Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1982

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (1,141 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,293). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 60,669 babies born in Tennessee in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1982

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: 23 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Sherita: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lakesha: 31 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Chasity: 52 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tameka: 45 babies, 4× the national rate
Kenya: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Candi: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Misty: 238 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tabitha: 112 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Christy: 146 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Scottie: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Scotty: 37 babies, 5× the national rate
Dewayne: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jarvis: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jackie: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Hunter: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jody: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rickey: 35 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Charlie: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Billy: 134 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,141	↑1	1
2	Amanda	985	↓1	3
3	Jessica	976	–	2
4	Ashley	547	↑6	17
5	Crystal	509	↑3	9
6	Tiffany	508	↓1	13
7	Sarah	461	↑6	4
8	Amy	440	↓2	10
9	Stephanie	422	–	7
10	Heather	415	↓3	12
11	April	404	↓7	32
12	Rachel	384	↑6	21
13	Elizabeth	376	↑4	8
14	Kimberly	367	↓3	14
15	Mary	364	–	30
16	Melissa	363	↓4	5
17	Rebecca	345	↓3	15
18	Emily	310	↑4	24
19	Amber	306	↑2	18
20	Angela	301	↓4	16
21	Laura	271	↓1	22
22	Brandy	257	↓3	50
23	Misty	238	–	74
24	Lindsey	235	new	40
25	Lauren	229	↑14	26
26	Brandi	217	↑1	55
27	Erica	207	↑2	35
28	Michelle	206	↑2	11
29	Kelly	205	↑8	25
30	Christina	198	↓4	19
31	Leslie	198	–	60
32	Andrea	189	↓7	27
33	Jamie	188	↓9	29
34	Erin	179	↑1	20
35	Samantha	174	↑10	44
36	Sara	174	↑8	28
37	Courtney	159	↓4	43
38	Lisa	157	↓10	23
39	Holly	154	↑2	61
40	Julie	149	↓4	41
41	Christy	146	↓9	>100
42	Lindsay	146	new	39
43	Katherine	145	↓9	36
44	Allison	138	new	58
45	Candice	132	↑4	78
46	Kristin	132	↓8	37
47	Kristen	124	↑1	33
48	Nicole	122	new	6
49	Alicia	119	new	53
50	Candace	118	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Christopher	1,293	↑3	2
2	James	1,190	–	6
3	Joshua	1,110	–	7
4	Michael	1,091	↓3	1
5	Jason	854	–	4
6	John	826	↑1	8
7	William	800	↓1	15
8	Matthew	786	↑1	3
9	David	766	↓1	5
10	Jonathan	698	–	16
11	Justin	688	↑2	12
12	Brandon	646	–	18
13	Robert	639	↓2	9
14	Joseph	564	↑1	11
15	Daniel	544	↑1	10
16	Jeremy	538	↓2	28
17	Charles	493	–	31
18	Brian	416	–	14
19	Timothy	381	–	24
20	Thomas	375	–	23
21	Adam	374	↑1	19
22	Andrew	357	↑8	17
23	Eric	356	↓2	20
24	Kevin	334	↓1	25
25	Steven	321	↑3	26
26	Dustin	317	↑1	42
27	Richard	297	↓1	27
28	Benjamin	293	↑1	33
29	Nicholas	292	↑2	22
30	Anthony	279	↓6	21
31	Jeffrey	253	↑3	29
32	Travis	250	↓7	39
33	Stephen	234	↓1	38
34	Kenneth	223	↓1	45
35	Bradley	217	↑2	51
36	Nathan	217	–	36
37	Ryan	217	↓2	13
38	Aaron	213	–	30
39	Marcus	204	↑2	63
40	Mark	196	–	32
41	Gregory	193	↑7	40
42	Paul	165	↑3	35
43	Patrick	162	↓4	37
44	Chad	159	↓2	48
45	Jacob	156	↓1	41
46	Jesse	151	↑1	43
47	Samuel	144	↑3	56
48	Derek	139	new	50
49	Phillip	139	–	67
50	Derrick	137	new	78

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