Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1948

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1948 were Linda for girls (2,732 babies) and James for boys (2,960). Social Security records list 77,436 babies born in Tennessee in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1948

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: 60 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Robbie: 41 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Freida: 25 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jewell: 30 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Earline: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Shelia: 76 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Wanda: 540 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Wilma: 161 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dorthy: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Unknown: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Buford: 25 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Junior: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jackie: 157 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Donnie: 124 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dewey: 51 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Loyd: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Billy: 504 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bobby: 430 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Troy: 50 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jimmy: 495 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	2,732	–	1
2	Mary	1,779	–	2
3	Brenda	1,367	–	17
4	Patricia	1,186	–	4
5	Barbara	1,103	–	3
6	Judy	901	↑1	16
7	Carolyn	883	↓1	14
8	Betty	863	–	18
9	Sandra	844	–	6
10	Shirley	668	–	20
11	Nancy	547	–	7
12	Wanda	540	–	57
13	Janice	500	↑2	23
14	Martha	491	–	32
15	Joyce	481	↓2	21
16	Margaret	453	–	13
17	Peggy	423	↑2	38
18	Sharon	413	↑3	9
19	Dorothy	405	↓2	29
20	Donna	395	↓2	11
21	Susan	365	↑8	5
22	Carol	359	↓2	8
23	Elizabeth	341	–	26
24	Patsy	297	↓2	98
25	Beverly	290	↑9	31
26	Judith	274	↑1	15
27	Phyllis	274	↓3	46
28	Glenda	256	–	92
29	Helen	255	↓4	40
30	Rebecca	250	↑1	50
31	Virginia	250	↓5	36
32	Gloria	247	↑1	28
33	Frances	235	↓1	42
34	Doris	232	↓4	64
35	Pamela	209	↑7	22
36	Sherry	207	↑12	61
37	Alice	206	–	49
38	Connie	206	↑2	43
39	Jo	202	↓3	56
40	Charlotte	201	↓5	69
41	Deborah	198	new	30
42	Janet	198	↓4	24
43	Sarah	185	↓2	85
44	Bonnie	184	new	34
45	Karen	178	new	12
46	Evelyn	175	↓7	74
47	Ruby	174	↓3	>100
48	Cynthia	161	new	27
49	Wilma	161	↓6	>100
50	Cheryl	155	new	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	James	2,960	–	1
2	William	1,677	–	4
3	Robert	1,588	–	2
4	John	1,462	–	3
5	Larry	1,439	↑1	11
6	Charles	1,319	↓1	9
7	David	1,228	–	5
8	Jerry	1,034	–	21
9	Thomas	799	–	8
10	Michael	737	↑4	6
11	Ronald	736	–	10
12	Gary	706	–	12
13	Richard	600	↓3	7
14	Donald	580	↓1	14
15	Kenneth	558	↑3	15
16	George	544	↑1	16
17	Billy	504	↓1	53
18	Jimmy	495	↓3	50
19	Bobby	430	–	62
20	Danny	430	↑2	39
21	Johnny	413	–	52
22	Ronnie	412	↓2	59
23	Joe	391	–	47
24	Paul	381	–	18
25	Roger	371	↑5	24
26	Terry	343	↓1	26
27	Roy	321	–	49
28	Joseph	314	↑3	13
29	Willie	313	–	40
30	Edward	303	↓4	19
31	Harold	286	↓3	36
32	Tommy	279	↑2	79
33	Dennis	261	–	17
34	Carl	251	↓2	42
35	Eddie	243	↑1	78
36	Stephen	243	↑3	20
37	Walter	233	↓2	35
38	Wayne	212	–	34
39	Ralph	210	↑4	51
40	Phillip	196	↑4	69
41	Frank	195	–	25
42	Raymond	195	↓2	27
43	Henry	182	↓1	45
44	Samuel	175	↑3	70
45	Daniel	173	↑5	22
46	Jack	172	↓9	43
47	Steve	172	new	60
48	Fred	170	↓2	66
49	Ernest	157	new	76
50	Jackie	157	↓1	>100

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