Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Tennessee, 1921

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,256
2	Dorothy	812
3	Margaret	661
4	Mildred	619
5	Helen	532
6	Ruby	506
7	Ruth	496
8	Frances	481
9	Virginia	443
10	Martha	420
11	Annie	394
12	Elizabeth	348
13	Gladys	326
14	Evelyn	307
15	Edna	303
16	Louise	298
17	Willie	295
18	Hazel	292
19	Anna	281
20	Thelma	274
21	Sarah	250
22	Edith	239
23	Pauline	236
24	Marie	233
25	Lillian	225
26	Mattie	202
27	Juanita	196
28	Katherine	194
29	Alice	187
30	Emma	186
31	Irene	182
32	Ethel	174
33	Lucille	169
34	Lillie	168
35	Georgia	161
36	Geneva	160
37	Clara	159
38	Jessie	157
39	Betty	153
40	Nellie	152
41	Bessie	150
41	Myrtle	150
43	Eva	146
44	Minnie	145
44	Opal	145
46	Grace	140
47	Alma	138
47	Ella	138
49	Beatrice	133
49	Doris	133

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,486
2	William	1,693
3	John	1,222
4	Robert	1,021
5	Charles	808
6	George	523
7	Thomas	518
8	Edward	337
9	Joe	330
10	Frank	317
11	Paul	310
12	Willie	301
13	Roy	283
14	Henry	276
15	Carl	263
16	Walter	249
17	Fred	246
18	Joseph	240
19	Howard	222
20	Jack	219
21	Warren	215
22	Clarence	213
23	Ralph	198
23	Raymond	198
25	Earl	196
26	Richard	195
27	Albert	188
27	Harold	188
29	David	182
30	Ernest	170
31	Harry	167
32	Clyde	162
33	Arthur	150
34	Eugene	147
35	Charlie	143
35	Herman	143
37	Claude	134
38	Samuel	131
39	Kenneth	126
40	Jesse	120
41	Ray	119
42	Herbert	117
43	Floyd	114
44	Cecil	110
45	Leonard	108
46	Elmer	107
47	Luther	104
48	Sam	103
49	Marvin	100
50	Lawrence	99