Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1947

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1947 were Linda for girls (2,785 babies) and James for boys (3,282). Social Security records list 82,221 babies born in Tennessee in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1947

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

Girls

Treva: 23 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Reba: 74 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Wanda: 625 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Robbie: 33 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Opal: 36 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dorthy: 30 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Wilma: 181 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jimmie: 38 babies, 4× the national rate
Jewell: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Iva: 24 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Buford: 30 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Junior: 41 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Billy: 587 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sammy: 103 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bobby: 502 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jackie: 163 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ronnie: 482 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Donnie: 110 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dewey: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Freddy: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	2,785	↑1	1
2	Mary	1,928	↓1	2
3	Brenda	1,333	↑2	21
4	Patricia	1,290	↓1	3
5	Barbara	1,191	↓1	4
6	Carolyn	1,051	–	15
7	Judy	1,013	↑1	14
8	Betty	1,001	↓1	17
9	Sandra	880	–	5
10	Shirley	702	–	19
11	Nancy	663	–	7
12	Wanda	625	–	66
13	Joyce	550	↑3	20
14	Martha	534	↓1	32
15	Janice	514	↓1	22
16	Margaret	501	↓1	16
17	Dorothy	479	–	26
18	Donna	431	↑3	10
19	Peggy	427	↓1	42
20	Carol	399	↓1	6
21	Sharon	379	↑1	9
22	Patsy	378	↓2	87
23	Elizabeth	367	↑1	25
24	Phyllis	358	↑2	37
25	Helen	316	–	38
26	Virginia	310	↑1	34
27	Judith	307	↓4	12
28	Glenda	304	–	96
29	Susan	290	↑1	8
30	Doris	260	↑1	58
31	Rebecca	260	↑4	52
32	Frances	249	–	39
33	Gloria	244	–	27
34	Beverly	237	↓5	31
35	Charlotte	234	↑1	68
36	Jo	212	↓2	51
37	Alice	207	–	47
38	Janet	200	↑4	23
39	Evelyn	198	↑1	72
40	Connie	194	↑10	43
41	Sarah	194	–	93
42	Pamela	193	new	28
43	Wilma	181	↓5	>100
44	Ruby	175	↓1	>100
45	Marilyn	173	↓1	29
46	Ann	159	↑1	41
47	Anna	159	↓8	92
48	Sherry	159	new	67
49	Joan	157	new	30
50	Annie	154	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	James	3,282	–	1
2	William	1,928	–	4
3	Robert	1,752	–	2
4	John	1,527	–	3
5	Charles	1,456	–	9
6	Larry	1,357	–	10
7	David	1,196	↑1	6
8	Jerry	1,112	↓1	20
9	Thomas	852	–	8
10	Richard	783	–	5
11	Ronald	758	↑2	11
12	Gary	688	↓1	12
13	Donald	610	↓1	13
14	Michael	607	↑5	7
15	Jimmy	600	–	44
16	Billy	587	↓2	51
17	George	578	↓1	16
18	Kenneth	561	↓1	15
19	Bobby	502	↓1	60
20	Ronnie	482	↑3	61
21	Johnny	440	↓1	49
22	Danny	429	↑2	39
23	Joe	423	↓1	43
24	Paul	420	↓3	18
25	Terry	356	↑6	26
26	Edward	351	↑3	19
27	Roy	346	↓2	48
28	Harold	345	↓1	35
29	Willie	311	↓1	42
30	Roger	287	↑2	25
31	Joseph	285	↓5	14
32	Carl	283	↑2	40
33	Dennis	275	↑5	17
34	Tommy	249	↓4	79
35	Walter	243	↓2	34
36	Eddie	242	↑3	80
37	Jack	223	↑4	37
38	Wayne	221	↓2	30
39	Stephen	219	new	21
40	Raymond	214	↓5	27
41	Frank	212	↓4	23
42	Henry	195	↑4	46
43	Ralph	194	–	50
44	Phillip	190	new	74
45	Howard	188	↓3	62
46	Fred	186	↓6	56
47	Samuel	180	↓2	72
48	Gerald	164	–	28
49	Jackie	163	–	>100
50	Daniel	161	new	22

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