Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1965

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,887
2	Michael	1,333
3	David	1,204
4	John	1,076
5	Robert	1,053
6	William	1,044
7	Timothy	809
8	Charles	727
9	Mark	680
10	Jeffrey	653
11	Richard	535
12	Kenneth	526
13	Gregory	467
14	Anthony	451
15	Thomas	448
16	Terry	440
17	Kevin	416
18	Christopher	405
19	Jerry	394
20	Steven	386
21	Jeffery	367
22	Randy	337
23	Tony	328
24	Gary	327
25	Billy	320

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	314
26	Ronald	314
28	Donald	313
29	Rodney	306
30	Larry	299
31	Joseph	290
32	Ricky	284
33	Bobby	278
34	Stephen	276
35	Johnny	267
36	Danny	250
37	Jimmy	246
38	Brian	240
39	Scott	228
40	Daniel	216
41	Randall	215
42	Keith	204
43	Eric	198
44	George	197
45	Roger	194
46	Barry	193
47	Darrell	189
48	Phillip	178
49	Edward	176
50	Carl	162
51	Ronnie	160
52	Joe	153
53	Darryl	150
54	Dennis	149
54	Tommy	149
56	Douglas	147
57	Troy	146
58	Patrick	145
59	Jeff	142
60	Willie	136
61	Roy	134
61	Steve	134
63	Eddie	130
64	Chris	126
64	Samuel	126
66	Reginald	114
67	Bryan	112
68	Todd	110
68	Walter	110
70	Marvin	109
71	Mike	105
71	Tracy	105
73	Tim	104
74	Andrew	102
75	Raymond	98
76	Gerald	96
76	Harold	96
78	Stanley	91
79	Curtis	90
79	Russell	90
79	Timmy	90
82	Alan	87
82	Darren	87
84	Vincent	85
85	Jonathan	83
86	Allen	81
87	Bruce	80
87	Frank	80
89	Micheal	79
90	Marty	78
91	Howard	76
92	Bradley	74
92	Jackie	74
94	Jack	73
95	Donnie	72
95	Frederick	72
97	Glenn	70
98	Melvin	67
98	Philip	67
100	Ray	66