Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,497
2	James	1,430
3	Christopher	1,270
4	David	1,001
5	William	952
6	Robert	927
7	John	902
8	Jason	732
9	Brian	686
10	Kevin	570
11	Charles	557
12	Timothy	512
13	Jeffrey	435
14	Anthony	429
15	Mark	411
16	Steven	398
17	Richard	386
18	Eric	373
19	Thomas	371
20	Joseph	351
21	Kenneth	303
22	Gregory	291
23	Larry	287
24	Daniel	273
24	Jonathan	273

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jerry	263
27	Stephen	256
28	Scott	239
29	Paul	234
30	Jeffery	228
30	Matthew	228
32	Terry	227
33	Ronald	225
34	Gary	218
35	Billy	211
36	Chad	205
37	Donald	203
38	Keith	184
38	Patrick	184
40	Bobby	183
40	Tony	183
42	Jimmy	181
43	Johnny	178
44	Jeremy	173
45	Travis	168
46	Bryan	159
47	Marcus	158
48	Rodney	146
49	Tracy	145
50	Danny	143
51	Shawn	136
52	Samuel	135
53	Andrew	134
53	George	134
55	Edward	132
56	Troy	128
57	Shannon	120
58	Douglas	118
58	Phillip	118
60	Roger	114
61	Antonio	112
61	Ronnie	112
63	Chris	110
64	Jamie	109
65	Bradley	108
66	Randy	105
67	Todd	104
68	Joe	103
69	Brandon	102
70	Shane	100
71	Dennis	96
72	Roy	95
73	Benjamin	93
74	Tommy	91
75	Darrell	90
75	Ricky	90
77	Carl	88
77	Derrick	88
79	Russell	87
80	Walter	86
81	Randall	83
81	Sean	83
83	Scotty	81
83	Willie	81
85	Aaron	80
85	Craig	80
87	Micheal	79
88	Corey	77
89	Carlos	73
89	Nathan	73
91	Barry	69
91	Raymond	69
93	Lee	67
94	Adam	66
95	Donnie	65
96	Curtis	64
96	Gerald	64
96	Harold	64
99	Wesley	63
100	Calvin	61