Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1975

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,344
2	James	1,289
3	Jason	1,284
4	Christopher	1,200
5	John	819
6	David	804
7	William	792
8	Robert	773
9	Brian	564
10	Charles	505
11	Kevin	475
12	Jeremy	409
13	Timothy	403
14	Matthew	389
15	Joseph	375
16	Eric	366
17	Anthony	365
18	Steven	363
19	Jonathan	347
20	Daniel	336
21	Richard	329
22	Thomas	318
23	Mark	312
24	Jeffrey	288
25	Joshua	264

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	243
27	Kenneth	221
28	Stephen	219
29	Chad	216
30	Larry	206
31	Benjamin	187
31	Brandon	187
33	Jerry	184
34	Gary	183
35	Marcus	180
36	Donald	178
37	Terry	176
38	Paul	171
38	Ronald	171
40	Travis	170
41	Billy	169
42	Patrick	167
43	Andrew	165
44	Bradley	160
45	Scott	158
46	Jamie	157
47	Bobby	154
48	Rodney	148
49	Bryan	146
50	Samuel	142
51	Johnny	138
52	Jeffery	135
53	Shannon	129
54	Nathan	126
54	Tony	126
56	Jimmy	125
57	Adam	123
57	Phillip	123
59	Aaron	121
60	Keith	120
61	Justin	119
62	Shawn	117
63	Edward	115
64	Antonio	114
64	George	114
66	Dennis	98
66	Ricky	98
68	Danny	97
69	Corey	94
69	Ryan	94
71	Troy	93
72	Derrick	91
72	Shane	91
74	Roger	88
75	Ronnie	86
76	Joe	84
77	Randy	83
78	Russell	80
79	Tommy	77
80	Carl	75
80	Micheal	75
82	Randall	72
83	Roy	71
83	Todd	71
85	Douglas	70
85	Walter	70
87	Carlos	65
88	Sean	63
89	Brad	62
89	Raymond	62
91	Barry	61
92	Jesse	59
92	Wesley	59
92	Willie	59
95	Curtis	58
95	Darrell	58
97	Brent	57
97	Tracy	57
99	Joel	56
100	Cedric	54