Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1953

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1953 were Linda for girls (1,487 babies) and James for boys (2,495). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 77,567 babies born in Tennessee in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1953

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: 75 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Cathey: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Delois: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bettye: 31 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Reba: 40 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Shelia: 123 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Robbie: 33 babies, 4× the national rate
Patsy: 202 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Johnnie: 57 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Melba: 36 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Jacky: 23 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Unknown: 54 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Stevie: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jackie: 182 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Donny: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Junior: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Loyd: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Donnie: 152 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bobby: 375 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Billy: 416 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Linda	1,487	–	2
2	Mary	1,461	–	1
3	Deborah	1,380	–	3
4	Patricia	1,127	–	4
5	Brenda	1,073	–	18
6	Barbara	720	–	6
7	Sandra	717	–	11
8	Judy	654	↑1	27
9	Kathy	625	↑5	23
10	Donna	595	↑2	13
11	Pamela	579	↑8	10
12	Carolyn	577	↓4	25
13	Debra	575	↑8	7
14	Nancy	557	↓4	8
15	Janice	540	↓2	22
16	Susan	522	–	5
17	Betty	516	↓6	33
18	Sharon	497	↓3	15
19	Shirley	438	↓2	29
20	Joyce	412	↑6	26
21	Wanda	409	↓3	57
22	Teresa	405	↑8	42
23	Rebecca	397	↑1	24
24	Karen	386	↓2	9
25	Martha	354	↓5	41
26	Margaret	346	↓1	20
27	Elizabeth	334	↓4	21
28	Beverly	322	–	34
29	Janet	316	↑3	19
30	Peggy	307	↓3	44
31	Cynthia	296	↑5	12
32	Carol	284	↓1	16
33	Sherry	276	–	70
34	Marilyn	275	↑12	36
35	Connie	270	↓6	47
36	Phyllis	260	↓1	69
37	Dorothy	256	↓3	49
38	Cathy	242	↓1	56
39	Sheila	238	↑6	60
40	Gloria	222	↓2	38
41	Doris	219	↑3	87
42	Rita	218	↑7	64
43	Virginia	210	↓1	53
44	Vickie	203	↓5	79
45	Patsy	202	↓2	>100
46	Glenda	190	↓6	>100
47	Helen	188	–	65
48	Diane	180	new	17
49	Jo	178	new	54
50	Charlotte	169	↓9	100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	James	2,495	–	2
2	Michael	1,536	↑3	3
3	William	1,511	↓1	6
4	Robert	1,495	–	1
5	David	1,473	↓2	5
6	John	1,328	–	4
7	Charles	1,245	–	9
8	Larry	1,039	–	18
9	Richard	853	↑2	7
10	Jerry	811	–	29
11	Gary	797	↓2	10
12	Thomas	756	–	8
13	Donald	589	↑1	14
14	Kenneth	574	↑1	17
15	Ronald	542	↓2	15
16	Terry	506	↑1	30
17	Danny	458	↓1	41
18	Steven	441	↑3	11
19	Roger	438	↑7	31
20	Billy	416	↓2	65
21	Dennis	399	↑7	19
22	Johnny	385	↑2	52
23	George	383	↓4	22
24	Bobby	375	↓1	74
25	Stephen	369	↓5	21
26	Joseph	358	↑3	13
27	Paul	358	↓5	16
28	Jimmy	329	↓1	72
29	Ronnie	325	↑1	79
30	Edward	308	↓5	23
31	Ricky	273	↑8	51
32	Mark	262	↑13	12
33	Joe	261	↓2	66
34	Willie	247	↓2	49
35	Randy	243	↑11	35
36	Roy	243	–	55
37	Walter	230	↓3	45
38	Carl	227	↓5	44
39	Daniel	223	↓2	20
40	Anthony	218	↑1	32
41	Eddie	190	↓3	97
42	Douglas	188	↑5	27
43	Steve	188	new	84
44	Samuel	186	↓1	70
45	Harold	185	↓10	56
46	Jackie	182	↓4	>100
47	Phillip	181	↓7	76
48	Tommy	180	↓4	95
49	Timothy	175	new	26
50	Gregory	171	new	24

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