Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1984

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1984 were Ashley for girls (1,096 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,262). Ashley ranked #3 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 58,844 babies born in Tennessee in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1984

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, 6.4× the national rate
Lakesha: 28 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Brittney: 93 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kenya: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Chasity: 40 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Callie: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kirby: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Misty: 145 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Candy: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tabitha: 108 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Deangelo: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jackie: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Chadwick: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Courtney: 54 babies, 4× the national rate
Scotty: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Jarvis: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jody: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dewayne: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bobby: 119 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Quinton: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Ashley	1,096	–	3
2	Jessica	1,033	↑1	2
3	Jennifer	1,016	↓1	1
4	Amanda	918	–	4
5	Heather	526	–	9
6	Tiffany	440	–	14
7	Rachel	423	↑2	15
8	Sarah	418	↓1	5
9	Elizabeth	408	↑7	10
10	Crystal	396	↓2	12
11	Stephanie	382	↓1	6
12	Amber	362	–	18
13	Amy	341	–	13
14	Kimberly	341	↓3	22
15	Laura	316	↑5	19
16	Mary	314	↓1	33
17	Rebecca	307	↑1	23
18	Melissa	303	↑1	8
19	April	286	↓5	42
20	Megan	282	↑17	11
21	Emily	280	↓4	24
22	Lauren	276	↓1	21
23	Erica	247	↑2	34
24	Brittany	243	↑21	41
25	Angela	242	↓3	26
26	Lindsey	242	–	35
27	Christina	207	↓3	20
28	Brandy	199	↓5	64
29	Brandi	196	–	61
30	Katherine	190	–	30
31	Samantha	190	↑4	39
32	Jamie	187	–	31
33	Kelly	187	↑1	27
34	Andrea	181	↓1	28
35	Danielle	181	new	16
36	Alicia	171	↑6	40
37	Holly	165	↓9	53
38	Michelle	165	↓7	17
39	Erin	158	↓12	25
40	Courtney	157	↓2	46
41	Latoya	157	new	60
42	Misty	145	↓1	98
43	Leslie	140	↓3	75
44	Kristen	138	–	38
45	Sara	131	↓2	32
46	Lindsay	130	↓7	36
47	Nicole	124	↑1	7
48	Lisa	121	↓12	29
49	Anna	118	new	57
50	Kristin	118	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Christopher	1,262	–	2
2	Joshua	1,197	↑2	4
3	James	1,052	–	7
4	Michael	1,033	↓2	1
5	Matthew	953	–	3
6	William	806	–	16
7	Brandon	755	–	15
8	David	686	↑2	5
9	John	685	–	8
10	Robert	671	↑3	9
11	Justin	647	–	13
12	Jonathan	638	–	19
13	Daniel	636	↑1	6
14	Jason	544	↓6	11
15	Joseph	543	–	10
16	Adam	457	–	18
17	Brian	392	↑2	17
18	Jeremy	392	↓1	31
19	Charles	385	↓1	33
20	Timothy	383	↑5	26
21	Dustin	366	↑1	41
22	Eric	354	↑1	22
23	Andrew	347	↓3	14
24	Thomas	343	↓3	25
25	Kevin	332	↑1	24
26	Steven	320	↓2	23
27	Stephen	282	↑7	35
28	Anthony	280	↑1	21
29	Nicholas	277	↑3	20
30	Richard	270	–	27
31	Benjamin	267	↓3	30
32	Ryan	267	↑1	12
33	Travis	259	↓6	42
34	Mark	215	↑4	32
35	Kenneth	209	↑4	46
36	Nathan	202	↓1	38
37	Marcus	197	↑3	57
38	Jeffrey	196	↓7	28
39	Bradley	187	↓2	53
40	Aaron	186	↓4	29
41	Patrick	185	–	36
42	Jacob	183	–	37
43	Gregory	175	–	44
44	Zachary	169	new	45
45	Bryan	138	↑2	48
46	Derek	138	new	52
47	Samuel	137	↓3	55
48	Chad	136	↓3	51
49	Derrick	136	–	79
50	Paul	134	↓4	40

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