Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Tennessee, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,783
2	Betty	1,160
3	Barbara	998
4	Shirley	721
5	Linda	539
6	Patricia	532
7	Nancy	520
8	Dorothy	516
9	Peggy	480
10	Carolyn	474
11	Martha	467
12	Joyce	439
13	Wanda	429
14	Margaret	421
15	Helen	353
16	Doris	282
17	Elizabeth	271
18	Virginia	266
19	Frances	264
20	Patsy	259
21	Wilma	255
22	Norma	236
23	Judy	234
24	Sandra	233
25	Ruby	223
26	Brenda	222
27	Alice	210
28	Judith	205
29	Mildred	204
30	Charlotte	200
31	Ruth	191
31	Sarah	191
33	Anna	184
34	Janice	180
35	Phyllis	175
36	Annie	174
36	Evelyn	174
38	Lois	172
39	Jo	166
40	Ann	163
41	Carol	161
42	Juanita	160
43	Emma	153
44	Edna	151
45	Bonnie	142
46	Gloria	136
47	Jean	135
48	Bobbie	132
48	Rebecca	132
50	Thelma	130

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,408
2	William	1,304
3	Robert	1,267
4	Charles	1,177
5	John	1,034
6	Billy	746
7	Jerry	688
8	Bobby	658
9	Thomas	561
10	David	539
11	Donald	451
12	George	433
13	Joe	418
14	Kenneth	396
15	Richard	375
16	Paul	349
17	Larry	346
18	Jimmy	341
19	Harold	299
20	Roy	290
21	Willie	264
22	Johnny	258
23	Edward	246
24	Ronald	223
25	Carl	222
26	Jack	216
27	Walter	207
28	Joseph	191
29	Frank	182
30	Henry	179
31	Tommy	178
32	Ralph	168
33	Fred	166
33	Raymond	166
35	Wayne	163
36	Jackie	152
37	Howard	150
38	Clarence	149
39	Ernest	144
40	Earl	143
41	Ray	141
42	Albert	136
43	Eugene	123
44	Franklin	119
44	Jimmie	119
46	Clyde	117
47	Don	116
47	Eddie	116
49	Gene	114
50	Gary	107