Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1934

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1934 were Mary for girls (1,958 babies) and James for boys (2,267). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,344 babies born in Tennessee in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1934

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: 15 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Bettye: 143 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Robbie: 57 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Reba: 99 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dorris: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Rubye: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Peggie: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ava: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bobby: 30 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dorthy: 68 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Dorris: 20 babies, 18.8× the national rate
Jere: 21 babies, 9× the national rate
Kyle: 19 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Buford: 37 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Hobert: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Clay: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Wilburn: 29 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Billie: 110 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Coy: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Odell: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	1,958	–	1
2	Betty	1,532	–	2
3	Dorothy	797	–	5
4	Barbara	714	–	3
5	Martha	485	↑1	27
6	Helen	466	↑2	9
7	Peggy	430	–	36
8	Margaret	413	↓3	8
9	Shirley	357	↑21	4
10	Joyce	356	↑3	12
11	Ruby	340	↓1	39
12	Frances	337	↓1	19
13	Mildred	334	↓1	35
14	Doris	333	↑1	11
15	Virginia	324	↓6	15
16	Nancy	300	–	10
17	Ruth	271	↓3	13
18	Anna	264	–	31
19	Annie	257	–	38
20	Elizabeth	253	–	18
21	Wilma	239	↓4	73
22	Evelyn	237	↓1	29
23	Wanda	231	↑2	47
24	Bobbie	222	↓2	>100
25	Norma	209	↑6	24
26	Carolyn	203	↑11	33
27	Patricia	200	↑6	6
28	Edna	197	–	55
29	Billie	196	↓6	92
30	Thelma	191	↓4	65
31	Jo	173	↑12	75
32	Lois	173	↑2	20
33	Sarah	168	↓4	67
34	Jean	167	↑4	16
35	Alice	161	↑6	25
36	Gladys	159	↑4	66
37	Louise	158	↓2	40
38	Clara	157	↓2	76
39	Juanita	155	↓12	64
40	Willie	152	↓8	>100
41	Bonnie	151	↑6	58
42	Ann	147	–	32
43	Bettye	143	↑3	>100
44	Edith	132	new	81
45	Joan	132	↑5	7
46	Patsy	132	↓2	59
47	Pauline	130	new	71
48	Alma	127	–	>100
49	Hazel	127	↓10	87
50	Katherine	125	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	James	2,267	–	2
2	William	1,265	–	4
3	Robert	1,155	–	1
4	Charles	1,141	–	7
5	John	927	–	3
6	Billy	893	–	20
7	Bobby	675	–	23
8	Thomas	488	↑1	9
9	Joe	483	↓1	26
10	George	436	–	8
11	Donald	363	–	6
12	Paul	319	–	14
13	Kenneth	314	↑1	15
14	Harold	313	↓1	18
15	David	308	↑9	12
16	Willie	286	–	30
17	Jimmy	273	↑6	56
18	Jack	265	↓3	17
19	Edward	263	–	13
20	Richard	262	↓2	5
21	Roy	249	–	35
22	Frank	235	–	16
23	Jerry	228	↑6	25
24	Carl	215	↓7	28
25	Ralph	210	↑2	31
26	Walter	208	↓1	21
27	Franklin	192	↓7	46
28	Joseph	185	–	10
29	Fred	183	↓3	33
30	Raymond	183	↑1	19
31	Clarence	179	↑1	45
32	Eugene	176	↑2	24
33	Howard	174	–	37
34	Henry	166	↑1	27
35	Earl	161	↓5	41
36	Ray	153	–	63
37	Jimmie	143	↑9	68
38	Clyde	121	↑7	84
39	Johnny	120	–	83
40	Ernest	116	–	51
41	Tommy	115	new	98
42	Charlie	114	↑1	100
43	Albert	112	↓6	32
44	Ronald	111	new	11
45	Wayne	111	new	48
46	Billie	110	↑2	>100
47	Samuel	107	↓6	66
48	Herbert	104	↓6	57
49	Marvin	101	new	44
50	Floyd	100	↓12	73

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