Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1973

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (1,105 babies) and James for boys (1,432). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 58,746 babies born in Tennessee in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1973

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

Girls

Tamiko: 20 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Tarsha: 22 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Robbie: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Mitzi: 25 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Toya: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Felecia: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Christy: 294 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Angelia: 50 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cristy: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gena: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Scottie: 63 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Stevie: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Chadwick: 53 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Marty: 48 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Scotty: 56 babies, 4× the national rate
Billy: 220 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bobby: 182 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dewayne: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tommy: 104 babies, 3× the national rate
Stacy: 56 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,105	–	1
2	Angela	800	–	7
3	Kimberly	658	–	4
4	Amy	636	–	2
5	Melissa	613	–	6
6	Stephanie	537	↑1	9
7	Lisa	421	↓1	5
8	Tammy	420	–	15
9	Mary	408	–	14
10	Michelle	357	–	3
11	Tonya	355	↑1	36
12	Rebecca	351	↓1	10
13	Christy	294	↑2	73
14	April	289	↑11	33
15	Heather	285	↑13	8
16	Tina	260	↓2	24
17	Cynthia	251	–	26
18	Tracy	246	↓5	20
19	Shannon	244	↑1	22
20	Crystal	230	↑15	48
21	Elizabeth	230	↑1	13
22	Lori	223	↑5	28
23	Karen	219	↓4	23
24	Teresa	217	↓8	45
25	Susan	207	↓4	25
26	Stacy	200	↑7	32
27	Wendy	200	↑3	29
28	Amanda	198	↑22	51
29	Julie	189	↓11	12
30	Misty	189	new	90
31	Sherry	185	↑5	76
32	Pamela	184	↓9	47
33	Tiffany	183	↑12	52
34	Laura	182	↓5	19
35	Donna	180	↓9	55
36	Rhonda	180	↓5	70
37	Patricia	171	↓5	27
38	Kelly	167	↑2	18
39	Melanie	166	↓15	43
40	Christina	157	↑7	16
41	Sharon	154	↓7	57
42	Dana	153	↓4	59
43	Andrea	148	↓6	30
44	Kristi	142	–	>100
45	Sandra	140	↓6	39
46	Rachel	138	new	42
47	Robin	135	↓6	60
48	Stacey	132	↓5	41
49	Leslie	130	↓1	75
50	Monica	129	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	James	1,432	↑1	4
2	Michael	1,394	↓1	1
3	Christopher	1,330	–	2
4	Jason	1,002	↑4	3
5	William	913	–	9
6	John	901	↑1	6
7	David	882	↓3	5
8	Robert	877	↓2	7
9	Brian	672	–	8
10	Kevin	578	–	14
11	Charles	537	–	23
12	Mark	432	↑3	15
13	Timothy	426	↓1	22
14	Anthony	379	–	21
15	Joseph	377	↑5	12
16	Eric	369	↑2	13
17	Richard	359	–	16
18	Jeffrey	356	↓5	17
19	Steven	348	↓3	20
20	Thomas	339	↓1	19
21	Jonathan	311	↑4	31
22	Matthew	297	↑9	10
23	Daniel	287	↑1	11
24	Gregory	287	↓2	26
25	Kenneth	276	↓4	28
26	Larry	250	↓3	50
27	Jerry	234	↓1	57
28	Stephen	233	↓1	32
29	Chad	232	↑7	25
30	Billy	220	↑5	76
31	Jeremy	220	↑13	33
32	Gary	219	↑2	44
33	Keith	208	↑5	41
34	Ronald	208	↓1	40
35	Paul	199	↓6	24
36	Scott	194	↓8	18
37	Terry	187	↓5	65
38	Bobby	182	↑2	93
39	Bryan	178	↑7	43
40	Donald	178	↓3	38
41	Travis	178	↑4	53
42	Marcus	166	↑5	72
43	Andrew	164	new	29
44	Rodney	161	↑4	68
45	Patrick	160	↓6	37
46	Jeffery	152	↓16	64
47	Jimmy	152	↓5	95
48	Johnny	149	↓5	82
49	Shawn	147	new	27
50	Tony	147	↓9	78

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