Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1989

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	1,206
2	Christopher	1,199
3	Michael	1,056
4	James	1,027
5	Justin	963
6	Matthew	888
7	William	845
8	Brandon	678
9	Robert	676
10	John	621
11	David	585
12	Jonathan	564
13	Daniel	533
14	Andrew	511
15	Joseph	487
16	Dustin	393
17	Cody	391
18	Jeremy	390
19	Nicholas	383
20	Charles	380
21	Jacob	371
22	Thomas	369
23	Zachary	365
24	Timothy	364
25	Steven	345

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ryan	333
27	Adam	318
28	Benjamin	308
29	Kevin	302
30	Anthony	296
31	Tyler	294
32	Eric	287
33	Aaron	281
34	Stephen	254
35	Brian	250
36	Richard	249
37	Jordan	236
38	Bradley	222
39	Kenneth	216
40	Travis	214
41	Nathan	211
42	Corey	203
43	Patrick	189
43	Samuel	189
45	Kyle	186
46	Mark	181
47	Jason	175
48	Austin	171
48	Jesse	171
50	Jeffrey	168
51	Alexander	164
52	Cory	160
53	Derek	157
54	Marcus	148
55	Gregory	147
55	Phillip	147
57	Caleb	128
58	Bryan	127
59	Sean	126
59	Taylor	126
61	Jared	123
62	Cameron	122
63	Paul	118
63	Wesley	118
65	Logan	117
66	Jerry	109
67	Ethan	107
68	Jeffery	106
69	Chase	105
70	Antonio	104
71	Casey	102
71	Nathaniel	102
73	Terry	98
74	Derrick	94
74	Johnathan	94
76	Bobby	90
77	Keith	89
77	Larry	89
79	Scott	86
80	Blake	84
80	Edward	84
82	Billy	83
82	Donald	83
82	Mitchell	83
85	Chad	81
85	Ricky	81
87	Seth	80
88	Alex	77
88	Shawn	77
90	Devin	75
90	Hunter	75
92	Curtis	73
93	Gary	72
93	Ronald	72
95	Darius	70
95	Tony	70
97	George	69
97	Jeremiah	69
97	Shane	69
97	Spencer	69