Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Tennessee, 1950

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,042
2	Mary	1,552
3	Brenda	1,337
4	Patricia	1,183
5	Barbara	904
6	Judy	814
7	Sandra	780
8	Carolyn	710
9	Shirley	680
10	Betty	659
11	Deborah	637
12	Nancy	544
13	Wanda	524
14	Janice	523
15	Donna	504
16	Martha	457
17	Joyce	448
18	Sharon	447
19	Margaret	426
20	Susan	403
21	Carol	376
22	Peggy	359
23	Dorothy	326
24	Elizabeth	303
25	Pamela	297
26	Beverly	290
26	Rebecca	290
28	Phyllis	274
29	Kathy	267
30	Glenda	260
31	Charlotte	255
32	Karen	245
33	Gloria	237
34	Janet	236
35	Doris	230
36	Patsy	229
37	Sherry	225
37	Virginia	225
39	Connie	221
40	Helen	218
41	Judith	211
42	Frances	188
43	Diane	182
44	Alice	174
45	Jo	170
45	Marilyn	170
47	Wilma	165
48	Cathy	164
49	Sarah	161
50	Bonnie	160

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,835
2	William	1,673
3	Robert	1,569
4	Larry	1,388
5	John	1,385
6	Charles	1,370
7	David	1,224
8	Michael	1,029
9	Jerry	902
10	Gary	859
11	Thomas	766
12	Ronald	663
13	Richard	617
14	Donald	607
15	Kenneth	541
16	Danny	490
17	Billy	470
18	George	459
19	Roger	439
20	Jimmy	415
21	Johnny	385
22	Terry	380
23	Paul	379
24	Ronnie	370
25	Bobby	369
26	Edward	334
27	Joe	326
27	Stephen	326
29	Dennis	302
30	Willie	300
31	Joseph	295
32	Steven	264
33	Roy	259
34	Harold	248
35	Carl	247
36	Walter	245
37	Phillip	199
38	Eddie	193
39	Tommy	189
40	Daniel	182
41	Frank	179
41	Samuel	179
43	Henry	178
44	Ralph	177
45	Raymond	173
46	Douglas	168
46	Wayne	168
48	Donnie	159
49	Steve	156
50	Howard	153