Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1981

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1981 were Amanda for girls (1,155 babies) and Michael for boys (1,235). Amanda ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 60,266 babies born in Tennessee in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1981

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: 21 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Sherita: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Tosha: 29 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Sharonda: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Chasity: 51 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Chastity: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Christy: 173 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Latosha: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ginger: 40 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bridgett: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Rico: 18 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Scottie: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Chadwick: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Scotty: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Courtney: 45 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dewayne: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Josh: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Billy: 162 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dusty: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Donnie: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Amanda	1,155	–	3
2	Jennifer	1,110	–	1
3	Jessica	891	–	2
4	April	497	–	25
5	Tiffany	471	–	14
6	Amy	444	↑1	6
7	Heather	433	↓1	10
8	Crystal	427	↑1	16
9	Stephanie	427	↑3	8
10	Ashley	409	↑9	34
11	Kimberly	402	↓3	13
12	Melissa	399	↓1	5
13	Sarah	396	↑1	4
14	Rebecca	372	↑2	12
15	Mary	365	↓2	27
16	Angela	363	↓6	15
17	Elizabeth	348	–	9
18	Rachel	347	↓3	22
19	Brandy	308	↑1	41
20	Laura	298	↑2	21
21	Amber	296	↓3	20
22	Emily	263	↑5	29
23	Misty	256	↓2	61
24	Jamie	209	↑1	28
25	Andrea	207	↑4	24
26	Christina	205	↓2	17
27	Brandi	199	↑8	50
28	Lisa	187	↓2	18
29	Erica	177	↑1	36
30	Michelle	175	↑2	11
31	Leslie	174	↑2	56
32	Christy	173	↓4	99
33	Courtney	166	↑16	43
34	Katherine	159	↑2	39
35	Erin	152	↑3	19
36	Julie	152	↓5	37
37	Kelly	152	↓14	23
38	Kristin	152	↑8	31
39	Lauren	147	new	35
40	Carrie	141	↑1	55
41	Holly	140	↓7	63
42	Shannon	140	↓5	32
43	Lori	138	↑4	91
44	Sara	137	↑1	26
45	Samantha	134	↑3	51
46	Latoya	133	new	69
47	Tara	132	new	45
48	Kristen	127	↓8	38
49	Candice	124	new	86
50	Kristy	122	↓7	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	1,235	–	1
2	James	1,173	–	7
3	Joshua	1,152	↑2	6
4	Christopher	1,049	–	2
5	Jason	971	↓2	4
6	William	872	–	15
7	John	781	–	8
8	David	740	–	5
9	Matthew	725	↑3	3
10	Jonathan	718	↑1	16
11	Robert	717	↓2	9
12	Brandon	637	↑7	19
13	Justin	633	↑1	12
14	Jeremy	615	↓4	22
15	Joseph	548	↓2	11
16	Daniel	486	↓1	10
17	Charles	468	↓1	31
18	Brian	455	↓1	14
19	Timothy	408	↓1	24
20	Thomas	365	↑2	26
21	Eric	359	↑3	17
22	Adam	351	↑1	20
23	Kevin	337	↓2	25
24	Anthony	319	↑6	23
25	Travis	315	↓5	40
26	Richard	310	↑2	27
27	Dustin	308	↑4	42
28	Steven	305	↓2	28
29	Benjamin	297	↓2	32
30	Andrew	280	↓1	18
31	Nicholas	264	↓6	21
32	Stephen	234	↑3	39
33	Kenneth	220	↑3	41
34	Jeffrey	217	↓2	29
35	Ryan	216	↑7	13
36	Nathan	214	↓3	36
37	Bradley	207	–	50
38	Aaron	206	↑6	30
39	Patrick	191	↓1	38
40	Mark	183	↓6	33
41	Marcus	177	↑2	67
42	Chad	174	↓3	47
43	Billy	162	↑5	>100
44	Jacob	159	new	43
45	Paul	155	↓5	35
46	Gary	148	↑4	62
47	Jesse	147	new	37
48	Gregory	145	↓7	46
49	Phillip	142	new	66
50	Samuel	140	↓4	54

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