Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Tennessee, 1917

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,744
2	Margaret	482
3	Dorothy	459
4	Ruth	457
5	Mildred	434
6	Ruby	433
7	Helen	386
8	Frances	366
9	Annie	363
10	Martha	324
11	Virginia	318
12	Louise	314
13	Elizabeth	313
14	Willie	283
15	Gladys	280
16	Edith	271
17	Hazel	253
18	Edna	252
18	Thelma	252
20	Anna	242
21	Pauline	236
22	Mattie	227
23	Evelyn	222
24	Sarah	217
25	Lucille	207
26	Lillian	196
27	Emma	192
28	Ethel	190
29	Irene	185
30	Katherine	178
31	Clara	174
31	Myrtle	174
33	Alice	168
34	Nellie	161
35	Grace	158
35	Minnie	158
37	Bessie	150
37	Georgia	150
39	Pearl	145
40	Marie	143
41	Lillie	142
42	Geneva	136
43	Ida	135
44	Beatrice	133
45	Jessie	130
46	Lena	126
47	Bertha	125
47	Bonnie	125
49	Elsie	122
49	Eva	122

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,778
2	William	1,325
3	John	1,099
4	Robert	845
5	Charles	622
6	George	536
7	Thomas	430
8	Willie	292
9	Joe	272
10	Walter	270
11	Paul	258
12	Henry	241
13	Edward	237
14	Frank	234
15	Fred	224
16	Joseph	222
17	Roy	217
18	Clarence	197
19	Carl	176
20	Charlie	173
21	Earl	166
22	Howard	156
23	Ernest	152
24	Raymond	150
25	Clyde	148
26	Albert	146
27	Jack	142
28	Richard	140
29	Ralph	139
30	Jesse	138
31	Samuel	133
32	Arthur	125
33	David	122
34	Eugene	114
35	Harry	113
36	Harold	106
37	Herbert	97
38	Woodrow	94
39	Cecil	92
39	Claude	92
39	Herman	92
42	Jessie	90
43	Leonard	89
44	Floyd	87
44	Hubert	87
46	Sam	86
47	Lawrence	83
48	Kenneth	80
49	Lee	79
50	Andrew	78