Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1966

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,754
2	Michael	1,407
3	David	1,188
4	Robert	1,016
5	John	1,014
6	William	955
7	Timothy	856
8	Charles	718
9	Mark	659
10	Jeffrey	626
11	Richard	533
12	Kenneth	497
13	Christopher	460
14	Anthony	452
15	Thomas	443
16	Gregory	440
17	Terry	419
18	Jerry	394
19	Jeffery	380
20	Steven	376
21	Kevin	362
22	Tony	352
23	Brian	343
24	Gary	320
25	Paul	315

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ronald	298
27	Randy	296
28	Bobby	292
28	Larry	292
30	Donald	283
31	Joseph	280
32	Stephen	266
33	Rodney	260
34	Billy	258
35	Ricky	248
36	Jimmy	230
37	Scott	224
38	Keith	219
39	Johnny	207
40	Eric	200
41	George	198
42	Daniel	191
43	Danny	186
44	Roger	175
45	Randall	172
46	Edward	171
47	Tracy	163
48	Phillip	162
49	Patrick	161
50	Barry	154
51	Ronnie	152
52	Darrell	150
53	Troy	148
54	Tommy	147
55	Dennis	146
56	Joe	145
57	Douglas	142
58	Jeff	131
59	Bryan	126
60	Carl	121
61	Willie	117
62	Samuel	116
63	Harold	106
63	Roy	106
65	Steve	104
66	Chris	99
66	Raymond	99
68	Eddie	98
68	Marvin	98
68	Reginald	98
71	Curtis	97
72	Russell	93
73	Gerald	92
74	Frank	91
74	Timmy	91
74	Todd	91
77	Micheal	90
78	Andrew	87
79	Tim	84
80	Darryl	83
80	Jonathan	83
80	Lee	83
80	Mike	83
84	Stanley	79
84	Walter	79
86	Alan	77
87	Matthew	76
88	Bruce	75
88	Darren	75
88	Jackie	75
91	Vincent	74
92	Calvin	73
93	Allen	72
93	Henry	72
95	Derrick	67
96	Jason	65
96	Wayne	65
98	Glenn	61
98	Melvin	61
100	Ralph	60