Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 1997

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	884
2	Austin	845
3	William	844
4	Joshua	709
5	Michael	703
6	James	695
7	Christopher	688
8	Matthew	671
9	Brandon	593
10	John	571
11	Tyler	549
12	Zachary	500
13	Andrew	488
14	Nicholas	451
15	David	447
16	Robert	444
17	Joseph	422
18	Justin	402
19	Daniel	394
20	Jordan	371
21	Jonathan	369
22	Hunter	368
23	Dylan	352
24	Samuel	336
25	Cody	328

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ryan	320
27	Thomas	304
28	Logan	300
29	Caleb	297
30	Christian	291
31	Benjamin	277
32	Charles	253
32	Timothy	253
34	Alexander	252
35	Anthony	246
36	Ethan	226
37	Aaron	218
37	Cameron	218
37	Dakota	218
40	Noah	204
41	Nathan	196
42	Adam	173
42	Dalton	173
42	Kyle	173
45	Steven	167
46	Dustin	163
47	Elijah	156
48	Jared	155
49	Eric	154
50	Chase	150
51	Stephen	149
52	Peyton	148
53	Kevin	145
54	Jeremy	140
55	Devin	139
56	Jesse	138
57	Richard	137
58	Brian	136
58	Jason	136
58	Kenneth	136
61	Seth	134
62	Nathaniel	132
63	Trevor	130
64	Jackson	128
64	Patrick	128
66	Blake	126
67	Taylor	124
68	Tristan	122
69	Wesley	121
70	Bradley	120
71	Tanner	119
72	Isaiah	113
73	Gregory	112
74	Mason	110
75	Lucas	107
76	Luke	106
77	Garrett	105
78	Corey	104
79	Sean	101
80	Alex	100
80	Gabriel	100
82	Jeremiah	99
83	Isaac	97
84	Colton	96
84	Connor	96
86	Preston	93
86	Travis	93
88	Dillon	92
89	Johnathan	91
90	Spencer	90
91	Jeffrey	89
91	Marcus	89
93	Mark	88
94	Antonio	87
95	Hayden	86
96	Evan	83
96	Malik	83
98	Ian	80
99	Bryan	76
99	Paul	76