Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Tennessee, 1943

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,929
2	Linda	1,402
3	Barbara	1,076
4	Betty	1,060
5	Carolyn	822
6	Patricia	748
7	Shirley	716
8	Brenda	622
9	Dorothy	534
10	Nancy	533
11	Judy	524
12	Joyce	521
13	Sandra	502
14	Martha	485
15	Margaret	478
16	Wanda	398
17	Peggy	391
18	Helen	346
19	Elizabeth	339
20	Patsy	325
21	Virginia	314
22	Doris	287
23	Carol	284
24	Janice	276
24	Judith	276
26	Frances	260
27	Charlotte	225
28	Glenda	223
29	Phyllis	220
29	Wilma	220
31	Alice	203
32	Ruby	200
33	Gloria	195
34	Sarah	190
35	Donna	189
35	Jo	189
37	Anna	182
38	Ann	179
39	Mildred	167
40	Annie	165
41	Ruth	162
42	Sharon	161
43	Norma	160
44	Evelyn	156
45	Beverly	151
46	Joan	150
47	Edna	144
48	Bobbie	138
48	Bonnie	138
48	Lois	138

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,926
2	William	1,591
3	Robert	1,440
4	Charles	1,363
5	John	1,272
6	Jerry	864
7	David	738
8	Thomas	673
9	Larry	657
10	Billy	601
11	Bobby	560
12	George	496
13	Jimmy	489
14	Richard	479
15	Donald	476
16	Kenneth	458
17	Ronald	401
18	Paul	398
19	Joe	386
20	Roy	366
21	Edward	329
22	Johnny	321
23	Harold	317
24	Willie	281
25	Carl	269
26	Walter	232
27	Joseph	231
28	Tommy	215
29	Ronnie	211
30	Raymond	207
31	Frank	204
32	Jack	195
33	Henry	192
34	Eddie	188
35	Fred	185
36	Douglas	180
37	Wayne	177
38	Ralph	176
39	Michael	175
40	Gary	172
41	Jackie	170
42	Roger	168
43	Clarence	160
44	Gerald	154
45	Samuel	149
46	Earl	147
47	Howard	145
48	Ernest	143
49	Ray	142
50	Jimmie	140