Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Tennessee, 1949

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,289
2	Mary	1,671
3	Brenda	1,483
4	Patricia	1,203
5	Barbara	1,041
6	Judy	879
7	Carolyn	819
8	Sandra	807
9	Betty	787
10	Shirley	767
11	Wanda	575
12	Nancy	566
13	Donna	484
14	Sharon	477
15	Janice	466
16	Margaret	461
17	Martha	450
18	Joyce	434
19	Peggy	430
20	Susan	362
21	Carol	358
22	Deborah	339
23	Elizabeth	335
24	Dorothy	331
25	Phyllis	308
26	Rebecca	295
27	Glenda	272
28	Patsy	270
29	Connie	261
30	Gloria	258
31	Beverly	250
31	Helen	250
33	Judith	247
34	Pamela	246
35	Virginia	240
36	Kathy	232
37	Charlotte	224
38	Janet	216
39	Karen	214
40	Doris	213
41	Frances	212
41	Sherry	212
43	Rita	196
44	Alice	183
45	Sarah	180
46	Jo	170
47	Cheryl	167
47	Wilma	167
49	Marilyn	160
50	Diane	157

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,849
2	William	1,720
3	John	1,511
4	Robert	1,501
5	Charles	1,346
6	Larry	1,338
7	David	1,295
8	Jerry	930
9	Michael	890
10	Thomas	780
11	Gary	760
12	Ronald	708
13	Richard	627
14	Donald	599
15	Kenneth	539
16	George	483
17	Billy	477
18	Jimmy	467
19	Johnny	428
20	Roger	404
21	Danny	399
22	Ronnie	385
22	Terry	385
24	Bobby	348
25	Paul	342
26	Edward	330
27	Joe	324
28	Joseph	321
29	Stephen	307
30	Harold	302
31	Willie	293
32	Roy	287
33	Carl	264
34	Dennis	257
35	Eddie	251
36	Tommy	237
37	Steven	231
38	Phillip	216
39	Walter	211
40	Daniel	208
41	Raymond	188
42	Frank	182
42	Samuel	182
44	Wayne	178
45	Henry	176
46	Steve	174
47	Ralph	172
48	Jackie	161
49	Gerald	157
50	Donnie	154