Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1943

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1943 were Mary for girls (1,929 babies) and James for boys (2,926). Social Security records list 65,127 babies born in Tennessee in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1943

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

Girls

Reba: 86 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Dorris: 17 babies, 7× the national rate
Robbie: 43 babies, 6× the national rate
Sammie: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Shelby: 54 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Nannie: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jewell: 40 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Callie: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bettye: 79 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dorthy: 37 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Kyle: 21 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Jere: 18 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Buford: 30 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Carson: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Ollie: 25 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Millard: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jackie: 170 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bobby: 560 babies, 4× the national rate
Billy: 601 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Junior: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	1,929	–	1
2	Linda	1,402	↑2	4
3	Barbara	1,076	–	2
4	Betty	1,060	↓2	10
5	Carolyn	822	↑1	11
6	Patricia	748	↓1	3
7	Shirley	716	–	12
8	Brenda	622	↑5	35
9	Dorothy	534	↑1	19
10	Nancy	533	↑1	9
11	Judy	524	↑6	13
12	Joyce	521	↓4	16
13	Sandra	502	↑1	6
14	Martha	485	↓5	29
15	Margaret	478	↑1	14
16	Wanda	398	↓1	56
17	Peggy	391	↓5	41
18	Helen	346	↑3	28
19	Elizabeth	339	↓1	23
20	Patsy	325	–	61
21	Virginia	314	↓2	25
22	Doris	287	↑1	40
23	Carol	284	↑2	5
24	Janice	276	↑2	26
25	Judith	276	↓1	7
26	Frances	260	↓4	31
27	Charlotte	225	↑7	47
28	Glenda	223	↑3	83
29	Phyllis	220	↓2	39
30	Wilma	220	–	>100
31	Alice	203	↑4	38
32	Ruby	200	↑5	82
33	Gloria	195	↑13	30
34	Sarah	190	↓5	71
35	Donna	189	↑6	17
36	Jo	189	↓3	63
37	Anna	182	↓1	64
38	Ann	179	↑7	37
39	Mildred	167	↓7	76
40	Annie	165	↓1	69
41	Ruth	162	↑1	33
42	Sharon	161	new	8
43	Norma	160	↓15	58
44	Evelyn	156	↓6	53
45	Beverly	151	↑4	32
46	Joan	150	new	21
47	Edna	144	↓4	>100
48	Bobbie	138	↓1	>100
49	Bonnie	138	↓9	34
50	Lois	138	–	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	James	2,926	–	1
2	William	1,591	–	4
3	Robert	1,440	–	2
4	Charles	1,363	–	7
5	John	1,272	–	3
6	Jerry	864	–	17
7	David	738	–	6
8	Thomas	673	↑1	8
9	Larry	657	↑1	12
10	Billy	601	↓2	37
11	Bobby	560	–	46
12	George	496	–	14
13	Jimmy	489	↑1	42
14	Richard	479	↑2	5
15	Donald	476	↓2	11
16	Kenneth	458	↑1	15
17	Ronald	401	↑1	9
18	Paul	398	↑1	19
19	Joe	386	↓4	35
20	Roy	366	–	38
21	Edward	329	↑3	18
22	Johnny	321	↑1	52
23	Harold	317	↓1	27
24	Willie	281	↑1	36
25	Carl	269	↑2	33
26	Walter	232	↑6	26
27	Joseph	231	↓1	13
28	Tommy	215	↑3	77
29	Ronnie	211	↑12	71
30	Raymond	207	↓1	22
31	Frank	204	↓1	21
32	Jack	195	↓4	34
33	Henry	192	↑2	31
34	Eddie	188	↑12	80
35	Fred	185	↓2	45
36	Douglas	180	↓15	28
37	Wayne	177	↑1	41
38	Ralph	176	↓2	40
39	Michael	175	↑5	10
40	Gary	172	↓6	16
41	Jackie	170	↑4	>100
42	Roger	168	new	24
43	Clarence	160	↓6	68
44	Gerald	154	↓2	23
45	Samuel	149	↑2	62
46	Earl	147	↓3	60
47	Howard	145	↓7	48
48	Ernest	143	new	61
49	Ray	142	new	84
50	Jimmie	140	new	95

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