Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,398
2	Joshua	1,257
3	James	1,115
4	Michael	1,023
5	Matthew	903
6	Brandon	888
7	William	838
8	David	690
9	Jonathan	689
10	Justin	651
11	John	644
12	Daniel	619
13	Robert	613
14	Joseph	519
15	Jason	467
16	Andrew	417
17	Charles	409
18	Timothy	401
19	Dustin	392
20	Jeremy	385
21	Adam	362
21	Steven	362
23	Thomas	349
24	Brian	340
25	Eric	338

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ryan	304
27	Kevin	288
28	Anthony	282
29	Nicholas	280
30	Benjamin	279
31	Richard	271
32	Stephen	256
33	Zachary	234
34	Jacob	214
35	Patrick	211
36	Kenneth	206
37	Nathan	202
38	Bradley	197
38	Jeffrey	197
40	Mark	192
41	Travis	191
42	Aaron	177
43	Marcus	172
44	Gregory	170
45	Samuel	165
45	Tyler	165
47	Kyle	154
48	Cody	150
49	Wesley	147
50	Bryan	137
50	Paul	137
52	Jesse	136
53	Corey	128
53	Phillip	128
55	Antonio	127
56	Terry	123
57	Derek	118
58	Derrick	115
59	Larry	114
60	Donald	113
61	Jordan	110
62	Chad	109
63	Jerry	107
64	Gary	106
65	Jared	102
66	Jeffery	97
66	Ronald	97
66	Shawn	97
69	Billy	95
69	Bobby	95
71	Edward	94
72	Scott	92
73	Sean	91
74	Keith	89
75	Ricky	87
76	Randall	86
77	Alexander	85
78	Johnathan	82
79	Cory	81
80	Blake	76
81	Brent	73
81	George	73
83	Johnny	71
83	Philip	71
85	Nathaniel	68
86	Jeremiah	67
87	Caleb	65
87	Seth	65
89	Mario	64
90	Curtis	63
91	Casey	62
92	Jimmy	61
92	Shane	61
94	Alex	60
94	Roger	60
96	Dennis	59
96	Devin	59
96	Douglas	59
96	Randy	59
96	Russell	59