Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,269
2	Jason	1,255
3	James	1,187
4	Christopher	1,080
5	David	801
6	William	800
7	Robert	771
8	John	738
9	Jeremy	584
10	Brian	563
11	Joseph	464
12	Charles	449
13	Kevin	443
14	Timothy	422
15	Matthew	409
16	Daniel	394
16	Eric	394
18	Jonathan	358
19	Joshua	340
20	Anthony	325
20	Thomas	325
22	Richard	316
23	Steven	312
24	Jeffrey	283
25	Mark	270

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	245
27	Larry	213
28	Billy	210
29	Kenneth	209
30	Stephen	205
31	Benjamin	202
32	Brandon	199
33	Bradley	198
34	Chad	196
35	Andrew	195
36	Paul	193
37	Jerry	177
38	Travis	171
39	Marcus	169
40	Adam	164
41	Nathan	163
42	Justin	162
43	Donald	161
44	Bryan	160
45	Antonio	159
45	Terry	159
47	Gary	157
48	Jamie	151
48	Scott	151
50	Samuel	141
51	George	136
52	Bobby	135
53	Ronald	131
54	Johnny	130
55	Jimmy	129
56	Phillip	126
57	Jeffery	125
58	Tony	122
59	Keith	119
59	Shannon	119
61	Shawn	115
62	Ryan	113
63	Aaron	112
64	Patrick	111
65	Edward	109
66	Rodney	108
67	Corey	96
68	Randall	93
69	Danny	91
69	Wesley	91
71	Tommy	90
72	Randy	89
73	Derrick	87
74	Ricky	84
75	Dennis	82
75	Roger	82
75	Russell	82
75	Shane	82
79	Carlos	80
80	Brad	75
80	Micheal	75
82	Ronnie	74
83	Douglas	72
83	Sean	72
85	Brent	71
86	Darrell	68
86	Joel	68
88	Troy	67
89	Curtis	66
90	Carl	64
91	Joe	63
91	Mario	63
91	Willie	63
94	Todd	61
95	Raymond	60
95	Roy	60
97	Walter	58
98	Dustin	57
99	Jesse	56
99	Joey	56
99	Terrance	56