Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1951

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1951 were Linda for girls (1,831 babies) and James for boys (2,676). Social Security records list 77,746 babies born in Tennessee in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1951

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

Girls

Unknown: 82 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Robbie: 39 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Shelia: 108 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Freida: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Reba: 39 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bettye: 40 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Melba: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Patsy: 235 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Freda: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Wilma: 122 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Jacky: 20 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Unknown: 47 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Donny: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Donnie: 170 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jackie: 180 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Billy: 447 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Grady: 38 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bobby: 394 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Junior: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Doyle: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	1,831	–	1
2	Mary	1,547	–	2
3	Brenda	1,382	–	14
4	Patricia	1,352	–	3
5	Deborah	1,094	↑6	4
6	Barbara	870	↓1	5
7	Sandra	825	–	9
8	Judy	747	↓2	26
9	Carolyn	693	↓1	22
10	Shirley	591	↓1	27
11	Betty	589	↓1	29
12	Donna	567	↑3	12
13	Janice	542	↑1	21
14	Nancy	512	↓2	7
15	Sharon	493	↑3	13
16	Wanda	467	↓3	52
17	Joyce	451	–	28
18	Susan	423	↑2	6
19	Kathy	411	↑10	35
20	Martha	410	↓4	38
21	Pamela	406	↑4	16
22	Rebecca	395	↑5	32
23	Margaret	375	↓4	17
24	Elizabeth	347	–	23
25	Peggy	332	↓3	40
26	Carol	326	↓5	11
27	Karen	295	↑5	8
28	Phyllis	293	–	57
29	Dorothy	286	↓6	42
30	Beverly	276	↓4	33
31	Charlotte	269	–	84
32	Connie	260	↑7	44
33	Teresa	255	new	63
34	Debra	254	new	18
35	Janet	250	↓1	19
36	Glenda	249	↓6	89
37	Gloria	236	↓4	31
38	Patsy	235	↓2	>100
39	Helen	232	↑1	54
40	Virginia	221	↓2	47
41	Cynthia	219	new	20
42	Sherry	216	↓5	70
43	Doris	213	↓8	80
44	Rita	199	new	61
45	Cathy	190	↑3	71
46	Judith	186	↓5	25
47	Frances	185	↓5	59
48	Alice	179	↓4	62
49	Diane	177	↓6	15
50	Marilyn	177	↓4	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	James	2,676	–	1
2	William	1,654	–	6
3	Robert	1,623	–	2
4	David	1,349	↑3	5
5	Larry	1,323	↓1	11
6	John	1,309	↓1	3
7	Charles	1,285	↓1	9
8	Michael	1,231	–	4
9	Jerry	887	–	24
10	Gary	826	–	10
11	Thomas	808	–	8
12	Richard	748	↑1	7
13	Donald	662	↑1	15
14	Ronald	641	↓2	12
15	Kenneth	548	–	16
16	Danny	501	–	41
17	George	467	↑1	22
18	Billy	447	↓1	64
19	Jimmy	402	↑1	62
20	Bobby	394	↑5	77
21	Stephen	392	↑7	19
22	Johnny	391	↓1	50
23	Roger	391	↓4	29
24	Terry	389	↓2	30
25	Paul	360	↓2	18
26	Edward	348	–	23
27	Joseph	339	↑4	14
28	Steven	332	↑4	13
29	Dennis	329	–	17
30	Ronnie	326	↓6	82
31	Carl	276	↑4	43
32	Roy	262	↑1	52
33	Willie	254	↓3	45
34	Joe	239	↓7	57
35	Harold	235	↓1	46
36	Eddie	220	↑2	89
37	Daniel	215	↑3	21
38	Phillip	202	↓1	79
39	Tommy	196	–	94
40	Samuel	193	↑2	67
41	Walter	193	↓5	42
42	Douglas	190	↑4	27
43	Henry	186	–	47
44	Raymond	186	↑1	32
45	Steve	182	↑4	86
46	Frank	181	↓5	31
47	Jackie	180	new	>100
48	Donnie	170	–	>100
49	Wayne	167	↓2	37
50	Jack	160	new	48

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