Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Tennessee, 1939

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,734
2	Betty	1,245
3	Barbara	975
4	Shirley	827
5	Dorothy	557
6	Martha	508
7	Peggy	484
8	Patricia	458
9	Nancy	452
10	Margaret	449
11	Carolyn	412
12	Joyce	398
13	Wanda	392
14	Linda	361
15	Helen	334
16	Virginia	289
17	Elizabeth	275
18	Doris	269
19	Norma	261
20	Patsy	257
21	Wilma	256
22	Frances	247
23	Ruby	234
24	Anna	222
25	Mildred	210
26	Jo	192
27	Sarah	190
28	Evelyn	186
29	Janice	180
30	Annie	174
31	Alice	171
32	Ruth	165
33	Sandra	163
34	Bobbie	157
35	Charlotte	156
36	Edna	149
36	Judith	149
38	Carol	144
38	Judy	144
40	Lois	143
41	Juanita	141
42	Phyllis	136
43	Emma	132
44	Ann	130
44	Thelma	130
46	Jean	126
46	Shelby	126
48	Sue	124
49	Sylvia	123
50	Billie	121

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,503
2	William	1,296
3	Robert	1,196
4	Charles	1,121
5	John	1,037
6	Billy	751
7	Bobby	677
8	Jerry	597
9	Thomas	494
10	Donald	468
11	David	467
11	George	467
13	Joe	430
14	Jimmy	360
15	Kenneth	345
16	Richard	342
17	Paul	333
18	Harold	304
19	Larry	283
20	Willie	266
21	Roy	262
22	Edward	252
23	Johnny	249
24	Carl	235
25	Jack	218
26	Walter	190
27	Tommy	188
28	Raymond	186
29	Frank	175
30	Fred	173
31	Ronald	166
32	Ralph	163
33	Joseph	160
34	Wayne	159
35	Henry	157
35	Howard	157
37	Jackie	148
38	Don	141
39	Earl	139
40	Jimmie	138
41	Gerald	136
42	Ray	132
43	Albert	130
44	Samuel	120
45	Clyde	118
46	Clarence	117
47	Ernest	116
48	Harry	112
49	Arthur	110
50	Bill	107