Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1971

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1971 were Angela for girls (995 babies) and James for boys (1,725). Angela ranked #6 nationally for girls. James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 65,695 babies born in Tennessee in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1971

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: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Mitzi: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Angelia: 82 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Shelia: 85 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cristy: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Christy: 298 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Patty: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Christie: 94 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Glenda: 50 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Trena: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Scottie: 77 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Scotty: 102 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dewey: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Timmy: 50 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Marty: 60 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jackie: 53 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Donnie: 62 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Teddy: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jamey: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tracy: 125 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Angela	995	–	6
2	Jennifer	901	↑4	1
3	Kimberly	861	↓1	4
4	Melissa	737	–	7
5	Amy	679	↑2	5
6	Lisa	669	↓3	3
7	Tammy	665	↓2	8
8	Mary	469	–	9
9	Michelle	403	↑1	2
10	Stephanie	398	↑4	11
11	Tina	390	–	20
12	Tracy	363	↓3	13
13	Shannon	340	↑4	21
14	Teresa	322	↑1	34
15	Cynthia	315	↑1	24
16	Pamela	314	↓3	28
17	Karen	307	↓5	15
18	Christy	298	↑9	89
19	Donna	286	↑2	38
20	Susan	283	–	17
21	Tonya	283	↓2	45
22	Elizabeth	279	↑1	19
23	Rebecca	274	↑1	23
24	Rhonda	267	↓6	46
25	Lori	252	–	25
26	Sharon	251	↓4	40
27	Laura	232	↓1	16
28	Julie	231	↑3	10
29	Sherry	221	↑1	60
30	Wendy	219	↑2	29
31	Patricia	211	↓3	26
32	Sandra	211	↓3	31
33	Stacy	211	↑8	32
34	Dana	205	–	44
35	Kelly	189	↑1	22
36	Stacey	189	new	41
37	Tiffany	188	new	62
38	Andrea	183	↑9	35
39	Heather	183	↑11	12
40	Deborah	179	↓2	33
41	Kristi	176	↓1	>100
42	April	172	new	56
43	Regina	163	↓10	90
44	Melanie	162	↓1	66
45	Linda	153	↓8	42
46	Crystal	152	new	79
47	Paula	146	↓5	63
48	Tracey	144	↓9	74
49	Leslie	135	↓4	68
50	Rachel	135	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	James	1,725	–	2
2	Michael	1,564	–	1
3	Christopher	1,180	↑4	6
4	John	1,086	–	4
5	David	1,049	↓2	3
6	Robert	1,044	–	5
7	William	1,005	↓2	7
8	Charles	709	–	22
9	Jason	627	↑8	8
10	Kevin	583	↑2	14
11	Brian	581	↑2	9
12	Timothy	568	↓2	21
13	Jeffrey	494	↓2	12
14	Mark	491	↓5	13
15	Richard	477	–	11
16	Thomas	455	↓2	17
17	Anthony	442	↓1	23
18	Steven	440	–	16
19	Eric	372	↑3	18
20	Gregory	364	–	26
21	Kenneth	361	↓2	25
22	Joseph	354	↓1	15
23	Scott	345	↑5	10
24	Larry	296	↑3	44
25	Jerry	279	↓2	50
26	Stephen	278	↓2	27
27	Paul	274	↑2	24
28	Terry	267	↓3	56
29	Gary	260	↓3	38
30	Donald	242	↑3	34
31	Jeffery	239	↓1	53
32	Keith	235	↑8	37
33	Billy	228	↓1	75
34	Jonathan	228	↑3	40
35	Ronald	226	↓4	31
36	Daniel	219	↓1	20
37	Matthew	209	↑12	19
38	Tony	209	↓4	62
39	Jimmy	195	↓1	93
40	Bobby	194	↓1	79
41	Johnny	192	↓5	74
42	Rodney	188	↑1	59
43	Jeremy	184	new	45
44	Marcus	176	new	65
45	George	166	–	42
46	Edward	163	↓4	32
47	Chad	161	new	29
48	Patrick	160	↓7	35
49	Bryan	155	↓5	48
50	Danny	152	new	82

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