Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,251
2	Joshua	1,077
3	Michael	996
4	James	970
5	Matthew	876
6	Brandon	806
7	William	771
8	Justin	740
9	John	645
10	Robert	632
11	Jonathan	619
12	David	599
13	Daniel	550
14	Andrew	529
15	Jeremy	509
16	Joseph	503
17	Dustin	418
18	Charles	413
19	Timothy	382
20	Jason	352
21	Thomas	342
22	Ryan	326
23	Adam	324
24	Brian	322
24	Kevin	322

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eric	315
26	Nicholas	315
28	Steven	314
29	Anthony	299
30	Benjamin	279
31	Stephen	262
32	Jacob	255
33	Richard	243
34	Zachary	228
35	Jeffrey	209
36	Aaron	196
37	Nathan	187
38	Patrick	183
39	Travis	181
40	Cody	180
41	Bradley	174
42	Mark	172
43	Tyler	168
44	Corey	160
45	Kenneth	158
46	Gregory	157
47	Kyle	151
47	Marcus	151
49	Phillip	145
50	Samuel	142
51	Bryan	140
52	Jordan	139
53	Wesley	136
54	Jesse	133
55	Paul	130
56	Derrick	121
57	Bobby	120
58	Antonio	116
58	Chad	116
60	Jared	109
61	Terry	106
62	Sean	105
63	Derek	104
64	Gary	102
65	Donald	101
66	Billy	99
66	Jeffery	99
68	Shawn	98
69	Cory	95
70	Larry	93
71	George	87
72	Johnathan	85
72	Nathaniel	85
74	Edward	84
74	Ricky	84
76	Blake	82
76	Jerry	82
78	Keith	80
79	Casey	79
79	Ronald	79
81	Alex	78
82	Alexander	76
83	Johnny	75
83	Scott	75
85	Brent	72
86	Danny	70
87	Caleb	64
87	Jimmy	64
89	Mario	63
90	Jeremiah	62
91	Seth	61
91	Shane	61
93	Austin	60
94	Tony	59
95	Brett	58
95	Mitchell	58
95	Randall	58
98	Douglas	56
99	Carl	55
99	Courtney	55