Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Tennessee, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,809
2	Linda	1,445
3	Barbara	992
4	Betty	913
5	Carolyn	820
6	Patricia	797
7	Brenda	720
8	Shirley	668
9	Judy	612
10	Sandra	567
11	Nancy	537
12	Joyce	524
13	Martha	444
14	Dorothy	436
15	Wanda	416
16	Peggy	407
17	Margaret	386
18	Elizabeth	328
19	Patsy	318
20	Carol	303
21	Helen	285
22	Virginia	277
23	Judith	259
24	Doris	254
25	Janice	249
26	Alice	226
27	Frances	220
28	Glenda	218
29	Phyllis	216
30	Charlotte	215
31	Donna	203
31	Wilma	203
33	Ruby	198
34	Sarah	194
35	Gloria	191
36	Jo	189
37	Anna	181
38	Sharon	176
39	Ruth	168
40	Mildred	164
41	Bonnie	159
42	Annie	158
43	Evelyn	154
44	Ann	149
44	Rebecca	149
46	Norma	145
47	Lois	140
48	Joan	139
49	Beverly	136
50	Bobbie	133

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,770
2	William	1,542
3	Robert	1,386
4	Charles	1,228
5	John	1,189
6	Jerry	906
7	David	777
8	Larry	713
9	Thomas	663
10	Billy	568
11	Richard	528
12	Jimmy	505
13	George	490
14	Bobby	473
15	Donald	468
16	Kenneth	417
17	Ronald	415
18	Paul	394
19	Johnny	347
20	Joe	339
21	Roy	300
22	Edward	299
22	Willie	299
24	Harold	297
25	Gary	295
26	Tommy	244
27	Michael	225
28	Carl	217
29	Raymond	215
30	Walter	212
31	Roger	209
32	Joseph	203
33	Frank	201
34	Ronnie	188
35	Ralph	187
36	Jack	177
37	Henry	176
38	Eddie	169
38	Fred	169
38	Howard	169
41	Terry	168
42	Wayne	156
43	Danny	148
44	Douglas	142
45	Clarence	141
45	Gerald	141
47	Ernest	140
47	Jackie	140
47	Samuel	140
50	Don	134