Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1970

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1970 were Angela for girls (995 babies) and James for boys (1,821). Angela ranked #6 nationally for girls. James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 66,809 babies born in Tennessee in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1970

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: 28 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Mitzi: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Christy: 256 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Felecia: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shelia: 78 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Patsy: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Glenda: 54 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kristy: 97 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Angelia: 55 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Vickie: 95 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Scottie: 43 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Dewayne: 55 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Scotty: 54 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jackie: 64 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Marty: 68 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mickey: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Stacy: 86 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cedric: 61 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Donnie: 59 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Wendell: 35 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Angela	995	↑2	6
2	Kimberly	882	–	3
3	Lisa	771	↓2	2
4	Melissa	722	↑1	7
5	Tammy	701	↓1	8
6	Jennifer	693	–	1
7	Amy	576	↑1	5
8	Mary	520	↓1	9
9	Tracy	444	↑8	10
10	Michelle	411	↓1	4
11	Tina	403	↑2	21
12	Karen	384	↓2	12
13	Pamela	380	↓2	26
14	Stephanie	379	↓2	17
15	Teresa	344	–	34
16	Cynthia	336	–	25
17	Shannon	324	↑12	22
18	Rhonda	307	↑3	46
19	Tonya	303	↑12	49
20	Susan	301	↓2	15
21	Donna	296	↓7	32
22	Sharon	292	↑3	37
23	Elizabeth	278	↓1	18
24	Rebecca	278	↑3	29
25	Lori	269	↑1	23
26	Laura	263	↓6	13
27	Christy	256	↑7	>100
28	Patricia	244	↓5	24
29	Sandra	236	↓10	27
30	Sherry	234	↓6	60
31	Julie	224	↓1	11
32	Wendy	224	↑1	28
33	Regina	207	↑4	86
34	Dana	205	↑5	54
35	Robin	191	–	51
36	Kelly	189	↓8	20
37	Linda	188	↓5	38
38	Deborah	185	↓2	33
39	Tracey	168	↑8	55
40	Kristi	166	new	>100
41	Stacy	159	new	42
42	Paula	157	↓4	57
43	Melanie	153	–	91
44	Sonya	153	new	>100
45	Leslie	152	↑3	64
46	Kathy	149	↓1	77
47	Andrea	148	new	43
48	Barbara	147	↓7	41
49	Melinda	145	new	93
50	Heather	142	new	19

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	James	1,821	–	2
2	Michael	1,598	–	1
3	David	1,183	–	3
4	John	1,182	–	4
5	William	1,095	↑1	7
6	Robert	1,075	↓1	5
7	Christopher	916	–	6
8	Charles	766	–	21
9	Mark	615	↑1	9
10	Timothy	607	↓1	20
11	Jeffrey	557	–	11
12	Kevin	546	↑2	14
13	Brian	537	↓1	8
14	Thomas	511	↑3	17
15	Richard	497	–	10
16	Anthony	471	↓3	22
17	Jason	455	↑13	13
18	Steven	424	↑1	15
19	Kenneth	410	↓1	25
20	Gregory	399	↓4	26
21	Joseph	360	↓1	16
22	Eric	357	↑1	18
23	Jerry	331	↓2	45
24	Stephen	324	–	27
25	Terry	300	↑3	54
26	Gary	299	↑5	35
27	Larry	298	↓2	43
28	Scott	294	↑4	12
29	Paul	287	↓3	23
30	Jeffery	264	↓1	50
31	Ronald	264	↓9	29
32	Billy	247	↑2	78
33	Donald	241	↓6	30
34	Tony	235	↓1	57
35	Daniel	229	↑3	19
36	Johnny	225	↑1	65
37	Jonathan	221	↑11	42
38	Jimmy	220	↓3	86
39	Bobby	210	↓3	87
40	Keith	190	–	38
41	Patrick	186	↑1	33
42	Edward	182	↑2	31
43	Rodney	180	↓4	55
44	Bryan	178	new	53
45	George	178	↓2	40
46	Andrew	169	new	32
47	Randy	165	↓6	59
48	Phillip	163	new	73
49	Matthew	156	new	24
50	Bradley	155	new	47

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