Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1952

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1952 were Linda for girls (1,584 babies) and James for boys (2,504). Social Security records list 76,425 babies born in Tennessee in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1952

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: 55 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jewell: 22 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Unknown: 76 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Opal: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Robbie: 36 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jimmie: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Shelia: 111 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bettye: 35 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Wilma: 107 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lela: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Donny: 27 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Unknown: 48 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jackie: 184 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Donnie: 159 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Elbert: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sammy: 64 babies, 4× the national rate
Junior: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Billy: 435 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Hubert: 42 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bobby: 366 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	1,584	–	1
2	Mary	1,488	–	2
3	Deborah	1,337	↑2	4
4	Patricia	1,234	–	3
5	Brenda	1,132	↓2	15
6	Barbara	779	–	6
7	Sandra	705	–	10
8	Carolyn	697	↑1	24
9	Judy	661	↓1	26
10	Nancy	563	↑4	7
11	Betty	545	–	32
12	Donna	538	–	13
13	Janice	532	–	23
14	Kathy	522	↑5	29
15	Sharon	498	–	14
16	Susan	476	↑2	5
17	Shirley	468	↓7	28
18	Wanda	434	↓2	54
19	Pamela	433	↑2	17
20	Martha	387	–	40
21	Debra	380	↑13	9
22	Karen	370	↑5	8
23	Elizabeth	368	↑1	22
24	Rebecca	358	↓2	30
25	Margaret	347	↓2	21
26	Joyce	343	↓9	27
27	Peggy	310	↓2	43
28	Beverly	305	↑2	35
29	Connie	305	↑3	44
30	Teresa	301	↑3	52
31	Carol	286	↓5	12
32	Janet	284	↑3	19
33	Sherry	278	↑9	68
34	Dorothy	261	↓5	46
35	Phyllis	252	↓7	65
36	Cynthia	232	↑5	18
37	Cathy	230	↑8	56
38	Gloria	229	↓1	36
39	Vickie	226	new	76
40	Glenda	223	↓4	97
41	Charlotte	216	↓10	89
42	Virginia	203	↓2	49
43	Patsy	202	↓5	>100
44	Doris	197	↓1	83
45	Sheila	192	new	64
46	Marilyn	191	↑4	38
47	Helen	190	↓8	63
48	Alice	189	–	69
49	Rita	179	↓5	66
50	Frances	176	↓3	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	James	2,504	–	1
2	William	1,702	–	6
3	David	1,478	↑1	5
4	Robert	1,464	↓1	2
5	Michael	1,305	↑3	4
6	John	1,279	–	3
7	Charles	1,260	–	9
8	Larry	1,224	↓3	14
9	Gary	902	↑1	10
10	Jerry	853	↓1	26
11	Richard	788	↑1	7
12	Thomas	767	↓1	8
13	Ronald	663	↑1	15
14	Donald	612	↓1	13
15	Kenneth	601	–	16
16	Danny	472	–	40
17	Terry	466	↑7	29
18	Billy	435	–	65
19	George	428	↓2	22
20	Stephen	420	↑1	21
21	Steven	411	↑7	11
22	Paul	368	↑3	19
23	Bobby	366	↓3	77
24	Johnny	357	↓2	53
25	Edward	342	↑1	23
26	Roger	341	↓3	30
27	Jimmy	326	↓8	72
28	Dennis	325	↑1	18
29	Joseph	309	↓2	12
30	Ronnie	307	–	82
31	Joe	284	↑3	62
32	Willie	256	↑1	48
33	Carl	248	↓2	45
34	Walter	237	↑7	44
35	Harold	233	–	51
36	Roy	233	↓4	55
37	Daniel	215	–	20
38	Eddie	202	↓2	93
39	Ricky	197	new	81
40	Phillip	196	↓2	74
41	Anthony	195	new	34
42	Jackie	184	↑5	>100
43	Samuel	183	↓3	67
44	Tommy	183	↓5	97
45	Mark	180	new	17
46	Randy	169	new	41
47	Douglas	162	↓5	28
48	Jack	162	↑2	52
49	Raymond	162	↓5	33
50	Donnie	159	↓2	>100

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