Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1987

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1987 were Ashley for girls (1,366 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,222). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 60,452 babies born in Tennessee in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1987

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

Girls

Kellye: 19 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Laquita: 23 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Demetria: 21 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Jada: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Tosha: 23 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Chasity: 57 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kala: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lakesha: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lakeshia: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Channing: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Jarvis: 48 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Deangelo: 33 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Cordell: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cortez: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Hunter: 55 babies, 4× the national rate
Dusty: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Courtney: 43 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Demarcus: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cornelius: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dewayne: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	1,366	–	2
2	Jessica	1,297	–	1
3	Amanda	830	–	3
4	Brittany	633	↑1	7
5	Jennifer	594	↓1	4
6	Heather	526	–	9
7	Amber	495	↑1	15
8	Sarah	488	↓1	5
9	Tiffany	389	↑3	18
10	Whitney	372	↓1	32
11	Rachel	365	↓1	17
12	Stephanie	364	↑1	6
13	Elizabeth	359	↑3	10
14	Kayla	357	↑34	27
15	Megan	342	↓4	12
16	Lauren	333	↑1	16
17	Mary	321	↑2	37
18	Emily	303	↑3	19
19	Kimberly	293	↓5	23
20	Samantha	292	↑2	11
21	Laura	271	↓1	22
22	Amy	264	↓7	24
23	Rebecca	238	–	25
24	Crystal	231	↓6	26
25	April	221	↑3	58
26	Erica	220	–	31
27	Lindsey	220	↓3	41
28	Melissa	220	↓3	13
29	Sara	197	↑6	29
30	Brittney	194	↑8	61
31	Courtney	192	↓2	33
32	Katherine	180	↓1	28
33	Danielle	174	–	14
34	Christina	172	↓7	20
35	Angela	159	↓3	35
36	Andrea	155	↑1	36
37	Brandy	154	↑5	92
38	Kristen	154	↑9	42
39	Kelly	153	↑1	30
40	Jamie	152	↓10	39
41	Allison	149	↑3	44
42	Holly	144	↓3	71
43	Chelsea	143	new	47
44	Anna	141	↓10	52
45	Brandi	134	–	88
46	Hannah	134	new	66
47	Alicia	129	↓1	46
48	Kristin	127	new	55
49	Casey	123	new	81
50	Victoria	120	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Christopher	1,222	–	2
2	Joshua	1,166	–	4
3	Michael	1,019	–	1
4	Matthew	955	↑1	3
5	James	936	↓1	8
6	William	801	↑1	15
7	Justin	800	↑1	9
8	Brandon	730	↓2	14
9	John	655	–	11
10	Robert	647	–	10
11	David	615	↑1	5
12	Jonathan	608	↓1	18
13	Andrew	568	↑1	6
14	Daniel	526	↓1	7
15	Joseph	473	↑1	12
16	Charles	431	↑2	35
17	Jeremy	429	↓2	29
18	Dustin	403	↓1	44
19	Timothy	400	–	26
20	Thomas	353	↑1	24
21	Eric	342	↑5	21
22	Jason	327	↓2	23
23	Anthony	326	↑6	17
24	Steven	324	↑4	25
25	Adam	319	↓2	27
26	Nicholas	317	↑1	16
27	Benjamin	293	↑3	28
28	Kevin	291	↓3	19
29	Brian	286	↓5	20
30	Ryan	271	↓8	13
31	Cody	259	↑9	49
32	Zachary	255	↑2	33
33	Richard	253	–	30
34	Stephen	252	↓3	38
35	Travis	243	↑4	42
36	Jacob	239	↓4	31
37	Tyler	207	↑6	39
38	Samuel	203	↑12	50
39	Aaron	196	↓3	34
40	Corey	189	↑4	57
41	Kyle	187	↑6	22
42	Bradley	186	↓1	56
43	Kenneth	185	↑2	53
44	Patrick	184	↓6	41
45	Jeffrey	183	↓10	32
46	Mark	183	↓4	36
47	Jordan	167	new	52
48	Nathan	161	↓11	45
49	Gregory	156	↓3	47
50	Bryan	153	new	51

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