Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Tennessee, 1953

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,487
2	Mary	1,461
3	Deborah	1,380
4	Patricia	1,127
5	Brenda	1,073
6	Barbara	720
7	Sandra	717
8	Judy	654
9	Kathy	625
10	Donna	595
11	Pamela	579
12	Carolyn	577
13	Debra	575
14	Nancy	557
15	Janice	540
16	Susan	522
17	Betty	516
18	Sharon	497
19	Shirley	438
20	Joyce	412
21	Wanda	409
22	Teresa	405
23	Rebecca	397
24	Karen	386
25	Martha	354
26	Margaret	346
27	Elizabeth	334
28	Beverly	322
29	Janet	316
30	Peggy	307
31	Cynthia	296
32	Carol	284
33	Sherry	276
34	Marilyn	275
35	Connie	270
36	Phyllis	260
37	Dorothy	256
38	Cathy	242
39	Sheila	238
40	Gloria	222
41	Doris	219
42	Rita	218
43	Virginia	210
44	Vickie	203
45	Patsy	202
46	Glenda	190
47	Helen	188
48	Diane	180
49	Jo	178
50	Charlotte	169

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,495
2	Michael	1,536
3	William	1,511
4	Robert	1,495
5	David	1,473
6	John	1,328
7	Charles	1,245
8	Larry	1,039
9	Richard	853
10	Jerry	811
11	Gary	797
12	Thomas	756
13	Donald	589
14	Kenneth	574
15	Ronald	542
16	Terry	506
17	Danny	458
18	Steven	441
19	Roger	438
20	Billy	416
21	Dennis	399
22	Johnny	385
23	George	383
24	Bobby	375
25	Stephen	369
26	Joseph	358
26	Paul	358
28	Jimmy	329
29	Ronnie	325
30	Edward	308
31	Ricky	273
32	Mark	262
33	Joe	261
34	Willie	247
35	Randy	243
35	Roy	243
37	Walter	230
38	Carl	227
39	Daniel	223
40	Anthony	218
41	Eddie	190
42	Douglas	188
42	Steve	188
44	Samuel	186
45	Harold	185
46	Jackie	182
47	Phillip	181
48	Tommy	180
49	Timothy	175
50	Gregory	171