Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1990
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua | 1,205 |
| 2 | Christopher | 1,182 |
| 3 | James | 1,015 |
| 4 | Michael | 998 |
| 5 | Matthew | 925 |
| 6 | William | 888 |
| 7 | Justin | 829 |
| 8 | John | 654 |
| 9 | Brandon | 633 |
| 10 | Robert | 631 |
| 11 | Andrew | 600 |
| 12 | David | 574 |
| 13 | Jonathan | 548 |
| 14 | Daniel | 502 |
| 15 | Jacob | 500 |
| 16 | Joseph | 495 |
| 17 | Cody | 484 |
| 18 | Tyler | 433 |
| 19 | Zachary | 426 |
| 20 | Jeremy | 395 |
| 21 | Nicholas | 394 |
| 22 | Thomas | 386 |
| 23 | Charles | 384 |
| 24 | Ryan | 372 |
| 25 | Timothy | 370 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Jordan | 359 |
| 27 | Anthony | 348 |
| 28 | Steven | 347 |
| 29 | Dustin | 329 |
| 30 | Eric | 321 |
| 31 | Benjamin | 277 |
| 32 | Travis | 271 |
| 33 | Aaron | 248 |
| 33 | Richard | 248 |
| 35 | Kevin | 244 |
| 36 | Stephen | 234 |
| 37 | Adam | 233 |
| 38 | Kyle | 228 |
| 39 | Patrick | 227 |
| 40 | Samuel | 225 |
| 41 | Brian | 224 |
| 42 | Corey | 208 |
| 42 | Ethan | 208 |
| 44 | Jesse | 192 |
| 44 | Mark | 192 |
| 44 | Nathan | 192 |
| 47 | Austin | 181 |
| 48 | Bradley | 171 |
| 49 | Jeffrey | 170 |
| 50 | Jason | 168 |
| 51 | Caleb | 166 |
| 51 | Kenneth | 166 |
| 53 | Alexander | 157 |
| 54 | Taylor | 152 |
| 55 | Jared | 144 |
| 55 | Phillip | 144 |
| 57 | Cory | 141 |
| 58 | Derek | 140 |
| 59 | Gregory | 139 |
| 60 | Marcus | 138 |
| 60 | Wesley | 138 |
| 62 | Cameron | 136 |
| 63 | Casey | 122 |
| 64 | Blake | 120 |
| 65 | Paul | 117 |
| 65 | Sean | 117 |
| 67 | Bryan | 114 |
| 68 | Derrick | 110 |
| 69 | Johnathan | 109 |
| 70 | Antonio | 108 |
| 71 | Logan | 107 |
| 72 | Donald | 104 |
| 73 | Jeffery | 100 |
| 73 | Ronald | 100 |
| 75 | Trevor | 98 |
| 76 | Scott | 95 |
| 77 | Terry | 92 |
| 78 | Alex | 90 |
| 78 | Shawn | 90 |
| 80 | Devin | 89 |
| 80 | Jerry | 89 |
| 82 | Seth | 88 |
| 83 | Chase | 85 |
| 84 | Chad | 84 |
| 84 | Evan | 84 |
| 86 | Billy | 83 |
| 86 | Gary | 83 |
| 86 | Larry | 83 |
| 89 | Hunter | 82 |
| 90 | Keith | 81 |
| 91 | George | 80 |
| 92 | Nathaniel | 79 |
| 92 | Randall | 79 |
| 92 | Ricky | 79 |
| 95 | Brent | 78 |
| 95 | Christian | 78 |
| 97 | Colton | 77 |
| 98 | Spencer | 75 |
| 99 | Bobby | 74 |
| 100 | Edward | 73 |
| 100 | Lucas | 73 |
| 100 | Tony | 73 |