Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1985

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1985 were Ashley for girls (1,245 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,398). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 60,013 babies born in Tennessee in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1985

Names given at least 15 times in Tennessee that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Demetria: 21 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Laquita: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Chasity: 62 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Jada: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Tosha: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bridgett: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Chastity: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Latosha: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Keshia: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ladonna: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Cortney: 17 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Chadwick: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jarvis: 39 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Courtney: 55 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Demarcus: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Hunter: 40 babies, 4× the national rate
Quinton: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jackie: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Scotty: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dusty: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	1,245	–	2
2	Jessica	1,132	–	1
3	Amanda	982	↑1	4
4	Jennifer	794	↓1	3
5	Heather	541	–	8
6	Brittany	500	↑18	17
7	Rachel	443	–	13
8	Amber	442	↑4	16
9	Sarah	403	↓1	5
10	Stephanie	392	↑1	6
11	Crystal	376	↓1	21
12	Kimberly	373	↑2	19
13	Tiffany	371	↓7	23
14	Elizabeth	365	↓5	9
15	Megan	341	↑5	10
16	Mary	320	–	35
17	Lauren	314	↑5	15
18	Laura	313	↓3	14
19	Amy	288	↓6	20
20	Emily	277	↑1	24
21	Melissa	276	↓3	11
22	April	250	↓3	47
23	Rebecca	249	↓6	25
24	Christina	231	↑3	12
25	Samantha	225	↑6	29
26	Erica	224	↓3	34
27	Lindsey	223	↓1	37
28	Jamie	204	↑4	27
29	Andrea	197	↑5	33
30	Angela	196	↓5	31
31	Danielle	178	↑4	18
32	Brandy	174	↓4	70
33	Courtney	174	↑7	43
34	Kelly	171	↓1	28
35	Katherine	170	↓5	32
36	Alicia	166	–	45
37	Holly	162	–	56
38	Sara	162	↑7	30
39	Michelle	154	↓1	22
40	Whitney	149	new	73
41	Erin	148	↓2	26
42	Anna	144	↑7	54
43	Brandi	140	↓14	69
44	Kristen	139	–	38
45	Leslie	131	↓2	76
46	Lindsay	128	–	40
47	Allison	119	new	46
48	Lisa	114	–	36
49	Brittney	113	new	84
50	Shannon	112	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Christopher	1,398	–	2
2	Joshua	1,257	–	4
3	James	1,115	–	7
4	Michael	1,023	–	1
5	Matthew	903	–	3
6	Brandon	888	↑1	13
7	William	838	↓1	16
8	David	690	–	6
9	Jonathan	689	↑3	17
10	Justin	651	↑1	15
11	John	644	↓2	9
12	Daniel	619	↑1	5
13	Robert	613	↓3	8
14	Joseph	519	↑1	10
15	Jason	467	↓1	14
16	Andrew	417	↑7	11
17	Charles	409	↑2	34
18	Timothy	401	↑2	26
19	Dustin	392	↑2	41
20	Jeremy	385	↓2	30
21	Adam	362	↓5	22
22	Steven	362	↑4	24
23	Thomas	349	↑1	25
24	Brian	340	↓7	18
25	Eric	338	↓3	21
26	Ryan	304	↑6	12
27	Kevin	288	↓2	23
28	Anthony	282	–	20
29	Nicholas	280	–	19
30	Benjamin	279	↑1	31
31	Richard	271	↓1	28
32	Stephen	256	↓5	36
33	Zachary	234	↑11	39
34	Jacob	214	↑8	35
35	Patrick	211	↑6	37
36	Kenneth	206	↓1	47
37	Nathan	202	↓1	40
38	Bradley	197	↑1	53
39	Jeffrey	197	↓1	29
40	Mark	192	↓6	32
41	Travis	191	↓8	46
42	Aaron	177	↓2	33
43	Marcus	172	↓6	61
44	Gregory	170	↓1	45
45	Samuel	165	↑2	54
46	Tyler	165	new	43
47	Kyle	154	new	27
48	Cody	150	new	52
49	Wesley	147	new	94
50	Bryan	137	↓5	48

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