Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1990

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1990 were Jessica for girls (1,105 babies) and Joshua for boys (1,205). Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 65,821 babies born in Tennessee in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1990

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

Girls

Chastity: 24 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Lakesha: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Chasity: 64 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Demetria: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lora: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Laquita: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jerrica: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Hollie: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Christy: 56 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Porsha: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Houston: 23 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Cortez: 37 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Ladarius: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Demario: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Darrius: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jackie: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Demarcus: 36 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jarvis: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Rusty: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Courtney: 46 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Jessica	1,105	–	1
2	Brittany	1,087	↑1	3
3	Ashley	1,085	↓1	2
4	Kayla	609	↑2	14
5	Amanda	586	↓1	4
6	Sarah	543	↓1	6
7	Amber	515	–	15
8	Lauren	456	–	10
9	Rachel	454	↑4	16
10	Megan	447	↓1	11
11	Courtney	438	↑6	17
12	Heather	414	↓1	19
13	Emily	394	↑3	12
14	Elizabeth	381	↑1	9
15	Tiffany	372	↓5	23
16	Jennifer	368	↓4	8
17	Samantha	362	↓3	5
18	Stephanie	347	–	7
19	Chelsea	333	↑4	24
20	Jasmine	333	–	28
21	Hannah	286	↑8	30
22	Mary	281	↓3	35
23	Brittney	236	↓1	44
24	Rebecca	232	↑1	21
25	Whitney	225	↓4	60
26	Kimberly	220	↓2	31
27	Katherine	215	↑1	26
28	Erica	207	↓2	36
29	Kristen	201	↑2	42
30	Anna	200	↑6	45
31	Kelsey	195	↑11	32
32	Lindsey	186	↓2	51
33	Morgan	185	↑11	58
34	Laura	184	↓7	29
35	Amy	175	↓2	38
36	Victoria	175	↑5	33
37	Danielle	170	↓3	18
38	Christina	165	↓6	25
39	Crystal	159	↓2	39
40	April	156	↓2	73
41	Caitlin	150	new	50
42	Katie	148	↑4	53
43	Jordan	145	new	59
44	Taylor	138	new	46
45	Andrea	134	↓6	40
46	Allison	132	↑4	48
47	Kristin	131	↑2	65
48	Melissa	131	↓8	20
49	Michelle	128	new	22
50	Sara	125	↓15	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Joshua	1,205	–	4
2	Christopher	1,182	–	2
3	James	1,015	↑1	8
4	Michael	998	↓1	1
5	Matthew	925	↑1	3
6	William	888	↑1	16
7	Justin	829	↓2	9
8	John	654	↑2	12
9	Brandon	633	↓1	19
10	Robert	631	↓1	13
11	Andrew	600	↑3	7
12	David	574	↓1	6
13	Jonathan	548	↓1	17
14	Daniel	502	↓1	5
15	Jacob	500	↑6	20
16	Joseph	495	↓1	10
17	Cody	484	–	31
18	Tyler	433	↑13	21
19	Zachary	426	↑4	22
20	Jeremy	395	↓2	40
21	Nicholas	394	↓2	14
22	Thomas	386	–	26
23	Charles	384	↓3	38
24	Ryan	372	↑2	11
25	Timothy	370	↓1	30
26	Jordan	359	↑11	29
27	Anthony	348	↑3	15
28	Steven	347	↓3	25
29	Dustin	329	↓13	50
30	Eric	321	↑2	24
31	Benjamin	277	↓3	33
32	Travis	271	↑8	42
33	Aaron	248	–	34
34	Richard	248	↑2	35
35	Kevin	244	↓6	23
36	Stephen	234	↓2	39
37	Adam	233	↓10	32
38	Kyle	228	↑7	18
39	Patrick	227	↑4	36
40	Samuel	225	↑4	45
41	Brian	224	↓6	27
42	Corey	208	–	56
43	Ethan	208	new	58
44	Jesse	192	↑5	48
45	Mark	192	↑1	47
46	Nathan	192	↓5	44
47	Austin	181	↑1	55
48	Bradley	171	↓10	65
49	Jeffrey	170	↑1	43
50	Jason	168	↓3	46

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