Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1983

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1983 were Ashley for girls (1,061 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,253). Ashley ranked #4 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 59,421 babies born in Tennessee in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1983

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: 32 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Cristy: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lakesha: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Chasity: 47 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tosha: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lora: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tabitha: 123 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Whitney: 95 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tabatha: 44 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Latonya: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Rico: 18 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Demario: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Demarcus: 28 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Scotty: 28 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dewayne: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jackie: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Hunter: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jarvis: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Chadwick: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Courtney: 40 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Ashley	1,061	↑3	4
2	Jennifer	1,033	↓1	1
3	Jessica	1,002	–	2
4	Amanda	962	↓2	3
5	Heather	487	↑5	9
6	Tiffany	484	–	14
7	Sarah	482	–	5
8	Crystal	425	↓3	11
9	Rachel	424	↑3	20
10	Stephanie	410	↓1	8
11	Kimberly	378	↑3	15
12	Amber	376	↑7	17
13	Amy	371	↓5	12
14	April	346	↓3	39
15	Mary	344	–	32
16	Elizabeth	343	↓3	10
17	Emily	319	↑1	25
18	Rebecca	316	↓1	19
19	Melissa	295	↓3	6
20	Laura	267	↑1	23
21	Lauren	245	↑4	24
22	Angela	243	↓2	22
23	Brandy	234	↓1	57
24	Christina	220	↑6	16
25	Erica	219	↑2	33
26	Lindsey	209	↓2	35
27	Erin	200	↑7	18
28	Holly	197	↑11	48
29	Brandi	196	↓3	56
30	Katherine	190	↑13	34
31	Michelle	190	↓3	13
32	Jamie	186	↑1	28
33	Andrea	185	↓1	30
34	Kelly	176	↓5	26
35	Samantha	176	–	40
36	Lisa	175	↑2	27
37	Megan	173	new	21
38	Courtney	166	↓1	44
39	Lindsay	166	↑3	36
40	Leslie	161	↓9	67
41	Misty	145	↓18	87
42	Alicia	143	↑7	41
43	Sara	141	↓7	31
44	Kristen	137	↑3	37
45	Brittany	133	new	64
46	Candice	131	↓1	84
47	Julie	130	↓7	46
48	Nicole	128	–	7
49	Tabitha	123	new	>100
50	Carrie	117	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Christopher	1,253	–	2
2	Michael	1,163	↑2	1
3	James	1,130	↓1	6
4	Joshua	1,097	↓1	5
5	Matthew	949	↑3	3
6	William	835	↑1	16
7	Brandon	727	↑5	17
8	Jason	711	↓3	7
9	John	708	↓3	9
10	David	703	↓1	4
11	Justin	703	–	12
12	Jonathan	692	↓2	19
13	Robert	637	–	10
14	Daniel	569	↑1	8
15	Joseph	498	↓1	11
16	Adam	475	↑5	18
17	Jeremy	442	↓1	30
18	Charles	422	↓1	33
19	Brian	409	↓1	14
20	Andrew	391	↑2	15
21	Thomas	372	↓1	24
22	Dustin	370	↑4	43
23	Eric	354	–	20
24	Steven	349	↑1	23
25	Timothy	317	↓6	26
26	Kevin	311	↓2	25
27	Travis	290	↑5	41
28	Benjamin	272	–	32
29	Anthony	269	↑1	22
30	Richard	256	↓3	27
31	Jeffrey	251	–	28
32	Nicholas	244	↓3	21
33	Ryan	242	↑4	13
34	Stephen	231	↓1	35
35	Nathan	224	↑1	40
36	Aaron	218	↑2	29
37	Bradley	201	↓2	52
38	Mark	194	↑2	31
39	Kenneth	193	↓5	45
40	Marcus	189	↓1	58
41	Patrick	184	↑2	37
42	Jacob	178	↑3	36
43	Gregory	170	↓2	42
44	Samuel	151	↑3	54
45	Chad	145	↓1	49
46	Paul	142	↓4	39
47	Bryan	138	new	47
48	Phillip	136	↑1	66
49	Derrick	133	↑1	78
50	Larry	133	new	85

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