Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1941

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1941 were Mary for girls (1,925 babies) and James for boys (2,615). Social Security records list 59,021 babies born in Tennessee in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1941

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

Girls

Dorris: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Birdie: 17 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Robbie: 45 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Reba: 72 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Bettye: 89 babies, 5× the national rate
Peggie: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Nannie: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bobbie: 169 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Wilma: 241 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sammie: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Kyle: 26 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Hollis: 27 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Buford: 26 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Clay: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Wilburn: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jere: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Shirley: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Sammy: 69 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bobby: 661 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Coy: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	1,925	–	1
2	Betty	1,099	–	7
3	Barbara	1,057	–	2
4	Linda	731	↑1	5
5	Patricia	725	↑1	3
6	Shirley	714	↓2	10
7	Carolyn	603	↑3	11
8	Nancy	523	↓1	8
9	Peggy	509	–	39
10	Dorothy	508	↓2	14
11	Martha	504	–	25
12	Joyce	474	–	13
13	Margaret	443	↑1	12
14	Wanda	434	↓1	53
15	Sandra	378	↑9	9
16	Judy	376	↑7	16
17	Brenda	358	↑9	41
18	Patsy	350	↑2	52
19	Virginia	318	↓1	23
20	Helen	304	↓5	24
21	Doris	279	↓5	38
22	Elizabeth	271	↓5	21
23	Frances	264	↓4	31
24	Wilma	241	↓3	>100
25	Janice	234	↑9	22
26	Judith	232	↑2	6
27	Norma	231	↓5	47
28	Ruby	222	↓3	69
29	Alice	212	↓2	34
30	Jo	200	↑9	66
31	Carol	199	↑10	4
32	Mildred	197	↓3	64
33	Anna	194	–	56
34	Charlotte	189	↓4	55
35	Evelyn	187	↑2	50
36	Sarah	186	↓4	60
37	Phyllis	184	↓2	35
38	Bobbie	169	↑10	>100
39	Bonnie	169	↑6	33
40	Ann	164	–	37
41	Annie	159	↓5	59
42	Gloria	159	↑4	26
43	Ruth	157	↓12	28
44	Edna	154	–	89
45	Glenda	148	new	96
46	Rebecca	148	↑3	86
47	Lois	135	↓9	43
48	Emma	125	↓5	99
49	Joan	123	new	17
50	Juanita	123	↓8	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	James	2,615	–	1
2	William	1,465	–	4
3	Robert	1,344	–	2
4	Charles	1,206	–	6
5	John	1,089	–	3
6	Jerry	763	↑1	14
7	Billy	725	↓1	27
8	Bobby	661	–	35
9	Thomas	603	–	8
10	Larry	541	↑7	11
11	David	535	↓1	7
12	George	469	–	13
13	Jimmy	453	↑5	45
14	Donald	441	↓3	10
15	Kenneth	435	↓1	15
16	Joe	423	↓3	30
17	Richard	360	↓2	5
18	Paul	359	↓2	18
19	Ronald	324	↑5	9
20	Roy	324	–	39
21	Harold	279	↓2	24
22	Edward	265	↑1	17
23	Willie	265	↓2	36
24	Carl	243	↑1	29
25	Walter	217	↑2	26
26	Johnny	215	↓4	55
27	Joseph	204	↑1	12
28	Tommy	198	↑3	71
29	Jack	196	↓3	32
30	Ralph	193	↑2	38
31	Frank	183	↓2	21
32	Henry	182	↓2	28
33	Raymond	169	↑1	22
34	Wayne	166	↑1	37
35	Fred	165	↓2	43
36	Howard	161	↑1	47
37	Earl	158	↑3	58
38	Albert	156	↑4	40
39	Gary	153	↑11	19
40	Jackie	151	↓4	>100
41	Gerald	143	new	20
42	Don	141	↑5	66
43	Samuel	138	new	65
44	Eddie	135	↑4	78
45	Clarence	134	↓7	62
46	Ronnie	130	new	79
47	Ray	129	↓6	83
48	Ernest	123	↓9	61
49	Franklin	121	↓5	98
50	Eugene	118	↓7	42

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