Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Tennessee, 1912

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	869
2	Ruby	275
3	Ruth	234
4	Annie	232
5	Margaret	214
6	Mildred	194
7	Edna	175
8	Louise	174
9	Willie	168
10	Elizabeth	167
11	Gladys	164
12	Dorothy	163
13	Bessie	153
13	Mattie	153
15	Thelma	146
16	Martha	143
16	Virginia	143
18	Anna	142
19	Frances	136
19	Hazel	136
21	Ethel	133
22	Edith	124
22	Helen	124
22	Sarah	124
25	Lillian	119
26	Pauline	117
27	Jessie	115
28	Clara	114
29	Lillie	112
30	Pearl	111
31	Bertha	108
32	Grace	107
33	Alice	103
34	Evelyn	98
34	Myrtle	98
36	Marie	97
37	Irene	96
37	Lucille	96
39	Nellie	95
40	Emma	94
41	Georgia	92
42	Minnie	89
43	Beulah	88
44	Carrie	85
45	Elsie	84
46	Katherine	82
47	Maggie	80
48	Ella	78
49	Alma	75
49	Fannie	75

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	792
2	William	575
3	John	550
4	Robert	382
5	George	256
6	Charles	224
7	Thomas	180
8	Frank	163
9	Willie	155
10	Edward	129
11	Joe	126
12	Joseph	124
13	Walter	123
14	Henry	117
15	Paul	99
15	Roy	99
17	Albert	98
18	Clarence	97
19	Fred	96
20	Carl	88
21	Howard	85
22	Charlie	83
22	Jack	83
22	Raymond	83
25	Ernest	79
26	Clyde	78
27	Woodrow	70
28	Richard	67
29	Arthur	65
30	David	64
30	Harry	64
30	Samuel	64
33	Earl	63
34	Luther	59
35	Jesse	57
36	Louis	54
37	Ralph	53
38	Claude	52
39	Eugene	47
40	Harold	46
40	Leonard	46
40	Sam	46
43	Cecil	45
43	Herman	45
45	Ben	44
45	Lee	44
47	Elmer	43
47	Floyd	43
49	Lawrence	42
50	Oscar	41