Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1960

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1960 were Mary for girls (906 babies) and James for boys (2,002). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 75,885 babies born in Tennessee in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1960

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

Girls

Reba: 32 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Freda: 36 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Felecia: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Shelia: 180 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Mitzi: 34 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Gena: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Vickey: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Robbie: 34 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lesa: 48 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Patsy: 75 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Junior: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jackie: 136 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Timmy: 129 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rickey: 193 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Donnie: 117 babies, 4× the national rate
Dewayne: 42 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Donny: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Stevie: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Doyle: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bobby: 367 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	906	–	1
2	Donna	858	–	5
3	Lisa	854	↑9	6
4	Teresa	816	↓1	19
5	Pamela	671	–	14
6	Linda	669	↓2	3
7	Karen	666	↑7	4
8	Brenda	648	–	13
9	Deborah	622	↓2	10
10	Patricia	614	↓4	7
11	Cynthia	590	↓2	9
12	Sandra	583	↑1	11
13	Debra	551	↓3	8
14	Kathy	549	↓3	21
15	Sharon	517	–	16
16	Susan	497	↑1	2
17	Tammy	483	↑1	31
18	Debbie	479	↓2	24
19	Barbara	429	–	12
20	Kimberly	396	↑10	26
21	Sherry	356	↑11	54
22	Angela	320	↑18	50
23	Elizabeth	318	↓2	18
24	Connie	316	↑1	47
25	Judy	306	↑2	48
26	Sheila	301	↓4	56
27	Vickie	299	↓3	100
28	Janet	294	↑1	32
29	Carolyn	279	↓9	43
30	Nancy	277	↓2	15
31	Janice	274	↓5	41
32	Rebecca	273	↑5	38
33	Cindy	272	–	30
34	Cheryl	271	↓11	17
35	Robin	266	↑8	33
36	Tina	263	↑9	45
37	Carol	260	↓6	23
38	Rhonda	260	↑4	44
39	Cathy	257	–	46
40	Wanda	244	↓6	66
41	Betty	242	↓6	68
42	Beverly	242	↓4	60
43	Anita	213	↑6	87
44	Shirley	206	↓8	70
45	Rita	204	↓1	96
46	Joyce	197	↓5	58
47	Laura	188	new	25
48	Margaret	186	↓2	36
49	Martha	182	↑1	83
50	Regina	182	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	James	2,002	–	3
2	David	1,524	–	1
3	Michael	1,409	–	2
4	William	1,207	–	7
5	Robert	1,109	–	5
6	John	1,106	–	4
7	Charles	847	–	13
8	Mark	823	–	6
9	Timothy	717	↑1	11
10	Ricky	671	↓1	38
11	Kenneth	630	↑2	16
12	Terry	627	↓1	34
13	Jeffrey	568	↑6	14
14	Richard	557	↓2	8
15	Thomas	515	–	9
16	Gary	499	–	22
17	Jerry	480	–	37
18	Donald	463	↑3	19
19	Anthony	437	↑7	25
20	Steven	437	↓2	10
21	Larry	433	↓7	28
22	Gregory	412	↑1	24
23	Danny	406	↑1	48
24	Ronald	383	↓4	21
25	Bobby	367	↑4	73
26	Billy	365	↓4	67
27	Paul	363	↑5	18
28	Randy	361	↓3	32
29	Tony	360	↑1	52
30	Jimmy	340	↓2	69
31	Jeffery	335	↑6	55
32	Johnny	325	↓5	65
33	Dennis	284	↑1	31
34	Roger	284	↑4	47
35	Joseph	273	↓4	12
36	Mike	269	↑5	36
37	George	267	↓1	33
38	Steve	263	↓5	43
39	Stephen	251	↑1	27
40	Joe	249	↑2	57
41	Ronnie	232	↓2	87
42	Tim	221	new	60
43	Kevin	219	new	15
44	Jeff	218	new	49
45	Edward	216	↑1	26
46	Barry	213	↓2	72
47	Tommy	212	↓2	>100
48	Randall	209	↓5	59
49	Eddie	200	↑1	>100
50	Christopher	196	new	29

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