Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1982

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,293
2	James	1,190
3	Joshua	1,110
4	Michael	1,091
5	Jason	854
6	John	826
7	William	800
8	Matthew	786
9	David	766
10	Jonathan	698
11	Justin	688
12	Brandon	646
13	Robert	639
14	Joseph	564
15	Daniel	544
16	Jeremy	538
17	Charles	493
18	Brian	416
19	Timothy	381
20	Thomas	375
21	Adam	374
22	Andrew	357
23	Eric	356
24	Kevin	334
25	Steven	321

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dustin	317
27	Richard	297
28	Benjamin	293
29	Nicholas	292
30	Anthony	279
31	Jeffrey	253
32	Travis	250
33	Stephen	234
34	Kenneth	223
35	Bradley	217
35	Nathan	217
35	Ryan	217
38	Aaron	213
39	Marcus	204
40	Mark	196
41	Gregory	193
42	Paul	165
43	Patrick	162
44	Chad	159
45	Jacob	156
46	Jesse	151
47	Samuel	144
48	Derek	139
48	Phillip	139
50	Derrick	137
51	Bobby	136
52	Gary	135
53	Billy	134
54	Antonio	133
55	Larry	132
56	Donald	123
57	Bryan	118
57	Terry	118
59	Jeffery	117
60	Wesley	111
61	Jeremiah	108
62	Scott	105
62	Zachary	105
64	Jared	101
65	Johnny	97
66	Jerry	95
67	Randall	89
68	Ronald	88
69	Shawn	86
70	Edward	85
71	Corey	84
72	Mario	82
73	Jimmy	81
74	Nathaniel	79
75	George	77
76	Keith	76
77	Carl	73
77	Danny	73
79	Tony	72
80	Ricky	71
81	Philip	69
82	Curtis	67
82	Kyle	67
84	Brett	66
84	Johnathan	66
86	Brent	65
86	Douglas	65
86	Randy	65
86	Roger	65
86	Ronnie	65
91	Casey	63
91	Sean	63
93	Jordan	62
94	Jamie	60
94	Lucas	60
94	Micheal	60
94	Willie	60
98	Terrance	59
99	Dennis	58
99	Frank	58
99	Russell	58