Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Tennessee, 1914

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,158
2	Ruby	320
3	Ruth	308
4	Margaret	304
5	Mildred	254
6	Elizabeth	253
7	Annie	241
8	Dorothy	230
9	Frances	226
10	Louise	225
11	Willie	224
12	Martha	223
13	Edna	222
14	Hazel	214
15	Helen	212
16	Mattie	184
17	Gladys	181
18	Anna	177
19	Virginia	169
20	Thelma	162
21	Ethel	158
22	Lucille	156
23	Pauline	155
24	Sarah	150
25	Edith	144
26	Lillian	140
27	Evelyn	136
28	Bessie	131
29	Jessie	125
30	Clara	124
31	Grace	120
31	Lillie	120
33	Minnie	119
33	Nellie	119
35	Marie	117
36	Alice	111
36	Bertha	111
38	Emma	109
39	Laura	108
40	Katherine	106
40	Pearl	106
42	Myrtle	102
43	Hattie	101
44	Irene	95
45	Eva	93
45	Maggie	93
47	Alma	92
48	Georgia	91
49	Ida	89
50	Fannie	87

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,196
2	William	930
3	John	782
4	Robert	559
5	Charles	388
6	George	365
7	Thomas	293
8	Willie	231
9	Joe	193
10	Henry	174
11	Edward	163
12	Paul	162
13	Fred	157
14	Frank	156
15	Walter	155
16	Joseph	153
17	Roy	149
18	Carl	132
19	Charlie	129
20	Howard	118
21	Raymond	114
22	Clarence	113
23	Ernest	112
24	Richard	111
25	Earl	104
25	Jack	104
27	Ralph	103
28	David	98
29	Clyde	95
30	Samuel	90
31	Albert	87
31	Woodrow	87
33	Arthur	82
34	Herman	81
34	Sam	81
36	Herbert	79
37	Harry	76
38	Cecil	72
38	Jessie	72
40	Harold	69
40	Leonard	69
42	Andrew	67
42	Floyd	67
44	Eugene	64
45	Jesse	63
46	Claude	62
47	Elmer	60
48	Lee	59
49	Lawrence	57
49	Oscar	57