Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1988

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1988 were Jessica for girls (1,267 babies) and Joshua for boys (1,307). Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 62,779 babies born in Tennessee in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1988

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: 17 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Kirby: 16 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Chasity: 63 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lakesha: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Tosha: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Demetria: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tabitha: 97 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lora: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kala: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lakeisha: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Cortney: 21 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Dewayne: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Marty: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jackie: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Cortez: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rico: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Demarcus: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Coty: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jarvis: 40 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Deangelo: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Jessica	1,267	↑1	1
2	Ashley	1,177	↓1	2
3	Brittany	814	↑1	6
4	Amanda	754	↓1	3
5	Sarah	547	↑3	4
6	Amber	516	↑1	15
7	Tiffany	481	↑2	13
8	Jennifer	479	↓3	5
9	Kayla	466	↑5	20
10	Heather	462	↓4	14
11	Lauren	433	↑5	11
12	Megan	402	↑3	12
13	Rachel	377	↓2	19
14	Elizabeth	360	↓1	10
15	Whitney	354	↓5	39
16	Stephanie	343	↓4	7
17	Emily	338	↑1	18
18	Mary	313	↓1	34
19	Samantha	313	↑1	8
20	Laura	269	↑1	23
21	Kimberly	265	↓2	25
22	Courtney	257	↑9	24
23	Katherine	224	↑9	27
24	Rebecca	224	↓1	26
25	Brittney	221	↑5	52
26	Christina	219	↑8	22
27	Lindsey	218	–	48
28	Erica	212	↓2	31
29	Crystal	202	↓5	28
30	Kristen	193	↑8	36
31	Amy	189	↓9	29
32	April	189	↓7	65
33	Sara	182	↓4	30
34	Chelsea	181	↑9	33
35	Danielle	181	↓2	17
36	Melissa	168	↓8	16
37	Hannah	165	↑9	61
38	Jasmine	165	new	53
39	Anna	160	↑5	54
40	Kelly	149	↓1	32
41	Katie	146	new	40
42	Brandi	144	↑3	91
43	Holly	140	↓1	72
44	Kathryn	136	new	55
45	Angela	133	↓10	38
46	Jamie	131	↓6	45
47	Allison	130	↓6	46
48	Andrea	129	↓12	35
49	Victoria	129	↑1	42
50	Kristin	124	↓2	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Joshua	1,307	↑1	4
2	Christopher	1,187	↓1	2
3	Justin	1,088	↑4	7
4	Michael	1,079	↓1	1
5	James	958	–	9
6	Matthew	874	↓2	3
7	William	857	↓1	16
8	Brandon	694	–	17
9	John	666	–	11
10	Robert	620	–	10
11	David	616	–	6
12	Jonathan	580	–	15
13	Andrew	550	–	5
14	Joseph	535	↑1	12
15	Daniel	515	↓1	8
16	Jeremy	434	↑1	35
17	Timothy	386	↑2	25
18	Charles	384	↓2	37
19	Dustin	379	↓1	48
20	Thomas	372	–	23
21	Nicholas	368	↑5	14
22	Anthony	356	↑1	18
23	Cody	341	↑8	43
24	Steven	321	–	24
25	Eric	316	↓4	19
26	Jacob	308	↑10	28
27	Ryan	305	↑3	13
28	Zachary	304	↑4	29
29	Adam	303	↓4	26
30	Benjamin	299	↓3	30
31	Brian	297	↓2	22
32	Kevin	285	↓4	20
33	Travis	283	↑2	41
34	Tyler	266	↑3	33
35	Stephen	256	↓1	40
36	Jason	251	↓14	27
37	Richard	248	↓4	32
38	Aaron	243	↑1	31
39	Corey	224	↑1	56
40	Nathan	211	↑8	44
41	Kyle	207	–	21
42	Kenneth	204	↑1	51
43	Patrick	203	↑1	42
44	Jeffrey	197	↑1	36
45	Bradley	195	↓3	57
46	Samuel	189	↓8	45
47	Mark	172	↓1	39
48	Jordan	171	↓1	52
49	Wesley	156	new	93
50	Jesse	151	new	55

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