Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1991

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1991 were Ashley for girls (1,085 babies) and Joshua for boys (1,100). Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 65,771 babies born in Tennessee in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1991

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: 19 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Infant: 27 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Tosha: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Chasity: 76 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jerrica: 24 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Bridgett: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Laquita: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kenya: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ashton: 44 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Whitley: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Infant: 38 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Ladarius: 24 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Houston: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Cortez: 30 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jackie: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Coty: 45 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jarvis: 41 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rickey: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Hunter: 139 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Demarcus: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	1,085	↑2	1
2	Jessica	983	↓1	2
3	Brittany	872	↓1	3
4	Kayla	645	–	12
5	Sarah	500	↑1	6
6	Amber	474	↑1	16
7	Amanda	472	↓2	4
8	Megan	464	↑2	11
9	Emily	433	↑4	10
10	Lauren	429	↓2	13
11	Rachel	425	↓2	14
12	Samantha	399	↑5	5
13	Elizabeth	394	↑1	9
14	Chelsea	357	↑5	18
15	Courtney	346	↓4	19
16	Hannah	332	↑5	29
17	Tiffany	326	↓2	27
18	Jennifer	324	↓2	8
19	Jasmine	319	↑1	24
20	Shelby	317	new	33
21	Heather	315	↓9	23
22	Mary	297	–	38
23	Whitney	275	↑2	68
24	Kelsey	273	↑7	26
25	Stephanie	273	↓7	7
26	Rebecca	254	↓2	21
27	Victoria	233	↑9	28
28	Kimberly	229	↓2	34
29	Taylor	224	↑15	32
30	Katherine	223	↓3	25
31	Anna	221	↓1	46
32	Morgan	203	↑1	49
33	Kristen	196	↓4	48
34	Lindsey	192	↓2	52
35	Brittney	183	↓12	58
36	Laura	182	↓2	35
37	Erica	179	↓9	40
38	Danielle	174	↓1	17
39	Haley	174	new	79
40	Sara	169	↑10	37
41	Katie	168	↑1	53
42	Christina	161	↓4	31
43	April	139	↓3	88
44	Olivia	132	new	61
45	Caitlin	131	↓4	55
46	Andrea	128	↓1	39
47	Amy	127	↓12	43
48	Crystal	127	↓9	41
49	Allison	125	↓3	50
50	Kelly	122	new	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Joshua	1,100	–	4
2	Christopher	1,063	–	2
3	Michael	985	↑1	1
4	James	905	↓1	7
5	Matthew	884	–	3
6	William	843	–	19
7	Justin	703	–	14
8	Cody	677	↑9	24
9	Robert	647	↑1	13
10	Brandon	612	↓1	15
11	John	605	↓3	10
12	David	553	–	8
13	Andrew	552	↓2	5
14	Tyler	545	↑4	16
15	Jacob	535	–	17
16	Zachary	528	↑3	22
17	Joseph	510	↓1	9
18	Jonathan	491	↓5	20
19	Daniel	446	↓5	6
20	Nicholas	393	↑1	12
21	Jordan	380	↑5	29
22	Thomas	367	–	28
23	Timothy	361	↑2	32
24	Charles	352	↓1	38
25	Jeremy	350	↓5	43
26	Ryan	335	↓2	11
27	Anthony	321	–	18
28	Dustin	310	↑1	56
29	Steven	305	↓1	27
30	Benjamin	288	↑1	33
31	Eric	277	↓1	25
32	Kevin	274	↑3	23
33	Aaron	249	–	31
34	Austin	241	↑13	50
35	Adam	229	↑2	36
36	Richard	229	↓2	34
37	Stephen	229	↓1	41
38	Travis	222	↓6	44
39	Caleb	220	new	78
40	Patrick	219	↓1	35
41	Samuel	219	↓1	39
42	Kyle	215	↓4	21
43	Nathan	210	↑3	42
44	Alexander	202	new	26
45	Taylor	202	new	52
46	Corey	197	↓4	58
47	Brian	194	↓6	30
48	Ethan	189	↓5	65
49	Kenneth	185	new	54
50	Bradley	182	↓2	67

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