Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1958

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1958 were Mary for girls (1,033 babies) and James for boys (2,057). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 76,791 babies born in Tennessee in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1958

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

Girls

Jimmie: 23 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Delois: 19 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Mitzi: 44 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Reba: 34 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Robbie: 42 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Shelia: 178 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Wilma: 74 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Freda: 39 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Angelia: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Hattie: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Stevie: 43 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Jackie: 139 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Randell: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Donnie: 128 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rickey: 289 babies, 4× the national rate
Teddy: 42 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Donny: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Timmy: 75 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Elvis: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Hubert: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	1,033	–	1
2	Deborah	854	–	7
3	Linda	822	–	3
4	Teresa	762	↑2	26
5	Patricia	761	–	5
6	Kathy	751	↑1	14
7	Pamela	739	↑5	11
8	Donna	683	↑2	10
9	Brenda	673	↓5	16
10	Karen	643	↑1	4
11	Debra	639	↓3	6
12	Susan	591	↑2	2
13	Sandra	584	↑2	15
14	Cynthia	581	↓1	8
15	Sharon	571	↓6	17
16	Debbie	508	↑2	24
17	Lisa	489	↑6	19
18	Barbara	472	↓2	9
19	Cheryl	426	↑12	13
20	Judy	404	–	36
21	Carolyn	394	↓4	37
22	Nancy	356	↓1	12
23	Janice	354	↓4	35
24	Elizabeth	336	↑3	22
25	Sherry	329	–	67
26	Vickie	318	↓4	75
27	Janet	315	↑5	28
28	Wanda	314	↓4	66
29	Cathy	312	↑5	34
30	Rebecca	307	↑3	41
31	Betty	297	↓5	54
32	Carol	284	↓3	20
33	Sheila	282	↑2	59
34	Beverly	268	↓4	55
35	Connie	267	↓7	50
36	Rhonda	267	↑6	48
37	Shirley	267	↓1	52
38	Tammy	264	new	44
39	Joyce	242	↓2	46
40	Martha	241	↓1	69
41	Cindy	240	↓3	25
42	Peggy	222	new	42
43	Anita	211	↑4	82
44	Margaret	211	↓3	31
45	Phyllis	210	↓1	94
46	Angela	200	new	83
47	Rita	191	↓7	88
48	Vicki	190	↓5	57
49	Kimberly	181	new	39
50	Robin	179	↓1	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	James	2,057	–	3
2	Michael	1,606	–	1
3	David	1,486	–	2
4	William	1,262	↑1	6
5	Robert	1,226	↓1	4
6	John	1,156	–	5
7	Charles	1,062	–	11
8	Ricky	754	↑8	34
9	Mark	716	↑1	7
10	Richard	710	↓1	8
11	Terry	686	↓3	33
12	Timothy	632	↑11	13
13	Larry	605	–	22
14	Jerry	593	–	35
15	Gary	590	↓4	17
16	Kenneth	572	↓1	14
17	Thomas	564	↓5	9
18	Ronald	485	↑2	19
19	Donald	461	↓2	18
20	Randy	458	↑1	32
21	Danny	452	↓2	45
22	Steven	419	↓4	10
23	Anthony	383	↑5	27
24	Gregory	379	↑7	23
25	Billy	359	↓3	64
26	Johnny	344	↑3	61
27	Bobby	341	–	69
28	Jeffrey	338	↑9	21
29	Dennis	329	↑4	29
30	George	329	–	31
31	Paul	311	↓7	15
32	Ronnie	311	↑3	66
33	Jimmy	310	↓7	73
34	Tony	306	↑4	57
35	Joseph	303	↓10	12
36	Rickey	289	↑5	>100
37	Stephen	288	↓5	26
38	Mike	273	new	40
39	Steve	268	↓5	44
40	Roger	265	↓4	47
41	Joe	263	↓2	56
42	Randall	246	–	62
43	Edward	232	↓3	28
44	Jeffery	227	↑3	59
45	Tommy	221	↑1	>100
46	Eddie	204	↑3	100
47	Roy	204	new	75
48	Carl	201	↓5	51
49	Darrell	197	↓5	90
50	Phillip	194	new	81

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