Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1955

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1955 were Deborah for girls (1,302 babies) and James for boys (2,405). Deborah ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 79,550 babies born in Tennessee in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1955

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

Girls

Robbie: 51 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Reba: 50 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Delois: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Unknown: 52 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Angelia: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Wilma: 94 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Mitzi: 36 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Freda: 42 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shelia: 147 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Patsy: 150 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 59 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Junior: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Stevie: 36 babies, 5× the national rate
Randell: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Donnie: 141 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Donny: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Jackie: 152 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Billy: 422 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Doyle: 40 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rickey: 202 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Deborah	1,302	–	2
2	Mary	1,283	–	1
3	Patricia	1,151	↑1	6
4	Linda	1,114	↓1	3
5	Debra	895	↑1	4
6	Brenda	871	↓1	18
7	Pamela	695	↑2	12
8	Kathy	686	↑3	22
9	Sandra	676	↑1	13
10	Teresa	663	↑8	26
11	Donna	638	↓3	10
12	Barbara	601	↓5	7
13	Sharon	544	↑1	16
14	Karen	531	↑6	8
15	Susan	518	↑2	5
16	Judy	500	↓4	32
17	Janice	489	↓1	25
18	Cynthia	463	↑10	11
19	Carolyn	455	↓6	30
20	Nancy	442	↓5	9
21	Betty	402	↓2	36
22	Connie	386	–	35
23	Shirley	381	↑1	37
24	Janet	362	↑3	20
25	Wanda	360	↓4	61
26	Rebecca	357	↓3	27
27	Sherry	344	↑2	56
28	Elizabeth	324	↓2	21
29	Martha	323	↑1	53
30	Carol	322	↑7	15
31	Joyce	317	–	29
32	Beverly	312	↓7	34
33	Vickie	300	↑2	68
34	Margaret	281	↓1	24
35	Cathy	279	↑1	44
36	Marilyn	272	↓4	49
37	Sheila	252	↑1	57
38	Debbie	250	new	63
39	Dorothy	250	↑1	64
40	Peggy	241	↓6	51
41	Cheryl	240	new	19
42	Rita	236	↓3	72
43	Diane	227	↓2	14
44	Vicki	225	–	52
45	Phyllis	202	↓3	74
46	Rhonda	195	↓1	71
47	Glenda	194	↓4	>100
48	Paula	190	new	39
49	Jo	186	↓2	58
50	Gloria	183	↓2	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	James	2,405	–	3
2	David	1,625	↑2	2
3	Michael	1,612	↓1	1
4	William	1,460	↓1	6
5	Robert	1,443	–	4
6	John	1,289	–	5
7	Charles	1,108	–	11
8	Larry	811	–	19
9	Gary	799	–	12
10	Richard	791	–	7
11	Thomas	751	–	8
12	Jerry	692	–	33
13	Terry	663	↑1	28
14	Steven	579	↑4	10
15	Kenneth	574	↑2	15
16	Donald	553	↓3	14
17	Ronald	542	↓2	18
18	Danny	539	↓2	45
19	Ricky	478	↑9	46
20	Mark	446	↑7	9
21	Billy	422	↓2	69
22	Stephen	409	↓2	21
23	Johnny	402	–	55
24	Dennis	400	–	23
25	George	400	↓4	26
26	Randy	372	↑9	30
27	Joseph	354	↑4	13
28	Paul	348	↓3	16
29	Roger	343	↓7	37
30	Ronnie	319	↓1	80
31	Bobby	318	↓5	75
32	Jimmy	303	↓2	78
33	Anthony	299	↑4	31
34	Timothy	299	↑8	22
35	Edward	298	↓3	25
36	Joe	273	↓3	68
37	Gregory	258	↑4	24
38	Roy	244	↑2	58
39	Steve	243	–	72
40	Carl	224	↓2	47
41	Daniel	223	↓7	17
42	Randall	220	new	53
43	Willie	219	↓7	54
44	Jeffrey	216	new	20
45	Harold	214	↑1	63
46	Rickey	202	↑4	>100
47	Walter	197	–	51
48	Frank	190	new	34
49	Tommy	190	new	>100
50	Micheal	189	new	87

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