Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1992

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1992 were Ashley for girls (900 babies) and Christopher for boys (987). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 64,919 babies born in Tennessee in 1992 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1992

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: 22 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Chasity: 67 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Jerrica: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Brooklyn: 31 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Terri: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Valencia: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Demetria: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kierra: 43 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Charity: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Harley: 28 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Ladarius: 37 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Dewayne: 26 babies, 6× the national rate
Scotty: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Courtney: 39 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jarvis: 38 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Deangelo: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Coty: 44 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Demarcus: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cortez: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Hunter: 154 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1992

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Ashley	900	–	1
2	Jessica	783	–	2
3	Brittany	726	–	4
4	Kayla	618	–	13
5	Sarah	516	–	5
6	Amber	498	–	19
7	Emily	465	↑2	7
8	Chelsea	425	↑6	15
9	Amanda	422	↓2	3
10	Rachel	411	↑1	16
11	Megan	406	↓3	10
12	Hannah	387	↑4	26
13	Lauren	381	↓3	12
14	Samantha	354	↓2	6
15	Elizabeth	330	↓2	9
16	Taylor	329	↑13	17
17	Mary	308	↑5	36
18	Kelsey	299	↑6	23
19	Courtney	298	↓4	21
20	Heather	290	↑1	31
21	Shelby	287	↓1	34
22	Tiffany	286	↓5	32
23	Jasmine	280	↓4	28
24	Jennifer	270	↓6	11
25	Rebecca	245	↑1	20
26	Stephanie	243	↓1	8
27	Victoria	243	–	22
28	Katherine	229	↑2	27
29	Morgan	227	↑3	41
30	Lindsey	223	↑4	57
31	Haley	209	↑8	56
32	Erica	191	↑5	44
33	Katie	189	↑8	54
34	Whitney	187	↓11	85
35	Kimberly	177	↓7	35
36	Laura	176	–	38
37	Danielle	172	↑1	18
38	Anna	165	↓7	49
39	Sara	158	↑1	37
40	Brittney	157	↓5	68
41	Alexandria	147	new	73
42	Kristen	146	↓9	53
43	Kaitlyn	142	new	42
44	Olivia	139	–	58
45	Allison	137	↑4	48
46	Andrea	133	–	39
47	Brandi	124	new	>100
48	Kelly	123	↑2	47
49	Christina	122	↓7	33
50	Alexis	120	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Christopher	987	↑1	2
2	Joshua	930	↓1	4
3	Michael	897	–	1
4	James	843	–	9
5	William	840	↑1	20
6	Matthew	801	↓1	3
7	Cody	720	↑1	24
8	Brandon	696	↑2	6
9	Zachary	629	↑7	16
10	Justin	623	↓3	18
11	Tyler	623	↑3	8
12	John	605	↓1	14
13	Jacob	596	↑2	15
14	David	542	↓2	10
15	Andrew	531	↓2	5
16	Robert	523	↓7	17
17	Joseph	466	–	11
18	Jonathan	443	–	21
19	Nicholas	415	↑1	12
20	Daniel	401	↓1	7
21	Ryan	342	↑5	13
22	Charles	335	↑2	43
23	Dylan	317	new	28
24	Jordan	313	↓3	32
25	Timothy	311	↓2	34
26	Aaron	306	↑7	30
27	Steven	306	↑2	29
28	Thomas	306	↓6	27
29	Anthony	302	↓2	19
30	Austin	297	↑4	38
31	Dustin	274	↓3	58
32	Jeremy	274	↓7	47
33	Alexander	251	↑11	23
34	Benjamin	249	↓4	33
35	Kevin	243	↓3	25
36	Taylor	242	↑9	52
37	Eric	241	↓6	26
38	Samuel	236	↑3	40
39	Travis	224	↓1	48
40	Stephen	217	↓3	45
41	Caleb	215	↓2	74
42	Nathan	208	↑1	44
43	Patrick	205	↓3	39
44	Adam	199	↓9	36
45	Christian	199	new	35
46	Kyle	192	↓4	22
47	Cameron	187	new	53
48	Ethan	187	–	76
49	Richard	186	↓13	41
50	Jesse	175	new	50

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