Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1988

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	1,307
2	Christopher	1,187
3	Justin	1,088
4	Michael	1,079
5	James	958
6	Matthew	874
7	William	857
8	Brandon	694
9	John	666
10	Robert	620
11	David	616
12	Jonathan	580
13	Andrew	550
14	Joseph	535
15	Daniel	515
16	Jeremy	434
17	Timothy	386
18	Charles	384
19	Dustin	379
20	Thomas	372
21	Nicholas	368
22	Anthony	356
23	Cody	341
24	Steven	321
25	Eric	316

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jacob	308
27	Ryan	305
28	Zachary	304
29	Adam	303
30	Benjamin	299
31	Brian	297
32	Kevin	285
33	Travis	283
34	Tyler	266
35	Stephen	256
36	Jason	251
37	Richard	248
38	Aaron	243
39	Corey	224
40	Nathan	211
41	Kyle	207
42	Kenneth	204
43	Patrick	203
44	Jeffrey	197
45	Bradley	195
46	Samuel	189
47	Mark	172
48	Jordan	171
49	Wesley	156
50	Jesse	151
51	Derek	150
51	Gregory	150
53	Cory	145
54	Bryan	140
55	Marcus	136
56	Austin	132
57	Paul	130
58	Jared	125
59	Phillip	122
60	Terry	119
61	Alexander	117
62	Jeffery	114
63	Cameron	112
64	Antonio	110
64	Chad	110
64	Jerry	110
67	Caleb	103
68	Alex	101
68	Derrick	101
70	Sean	98
71	Donald	95
72	Johnathan	94
73	Shawn	93
74	Ronald	91
75	Nathaniel	89
76	Bobby	88
76	Devin	88
76	Larry	88
76	Scott	88
80	Casey	86
81	Gary	85
81	Seth	85
83	Billy	80
83	Blake	80
85	Keith	79
86	Edward	78
86	Logan	78
88	Taylor	77
89	Mitchell	75
90	George	74
91	Evan	73
91	Ricky	73
93	Brent	69
94	Tony	67
95	Curtis	66
95	Jimmy	66
95	Spencer	66
98	Randall	63
99	Lucas	62
99	Shane	62