Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Tennessee, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,785
2	Mary	1,928
3	Brenda	1,333
4	Patricia	1,290
5	Barbara	1,191
6	Carolyn	1,051
7	Judy	1,013
8	Betty	1,001
9	Sandra	880
10	Shirley	702
11	Nancy	663
12	Wanda	625
13	Joyce	550
14	Martha	534
15	Janice	514
16	Margaret	501
17	Dorothy	479
18	Donna	431
19	Peggy	427
20	Carol	399
21	Sharon	379
22	Patsy	378
23	Elizabeth	367
24	Phyllis	358
25	Helen	316
26	Virginia	310
27	Judith	307
28	Glenda	304
29	Susan	290
30	Doris	260
30	Rebecca	260
32	Frances	249
33	Gloria	244
34	Beverly	237
35	Charlotte	234
36	Jo	212
37	Alice	207
38	Janet	200
39	Evelyn	198
40	Connie	194
40	Sarah	194
42	Pamela	193
43	Wilma	181
44	Ruby	175
45	Marilyn	173
46	Ann	159
46	Anna	159
46	Sherry	159
49	Joan	157
50	Annie	154

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,282
2	William	1,928
3	Robert	1,752
4	John	1,527
5	Charles	1,456
6	Larry	1,357
7	David	1,196
8	Jerry	1,112
9	Thomas	852
10	Richard	783
11	Ronald	758
12	Gary	688
13	Donald	610
14	Michael	607
15	Jimmy	600
16	Billy	587
17	George	578
18	Kenneth	561
19	Bobby	502
20	Ronnie	482
21	Johnny	440
22	Danny	429
23	Joe	423
24	Paul	420
25	Terry	356
26	Edward	351
27	Roy	346
28	Harold	345
29	Willie	311
30	Roger	287
31	Joseph	285
32	Carl	283
33	Dennis	275
34	Tommy	249
35	Walter	243
36	Eddie	242
37	Jack	223
38	Wayne	221
39	Stephen	219
40	Raymond	214
41	Frank	212
42	Henry	195
43	Ralph	194
44	Phillip	190
45	Howard	188
46	Fred	186
47	Samuel	180
48	Gerald	164
49	Jackie	163
50	Daniel	161