Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1968

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1968 were Lisa for girls (1,085 babies) and James for boys (1,678). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 61,745 babies born in Tennessee in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1968

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

Girls

Kellye: 15 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Reba: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Wilma: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Johnnie: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tena: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Frankie: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Robbie: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Angelia: 67 babies, 4× the national rate
Shelia: 89 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mitzi: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Scottie: 38 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jackie: 63 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Stevie: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Scotty: 43 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dewayne: 38 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Timmy: 69 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rickey: 53 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Donnie: 59 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Billy: 253 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bobby: 232 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	1,085	–	1
2	Angela	878	↑1	7
3	Kimberly	866	↓1	3
4	Melissa	797	↑1	5
5	Tammy	768	↓1	8
6	Mary	503	–	6
7	Karen	479	↑1	9
8	Jennifer	424	↑14	4
9	Tina	416	–	18
10	Teresa	403	↓3	30
11	Donna	388	–	24
12	Michelle	385	↑7	2
13	Pamela	381	↓3	20
14	Amy	365	↑2	13
15	Cynthia	359	↓3	19
16	Susan	329	↓1	10
17	Rhonda	313	↑1	42
18	Tracy	304	↑6	25
19	Stephanie	299	↑1	23
20	Patricia	295	↓3	15
21	Sharon	294	↓8	32
22	Laura	289	↑10	11
23	Sandra	281	↓9	26
24	Sherry	259	↓3	52
25	Lori	240	↑3	22
26	Elizabeth	238	↓3	17
27	Rebecca	231	–	33
28	Kelly	225	↑8	12
29	Linda	221	↓4	28
30	Robin	220	↑1	43
31	Tonya	206	↑3	60
32	Brenda	201	↓3	34
33	Deborah	178	↓7	27
34	Paula	178	↓4	45
35	Julie	177	↑7	16
36	Carol	176	↑3	49
37	Regina	171	↓2	81
38	Connie	167	↑2	87
39	Shannon	164	new	53
40	Wendy	164	↓3	31
41	Andrea	152	new	48
42	Barbara	147	↓9	36
43	Cheryl	145	↓2	37
44	Leslie	143	new	66
45	Dana	137	new	70
46	Sheila	136	↓8	59
47	Kathy	130	↓4	76
48	Carolyn	125	↓4	61
49	Nancy	121	↓1	39
50	Jacqueline	119	↓3	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	James	1,678	–	4
2	Michael	1,460	–	1
3	David	1,221	–	2
4	John	1,120	–	3
5	Robert	1,003	↑1	5
6	William	952	↓1	6
7	Timothy	756	–	13
8	Mark	664	↑2	7
9	Charles	646	↓1	20
10	Christopher	602	↑2	9
11	Jeffrey	597	↓2	11
12	Richard	549	↓1	8
13	Anthony	441	↑1	21
14	Kenneth	432	↓1	23
15	Thomas	432	–	12
16	Brian	427	↑2	10
17	Kevin	411	↓1	17
18	Gregory	382	↓1	26
19	Steven	372	–	15
20	Terry	361	–	48
21	Joseph	338	↑5	16
22	Jeffery	321	–	46
23	Paul	315	↑4	19
24	Stephen	302	↑4	27
25	Ronald	296	↓2	25
26	Jerry	295	↓5	44
27	Tony	289	↓2	52
28	Gary	279	↓4	32
29	Larry	272	–	38
30	Donald	258	–	29
31	Billy	253	–	76
32	Eric	236	↑1	22
33	Bobby	232	↑3	81
34	Scott	227	↑5	14
35	Patrick	213	↑8	30
36	Jimmy	207	↓1	77
37	Johnny	207	↑1	69
38	Rodney	204	↓4	42
39	Keith	194	↓7	35
40	Ricky	194	↓3	70
41	Daniel	191	↑1	18
42	George	189	↓1	36
43	Randy	182	↓3	54
44	Edward	174	↑1	31
45	Randall	172	↑5	79
46	Roger	170	↓2	55
47	Danny	167	↓1	72
48	Bryan	161	new	51
49	Douglas	149	new	33
50	Phillip	145	new	71

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