Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1935

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1935 were Mary for girls (1,953 babies) and James for boys (2,338). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 53,517 babies born in Tennessee in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1935

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: 18 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Rubye: 16 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Reba: 113 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Robbie: 56 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Bettye: 109 babies, 6× the national rate
Bobbie: 236 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Imogene: 69 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Birdie: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Iva: 48 babies, 4× the national rate
Freddie: 25 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Kyle: 22 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Hobert: 21 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Jere: 17 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Buford: 25 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Hollis: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Claud: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Billie: 91 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Wilburn: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Hershel: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Billy: 911 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Mary	1,953	–	1
2	Betty	1,553	–	4
3	Shirley	1,128	↑6	2
4	Barbara	818	–	3
5	Dorothy	730	↓2	6
6	Martha	473	↓1	24
7	Margaret	437	↑1	8
8	Helen	429	↓2	10
9	Peggy	377	↓2	36
10	Joyce	357	–	12
11	Virginia	337	↑4	16
12	Nancy	330	↑4	9
13	Frances	320	↓1	19
14	Doris	288	–	13
15	Ruby	287	↓4	41
16	Patricia	284	↑11	5
17	Wilma	270	↑4	70
18	Mildred	261	↓5	35
19	Annie	247	–	38
20	Ruth	246	↓3	15
21	Anna	241	↓3	34
22	Carolyn	241	↑4	28
23	Elizabeth	239	↓3	17
24	Evelyn	238	↓2	31
25	Bobbie	236	↓1	>100
26	Wanda	232	↓3	49
27	Norma	185	↓2	29
28	Edna	181	–	67
29	Juanita	180	↑10	72
30	Billie	177	↓1	>100
31	Lois	172	↑1	21
32	Jo	171	↓1	73
33	Sarah	170	–	61
34	Ann	165	↑8	30
35	Jean	164	↓1	18
36	Patsy	162	↑10	56
37	Joan	158	↑8	7
38	Clara	155	–	81
39	Thelma	154	↓9	76
40	Emma	152	new	89
41	Alice	147	↓6	25
42	Willie	147	↓2	99
43	Hazel	143	↑6	92
44	Louise	141	↓7	45
45	Margie	126	new	100
46	Georgia	119	new	>100
47	Bonnie	118	↓6	62
48	Nellie	117	new	>100
49	Mattie	113	new	>100
50	Reba	113	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	James	2,338	–	2
2	William	1,331	–	4
3	Charles	1,247	↑1	6
4	Robert	1,186	↓1	1
5	John	978	–	3
6	Billy	911	–	19
7	Bobby	733	–	24
8	Joe	463	↑1	25
9	George	445	↑1	8
10	Thomas	434	↓2	9
11	Donald	403	–	7
12	Paul	322	–	14
13	Jimmy	321	↑4	47
14	Harold	317	–	20
15	Kenneth	306	↓2	15
16	David	294	↓1	11
17	Richard	294	↑3	5
18	Jack	280	–	18
19	Jerry	279	↑4	22
20	Willie	279	↓4	30
21	Roy	260	–	40
22	Edward	248	↓3	13
23	Walter	225	↑3	23
24	Carl	223	–	28
25	Frank	198	↓3	16
26	Ralph	196	↓1	32
27	Howard	188	↑6	39
28	Raymond	186	↑2	17
29	Eugene	178	↑3	26
30	Fred	173	↓1	34
31	Joseph	172	↓3	10
32	Henry	169	↑2	27
33	Johnny	156	↑6	74
34	Earl	149	↑1	46
35	Jimmie	144	↑2	69
36	Clarence	142	↓5	48
37	Franklin	142	↓10	71
38	Albert	134	↑5	31
39	Clyde	133	↓1	82
40	Ernest	130	–	55
41	Tommy	127	–	95
42	Ray	116	↓6	64
43	Wayne	113	↑2	49
44	Samuel	112	↑3	62
45	Bill	110	new	60
46	Jackie	105	new	>100
47	Ronald	105	↓3	12
48	Harry	103	new	37
49	Herman	101	new	>100
50	Charlie	100	↓8	100

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