Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,247
2	James	1,241
3	Jason	1,212
4	Christopher	1,210
5	Joshua	863
6	John	834
7	William	811
8	David	805
9	Robert	771
10	Jeremy	699
11	Matthew	576
12	Brian	557
13	Charles	520
14	Joseph	502
15	Daniel	492
16	Timothy	438
17	Kevin	416
18	Jonathan	402
19	Travis	390
20	Eric	348
21	Brandon	342
22	Justin	326
23	Richard	324
24	Anthony	305
25	Steven	302

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Thomas	302
27	Adam	299
28	Nicholas	288
29	Jeffrey	279
30	Andrew	273
31	Stephen	249
32	Benjamin	247
32	Mark	247
34	Kenneth	229
35	Nathan	227
36	Bradley	206
37	Marcus	194
38	Larry	183
39	Chad	182
40	Aaron	170
41	Paul	169
42	Ryan	168
43	Jerry	163
44	Patrick	158
45	Gregory	156
46	Billy	155
46	Bryan	155
48	Scott	153
49	Donald	150
50	Samuel	149
51	Gary	148
52	Antonio	142
53	Mario	138
54	Dustin	136
55	Ronald	135
55	Wesley	135
57	Derrick	130
58	Bobby	127
59	Jeffery	125
60	Edward	119
61	Phillip	118
62	Jamie	117
63	Terry	112
64	Corey	111
65	Johnny	110
66	Keith	109
67	Jacob	106
68	Jeremiah	105
69	Ricky	104
70	George	102
71	Derek	98
72	Shawn	96
73	Jimmy	94
74	Jesse	92
75	Ronnie	88
76	Casey	82
76	Cory	82
78	Jared	81
79	Shaun	79
80	Douglas	78
80	Tony	78
82	Brent	74
82	Rodney	74
84	Micheal	73
85	Carlos	72
85	Curtis	72
85	Danny	72
85	Tommy	72
89	Carl	71
89	Russell	71
91	Randy	69
91	Willie	69
91	Zachary	69
94	Joey	67
95	Terrance	65
96	Dennis	63
96	Roger	63
98	Shannon	61
99	Shane	60
99	Todd	60