Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1972

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (983 babies) and Michael for boys (1,497). Social Security records list 60,429 babies born in Tennessee in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1972

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: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Mitzi: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Tarsha: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Patsy: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Shelia: 59 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Christy: 288 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Angelia: 55 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Whitney: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Leigh: 71 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Christie: 82 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Scottie: 56 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Scotty: 81 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Marty: 48 babies, 4× the national rate
Teddy: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Stevie: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Donnie: 65 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jackie: 49 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mickey: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Timmy: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dewayne: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	983	↑1	1
2	Angela	880	↓1	6
3	Kimberly	803	–	4
4	Amy	617	↑1	5
5	Melissa	603	↓1	7
6	Lisa	538	–	3
7	Stephanie	535	↑3	8
8	Tammy	476	↓1	11
9	Mary	413	↓1	13
10	Michelle	387	↓1	2
11	Rebecca	330	↑12	14
12	Tonya	320	↑9	37
13	Tracy	319	↓1	19
14	Tina	305	↓3	18
15	Christy	288	↑3	74
16	Teresa	277	↓2	39
17	Cynthia	275	↓2	25
18	Julie	259	↑10	12
19	Karen	259	↓2	21
20	Shannon	257	↓7	22
21	Susan	236	↓1	24
22	Elizabeth	232	–	15
23	Pamela	229	↓7	34
24	Melanie	217	↑20	42
25	April	216	↑17	48
26	Donna	216	↓7	45
27	Lori	215	↓2	28
28	Heather	212	↑11	9
29	Laura	204	↓2	17
30	Wendy	201	–	29
31	Rhonda	200	↓7	60
32	Patricia	193	↓1	27
33	Stacy	191	–	33
34	Sharon	185	↓8	50
35	Crystal	182	↑11	59
36	Sherry	179	↓7	70
37	Andrea	175	↑1	30
38	Dana	171	↓4	52
39	Sandra	171	↓7	31
40	Kelly	168	↓5	23
41	Robin	158	new	55
42	Tara	155	new	38
43	Stacey	153	↓7	41
44	Kristi	143	↓3	>100
45	Tiffany	142	↓8	61
46	Nicole	138	new	10
47	Christina	137	new	26
48	Leslie	137	↑1	75
49	Linda	137	↓4	51
50	Amanda	135	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	1,497	↑1	1
2	James	1,430	↓1	3
3	Christopher	1,270	–	2
4	David	1,001	↑1	4
5	William	952	↑2	9
6	Robert	927	–	6
7	John	902	↓3	5
8	Jason	732	↑1	7
9	Brian	686	↑2	8
10	Kevin	570	–	13
11	Charles	557	↓3	23
12	Timothy	512	–	21
13	Jeffrey	435	–	17
14	Anthony	429	↑3	22
15	Mark	411	↓1	18
16	Steven	398	↑2	19
17	Richard	386	↓2	14
18	Eric	373	↑1	16
19	Thomas	371	↓3	20
20	Joseph	351	↑2	12
21	Kenneth	303	–	27
22	Gregory	291	↓2	26
23	Larry	287	↑1	47
24	Daniel	273	↑12	15
25	Jonathan	273	↑9	37
26	Jerry	263	↓1	53
27	Stephen	256	↓1	29
28	Scott	239	↓5	11
29	Paul	234	↓2	24
30	Jeffery	228	↑1	58
31	Matthew	228	↑6	10
32	Terry	227	↓4	62
33	Ronald	225	↑2	32
34	Gary	218	↓5	41
35	Billy	211	↓2	81
36	Chad	205	↑11	25
37	Donald	203	↓7	36
38	Keith	184	↓6	38
39	Patrick	184	↑9	35
40	Bobby	183	–	90
41	Tony	183	↓3	68
42	Jimmy	181	↓3	97
43	Johnny	178	↓2	74
44	Jeremy	173	↓1	42
45	Travis	168	new	57
46	Bryan	159	↑3	45
47	Marcus	158	↓3	71
48	Rodney	146	↓6	65
49	Tracy	145	new	>100
50	Danny	143	–	87

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