Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1996
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin | 857 |
| 2 | William | 836 |
| 3 | Jacob | 833 |
| 4 | Joshua | 770 |
| 5 | Christopher | 745 |
| 6 | Michael | 711 |
| 7 | James | 680 |
| 8 | Matthew | 677 |
| 9 | Brandon | 610 |
| 10 | Tyler | 570 |
| 11 | John | 561 |
| 12 | Zachary | 557 |
| 13 | Andrew | 497 |
| 14 | Joseph | 487 |
| 15 | Justin | 473 |
| 16 | Nicholas | 435 |
| 16 | Robert | 435 |
| 18 | David | 418 |
| 19 | Cody | 392 |
| 19 | Daniel | 392 |
| 21 | Jonathan | 372 |
| 22 | Hunter | 369 |
| 23 | Logan | 339 |
| 24 | Christian | 329 |
| 25 | Jordan | 328 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Thomas | 325 |
| 27 | Samuel | 321 |
| 28 | Dylan | 319 |
| 29 | Caleb | 312 |
| 29 | Ryan | 312 |
| 31 | Aaron | 296 |
| 32 | Charles | 282 |
| 33 | Benjamin | 277 |
| 34 | Anthony | 260 |
| 35 | Alexander | 249 |
| 36 | Timothy | 233 |
| 37 | Dakota | 221 |
| 38 | Nathan | 216 |
| 39 | Ethan | 209 |
| 40 | Dustin | 190 |
| 41 | Cameron | 187 |
| 42 | Dalton | 182 |
| 43 | Adam | 178 |
| 44 | Kyle | 168 |
| 45 | Steven | 167 |
| 46 | Kevin | 165 |
| 47 | Eric | 161 |
| 48 | Tristan | 160 |
| 49 | Devin | 158 |
| 50 | Noah | 156 |
| 50 | Richard | 156 |
| 52 | Jesse | 154 |
| 53 | Bradley | 150 |
| 54 | Brian | 140 |
| 55 | Blake | 139 |
| 56 | Stephen | 136 |
| 57 | Jeremy | 132 |
| 57 | Taylor | 132 |
| 59 | Elijah | 129 |
| 59 | Nathaniel | 129 |
| 61 | Patrick | 123 |
| 62 | Jason | 121 |
| 62 | Lucas | 121 |
| 64 | Corey | 120 |
| 64 | Trevor | 120 |
| 66 | Chase | 117 |
| 67 | Garrett | 114 |
| 68 | Travis | 113 |
| 69 | Wesley | 112 |
| 70 | Seth | 111 |
| 71 | Kenneth | 110 |
| 72 | Jared | 106 |
| 72 | Mark | 106 |
| 74 | Alex | 105 |
| 74 | Evan | 105 |
| 74 | Mason | 105 |
| 77 | Jackson | 101 |
| 77 | Tanner | 101 |
| 79 | Isaac | 98 |
| 79 | Marcus | 98 |
| 79 | Peyton | 98 |
| 82 | Sean | 97 |
| 83 | Malik | 95 |
| 83 | Phillip | 95 |
| 85 | Antonio | 94 |
| 86 | Connor | 92 |
| 86 | Dillon | 92 |
| 88 | Jeffrey | 91 |
| 89 | Spencer | 90 |
| 90 | Luke | 88 |
| 90 | Paul | 88 |
| 92 | Chandler | 85 |
| 92 | Colton | 85 |
| 94 | Landon | 81 |
| 95 | Gregory | 80 |
| 96 | Johnathan | 79 |
| 97 | Bryan | 78 |
| 97 | Hayden | 78 |
| 97 | Ian | 78 |
| 97 | Shawn | 78 |