 58 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bobby: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lorine: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dorris: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Freddie: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Dorris: 17 babies, 17× the national rate
Kyle: 15 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Hobert: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Hollis: 29 babies, 5× the national rate
Wilburn: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Buford: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Grady: 48 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Billy: 829 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Billie: 96 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bobby: 590 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	1,846	–	1
2	Betty	1,534	–	2
3	Dorothy	772	–	4
4	Barbara	593	–	3
5	Margaret	432	↑1	7
6	Martha	417	↑1	27
7	Peggy	413	↑5	36
8	Helen	411	↓3	8
9	Virginia	333	↓1	15
10	Ruby	331	–	43
11	Frances	325	–	18
12	Mildred	305	↓3	32
13	Joyce	285	↑2	12
14	Ruth	275	–	13
15	Doris	274	↓2	10
16	Nancy	271	↑7	11
17	Wilma	263	↑3	66
18	Anna	249	↓1	29
19	Annie	245	↓1	37
20	Elizabeth	245	↓1	17
21	Evelyn	243	↓5	30
22	Bobbie	212	↓1	>100
23	Billie	197	↑1	92
24	Emma	196	↑12	75
25	Wanda	193	↑10	48
26	Thelma	190	–	57
27	Juanita	187	↑4	63
28	Edna	181	↓6	55
29	Sarah	179	↑4	58
30	Shirley	176	↑4	9
31	Norma	172	↓1	23
32	Willie	172	↓5	93
33	Patricia	171	↑9	6
34	Lois	160	↓9	19
35	Louise	160	↓6	39
36	Clara	159	↑8	67
37	Carolyn	153	↑4	40
38	Jean	149	↓10	14
39	Hazel	145	↓7	82
40	Gladys	143	–	60
41	Alice	142	↓4	22
42	Ann	142	↑6	34
43	Jo	142	new	90
44	Patsy	134	new	65
45	Margie	129	new	95
46	Bettye	126	↑3	>100
47	Bonnie	126	↓8	68
48	Alma	120	↓5	>100
49	Nellie	120	new	>100
50	Joan	119	↓12	5

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	James	2,171	–	2
2	William	1,257	–	4
3	Robert	1,193	–	1
4	Charles	1,115	–	6
5	John	946	–	3
6	Billy	829	–	20
7	Bobby	590	–	26
8	Joe	459	↑2	27
9	Thomas	432	–	10
10	George	405	↓2	8
11	Donald	327	↑3	7
12	Paul	327	–	14
13	Harold	292	–	18
14	Kenneth	285	↑2	15
15	Jack	275	↓4	17
16	Willie	253	↓1	32
17	Carl	240	↑4	28
18	Richard	232	↑1	5
19	Edward	230	↓1	11
20	Franklin	227	↑28	33
21	Roy	227	↓4	39
22	Frank	223	–	16
23	Jimmy	221	↑10	64
24	David	219	↓4	13
25	Walter	206	↓1	21
26	Fred	187	↓1	34
27	Ralph	181	↓4	29
28	Joseph	178	↑3	9
29	Jerry	174	↑9	31
30	Earl	172	↑2	41
31	Raymond	172	↓5	19
32	Clarence	169	↓3	43
33	Howard	157	↓3	36
34	Eugene	153	↓6	23
35	Henry	150	↓8	24
36	Ray	131	↓2	62
37	Albert	125	↓2	30
38	Floyd	120	↑9	69
39	Johnny	119	↑11	90
40	Ernest	112	↓3	50
41	Samuel	111	↑3	61
42	Herbert	110	↓2	49
43	Charlie	109	↓2	95
44	Bill	108	↓2	59
45	Clyde	105	↓2	87
46	Jimmie	101	↓7	72
47	Harry	98	↓2	35
48	Billie	96	↓12	>100
49	Leonard	91	new	47
50	Gene	90	↓1	66

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