Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,402
2	Jason	1,325
3	James	1,324
4	Christopher	1,286
5	David	946
6	William	879
7	John	820
8	Robert	793
9	Brian	646
10	Charles	527
11	Kevin	524
12	Timothy	421
13	Jeffrey	380
14	Matthew	379
15	Mark	375
16	Anthony	373
17	Joseph	370
18	Thomas	351
19	Richard	348
20	Steven	344
21	Eric	333
22	Jeremy	322
23	Daniel	316
24	Jonathan	308
25	Gregory	281

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	252
27	Jerry	246
28	Kenneth	243
29	Chad	237
30	Larry	221
31	Ronald	213
32	Billy	212
33	Terry	203
34	Joshua	196
35	Gary	194
36	Bryan	188
37	Scott	183
38	Paul	181
39	Marcus	180
40	Donald	173
41	Shawn	166
42	Bobby	163
43	Jimmy	158
44	Jeffery	155
45	Travis	153
46	Patrick	152
47	Rodney	147
48	Keith	145
49	Benjamin	143
50	Samuel	141
51	Bradley	140
51	Edward	140
51	Johnny	140
54	Andrew	139
55	Tony	138
56	Phillip	135
57	Brandon	134
58	George	132
59	Adam	124
60	Jamie	117
61	Antonio	114
62	Justin	111
63	Aaron	107
64	Dennis	106
65	Shannon	103
66	Brent	101
67	Derrick	100
68	Nathan	98
69	Danny	96
69	Ricky	96
71	Ronnie	94
72	Carlos	91
73	Randall	89
74	Tracy	88
75	Douglas	86
76	Roger	85
77	Roy	83
78	Corey	81
79	Chris	80
79	Randy	80
79	Tommy	80
82	Darrell	79
82	Ryan	79
84	Shane	77
85	Carl	74
86	Troy	73
87	Joe	72
88	Micheal	71
88	Willie	71
90	Craig	70
90	Curtis	70
90	Derek	70
90	Todd	70
94	Barry	69
95	Russell	68
96	Sean	66
97	Cedric	61
97	Donnie	61
97	Marvin	61
100	Allen	59