Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Tennessee, 1920

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,076
2	Dorothy	691
3	Margaret	639
4	Mildred	549
5	Ruby	525
6	Ruth	520
7	Helen	508
8	Frances	463
9	Virginia	418
10	Martha	416
11	Annie	366
12	Willie	357
13	Gladys	355
14	Elizabeth	353
15	Louise	320
16	Thelma	307
17	Evelyn	286
17	Hazel	286
19	Edna	285
20	Edith	281
21	Pauline	265
22	Anna	263
23	Lillian	234
24	Sarah	217
25	Marie	213
26	Alice	212
27	Lucille	211
28	Mattie	205
29	Irene	191
29	Lillie	191
31	Katherine	190
32	Emma	188
33	Ethel	186
34	Nellie	171
35	Clara	169
35	Minnie	169
37	Bessie	164
38	Juanita	163
39	Myrtle	162
40	Jessie	157
41	Eva	154
42	Geneva	151
43	Bertha	147
43	Betty	147
45	Georgia	145
46	Beatrice	142
47	Laura	139
48	Bonnie	137
48	Grace	137
50	Alma	132

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,412
2	William	1,540
3	John	1,258
4	Robert	985
5	Charles	729
6	George	543
7	Thomas	490
8	Henry	336
9	Willie	333
10	Edward	325
11	Walter	283
12	Joe	279
13	Paul	268
14	Roy	264
15	Frank	245
16	Fred	235
16	Joseph	235
18	Clarence	218
19	Carl	215
20	Raymond	212
21	Earl	199
22	Richard	191
23	Jack	188
24	Albert	180
24	Howard	180
26	Warren	176
27	David	173
28	Eugene	164
29	Harold	159
30	Charlie	155
31	Ralph	153
32	Clyde	151
33	Ernest	147
34	Harry	145
35	Arthur	143
36	Ray	136
37	Samuel	125
38	Cecil	120
38	Jesse	120
40	Claude	116
41	Leonard	113
42	Floyd	112
43	Herbert	108
43	Sam	108
45	Herman	106
46	Lawrence	104
47	Jessie	101
48	Elmer	99
48	Hugh	99
50	Kenneth	98