Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,282
2	James	1,252
3	Jason	1,244
4	Christopher	1,157
5	David	872
6	John	797
7	William	790
8	Robert	721
9	Joshua	644
10	Jeremy	622
11	Brian	563
12	Charles	562
13	Matthew	527
14	Joseph	498
15	Kevin	475
16	Jonathan	441
17	Daniel	435
18	Timothy	427
19	Anthony	341
20	Richard	338
21	Eric	337
22	Thomas	318
23	Steven	309
24	Jeffrey	292
25	Andrew	279

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mark	274
27	Adam	270
28	Brandon	266
29	Justin	255
30	Benjamin	239
31	Stephen	226
32	Travis	219
33	Kenneth	213
34	Paul	208
35	Nicholas	205
36	Nathan	203
37	Marcus	188
38	Gregory	185
39	Chad	183
40	Larry	176
41	Bradley	175
42	Aaron	169
43	Derrick	167
44	Billy	166
45	Samuel	162
46	Ryan	160
47	Gary	159
48	Bryan	154
49	Jerry	153
49	Wesley	153
51	Phillip	151
52	Patrick	149
53	Antonio	148
54	Donald	138
55	Ronald	129
56	Bobby	128
56	Shawn	128
58	Terry	124
59	Scott	122
60	Corey	120
61	Jeffery	118
62	Keith	117
63	Johnny	115
64	Edward	113
65	Shaun	106
66	Jamie	105
67	Dustin	102
67	George	102
69	Jimmy	97
70	Douglas	88
71	Cory	85
71	Rodney	85
73	Ricky	84
74	Jesse	83
75	Randall	81
75	Tony	81
77	Carlos	80
78	Brent	79
78	Derek	79
78	Willie	79
81	Jacob	77
81	Shane	77
81	Shannon	77
84	Danny	75
84	Jeremiah	75
86	Ronnie	73
87	Micheal	72
88	Mario	71
88	Zachary	71
90	Dennis	70
90	Randy	70
90	Tommy	70
93	Joe	69
94	Carl	67
94	Casey	67
94	Roger	67
97	Brad	63
97	Curtis	63
99	Troy	62
100	Russell	61