1870 Census Trivia & Genealogy Goodies
Weakley County, Tennessee


 
Top 40 First Names
&
Names of the Times
***
40 most popular first names - There were more Mary's than any other name with William a close 2nd.

MARY 
WILLIAM 
 JOHN 
JAMES 
MARTHA 
SARAH
ELIZABETH 
NANCY 
THOMAS 
SUSAN 
GEORGE 
ROBERT 
HENRY 
ANN 
CHARLES 
LUCY 
SAMUEL 
JOSEPH 
MARGARET 
SALLY 
FRANCES 
BENJAMAN 
JANE 
EMILY 
LOUISA 
ELIZA 
HARRIET 
CAROLINE 
ANDREW 
DAVID 
AMAMDA 
ELLEN 
FANNIE 
ALICE 
LAURA 
FRANKLIN 
CATHARINE
RICHARD 
EDWARD 
ALBERT 
 

State Names were usually girls

TEXAS
TENNESSEE 
MISSOURI
VIRGINIA
MEXICO
OREGON
NEBRASKA
MICHIGAN

Names of the times...

ADALINE
AGNIS
AMBROSE
AMERICA
ARABELLA
ARAMINTA
ARABELL
AUGUSTUS

BALLARD
BEDFORD
BELINDA
BELL
BERTHA
BEVERLY
BOIVER
BOSWELL
BUCK

CALADONIA
CALEB
CALLIE
CALPERNA
CASANDRA
CHARITY
COLUMBUS
COMMADOR
CORA
CORDELIA
CLEOPATREA
CLEMINTINE
CHARLOTT
CHRISTOPHER
CLARENCE
CLARISA
CLINT
CORNELIA
CORNELIUS

DARCUS
DELANCY
DELIA
DICY
DILCEY
DOCTOR
DOLLIE
DORA
DREWRY
DRUCILLA

EATHERBERT
EDGAR
EDMOND
EDNA
EFFIE
EGBERT
ELEXANDER
ELIAS
ELIJAH
ELMIRA
ELVIRA
ELVIS
EMALINE
EMERSON
ENOCH
EMMA
EPHRAM
ERASMUS
ESQUIRE
ETHERBERT
EUDORA
EUGENIA
EZEKIEL

FERDELIA
FERDINAND
FINIS
FLORA
FORREST
FREDONIA
FREDERICK

GARRETT
GERTRUDE
GIDEON
GILBERT
GRANVILLE
GREEN
GUSTAVOUS

HANNAH
HARRISON
HARRY
HARVEY
HATTIE
HELEN
HENRIETTA
HESTER
HIRAM
HORACE
HULDA
HULDY

IDA
IRENE
ISAAC
ISABELLA
ISY

JACOB
JAMIMA
JASPER
JENNIE
JEFFERSON
JEPTHA
JERAMIAH
JESSEE
JOE
JOSHAPHINE
JOSHUA
JUBILEE
JUDY
JULY

KITTY
KIZZIE

LA FAYETTE
LAURENCE
LAVINA
LEANDER
LEMUEL
LEROY
LESTER
LEVI
LUCINDY
LEWIS
LYDDIA
LILLIE
LISER
LIZZIE
LORENZO
OTTIE
LOVENIA
LUTHER
LYDIA

MARK
MARTIN
MATHEW
MATILDA
MATTIE
MILDRED
MILLY 
MINNIE
MINT
MOLLIE
MONROE
MOSES
MAHALA
MARIAH
MALICY
MALINDA
MANERVA
MARIAM
MARION

NANNY
NAPOLEAN
NARCISSA

OBEDIAH
OCTAVA

PARALEE
PARTHENA
PATIENCE
PERMELIA
PHEABY
PINCKNEY
PINKNEY
PLEASANT
POCHAHANTAS
POLLY
POMPEY
PRICILLA
PRESTON
PRUDENCE

RACHEL
RASMUS
REBECCA
ROSE
RUEBEN
RUFUS
RUTHA

SAVANAH
SILAS
SINEY
SOPHRONIA
SQUIRE
STEPHEN

TABITHA
TARA
TEMPERENCE
THADEUS
TOBIAS

UDORA
UMPHREY
UNITY

VICTORIA
VINCENT
VIOLET

WALTER
WASHINGTON
WESLEY
WILLIE

ZACHARIAH
 


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