Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Tennessee, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,867
2	Betty	1,134
3	Barbara	1,083
4	Linda	1,049
5	Patricia	762
6	Carolyn	753
7	Shirley	734
8	Joyce	579
9	Martha	532
10	Dorothy	525
11	Nancy	508
12	Peggy	499
13	Brenda	473
14	Sandra	452
15	Wanda	426
16	Margaret	406
17	Judy	383
18	Elizabeth	327
19	Virginia	315
20	Patsy	310
21	Helen	304
22	Frances	285
23	Doris	274
24	Judith	254
25	Carol	231
26	Janice	230
27	Phyllis	226
28	Norma	225
29	Sarah	221
30	Wilma	208
31	Glenda	207
32	Mildred	203
33	Jo	201
34	Charlotte	199
35	Alice	191
36	Anna	182
37	Ruby	180
38	Evelyn	177
39	Annie	176
40	Bonnie	175
41	Donna	160
41	Ruth	160
43	Edna	158
44	Billie	157
45	Ann	156
45	Gloria	156
47	Bobbie	154
48	Rebecca	148
49	Beverly	145
49	Lois	145

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,903
2	William	1,588
3	Robert	1,441
4	Charles	1,296
5	John	1,144
6	Jerry	871
7	David	671
8	Billy	652
9	Thomas	642
10	Larry	586
11	Bobby	556
12	George	499
13	Donald	468
14	Jimmy	449
15	Joe	426
16	Richard	405
17	Kenneth	387
18	Ronald	368
19	Paul	360
20	Roy	335
21	Douglas	321
22	Harold	313
23	Johnny	293
24	Edward	274
25	Willie	251
26	Joseph	246
27	Carl	219
28	Jack	216
29	Raymond	213
30	Frank	212
31	Tommy	200
32	Walter	194
33	Fred	188
33	Gary	188
35	Henry	187
36	Ralph	173
37	Clarence	171
38	Wayne	170
39	Albert	158
39	Howard	158
39	Ronnie	158
42	Gerald	156
43	Earl	154
44	Michael	151
45	Jackie	139
46	Eddie	138
47	Samuel	136
48	Phillip	130
49	Don	128
49	Eugene	128