Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,306
2	James	1,252
3	Jason	1,193
4	Christopher	1,163
5	Joshua	1,001
6	William	844
7	John	796
8	David	757
9	Robert	735
10	Jeremy	608
11	Jonathan	579
12	Matthew	568
13	Joseph	566
14	Justin	537
15	Daniel	504
16	Charles	497
17	Brian	496
18	Timothy	438
19	Brandon	426
20	Travis	403
21	Kevin	397
22	Thomas	381
23	Adam	376
24	Eric	365
25	Nicholas	325

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	322
27	Benjamin	313
28	Richard	287
29	Andrew	286
30	Anthony	284
31	Dustin	262
32	Jeffrey	256
33	Nathan	249
34	Mark	241
34	Stephen	241
36	Kenneth	236
37	Bradley	218
38	Patrick	196
39	Chad	194
40	Paul	192
41	Gregory	175
42	Ryan	173
43	Marcus	172
44	Aaron	167
45	Derrick	164
46	Samuel	162
47	Bobby	160
48	Billy	159
49	Wesley	146
50	Gary	145
51	Donald	140
52	Derek	139
53	Jesse	138
54	Larry	137
54	Phillip	137
56	Jerry	136
57	Terry	134
58	Antonio	129
59	Ronald	127
60	Jacob	125
61	Jeffery	122
62	Mario	120
63	Jeremiah	117
64	Bryan	116
65	Scott	115
66	Corey	114
67	Edward	110
68	Ricky	96
69	Jimmy	95
70	Douglas	94
71	Johnny	93
72	Randall	90
73	George	89
74	Shawn	87
75	Russell	84
76	Curtis	82
77	Tony	81
78	Danny	79
78	Zachary	79
80	Brent	78
81	Keith	77
82	Jamie	76
82	Jared	76
82	Randy	76
85	Dennis	74
85	Kyle	74
85	Raymond	74
88	Casey	72
89	Rodney	67
90	Carlos	66
91	Cory	65
91	Nathaniel	65
93	Carl	62
93	Terrance	62
95	Roger	61
95	Ronnie	61
97	Philip	60
98	Clinton	59
99	Shannon	58
100	Johnathan	57
100	Seth	57