Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Tennessee, 1923

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,371
2	Dorothy	947
3	Margaret	634
4	Mildred	570
5	Helen	549
6	Frances	496
7	Ruby	491
8	Virginia	455
9	Martha	442
10	Ruth	437
11	Annie	399
12	Elizabeth	367
13	Willie	322
14	Evelyn	302
15	Betty	295
16	Louise	294
17	Gladys	293
18	Thelma	285
19	Hazel	283
20	Edna	276
21	Anna	273
22	Pauline	250
22	Sarah	250
24	Juanita	240
25	Mattie	215
26	Edith	214
27	Clara	205
28	Lillian	203
29	Alice	201
30	Marie	187
31	Doris	186
32	Georgia	184
33	Lucille	180
34	Katherine	171
35	Emma	169
36	Irene	166
37	Bessie	163
38	Lois	162
39	Ethel	161
40	Myrtle	159
41	Jessie	158
41	Lillie	158
43	Geneva	147
44	Christine	145
45	Nancy	140
46	Opal	139
47	Eva	136
48	Elsie	135
49	Alma	134
49	Minnie	134

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,423
2	William	1,556
3	John	1,248
4	Robert	1,019
5	Charles	916
6	George	548
7	Thomas	505
8	Joe	342
9	Edward	331
10	Paul	320
11	Willie	314
12	Roy	303
13	Henry	296
14	Frank	285
15	Walter	265
16	Jack	257
17	Joseph	249
18	Fred	235
19	Carl	227
20	Clarence	214
21	Raymond	207
22	Earl	199
22	Harold	199
24	Ralph	192
25	Howard	181
26	Albert	179
27	Ernest	176
28	Richard	173
29	Charlie	166
30	Samuel	163
31	Kenneth	161
32	Arthur	155
33	Clyde	153
34	David	149
35	Eugene	143
36	Harry	137
37	Billy	132
38	Ray	131
39	Jesse	125
40	Floyd	109
41	Herman	104
42	Elmer	102
43	Herbert	100
44	Claude	99
45	Cecil	97
46	Lee	96
46	Sam	96
48	Luther	94
49	Clifford	92
49	Jessie	92