Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,235
2	James	1,173
3	Joshua	1,152
4	Christopher	1,049
5	Jason	971
6	William	872
7	John	781
8	David	740
9	Matthew	725
10	Jonathan	718
11	Robert	717
12	Brandon	637
13	Justin	633
14	Jeremy	615
15	Joseph	548
16	Daniel	486
17	Charles	468
18	Brian	455
19	Timothy	408
20	Thomas	365
21	Eric	359
22	Adam	351
23	Kevin	337
24	Anthony	319
25	Travis	315

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Richard	310
27	Dustin	308
28	Steven	305
29	Benjamin	297
30	Andrew	280
31	Nicholas	264
32	Stephen	234
33	Kenneth	220
34	Jeffrey	217
35	Ryan	216
36	Nathan	214
37	Bradley	207
38	Aaron	206
39	Patrick	191
40	Mark	183
41	Marcus	177
42	Chad	174
43	Billy	162
44	Jacob	159
45	Paul	155
46	Gary	148
47	Jesse	147
48	Gregory	145
49	Phillip	142
50	Samuel	140
51	Donald	139
52	Bobby	129
53	Derek	128
54	Antonio	127
55	Larry	126
55	Terry	126
57	Wesley	125
58	Derrick	123
59	Bryan	121
59	Ronald	121
61	Jerry	116
62	Scott	114
63	Jeffery	109
64	Ricky	98
65	Johnny	94
66	George	93
66	Keith	93
68	Jeremiah	92
68	Shawn	92
70	Corey	88
71	Edward	87
72	Tony	83
73	Mario	81
74	Russell	80
75	Jared	78
76	Brent	77
77	Danny	76
78	Casey	75
78	Nathaniel	75
78	Zachary	75
81	Jimmy	73
81	Randall	73
83	Randy	70
84	Curtis	69
84	Rodney	69
86	Clinton	68
86	Dennis	68
86	Douglas	68
89	Jamie	66
90	Johnathan	65
91	Ronnie	64
91	Shane	64
93	Reginald	62
94	Walter	61
95	Carl	60
95	Roger	60
97	Allen	59
98	Cory	58
99	Barry	56
99	Kyle	56
99	Lucas	56
99	Terrance	56