Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1967

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1967 were Lisa for girls (1,178 babies) and James for boys (1,721). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 62,669 babies born in Tennessee in 1967 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1967

Names given at least 15 times in Tennessee that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Robbie: 26 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Reba: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Mitzi: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Angelia: 76 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Shelia: 118 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Renita: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tena: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Mechelle: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Glenda: 66 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Patsy: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Jackie: 93 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Scotty: 62 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Scottie: 34 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Teddy: 39 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Timmy: 78 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Darron: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mickey: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rickey: 52 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Doyle: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marty: 62 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1967

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Lisa	1,178	–	1
2	Kimberly	921	–	2
3	Angela	803	↑1	7
4	Tammy	741	↓1	8
5	Melissa	737	–	9
6	Mary	560	–	4
7	Teresa	481	↑1	28
8	Karen	479	↓1	6
9	Tina	458	↑3	21
10	Pamela	415	↓1	17
11	Donna	413	↓1	19
12	Cynthia	392	↓1	18
13	Sharon	374	–	30
14	Sandra	357	↑4	20
15	Susan	354	↑2	5
16	Amy	338	↑7	12
17	Patricia	330	↓3	11
18	Rhonda	327	↓2	41
19	Michelle	320	↑11	3
20	Stephanie	319	↑14	25
21	Sherry	303	↓2	51
22	Jennifer	294	↓7	10
23	Elizabeth	287	↓1	13
24	Tracy	268	↑2	29
25	Linda	253	↓5	26
26	Deborah	252	↓5	22
27	Rebecca	230	↓2	39
28	Lori	213	↑1	24
29	Brenda	210	↓5	31
30	Paula	206	↑8	46
31	Robin	205	–	45
32	Laura	203	↓5	15
33	Barbara	201	↓5	33
34	Tonya	192	↑9	68
35	Regina	191	↑7	80
36	Kelly	180	↑1	23
37	Wendy	177	new	32
38	Sheila	174	↓5	56
39	Carol	173	↑5	47
40	Connie	172	↓8	75
41	Cheryl	168	↓5	35
42	Julie	165	↓3	16
43	Kathy	161	↓8	64
44	Carolyn	158	↑2	60
45	Janet	156	↑3	61
46	Cindy	153	↓5	59
47	Jacqueline	150	↓7	52
48	Nancy	147	↑1	37
49	Debra	143	↓4	38
50	Vickie	138	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	James	1,721	–	3
2	Michael	1,416	–	1
3	David	1,254	–	2
4	John	1,064	↑1	4
5	William	1,043	↑1	6
6	Robert	1,012	↓2	5
7	Timothy	796	–	11
8	Charles	656	–	20
9	Jeffrey	623	↑1	13
10	Mark	601	↓1	7
11	Richard	540	–	8
12	Christopher	519	↑1	9
13	Kenneth	470	↓1	22
14	Anthony	452	–	21
15	Thomas	447	–	12
16	Kevin	423	↑5	17
17	Gregory	402	↓1	25
18	Brian	391	↑5	10
19	Steven	388	↑1	14
20	Terry	371	↓3	42
21	Jerry	360	↓3	41
22	Jeffery	353	↓3	47
23	Ronald	349	↑3	24
24	Gary	308	–	32
25	Tony	306	↓3	50
26	Joseph	304	↑5	15
27	Paul	304	↓2	18
28	Stephen	301	↑4	26
29	Larry	289	–	38
30	Donald	272	–	27
31	Billy	250	↑3	76
32	Keith	245	↑6	34
33	Eric	242	↑7	23
34	Rodney	239	↓1	37
35	Jimmy	233	↑1	74
36	Bobby	228	↓8	83
37	Ricky	222	↓2	75
38	Johnny	209	↑1	70
39	Scott	201	↓2	16
40	Randy	198	↓13	49
41	George	177	–	36
42	Daniel	171	–	19
43	Patrick	168	↑6	30
44	Roger	166	–	53
45	Edward	164	↑1	31
46	Danny	162	↓3	68
47	Troy	158	new	40
48	Tracy	157	↓1	99
49	Darrell	153	new	86
50	Randall	151	↓5	72

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