Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,253
2	Michael	1,163
3	James	1,130
4	Joshua	1,097
5	Matthew	949
6	William	835
7	Brandon	727
8	Jason	711
9	John	708
10	David	703
10	Justin	703
12	Jonathan	692
13	Robert	637
14	Daniel	569
15	Joseph	498
16	Adam	475
17	Jeremy	442
18	Charles	422
19	Brian	409
20	Andrew	391
21	Thomas	372
22	Dustin	370
23	Eric	354
24	Steven	349
25	Timothy	317

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kevin	311
27	Travis	290
28	Benjamin	272
29	Anthony	269
30	Richard	256
31	Jeffrey	251
32	Nicholas	244
33	Ryan	242
34	Stephen	231
35	Nathan	224
36	Aaron	218
37	Bradley	201
38	Mark	194
39	Kenneth	193
40	Marcus	189
41	Patrick	184
42	Jacob	178
43	Gregory	170
44	Samuel	151
45	Chad	145
46	Paul	142
47	Bryan	138
48	Phillip	136
49	Derrick	133
49	Larry	133
51	Zachary	125
52	Jerry	124
53	Wesley	121
54	Derek	119
55	Jesse	116
55	Kyle	116
57	Antonio	114
57	Ronald	114
59	Jeffery	113
59	Terry	113
61	Gary	110
62	Billy	106
62	Bobby	106
64	Johnathan	104
65	Corey	99
66	Donald	91
67	Jared	90
68	Edward	85
69	Tyler	84
70	Nathaniel	83
71	George	80
72	Jimmy	78
72	Shawn	78
74	Jeremiah	73
74	Scott	73
76	Johnny	71
76	Ricky	71
78	Philip	70
78	Randall	70
80	Curtis	67
80	Sean	67
82	Brent	66
82	Keith	66
84	Jordan	64
85	Danny	62
85	Roger	62
87	Douglas	61
88	Caleb	60
88	Clinton	60
88	Mitchell	60
88	Russell	60
88	Tony	60
93	Jamie	59
93	Randy	59
95	Joel	58
96	Casey	56
97	Carl	55
97	Micheal	55
99	Terrance	54
100	Andre	53
100	Raymond	53