Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1984

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,262
2	Joshua	1,197
3	James	1,052
4	Michael	1,033
5	Matthew	953
6	William	806
7	Brandon	755
8	David	686
9	John	685
10	Robert	671
11	Justin	647
12	Jonathan	638
13	Daniel	636
14	Jason	544
15	Joseph	543
16	Adam	457
17	Brian	392
17	Jeremy	392
19	Charles	385
20	Timothy	383
21	Dustin	366
22	Eric	354
23	Andrew	347
24	Thomas	343
25	Kevin	332

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	320
27	Stephen	282
28	Anthony	280
29	Nicholas	277
30	Richard	270
31	Benjamin	267
31	Ryan	267
33	Travis	259
34	Mark	215
35	Kenneth	209
36	Nathan	202
37	Marcus	197
38	Jeffrey	196
39	Bradley	187
40	Aaron	186
41	Patrick	185
42	Jacob	183
43	Gregory	175
44	Zachary	169
45	Bryan	138
45	Derek	138
47	Samuel	137
48	Chad	136
48	Derrick	136
50	Paul	134
51	Phillip	130
52	Tyler	124
52	Wesley	124
54	Bobby	119
55	Jeffery	118
56	Antonio	114
56	Corey	114
58	Larry	111
59	Kyle	104
59	Ronald	104
61	Jesse	98
62	Donald	97
62	Terry	97
64	Billy	94
64	Gary	94
64	Jerry	94
67	Johnathan	91
68	Jimmy	86
69	Cody	82
69	Keith	82
71	Ricky	80
72	Edward	79
72	Jared	79
74	Scott	76
75	Jordan	73
76	George	72
77	Randall	69
77	Tony	69
79	Brent	68
79	Shawn	68
81	Curtis	66
82	Casey	65
82	Randy	65
84	Joel	64
84	Russell	64
84	Walter	64
87	Douglas	63
88	Willie	62
89	Johnny	61
90	Dennis	60
90	Nathaniel	60
90	Sean	60
93	Alexander	59
94	Blake	58
94	Carl	58
96	Cory	57
97	Mario	56
98	Clinton	55
98	Roger	55
98	Seth	55