Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1974

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (1,130 babies) and Michael for boys (1,402). Social Security records list 58,711 babies born in Tennessee in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1974

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

Girls

Laquita: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Sherita: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Tarsha: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Mitzi: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Shelia: 47 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Toya: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Christy: 361 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Angelia: 44 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lorrie: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Chastity: 43 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Dedrick: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Jackie: 56 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Scottie: 34 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Scotty: 49 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Donnie: 61 babies, 4× the national rate
Marty: 48 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cedric: 61 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Billy: 212 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Teddy: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jimmy: 158 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,130	–	1
2	Angela	795	–	5
3	Amy	718	↑1	2
4	Kimberly	679	↓1	6
5	Stephanie	539	↑1	9
6	Melissa	501	↓1	7
7	Rebecca	403	↑5	10
8	Heather	395	↑7	4
9	Christy	361	↑4	57
10	Lisa	361	↓3	8
11	Mary	349	↓2	13
12	Tonya	348	↓1	37
13	April	342	↑1	28
14	Michelle	338	↓4	3
15	Tammy	315	↓7	24
16	Tina	286	–	25
17	Amanda	252	↑11	34
18	Julie	252	↑11	14
19	Tracy	251	↓1	23
20	Shannon	239	↓1	18
21	Misty	234	↑9	66
22	Elizabeth	218	↓1	12
23	Lori	218	↓1	30
24	Crystal	212	↓4	49
25	Cynthia	208	↓8	33
26	Laura	206	↑8	21
27	Wendy	206	–	32
28	Karen	194	↓5	26
29	Kelly	194	↑9	15
30	Patricia	191	↑7	29
31	Teresa	191	↓7	52
32	Christina	179	↑8	16
33	Rachel	179	↑13	36
34	Melanie	178	↑5	51
35	Susan	176	↓10	27
36	Tiffany	174	↓3	41
37	Dana	163	↑5	55
38	Stacy	157	↓12	38
39	Andrea	155	↑4	35
40	Pamela	154	↓8	54
41	Rhonda	154	↓5	86
42	Sharon	145	↓1	70
43	Donna	143	↓8	67
44	Leslie	138	↑5	65
45	Sherry	134	↓14	89
46	Christie	130	new	>100
47	Sandra	130	↓2	44
48	Monica	124	↑2	43
49	Jessica	123	new	17
50	Kristi	123	↓6	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	1,402	↑1	1
2	Jason	1,325	↑2	2
3	James	1,324	↓2	5
4	Christopher	1,286	↓1	3
5	David	946	↑2	4
6	William	879	↓1	10
7	John	820	↓1	6
8	Robert	793	–	7
9	Brian	646	–	8
10	Charles	527	↑1	23
11	Kevin	524	↓1	14
12	Timothy	421	↑1	22
13	Jeffrey	380	↑5	15
14	Matthew	379	↑8	9
15	Mark	375	↓3	16
16	Anthony	373	↓2	21
17	Joseph	370	↓2	12
18	Thomas	351	↑2	20
19	Richard	348	↓2	17
20	Steven	344	↓1	19
21	Eric	333	↓5	13
22	Jeremy	322	↑9	24
23	Daniel	316	–	11
24	Jonathan	308	↓3	33
25	Gregory	281	↓1	31
26	Stephen	252	↑2	35
27	Jerry	246	–	61
28	Kenneth	243	↓3	34
29	Chad	237	–	26
30	Larry	221	↓4	55
31	Ronald	213	↑3	42
32	Billy	212	↓2	78
33	Terry	203	↑4	69
34	Joshua	196	new	29
35	Gary	194	↓3	48
36	Bryan	188	↑3	45
37	Scott	183	↓1	18
38	Paul	181	↓3	27
39	Marcus	180	↑3	73
40	Donald	173	–	41
41	Shawn	166	↑8	30
42	Bobby	163	↓4	92
43	Jimmy	158	↑4	99
44	Jeffery	155	↑2	66
45	Travis	153	↓4	54
46	Patrick	152	↓1	38
47	Rodney	147	↓3	72
48	Keith	145	↓15	44
49	Benjamin	143	new	46
50	Samuel	141	new	60

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