Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	1,365
2	Michael	1,319
3	James	1,245
4	Christopher	1,210
5	William	852
6	David	817
7	John	775
8	Robert	773
9	Jeremy	664
10	Brian	593
11	Joshua	552
12	Kevin	513
13	Joseph	500
14	Charles	494
15	Matthew	473
16	Timothy	457
17	Jonathan	417
18	Daniel	397
19	Thomas	349
20	Richard	339
21	Eric	336
22	Anthony	335
23	Steven	303
24	Mark	293
25	Jeffrey	272

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Benjamin	269
27	Stephen	238
28	Kenneth	223
29	Marcus	221
30	Andrew	220
31	Travis	218
32	Bradley	214
33	Chad	210
34	Brandon	208
35	Larry	201
36	Billy	193
37	Adam	191
37	Justin	191
39	Paul	190
40	Gary	186
41	Nathan	184
42	Gregory	170
43	Donald	159
43	Ryan	159
45	Wesley	158
46	Samuel	155
46	Terry	155
48	Bryan	152
49	Aaron	151
50	Corey	150
51	Patrick	149
52	Ronald	148
53	Bobby	147
54	Phillip	146
55	Jerry	139
56	Scott	137
57	Jeffery	130
58	Antonio	125
59	Edward	122
60	Derrick	121
60	Jamie	121
62	George	116
62	Shawn	116
64	Johnny	106
64	Rodney	106
66	Shannon	105
67	Keith	104
68	Jimmy	102
69	Cory	98
70	Tony	95
71	Danny	91
71	Jeremiah	91
73	Douglas	89
74	Jesse	88
75	Ricky	82
76	Randall	81
76	Roger	81
76	Ronnie	81
79	Joe	77
80	Shane	76
81	Dustin	75
82	Carlos	74
82	Todd	74
82	Walter	74
85	Russell	73
86	Dennis	71
86	Tommy	71
88	Terrance	70
89	Brent	69
89	Darrell	69
89	Mario	69
92	Jacob	68
93	Randy	67
93	Troy	67
95	Micheal	66
96	Derek	65
97	Carl	63
97	Sean	63
99	Brad	62
99	Jared	62
99	Joey	62