Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Tennessee, 1931

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,042
2	Betty	1,486
3	Dorothy	886
4	Helen	537
5	Margaret	502
6	Barbara	470
7	Martha	465
8	Mildred	368
9	Ruby	349
10	Frances	347
11	Virginia	345
12	Peggy	331
13	Ruth	302
14	Evelyn	276
15	Wilma	273
16	Annie	256
17	Doris	253
18	Elizabeth	252
19	Anna	245
20	Edna	233
21	Billie	226
22	Joyce	218
23	Thelma	211
24	Bobbie	206
25	Hazel	195
26	Nancy	192
26	Norma	192
28	Clara	190
29	Jean	189
30	Louise	185
30	Sarah	185
30	Willie	185
33	Wanda	183
34	Juanita	178
35	Emma	169
35	Gladys	169
37	Lois	159
38	Marie	148
39	Alice	142
40	Joan	140
41	Mattie	139
42	Ann	136
43	Edith	131
44	Bonnie	130
45	Pauline	129
46	Bessie	124
47	Jo	123
48	Alma	122
49	Carolyn	120
49	Marjorie	120

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,279
2	William	1,342
3	Robert	1,234
4	Charles	1,137
5	John	1,074
6	Billy	726
7	Thomas	464
8	Bobby	437
9	George	432
10	Joe	393
11	Jack	335
12	Paul	328
13	Edward	304
14	Richard	279
15	Roy	258
16	Kenneth	254
16	Willie	254
18	Harold	253
19	Carl	251
20	Donald	233
21	Walter	217
22	David	209
23	Fred	207
23	Joseph	207
25	Henry	191
26	Ralph	190
27	Raymond	187
28	Earl	184
28	Frank	184
30	Clarence	183
31	Howard	171
32	Eugene	164
33	Ernest	151
34	Clyde	144
35	Albert	137
36	Jimmy	132
37	Billie	128
38	Harry	122
39	Samuel	118
40	Herbert	116
41	Ray	112
42	Charlie	109
42	Floyd	109
42	Jerry	109
45	Bill	106
46	Arthur	102
47	Jimmie	101
48	Marvin	95
49	Cecil	90
49	Jesse	90