Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1987

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,222
2	Joshua	1,166
3	Michael	1,019
4	Matthew	955
5	James	936
6	William	801
7	Justin	800
8	Brandon	730
9	John	655
10	Robert	647
11	David	615
12	Jonathan	608
13	Andrew	568
14	Daniel	526
15	Joseph	473
16	Charles	431
17	Jeremy	429
18	Dustin	403
19	Timothy	400
20	Thomas	353
21	Eric	342
22	Jason	327
23	Anthony	326
24	Steven	324
25	Adam	319

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Nicholas	317
27	Benjamin	293
28	Kevin	291
29	Brian	286
30	Ryan	271
31	Cody	259
32	Zachary	255
33	Richard	253
34	Stephen	252
35	Travis	243
36	Jacob	239
37	Tyler	207
38	Samuel	203
39	Aaron	196
40	Corey	189
41	Kyle	187
42	Bradley	186
43	Kenneth	185
44	Patrick	184
45	Jeffrey	183
45	Mark	183
47	Jordan	167
48	Nathan	161
49	Gregory	156
50	Bryan	153
51	Jesse	150
52	Derek	147
52	Paul	147
54	Wesley	144
55	Phillip	139
56	Cory	129
57	Marcus	128
58	Alexander	113
58	Antonio	113
60	Jared	110
61	Sean	107
62	Terry	104
63	Derrick	101
64	Johnathan	99
65	Bobby	98
65	Jeffery	98
67	Chad	97
68	Shawn	94
69	Gary	91
69	Seth	91
71	Caleb	90
71	Ronald	90
73	Austin	89
74	Alex	88
75	Casey	86
76	Edward	84
77	Nathaniel	83
78	Scott	82
79	Blake	80
79	Donald	80
79	Randall	80
82	Larry	79
83	Billy	76
83	Jerry	76
83	Shane	76
86	Keith	74
87	Cameron	73
88	George	71
89	Curtis	70
90	Johnny	69
91	Mitchell	67
92	Lucas	61
92	Philip	61
92	Taylor	61
95	Brett	60
96	Evan	59
97	Brent	58
97	Jeremiah	58
99	Jimmy	56
99	Logan	56