Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Tennessee, 1918

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,909
2	Margaret	600
3	Ruby	520
4	Mildred	506
5	Dorothy	475
6	Ruth	457
7	Helen	403
8	Frances	374
9	Virginia	368
10	Martha	365
11	Willie	334
12	Annie	329
13	Louise	327
14	Elizabeth	318
15	Gladys	308
16	Hazel	296
17	Edith	278
18	Anna	274
19	Edna	273
20	Pauline	266
21	Evelyn	252
22	Sarah	246
23	Thelma	236
24	Mattie	201
25	Lucille	196
26	Marie	195
27	Ethel	181
28	Jessie	177
29	Nellie	176
30	Lillian	175
31	Clara	174
31	Lillie	174
33	Bessie	171
34	Emma	169
35	Grace	167
36	Myrtle	162
37	Irene	160
38	Alice	159
39	Katherine	158
40	Minnie	155
41	Eva	148
42	Georgia	146
43	Beatrice	145
44	Alma	137
44	Ida	137
46	Bertha	131
47	Ella	130
48	Lula	129
49	Laura	126
50	Pearl	123

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,028
2	William	1,431
3	John	1,180
4	Robert	962
5	Charles	764
6	George	523
7	Thomas	465
8	Willie	320
9	Joe	311
10	Walter	273
11	Edward	258
11	Frank	258
13	Roy	256
14	Henry	255
15	Paul	254
16	Joseph	243
17	Fred	213
18	Clarence	204
19	Charlie	195
19	Raymond	195
21	Carl	192
22	Earl	179
23	Howard	176
24	Albert	172
25	Clyde	170
26	Jack	169
27	Ralph	168
28	Ernest	154
29	Eugene	145
29	Richard	145
31	Samuel	139
32	David	138
32	Harry	138
34	Jesse	134
35	Woodrow	125
36	Cecil	116
37	Arthur	112
38	Claude	111
39	Herman	109
40	Elmer	108
40	Floyd	108
40	Harold	108
43	Luther	105
44	Herbert	102
45	Lawrence	101
46	Sam	100
47	Jessie	96
48	Lee	90
49	Louis	87
50	Hubert	85