Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,432
2	Michael	1,394
3	Christopher	1,330
4	Jason	1,002
5	William	913
6	John	901
7	David	882
8	Robert	877
9	Brian	672
10	Kevin	578
11	Charles	537
12	Mark	432
13	Timothy	426
14	Anthony	379
15	Joseph	377
16	Eric	369
17	Richard	359
18	Jeffrey	356
19	Steven	348
20	Thomas	339
21	Jonathan	311
22	Matthew	297
23	Daniel	287
23	Gregory	287
25	Kenneth	276

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Larry	250
27	Jerry	234
28	Stephen	233
29	Chad	232
30	Billy	220
30	Jeremy	220
32	Gary	219
33	Keith	208
33	Ronald	208
35	Paul	199
36	Scott	194
37	Terry	187
38	Bobby	182
39	Bryan	178
39	Donald	178
39	Travis	178
42	Marcus	166
43	Andrew	164
44	Rodney	161
45	Patrick	160
46	Jeffery	152
46	Jimmy	152
48	Johnny	149
49	Shawn	147
49	Tony	147
51	Phillip	145
52	George	144
53	Jamie	142
54	Edward	137
55	Joshua	125
55	Shannon	125
57	Samuel	123
58	Danny	122
59	Derrick	119
60	Antonio	115
61	Bradley	111
61	Ronnie	111
63	Tracy	108
64	Tommy	104
65	Aaron	103
66	Darrell	102
67	Brandon	100
68	Douglas	98
68	Ricky	98
68	Shane	98
71	Todd	94
72	Randall	92
73	Chris	91
74	Dennis	90
75	Carl	89
76	Benjamin	88
76	Micheal	88
76	Nathan	88
76	Randy	88
80	Troy	87
81	Roy	86
82	Adam	83
83	Russell	81
84	Sean	80
85	Roger	78
85	Ryan	78
87	Joe	77
88	Corey	73
89	Carlos	71
89	Craig	71
89	Walter	71
92	Raymond	69
93	Justin	68
94	Derek	67
95	Eddie	65
96	Brent	64
97	Scottie	63
97	Willie	63
99	Barry	62
99	Harold	62