Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1954

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1954 were Deborah for girls (1,416 babies) and James for boys (2,512). Deborah ranked #3 nationally for girls. James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 80,336 babies born in Tennessee in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1954

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

Girls

Cathey: 22 babies, 11× the national rate
Reba: 56 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Unknown: 76 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Angelia: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Shelia: 162 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Robbie: 42 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Delois: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bettye: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Wilma: 115 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Mitzi: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Jacky: 31 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Unknown: 81 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Stevie: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Donnie: 169 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jackie: 173 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Junior: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Billy: 416 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ronnie: 344 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ronny: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bobby: 359 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Deborah	1,416	↑2	3
2	Mary	1,323	–	1
3	Linda	1,316	↓2	2
4	Patricia	1,198	–	4
5	Brenda	975	–	18
6	Debra	779	↑7	6
7	Barbara	743	↓1	7
8	Donna	725	↑2	11
9	Pamela	708	↑2	12
10	Sandra	677	↓3	13
11	Kathy	634	↓2	23
12	Judy	603	↓4	29
13	Carolyn	557	↓1	27
14	Sharon	552	↑4	16
15	Nancy	525	↓1	9
16	Janice	519	↓1	25
17	Susan	510	↓1	5
18	Teresa	506	↑4	34
19	Betty	442	↓2	36
20	Karen	433	↑4	8
21	Wanda	413	–	58
22	Connie	403	↑13	39
23	Rebecca	399	–	26
24	Shirley	399	↓5	33
25	Beverly	386	↑3	31
26	Elizabeth	380	↑1	20
27	Janet	370	↑2	19
28	Cynthia	356	↑3	10
29	Sherry	336	↑4	62
30	Martha	335	↓5	46
31	Joyce	320	↓11	28
32	Marilyn	307	↑2	35
33	Margaret	304	↓7	21
34	Peggy	289	↓4	48
35	Vickie	274	↑9	69
36	Cathy	269	↑2	59
37	Carol	267	↓5	15
38	Sheila	242	↑1	60
39	Rita	240	↑3	67
40	Dorothy	230	↓3	55
41	Diane	222	↑7	17
42	Phyllis	211	↓6	75
43	Glenda	210	↑3	>100
44	Vicki	209	new	50
45	Rhonda	203	new	71
46	Virginia	195	↓3	61
47	Jo	191	↑2	53
48	Gloria	185	↓8	42
49	Anita	183	new	96
50	Patsy	173	↓5	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	James	2,512	–	3
2	Michael	1,607	–	1
3	William	1,596	–	6
4	David	1,550	↑1	5
5	Robert	1,480	↓1	2
6	John	1,340	–	4
7	Charles	1,195	–	10
8	Larry	990	–	19
9	Gary	923	↑2	9
10	Richard	800	↓1	7
11	Thomas	744	↑1	8
12	Jerry	728	↓2	31
13	Donald	630	–	14
14	Terry	615	↑2	27
15	Ronald	614	–	15
16	Danny	584	↑1	42
17	Kenneth	544	↓3	17
18	Steven	540	–	11
19	Billy	416	↑1	65
20	Stephen	408	↑5	20
21	George	385	↑2	24
22	Roger	377	↓3	34
23	Johnny	372	↓1	54
24	Dennis	363	↓3	21
25	Paul	363	↑2	16
26	Bobby	359	↓2	72
27	Mark	353	↑5	12
28	Ricky	344	↑3	46
29	Ronnie	344	–	78
30	Jimmy	333	↓2	74
31	Joseph	326	↓5	13
32	Edward	304	↓2	22
33	Joe	279	–	67
34	Daniel	278	↑5	18
35	Randy	267	–	33
36	Willie	260	↓2	53
37	Anthony	249	↑3	32
38	Carl	249	–	47
39	Steve	249	↑4	76
40	Roy	248	↓4	56
41	Gregory	217	↑9	25
42	Timothy	217	↑7	26
43	Phillip	216	↑4	75
44	Stanley	209	new	58
45	Douglas	206	↓3	29
46	Harold	205	↓1	60
47	Walter	203	↓10	49
48	Eddie	202	↓7	91
49	Samuel	192	↓5	71
50	Rickey	184	new	>100

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