Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Tennessee, 1927

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,330
2	Dorothy	1,059
3	Betty	681
4	Helen	637
5	Margaret	565
6	Martha	502
7	Mildred	489
8	Virginia	486
9	Frances	430
10	Ruby	426
11	Ruth	425
12	Annie	346
13	Evelyn	310
14	Elizabeth	299
15	Willie	277
16	Hazel	276
17	Gladys	269
18	Doris	257
19	Anna	249
20	Edna	245
21	Louise	240
22	Thelma	235
23	Lois	214
24	Marie	205
25	Sarah	202
26	Emma	195
26	Juanita	195
28	Mattie	189
28	Pauline	189
30	Edith	179
31	Katherine	175
32	Jean	173
33	Wilma	166
34	Lillian	164
35	Geneva	159
36	Clara	158
37	Bessie	154
38	Georgia	151
39	Barbara	148
40	Bonnie	147
41	Jessie	145
42	Christine	142
43	Nellie	141
44	Minnie	139
45	Myrtle	133
46	Eva	132
46	Lillie	132
48	Ethel	130
48	Lucille	130
50	Alice	129

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,412
2	William	1,478
3	John	1,248
4	Robert	1,159
5	Charles	1,011
6	George	603
7	Thomas	479
8	Joe	370
9	Billy	354
10	Willie	346
11	Jack	340
12	Paul	305
13	Roy	287
14	Edward	281
15	Frank	263
16	Walter	250
17	Fred	247
18	Harold	237
19	Carl	234
20	Joseph	230
21	Henry	225
22	Richard	221
23	Ralph	213
24	Earl	210
25	Raymond	205
26	David	200
27	Clarence	191
28	Eugene	190
29	Kenneth	182
30	Howard	179
31	Albert	171
32	Ernest	161
33	Samuel	159
34	Clyde	150
34	Floyd	150
36	Charlie	147
37	Donald	144
38	Arthur	142
39	Harry	132
40	Ray	128
41	Herbert	124
42	Herman	106
43	Bill	102
44	Alvin	99
45	Billie	97
46	Claude	96
46	Louis	96
48	Calvin	94
49	Jesse	90
50	Elmer	89