Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Tennessee, 1924

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,474
2	Dorothy	967
3	Margaret	707
4	Mildred	641
5	Helen	606
6	Frances	541
6	Ruby	541
8	Ruth	523
9	Martha	507
10	Virginia	424
11	Betty	405
12	Annie	393
13	Evelyn	346
14	Willie	335
15	Gladys	328
16	Anna	325
17	Elizabeth	317
17	Louise	317
19	Edna	288
20	Hazel	275
21	Edith	263
22	Thelma	260
23	Pauline	256
24	Sarah	237
25	Juanita	221
26	Doris	209
27	Lillian	205
28	Lois	202
29	Mattie	200
30	Clara	199
31	Katherine	195
32	Emma	193
33	Marie	189
34	Alice	183
35	Georgia	178
36	Ethel	177
37	Wilma	176
38	Irene	167
39	Bessie	155
40	Lucille	154
41	Geneva	153
41	Nellie	153
43	Minnie	151
44	Alma	147
44	Marjorie	147
46	Christine	139
46	Lillie	139
46	Myrtle	139
49	Beatrice	138
50	Opal	136

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,494
2	William	1,748
3	John	1,304
4	Robert	1,206
5	Charles	943
6	George	574
7	Thomas	496
8	Joe	345
9	Willie	329
10	Henry	322
11	Edward	309
12	Walter	301
13	Paul	294
14	Jack	290
15	Joseph	289
16	Roy	271
17	Frank	248
18	Fred	239
19	Carl	233
20	Harold	226
21	Raymond	218
22	Howard	204
23	Ralph	203
23	Richard	203
25	Clarence	202
26	Earl	194
27	Clyde	182
28	Calvin	179
29	David	175
30	Albert	170
31	Eugene	163
31	Kenneth	163
33	Billy	155
34	Samuel	151
35	Charlie	148
36	Harry	143
37	Ernest	141
38	Arthur	131
39	Ray	129
40	Jesse	123
41	Herbert	120
42	Claude	117
43	Louis	112
44	Cecil	107
45	Elmer	106
46	Floyd	105
47	Herman	100
48	Lawrence	96
49	Marvin	94
50	Lee	93