Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1969

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1969 were Lisa for girls (955 babies) and James for boys (1,747). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 64,446 babies born in Tennessee in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1969

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

Girls

Tena: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Robbie: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Angelia: 68 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mitzi: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shelia: 91 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Christy: 196 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ginger: 82 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Felecia: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rosalind: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sharron: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Scottie: 49 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Scotty: 61 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jackie: 64 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Marty: 83 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Timmy: 54 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mickey: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Doyle: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Billy: 258 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Teddy: 30 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Grady: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	955	–	1
2	Kimberly	898	↑1	4
3	Angela	846	↓1	7
4	Tammy	789	↑1	9
5	Melissa	735	↓1	5
6	Jennifer	533	↑2	3
7	Mary	525	↓1	8
8	Amy	455	↑6	6
9	Michelle	422	↑3	2
10	Karen	394	↓3	13
11	Pamela	383	↑2	24
12	Stephanie	379	↑7	19
13	Tina	378	↓4	22
14	Donna	373	↓3	26
15	Teresa	369	↓5	32
16	Cynthia	345	↓1	23
17	Tracy	319	↑1	17
18	Susan	310	↓2	11
19	Sandra	304	↑4	25
20	Laura	296	↑2	10
21	Rhonda	294	↓4	44
22	Elizabeth	283	↑4	16
23	Patricia	275	↓3	18
24	Sherry	275	–	55
25	Sharon	265	↓4	36
26	Lori	258	↓1	20
27	Rebecca	253	–	28
28	Kelly	245	–	15
29	Shannon	245	↑10	31
30	Julie	240	↑5	12
31	Tonya	232	–	54
32	Linda	226	↓3	33
33	Wendy	201	↑7	29
34	Christy	196	new	>100
35	Robin	195	↓5	46
36	Deborah	188	↓3	27
37	Regina	181	–	86
38	Paula	178	↓4	50
39	Dana	173	↑6	60
40	Brenda	171	↓8	38
41	Barbara	153	↑1	39
42	Carol	152	↓6	56
43	Melanie	152	new	92
44	Cheryl	150	↓1	41
45	Kathy	145	↑2	77
46	Sheila	145	–	68
47	Tracey	143	new	65
48	Leslie	140	↓4	64
49	Cindy	136	new	74
50	Stacey	130	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	James	1,747	–	3
2	Michael	1,592	–	1
3	David	1,197	–	2
4	John	1,078	–	4
5	Robert	1,047	–	5
6	William	989	–	6
7	Christopher	736	↑3	7
8	Charles	706	↑1	19
9	Timothy	704	↓2	17
10	Mark	675	↓2	8
11	Jeffrey	610	–	11
12	Brian	517	↑4	9
13	Anthony	476	–	20
14	Kevin	463	↑3	16
15	Richard	461	↓3	10
16	Gregory	446	↑2	26
17	Thomas	442	↓2	13
18	Kenneth	438	↓4	23
19	Steven	418	–	14
20	Joseph	373	↑1	15
21	Jerry	347	↑5	45
22	Ronald	335	↑3	29
23	Eric	325	↑9	21
24	Stephen	321	–	27
25	Larry	319	↑4	40
26	Paul	313	↓3	22
27	Donald	300	↑3	30
28	Terry	294	↓8	52
29	Jeffery	293	↓7	48
30	Jason	285	new	25
31	Gary	280	↓3	35
32	Scott	266	↑2	12
33	Tony	262	↓6	54
34	Billy	258	↓3	77
35	Jimmy	228	↑1	79
36	Bobby	220	↓3	82
37	Johnny	205	–	67
38	Daniel	202	↑3	18
39	Rodney	202	↓1	49
40	Keith	196	↓1	36
41	Randy	183	↑2	55
42	Patrick	182	↓7	31
43	George	176	↓1	38
44	Edward	175	–	32
45	Ricky	161	↓5	90
46	Douglas	158	↑3	34
47	Danny	156	–	73
48	Jonathan	155	new	46
49	Roger	152	↓3	59
50	Randall	149	↓5	85

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