Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1977

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (1,205 babies) and Jason for boys (1,365). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 59,963 babies born in Tennessee in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1977

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: 26 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Felecia: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Chasity: 75 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Shelia: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mitzi: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Angelia: 30 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Misty: 395 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ginger: 57 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Christy: 262 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Whitney: 39 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Dedrick: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Jackie: 50 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Scotty: 39 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Stacy: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Scottie: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rico: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Teddy: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chadwick: 40 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marty: 30 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Billy: 193 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,205	–	1
2	Amy	723	–	3
3	Amanda	658	↑1	9
4	Angela	593	↓1	6
5	Heather	577	↑1	5
6	Kimberly	537	↓1	8
7	Melissa	525	–	2
8	Crystal	431	↑8	25
9	Stephanie	404	↓1	14
10	Misty	395	–	40
11	Jessica	380	↑20	4
12	Kelly	378	↑16	10
13	April	374	↓1	29
14	Rebecca	349	↓3	17
15	Mary	327	↓6	21
16	Elizabeth	311	↑3	13
17	Jamie	299	↓3	18
18	Lisa	289	↓3	12
19	Sarah	272	↑11	11
20	Christy	262	↓3	59
21	Laura	251	↑2	20
22	Shannon	251	↓9	19
23	Rachel	239	↑1	26
24	Michelle	229	↓3	7
25	Christina	228	↓7	16
26	Julie	222	–	22
27	Brandy	214	↓2	51
28	Tonya	210	↓8	64
29	Carrie	206	↑3	28
30	Tiffany	200	↓8	34
31	Emily	191	↑6	37
32	Tammy	180	↓5	55
33	Holly	177	↑10	52
34	Andrea	173	↓1	24
35	Lori	173	↑3	57
36	Wendy	171	↓7	49
37	Cynthia	159	↑3	48
38	Karen	159	↓2	32
39	Tina	151	–	58
40	Amber	150	new	33
41	Melanie	146	↑3	53
42	Leslie	139	↓1	65
43	Ashley	138	↑2	>100
44	Susan	137	↓2	45
45	Stacey	134	↑5	56
46	Tara	131	new	35
47	Katherine	124	new	44
48	Stacy	124	↓13	42
49	Tracy	124	↓15	50
50	Nicole	118	↓1	15

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jason	1,365	↑1	2
2	Michael	1,319	↓1	1
3	James	1,245	–	5
4	Christopher	1,210	–	3
5	William	852	↑1	12
6	David	817	↓1	4
7	John	775	↑1	7
8	Robert	773	↓1	6
9	Jeremy	664	–	15
10	Brian	593	–	8
11	Joshua	552	↑8	14
12	Kevin	513	↑1	13
13	Joseph	500	↓2	10
14	Charles	494	↓2	26
15	Matthew	473	–	9
16	Timothy	457	↓2	18
17	Jonathan	417	↑1	28
18	Daniel	397	↓2	11
19	Thomas	349	↑2	22
20	Richard	339	↑2	20
21	Eric	336	↓4	17
22	Anthony	335	↓2	21
23	Steven	303	–	23
24	Mark	293	↑1	25
25	Jeffrey	272	↓1	19
26	Benjamin	269	↑5	29
27	Stephen	238	↑3	38
28	Kenneth	223	↑1	39
29	Marcus	221	↑10	72
30	Andrew	220	↑5	24
31	Travis	218	↑7	44
32	Bradley	214	↑1	49
33	Chad	210	↑1	34
34	Brandon	208	↓2	41
35	Larry	201	↓8	62
36	Billy	193	↓8	91
37	Adam	191	↑3	33
38	Justin	191	↑4	30
39	Paul	190	↓3	31
40	Gary	186	↑7	58
41	Nathan	184	–	36
42	Gregory	170	↓16	35
43	Donald	159	–	46
44	Ryan	159	new	16
45	Wesley	158	new	66
46	Samuel	155	↑4	60
47	Terry	155	↓1	83
48	Bryan	152	↓4	42
49	Aaron	151	new	32
50	Corey	150	new	52

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