Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1986

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1986 were Ashley for girls (1,324 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,251). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 58,870 babies born in Tennessee in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1986

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: 25 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Demetria: 22 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Tosha: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Chasity: 45 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lakesha: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lakeshia: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Tabitha: 115 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Christy: 83 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Charity: 41 babies, 3× the national rate
Tabatha: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Demario: 29 babies, 7× the national rate
Jarvis: 45 babies, 5× the national rate
Cortez: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jackie: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Hunter: 49 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dewayne: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Courtney: 55 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Deangelo: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Scotty: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Billy: 99 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	1,324	–	2
2	Jessica	1,324	–	1
3	Amanda	868	–	3
4	Jennifer	685	–	4
5	Brittany	586	↑1	8
6	Heather	529	↓1	9
7	Sarah	507	↑2	5
8	Amber	494	–	13
9	Whitney	407	↑31	32
10	Rachel	402	↓3	15
11	Megan	383	↑4	11
12	Tiffany	367	↑1	17
13	Stephanie	366	↓3	6
14	Kimberly	364	↓2	18
15	Amy	339	↑4	22
16	Elizabeth	332	↓2	10
17	Lauren	317	–	14
18	Crystal	288	↓7	25
19	Mary	287	↓3	37
20	Laura	279	↓2	20
21	Emily	243	↓1	24
22	Samantha	241	↑3	21
23	Rebecca	239	–	26
24	Lindsey	233	↑3	39
25	Melissa	225	↓4	12
26	Erica	217	–	31
27	Christina	206	↓3	19
28	April	200	↓6	53
29	Courtney	192	↑4	35
30	Jamie	182	↓2	34
31	Katherine	181	↑4	28
32	Angela	168	↓2	33
33	Danielle	166	↓2	16
34	Anna	152	↑8	51
35	Sara	151	↑3	27
36	Michelle	149	↑3	23
37	Andrea	146	↓8	36
38	Brittney	146	↑11	65
39	Holly	145	↓2	63
40	Kelly	145	↓6	29
41	Lindsay	145	↑5	46
42	Brandy	141	↓10	84
43	Erin	135	↓2	30
44	Allison	132	↑3	42
45	Brandi	132	↓2	79
46	Alicia	129	↓10	45
47	Kristen	128	↓3	41
48	Kayla	123	new	64
49	Katie	122	new	38
50	Tara	121	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Christopher	1,251	–	2
2	Joshua	1,077	–	4
3	Michael	996	↑1	1
4	James	970	↓1	7
5	Matthew	876	–	3
6	Brandon	806	–	13
7	William	771	–	15
8	Justin	740	↑2	14
9	John	645	↑2	10
10	Robert	632	↑3	9
11	Jonathan	619	↓2	16
12	David	599	↓4	5
13	Daniel	550	↓1	6
14	Andrew	529	↑2	8
15	Jeremy	509	↑5	28
16	Joseph	503	↓2	12
17	Dustin	418	↑2	42
18	Charles	413	↓1	34
19	Timothy	382	↓1	27
20	Jason	352	↓5	18
21	Thomas	342	↑2	26
22	Ryan	326	↑4	11
23	Adam	324	↓2	24
24	Brian	322	–	20
25	Kevin	322	↑2	21
26	Eric	315	↓1	22
27	Nicholas	315	↑2	17
28	Steven	314	↓6	25
29	Anthony	299	↓1	19
30	Benjamin	279	–	30
31	Stephen	262	↑1	36
32	Jacob	255	↑2	31
33	Richard	243	↓2	29
34	Zachary	228	↓1	38
35	Jeffrey	209	↑4	32
36	Aaron	196	↑6	33
37	Nathan	187	–	43
38	Patrick	183	↓3	39
39	Travis	181	↑2	49
40	Cody	180	↑8	56
41	Bradley	174	↓3	54
42	Mark	172	↓2	35
43	Tyler	168	↑3	40
44	Corey	160	new	62
45	Kenneth	158	↓9	50
46	Gregory	157	↓2	46
47	Kyle	151	–	23
48	Marcus	151	↓5	63
49	Phillip	145	new	70
50	Samuel	142	↓5	52

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