Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1980

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1980 were Amanda for girls (1,220 babies) and Michael for boys (1,306). Amanda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 61,951 babies born in Tennessee in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1980

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: 36 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Jada: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kesha: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Chiquita: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Demetria: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Chasity: 59 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lashonda: 33 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Shelia: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Angelia: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shonda: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Demario: 20 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Rico: 25 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Chadwick: 36 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Scottie: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Scotty: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Demarcus: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Quinton: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dewayne: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Donnie: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jackie: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Amanda	1,220	–	2
2	Jennifer	1,197	–	1
3	Jessica	673	↑5	3
4	April	483	↑2	26
5	Tiffany	481	↑17	14
6	Heather	476	↓1	6
7	Amy	463	↓3	8
8	Kimberly	451	↑1	11
9	Crystal	447	↑1	18
10	Angela	444	↓3	12
11	Melissa	436	↓8	4
12	Stephanie	418	–	13
13	Mary	363	–	25
14	Sarah	350	↑6	5
15	Rachel	342	↑4	23
16	Rebecca	329	↓2	17
17	Elizabeth	326	↓6	9
18	Amber	316	↑6	22
19	Ashley	313	↑6	40
20	Brandy	301	↓4	42
21	Misty	278	↓6	49
22	Laura	275	↑5	21
23	Kelly	257	↓5	19
24	Christina	249	↓1	15
25	Jamie	246	↓4	24
26	Lisa	241	↓9	16
27	Emily	229	↑2	31
28	Christy	213	↓2	83
29	Andrea	197	↑1	28
30	Erica	192	↑5	34
31	Julie	191	↑1	32
32	Michelle	181	↓4	10
33	Leslie	171	↑3	61
34	Holly	162	–	52
35	Brandi	156	↑2	63
36	Katherine	156	↑7	35
37	Shannon	152	↓4	29
38	Erin	142	↑12	20
39	Tracy	141	↑2	56
40	Kristen	140	new	39
41	Carrie	138	↓10	46
42	Tonya	138	↓4	97
43	Kristy	137	↓3	78
44	Melanie	135	↑5	60
45	Sara	130	↑3	27
46	Kristin	129	new	37
47	Lori	128	↓8	76
48	Samantha	124	new	58
49	Courtney	122	new	48
50	Stacy	121	↓8	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	1,306	–	1
2	James	1,252	–	5
3	Jason	1,193	–	3
4	Christopher	1,163	–	2
5	Joshua	1,001	–	7
6	William	844	↑1	14
7	John	796	↓1	8
8	David	757	–	4
9	Robert	735	–	9
10	Jeremy	608	–	18
11	Jonathan	579	↑7	21
12	Matthew	568	↓1	6
13	Joseph	566	↑1	10
14	Justin	537	↑8	13
15	Daniel	504	–	11
16	Charles	497	↓3	29
17	Brian	496	↓5	12
18	Timothy	438	↓2	20
19	Brandon	426	↑2	31
20	Travis	403	↓1	37
21	Kevin	397	↓4	23
22	Thomas	381	↑4	25
23	Adam	376	↑4	22
24	Eric	365	↓4	16
25	Nicholas	325	↑3	17
26	Steven	322	↓1	28
27	Benjamin	313	↑5	32
28	Richard	287	↓5	26
29	Andrew	286	↑1	19
30	Anthony	284	↓6	24
31	Dustin	262	new	44
32	Jeffrey	256	↓3	27
33	Nathan	249	↑2	36
34	Mark	241	↓1	30
35	Stephen	241	↓4	40
36	Kenneth	236	↓2	41
37	Bradley	218	↓1	51
38	Patrick	196	↑6	38
39	Chad	194	–	39
40	Paul	192	↑1	35
41	Gregory	175	↑4	42
42	Ryan	173	–	15
43	Marcus	172	↓6	71
44	Aaron	167	↓4	34
45	Derrick	164	new	74
46	Samuel	162	↑4	54
47	Bobby	160	new	>100
48	Billy	159	↓2	100
49	Wesley	146	new	95
50	Gary	145	new	63

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