Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1975

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (1,080 babies) and Michael for boys (1,344). Social Security records list 56,532 babies born in Tennessee in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1975

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

Girls

Unborn: 19 babies, 55.2× the national rate
Laquita: 28 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Robbie: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Latarsha: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Shelia: 43 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Felecia: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Mitzi: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Chasity: 49 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Christy: 335 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Christopher: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Taurus: 19 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Scottie: 40 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Jackie: 47 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Scotty: 44 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Donnie: 53 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rico: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dewayne: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marty: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cedric: 54 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Chadwick: 43 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,080	–	1
2	Angela	800	–	5
3	Amy	791	–	2
4	Kimberly	563	–	7
5	Melissa	544	↑1	4
6	Amanda	483	↑11	14
7	Heather	451	↑1	3
8	Stephanie	429	↓3	9
9	April	348	↑4	25
10	Mary	342	↑1	19
11	Christy	335	↓2	53
12	Tonya	313	–	45
13	Misty	311	↑8	47
14	Lisa	307	↓4	8
15	Rebecca	303	↓8	11
16	Michelle	266	↓2	6
17	Tammy	265	↓2	31
18	Julie	258	–	18
19	Crystal	246	↑5	43
20	Wendy	236	↑7	33
21	Shannon	234	↓1	21
22	Elizabeth	223	–	15
23	Tracy	212	↓4	24
24	Kelly	204	↑5	16
25	Laura	203	↑1	20
26	Tiffany	198	↑10	37
27	Lori	191	↓4	39
28	Susan	185	↑7	32
29	Tina	184	↓13	35
30	Christina	181	↑2	12
31	Rachel	170	↑2	26
32	Brandy	164	new	57
33	Karen	158	↓5	27
34	Melanie	156	–	52
35	Stacy	154	↑3	34
36	Cynthia	152	↓11	40
37	Emily	152	new	48
38	Stacey	149	new	44
39	Carrie	148	new	29
40	Teresa	147	↓9	61
41	Christie	143	↑5	96
42	Sarah	139	new	17
43	Jessica	135	↑6	13
44	Robin	134	new	65
45	Sharon	129	↓3	75
46	Andrea	119	↓7	28
47	Sherry	119	↓2	95
48	Patricia	116	↓18	36
49	Pamela	113	↓9	70
50	Dana	112	↓13	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	1,344	–	1
2	James	1,289	↑1	4
3	Jason	1,284	↓1	2
4	Christopher	1,200	–	3
5	John	819	↑2	7
6	David	804	↓1	5
7	William	792	↓1	10
8	Robert	773	–	6
9	Brian	564	–	8
10	Charles	505	–	25
11	Kevin	475	–	15
12	Jeremy	409	↑10	24
13	Timothy	403	↓1	22
14	Matthew	389	–	9
15	Joseph	375	↑2	12
16	Eric	366	↑5	13
17	Anthony	365	↓1	21
18	Steven	363	↑2	18
19	Jonathan	347	↑5	30
20	Daniel	336	↑3	11
21	Richard	329	↓2	16
22	Thomas	318	↓4	20
23	Mark	312	↓8	19
24	Jeffrey	288	↓11	14
25	Joshua	264	↑9	26
26	Gregory	243	↓1	33
27	Kenneth	221	↑1	35
28	Stephen	219	↓2	34
29	Chad	216	–	27
30	Larry	206	–	56
31	Benjamin	187	↑18	36
32	Brandon	187	new	44
33	Jerry	184	↓6	65
34	Gary	183	↑1	50
35	Marcus	180	↑4	68
36	Donald	178	↑4	42
37	Terry	176	↓4	67
38	Paul	171	–	29
39	Ronald	171	↓8	46
40	Travis	170	↑5	51
41	Billy	169	↓9	84
42	Patrick	167	↑4	39
43	Andrew	165	new	28
44	Bradley	160	new	52
45	Scott	158	↓8	17
46	Jamie	157	new	62
47	Bobby	154	↓5	93
48	Rodney	148	↓1	76
49	Bryan	146	↓13	47
50	Samuel	142	–	61

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