Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1945

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1945 were Mary for girls (1,646 babies) and James for boys (2,593). Social Security records list 60,353 babies born in Tennessee in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1945

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: 62 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Peggie: 24 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jewell: 33 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Robbie: 32 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Imogene: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bettye: 73 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Wanda: 434 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Wilma: 179 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Etta: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tommie: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Kyle: 17 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Buford: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Hollis: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dewey: 47 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jackie: 143 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jimmy: 519 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sammy: 79 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Buddy: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Billy: 497 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bobby: 417 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	1,646	–	1
2	Linda	1,516	–	2
3	Barbara	871	–	3
4	Betty	861	–	11
5	Patricia	840	↑1	4
6	Carolyn	754	↓1	12
7	Brenda	729	–	29
8	Shirley	679	–	14
9	Judy	637	–	13
10	Sandra	570	–	6
11	Joyce	492	↑1	18
12	Nancy	484	↓1	7
13	Dorothy	449	↑1	21
14	Martha	447	↓1	30
15	Wanda	434	–	58
16	Margaret	398	↑1	15
17	Peggy	369	↓1	45
18	Janice	354	↑7	24
19	Helen	303	↑2	31
20	Carol	302	–	5
21	Elizabeth	286	↓3	26
22	Patsy	255	↓3	84
23	Virginia	255	↓1	28
24	Doris	234	–	46
25	Glenda	233	↑3	92
26	Donna	222	↑5	17
27	Frances	220	–	34
28	Gloria	220	↑7	23
29	Judith	219	↓6	9
30	Sharon	210	↑8	8
31	Jo	190	↑5	60
32	Charlotte	186	↓2	55
33	Alice	185	↓7	41
34	Ruby	184	↓1	95
35	Wilma	179	↓3	>100
36	Phyllis	176	↓7	40
37	Norma	170	↑9	74
38	Evelyn	169	↑5	57
39	Mildred	165	↑1	93
40	Annie	159	↑2	69
41	Sarah	157	↓7	76
42	Ruth	156	↓3	33
43	Susan	152	new	10
44	Beverly	141	↑5	37
45	Rebecca	138	–	85
46	Bonnie	131	↓5	35
47	Edna	128	new	>100
48	Jane	127	new	36
49	Ann	124	↓5	39
50	Anna	124	↓13	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	James	2,593	–	1
2	William	1,464	–	4
3	Robert	1,309	–	2
4	John	1,221	↑1	3
5	Charles	1,220	↓1	7
6	Jerry	816	–	20
7	David	722	–	6
8	Larry	687	–	11
9	Thomas	685	–	8
10	Jimmy	519	↑2	41
11	Richard	504	–	5
12	Billy	497	↓2	42
13	Donald	447	↑2	12
14	George	443	↓1	15
15	Gary	429	↑10	13
16	Bobby	417	↓2	53
17	Kenneth	389	↓1	16
18	Ronald	385	↓1	10
19	Joe	367	↑1	36
20	Paul	357	↓2	17
21	Johnny	341	↓2	45
22	Roy	318	↓1	40
23	Michael	300	↑4	9
24	Willie	287	↓1	31
25	Edward	272	↓3	18
26	Harold	248	↓2	28
27	Tommy	237	↓1	75
28	Ronnie	229	↑6	67
29	Carl	213	↓1	39
30	Roger	207	↑1	22
31	Joseph	203	↑1	14
32	Walter	195	↓2	27
33	Danny	186	↑10	56
34	Frank	185	↓1	21
35	Terry	183	↑6	33
36	Raymond	178	↓7	23
37	Jack	172	↓1	32
38	Eddie	170	–	81
39	Wayne	164	↑3	35
40	Henry	162	↓3	37
41	Ernest	157	↑6	60
42	Howard	156	↓2	54
43	Dennis	154	new	19
44	Ralph	144	↓9	44
45	Jackie	143	↑3	>100
46	Albert	141	new	49
47	Fred	139	↓8	51
48	Harry	137	new	47
49	Samuel	137	–	62
50	Ray	132	new	92

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