Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1957

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1957 were Mary for girls (1,104 babies) and James for boys (2,220). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 78,577 babies born in Tennessee in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1957

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: 37 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Robbie: 49 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Reba: 35 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Delois: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Shelia: 175 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Freda: 39 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Wilma: 70 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bettie: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mitzi: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Vickey: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Donny: 29 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Junior: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Unknown: 37 babies, 5× the national rate
Stevie: 37 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jackie: 132 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Donnie: 126 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Doyle: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Billy: 413 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rickey: 233 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dewey: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	1,104	↑1	1
2	Deborah	1,046	↓1	6
3	Linda	912	–	3
4	Brenda	825	↑2	13
5	Patricia	805	↓1	8
6	Teresa	804	↑6	24
7	Kathy	734	↑2	20
8	Debra	732	↓3	4
9	Sharon	699	↓2	14
10	Donna	668	–	10
11	Karen	662	–	5
12	Pamela	649	↓4	12
13	Cynthia	646	↑3	7
14	Susan	619	↑1	2
15	Sandra	572	↓1	15
16	Barbara	521	↓3	9
17	Carolyn	459	↑1	33
18	Debbie	429	↑18	27
19	Janice	406	–	32
20	Judy	396	↓3	38
21	Nancy	390	↓1	11
22	Vickie	383	↑4	70
23	Lisa	373	↑17	26
24	Wanda	366	↑1	59
25	Sherry	364	↓4	55
26	Betty	344	↓4	50
27	Elizabeth	344	↑5	22
28	Connie	338	↓4	47
29	Carol	336	↑2	18
30	Beverly	333	↓3	48
31	Cheryl	322	↓2	16
32	Janet	322	↑1	23
33	Rebecca	320	↓10	34
34	Cathy	299	↓4	39
35	Sheila	295	↑2	58
36	Shirley	287	↓8	46
37	Joyce	272	↓3	40
38	Cindy	259	new	19
39	Martha	256	↓4	63
40	Rita	254	↑4	78
41	Margaret	241	↓3	29
42	Rhonda	237	↓3	52
43	Vicki	235	↓1	51
44	Phyllis	208	↑4	90
45	Diane	189	↓2	17
46	Glenda	188	↑3	>100
47	Anita	186	↑3	81
48	Marilyn	185	↓1	82
49	Robin	178	new	30
50	Paula	176	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	James	2,220	–	2
2	Michael	1,621	–	1
3	David	1,484	–	3
4	Robert	1,393	↑1	4
5	William	1,390	↓1	6
6	John	1,176	–	5
7	Charles	1,005	–	11
8	Terry	729	↑4	33
9	Richard	716	↑1	8
10	Mark	703	↑5	7
11	Gary	677	↓2	13
12	Thomas	676	↑1	9
13	Larry	668	↓5	22
14	Jerry	605	–	35
15	Kenneth	588	↓4	14
16	Ricky	587	↑3	40
17	Donald	527	↑1	15
18	Steven	504	↓1	10
19	Danny	493	↑1	45
20	Ronald	489	↓4	17
21	Randy	451	–	31
22	Billy	413	–	64
23	Timothy	399	↑6	19
24	Paul	364	↑1	18
25	Joseph	349	↑5	12
26	Jimmy	342	↑6	77
27	Bobby	338	↓1	78
28	Anthony	336	↑3	27
29	Johnny	332	↓5	61
30	George	327	↓2	29
31	Gregory	324	↑4	23
32	Stephen	323	↓5	24
33	Dennis	307	↓10	28
34	Steve	306	↑3	44
35	Ronnie	302	↑1	73
36	Roger	291	↓2	42
37	Jeffrey	274	↑6	21
38	Tony	274	↑10	71
39	Joe	267	–	57
40	Edward	255	↓7	25
41	Rickey	233	↓3	>100
42	Randall	228	–	59
43	Carl	219	↑1	49
44	Darrell	217	new	90
45	Daniel	214	↓4	16
46	Tommy	214	new	>100
47	Jeffery	212	new	52
48	Douglas	209	↓3	30
49	Eddie	200	new	95
50	Micheal	198	new	85

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