Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1971

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,725
2	Michael	1,564
3	Christopher	1,180
4	John	1,086
5	David	1,049
6	Robert	1,044
7	William	1,005
8	Charles	709
9	Jason	627
10	Kevin	583
11	Brian	581
12	Timothy	568
13	Jeffrey	494
14	Mark	491
15	Richard	477
16	Thomas	455
17	Anthony	442
18	Steven	440
19	Eric	372
20	Gregory	364
21	Kenneth	361
22	Joseph	354
23	Scott	345
24	Larry	296
25	Jerry	279

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	278
27	Paul	274
28	Terry	267
29	Gary	260
30	Donald	242
31	Jeffery	239
32	Keith	235
33	Billy	228
33	Jonathan	228
35	Ronald	226
36	Daniel	219
37	Matthew	209
37	Tony	209
39	Jimmy	195
40	Bobby	194
41	Johnny	192
42	Rodney	188
43	Jeremy	184
44	Marcus	176
45	George	166
46	Edward	163
47	Chad	161
48	Patrick	160
49	Bryan	155
50	Danny	152
51	Phillip	151
52	Shawn	150
53	Dennis	145
54	Andrew	142
55	Randall	141
56	Troy	130
57	Roger	129
58	Ricky	127
59	Bradley	126
60	Tracy	125
61	Douglas	123
61	Travis	123
63	Chris	121
64	Joe	115
65	Randy	113
65	Samuel	113
67	Tommy	112
68	Ronnie	111
69	Darrell	109
69	Todd	109
71	Carl	108
72	Derrick	103
73	Scotty	102
74	Sean	100
75	Russell	99
76	Reginald	97
76	Shannon	97
78	Jamie	94
79	Antonio	90
79	Barry	90
79	Walter	90
82	Roy	86
82	Willie	86
84	Benjamin	84
85	Micheal	83
86	Raymond	81
87	Craig	79
88	Curtis	77
88	Scottie	77
90	Brent	76
91	Gerald	73
92	Harold	72
93	Aaron	71
94	Steve	70
95	Brandon	69
95	Derek	69
95	Marvin	69
98	Adam	67
99	Frank	66
100	Alan	65
100	Frederick	65
100	Lee	65