Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1970

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,821
2	Michael	1,598
3	David	1,183
4	John	1,182
5	William	1,095
6	Robert	1,075
7	Christopher	916
8	Charles	766
9	Mark	615
10	Timothy	607
11	Jeffrey	557
12	Kevin	546
13	Brian	537
14	Thomas	511
15	Richard	497
16	Anthony	471
17	Jason	455
18	Steven	424
19	Kenneth	410
20	Gregory	399
21	Joseph	360
22	Eric	357
23	Jerry	331
24	Stephen	324
25	Terry	300

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gary	299
27	Larry	298
28	Scott	294
29	Paul	287
30	Jeffery	264
30	Ronald	264
32	Billy	247
33	Donald	241
34	Tony	235
35	Daniel	229
36	Johnny	225
37	Jonathan	221
38	Jimmy	220
39	Bobby	210
40	Keith	190
41	Patrick	186
42	Edward	182
43	Rodney	180
44	Bryan	178
44	George	178
46	Andrew	169
47	Randy	165
48	Phillip	163
49	Matthew	156
50	Bradley	155
51	Danny	145
52	Marcus	140
53	Ricky	139
54	Samuel	136
55	Darrell	135
55	Dennis	135
57	Randall	133
58	Todd	131
59	Douglas	129
60	Troy	126
61	Roger	123
62	Ronnie	119
63	Chris	118
64	Barry	117
65	Joe	111
66	Derrick	110
67	Travis	109
68	Shawn	108
69	Raymond	105
70	Roy	103
70	Willie	103
72	Russell	102
72	Tracy	102
74	Tommy	98
75	Micheal	97
76	Sean	96
77	Craig	93
77	Shannon	93
79	Jeremy	91
80	Harold	87
81	Carl	86
81	Stacy	86
81	Steve	86
84	Wesley	85
85	Walter	83
86	Gerald	82
87	Curtis	81
87	Jamie	81
87	Lee	81
90	Frank	80
91	Chad	77
91	Derek	77
93	Eddie	75
93	Reginald	75
95	Allen	74
95	Tyrone	74
97	Marvin	71
98	Calvin	70
99	Brent	69
99	Darren	69