Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1976

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (1,161 babies) and Michael for boys (1,269). Social Security records list 55,947 babies born in Tennessee in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1976

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

Girls

Buffy: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Shelia: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Toya: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Chasity: 70 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Whitney: 40 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tomeka: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Angelia: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Glenda: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Demetria: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Felecia: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Dedrick: 18 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Scottie: 43 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Stacey: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Stacy: 45 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Chadwick: 47 babies, 4× the national rate
Scotty: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Billy: 210 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tommy: 90 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Donnie: 45 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Quinton: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,161	–	1
2	Amy	740	↑1	2
3	Angela	675	↓1	5
4	Amanda	573	↑2	10
5	Kimberly	556	↓1	7
6	Heather	505	↑1	4
7	Melissa	498	↓2	3
8	Stephanie	405	–	11
9	Mary	337	↑1	22
10	Misty	334	↑3	46
11	Rebecca	334	↑4	12
12	April	304	↓3	30
13	Shannon	285	↑8	17
14	Jamie	284	new	18
15	Lisa	279	↓1	9
16	Crystal	278	↑3	36
17	Christy	275	↓6	60
18	Christina	252	↑12	14
19	Elizabeth	251	↑3	16
20	Tonya	251	↓8	58
21	Michelle	231	↓5	6
22	Tiffany	228	↑4	32
23	Laura	226	↑2	20
24	Rachel	225	↑7	23
25	Brandy	216	↑7	55
26	Julie	214	↓8	21
27	Tammy	207	↓10	41
28	Kelly	204	↓4	19
29	Wendy	199	↓9	39
30	Sarah	193	↑12	15
31	Jessica	187	↑12	8
32	Carrie	180	↑7	28
33	Andrea	179	↑13	25
34	Tracy	175	↓11	37
35	Stacy	169	–	38
36	Karen	168	↓3	31
37	Emily	160	–	50
38	Lori	158	↓11	47
39	Tina	151	↓10	48
40	Cynthia	149	↓4	44
41	Leslie	146	new	65
42	Susan	141	↓14	40
43	Holly	139	new	56
44	Melanie	136	↓10	53
45	Ashley	130	new	>100
46	Teresa	128	↓6	66
47	Dana	125	↑3	64
48	Patricia	122	–	43
49	Nicole	121	new	13
50	Stacey	119	↓12	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	1,269	–	1
2	Jason	1,255	↑1	2
3	James	1,187	↓1	5
4	Christopher	1,080	–	3
5	David	801	↑1	4
6	William	800	↑1	11
7	Robert	771	↑1	7
8	John	738	↓3	6
9	Jeremy	584	↑3	14
10	Brian	563	↓1	8
11	Joseph	464	↑4	12
12	Charles	449	↓2	26
13	Kevin	443	↓2	15
14	Timothy	422	↓1	21
15	Matthew	409	↓1	9
16	Daniel	394	↑4	10
17	Eric	394	↓1	13
18	Jonathan	358	↑1	31
19	Joshua	340	↑6	18
20	Anthony	325	↓3	22
21	Thomas	325	↑1	23
22	Richard	316	↓1	19
23	Steven	312	↓5	20
24	Jeffrey	283	–	17
25	Mark	270	↓2	25
26	Gregory	245	–	35
27	Larry	213	↑3	60
28	Billy	210	↑13	85
29	Kenneth	209	↓2	38
30	Stephen	205	↓2	37
31	Benjamin	202	–	32
32	Brandon	199	–	40
33	Bradley	198	↑11	51
34	Chad	196	↓5	29
35	Andrew	195	↑8	27
36	Paul	193	↑2	28
37	Jerry	177	↓4	67
38	Travis	171	↑2	46
39	Marcus	169	↓4	74
40	Adam	164	new	36
41	Nathan	163	new	39
42	Justin	162	new	33
43	Donald	161	↓7	47
44	Bryan	160	↑5	43
45	Antonio	159	new	71
46	Terry	159	↓9	75
47	Gary	157	↓13	52
48	Jamie	151	↓2	62
49	Scott	151	↓4	24
50	Samuel	141	–	59

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