Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1993

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1993 were Ashley for girls (828 babies) and Christopher for boys (908). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 63,681 babies born in Tennessee in 1993 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1993

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: 17 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Laken: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Chasity: 54 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Porsha: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Charity: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Peyton: 40 babies, 4× the national rate
Brooklyn: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Racheal: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kaci: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Alesha: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Ladarius: 35 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Houston: 26 babies, 7× the national rate
Darrius: 29 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Cortez: 26 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Demarcus: 33 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Deangelo: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Courtney: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Coty: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Heath: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kerry: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1993

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Ashley	828	–	2
2	Jessica	757	–	1
3	Brittany	637	–	6
4	Sarah	558	↑1	3
5	Kayla	507	↓1	16
6	Taylor	502	↑10	7
7	Emily	496	–	5
8	Amber	449	↓2	17
9	Megan	398	↑2	11
10	Hannah	386	↑2	21
11	Rachel	378	↓1	14
12	Amanda	353	↓3	8
13	Lauren	342	–	12
14	Chelsea	339	↓6	25
15	Courtney	332	↑4	20
16	Samantha	330	↓2	4
17	Elizabeth	329	↓2	9
18	Mary	326	↓1	36
19	Kelsey	304	↓1	24
20	Shelby	301	↑1	37
21	Jasmine	297	↑2	23
22	Victoria	280	↑5	19
23	Morgan	257	↑6	34
24	Tiffany	257	↓2	33
25	Haley	247	↑6	42
26	Heather	247	↓6	38
27	Katherine	220	↑1	29
28	Rebecca	220	↓3	22
29	Jennifer	219	↓5	15
30	Stephanie	209	↓4	10
31	Whitney	206	↑3	82
32	Danielle	203	↑5	18
33	Alexis	202	↑17	27
34	Anna	187	↑4	47
35	Lindsey	183	↓5	56
36	Sara	169	↑3	40
37	Allison	164	↑8	41
38	Kimberly	161	↓3	39
39	Laura	159	↓3	43
40	Erica	158	↓8	49
41	Brianna	153	new	32
42	Savannah	152	new	96
43	Olivia	150	↑1	50
44	Kaitlyn	148	↓1	46
45	Katie	148	↓12	63
46	Kristen	143	↓4	61
47	Alexandria	138	↓6	69
48	Brittney	135	↓8	77
49	Madison	135	new	78
50	Katelyn	134	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Christopher	908	–	2
2	Michael	866	↑1	1
3	Joshua	862	↓1	4
4	William	862	↑1	18
5	James	851	↓1	14
6	Matthew	713	–	3
7	Brandon	710	↑1	6
8	Jacob	708	↑5	9
9	Tyler	651	↑2	5
10	John	633	↑2	16
11	Zachary	621	↓2	15
12	Cody	586	↓5	24
13	Justin	554	↓3	20
14	David	522	–	11
15	Joseph	517	↑2	12
16	Robert	479	–	17
17	Andrew	472	↓2	10
18	Austin	471	↑12	26
19	Daniel	448	↑1	7
20	Nicholas	430	↓1	8
21	Jonathan	423	↓3	22
22	Ryan	365	↓1	13
23	Charles	323	↓1	44
24	Jordan	320	–	28
25	Thomas	316	↑3	27
26	Timothy	300	↓1	38
27	Aaron	292	↓1	30
28	Dylan	290	↓5	33
29	Anthony	285	–	19
30	Steven	272	↓3	31
31	Caleb	260	↑10	66
32	Benjamin	250	↑2	32
33	Alexander	244	–	21
34	Dustin	237	↓3	59
35	Kevin	232	–	25
36	Samuel	222	↑2	37
37	Eric	213	–	29
38	Taylor	205	↓2	51
39	Nathan	204	↑3	41
40	Hunter	197	new	97
41	Kyle	196	↑5	23
42	Adam	195	↑2	39
43	Jeremy	190	↓11	46
44	Christian	184	↑1	35
45	Corey	183	new	68
46	Stephen	175	↓6	47
47	Travis	175	↓8	50
48	Patrick	173	↓5	43
49	Richard	172	–	40
50	Cameron	170	↓3	54

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