Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Tennessee, 1936

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,790
2	Betty	1,347
3	Shirley	1,112
4	Barbara	826
5	Dorothy	620
6	Peggy	479
7	Martha	474
8	Margaret	442
9	Helen	397
10	Joyce	359
11	Nancy	350
12	Virginia	311
13	Frances	308
14	Ruby	284
15	Doris	266
16	Patricia	259
17	Mildred	255
17	Wilma	255
19	Carolyn	253
20	Norma	237
21	Wanda	231
22	Anna	226
22	Elizabeth	226
24	Evelyn	224
25	Patsy	219
26	Bobbie	208
27	Sarah	198
28	Edna	192
28	Jo	192
30	Annie	186
31	Ruth	182
32	Thelma	180
33	Billie	165
34	Jean	164
34	Lois	164
36	Alice	160
37	Emma	151
38	Ann	146
39	Joan	142
40	Bonnie	141
41	Juanita	137
42	Willie	136
43	Louise	130
44	Margie	124
45	Gladys	123
46	Jane	116
47	Charlotte	114
48	Clara	112
49	Sue	110
50	Bettye	103

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,188
2	William	1,251
3	Robert	1,243
4	Charles	1,126
5	John	994
6	Billy	805
7	Bobby	743
8	Joe	510
9	George	473
10	Thomas	438
11	Donald	398
12	Kenneth	340
13	Paul	334
14	David	329
15	Jimmy	327
16	Jerry	322
17	Harold	298
18	Richard	288
19	Jack	276
20	Edward	260
21	Willie	253
22	Roy	240
23	Walter	207
24	Carl	205
24	Frank	205
26	Raymond	198
27	Fred	180
28	Howard	171
28	Joseph	171
30	Johnny	170
30	Ralph	170
32	Clarence	151
33	Franklin	149
34	Tommy	145
35	Larry	144
36	Earl	143
37	Ray	131
38	Henry	128
39	Wayne	125
40	Albert	122
40	Eugene	122
40	Jimmie	122
43	Marvin	116
44	Clyde	115
45	Arthur	113
46	Ronald	107
47	Don	105
47	Gerald	105
49	Gene	104
49	Samuel	104