Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Tennessee, 1946

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,875
2	Linda	1,826
3	Patricia	1,156
4	Barbara	1,151
5	Brenda	1,080
6	Carolyn	983
7	Betty	982
8	Judy	908
9	Sandra	737
10	Shirley	721
11	Nancy	636
12	Wanda	589
13	Martha	505
14	Janice	491
15	Margaret	484
16	Joyce	466
17	Dorothy	451
18	Peggy	416
19	Carol	414
20	Patsy	349
21	Donna	318
22	Sharon	312
23	Judith	309
24	Elizabeth	303
25	Helen	292
26	Phyllis	281
27	Virginia	276
28	Glenda	271
29	Beverly	255
30	Susan	248
31	Doris	247
32	Frances	246
33	Gloria	233
34	Jo	228
35	Rebecca	216
36	Charlotte	210
37	Alice	202
38	Wilma	185
39	Anna	171
40	Evelyn	167
41	Sarah	163
42	Janet	157
43	Ruby	155
44	Marilyn	154
45	Mildred	152
45	Ruth	152
47	Ann	151
48	Bonnie	149
49	Norma	147
50	Connie	142

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,959
2	William	1,657
3	Robert	1,579
4	John	1,414
5	Charles	1,380
6	Larry	1,065
7	Jerry	1,024
8	David	978
9	Thomas	734
10	Richard	696
11	Gary	631
12	Donald	603
13	Ronald	585
14	Billy	569
15	Jimmy	523
16	George	519
17	Kenneth	491
18	Bobby	481
19	Michael	458
20	Johnny	453
21	Paul	436
22	Joe	392
23	Ronnie	388
24	Danny	320
25	Roy	318
26	Joseph	312
27	Harold	299
28	Willie	297
29	Edward	286
30	Tommy	272
31	Terry	255
32	Roger	243
33	Walter	241
34	Carl	235
35	Raymond	228
36	Wayne	210
37	Frank	201
38	Dennis	200
39	Eddie	195
40	Fred	193
41	Jack	186
42	Howard	179
43	Ralph	178
44	Don	175
45	Samuel	167
46	Henry	159
47	Harry	158
48	Gerald	156
49	Jackie	151
50	Douglas	149