Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1989

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1989 were Jessica for girls (1,180 babies) and Joshua for boys (1,206). Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 64,426 babies born in Tennessee in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1989

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

Girls

Keosha: 16 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Chasity: 67 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jessi: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Joshua: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Demetria: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Jerrica: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Logan: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marquita: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Misty: 62 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kierra: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Coty: 34 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Rico: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Darrius: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Courtney: 57 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Demarcus: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jarvis: 41 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Hunter: 75 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Deangelo: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Demario: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Billy: 83 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Jessica	1,180	–	1
2	Ashley	1,179	–	2
3	Brittany	1,068	–	3
4	Amanda	684	–	4
5	Sarah	577	–	5
6	Kayla	544	↑3	20
7	Amber	529	↓1	14
8	Lauren	483	↑3	9
9	Megan	478	↑3	11
10	Tiffany	467	↓3	16
11	Heather	440	↓1	15
12	Jennifer	417	↓4	7
13	Rachel	387	–	18
14	Samantha	382	↑5	6
15	Elizabeth	348	↓1	10
16	Emily	342	↑1	13
17	Courtney	335	↑5	21
18	Stephanie	311	↓2	8
19	Mary	302	↓1	38
20	Jasmine	288	↑18	30
21	Whitney	279	↓6	57
22	Brittney	278	↑3	41
23	Chelsea	265	↑11	27
24	Kimberly	245	↓3	28
25	Rebecca	241	↓1	24
26	Erica	234	↑2	34
27	Laura	226	↓7	25
28	Katherine	225	↓5	26
29	Hannah	209	↑8	42
30	Lindsey	206	↓3	48
31	Kristen	202	↓1	36
32	Christina	193	↓6	23
33	Amy	182	↓2	35
34	Danielle	172	↑1	17
35	Sara	171	↓2	29
36	Anna	168	↑3	51
37	Crystal	167	↓8	32
38	April	160	↓6	66
39	Andrea	156	↑9	39
40	Melissa	156	↓4	19
41	Victoria	156	↑8	44
42	Kelsey	154	new	31
43	Kelly	150	↓3	37
44	Morgan	148	new	69
45	Alicia	145	new	53
46	Katie	145	↓5	45
47	Jamie	135	↓1	52
48	Erin	132	new	40
49	Kristin	130	↑1	60
50	Allison	127	↓3	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Joshua	1,206	–	4
2	Christopher	1,199	–	2
3	Michael	1,056	↑1	1
4	James	1,027	↑1	9
5	Justin	963	↓2	8
6	Matthew	888	–	3
7	William	845	–	15
8	Brandon	678	–	18
9	Robert	676	↑1	10
10	John	621	↓1	12
11	David	585	–	5
12	Jonathan	564	–	17
13	Daniel	533	↑2	6
14	Andrew	511	↓1	7
15	Joseph	487	↓1	11
16	Dustin	393	↑3	48
17	Cody	391	↑6	45
18	Jeremy	390	↓2	34
19	Nicholas	383	↑2	14
20	Charles	380	↓2	36
21	Jacob	371	↑5	26
22	Thomas	369	↓2	23
23	Zachary	365	↑5	25
24	Timothy	364	↓7	28
25	Steven	345	↓1	22
26	Ryan	333	↑1	13
27	Adam	318	↑2	27
28	Benjamin	308	↑2	29
29	Kevin	302	↑3	19
30	Anthony	296	↓8	16
31	Tyler	294	↑3	30
32	Eric	287	↓7	21
33	Aaron	281	↑5	31
34	Stephen	254	↑1	40
35	Brian	250	↓4	24
36	Richard	249	↑1	33
37	Jordan	236	↑11	44
38	Bradley	222	↑7	58
39	Kenneth	216	↑3	53
40	Travis	214	↓7	41
41	Nathan	211	↓1	43
42	Corey	203	↓3	55
43	Patrick	189	–	38
44	Samuel	189	↑2	47
45	Kyle	186	↓4	20
46	Mark	181	↑1	42
47	Jason	175	↓11	35
48	Austin	171	new	59
49	Jesse	171	↑1	50
50	Jeffrey	168	↓6	37

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