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Baby names in Tennessee in the 1960s

In Tennessee in the 1960s the most given names were James (18,377 boys) and Lisa (12,072 girls), of 691,056 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Tennessee each year, the 1960s shaded
Tennessee births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101930195019701990201020251960-1969BoysGirls
Tennessee births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101930195019701990201020251960-1969BoysGirls
Tennessee births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101930195019701990201020251960-1969BoysGirls
Tennessee births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101950199020251960-1969BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Tennessee, 1960-1969: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Tennessee, 1960s

Girls, 1960-1969
#NameBirths
1Lisa12,072
2Tammy7,116
3Kimberly6,930
4Mary6,889
5Angela6,641
6Teresa6,363
7Donna5,958
8Karen5,847
9Pamela5,224
10Cynthia4,673
11Melissa4,499
12Sandra4,447
13Patricia4,430
14Linda4,300
15Sharon4,206
16Susan4,008
17Brenda3,737
18Tina3,737
19Deborah3,727
20Sherry3,419
Boys, 1960-1969
#NameBirths
1James18,377
2Michael14,255
3David13,287
4John11,098
5Robert10,756
6William10,680
7Timothy7,642
8Charles7,532
9Mark7,489
10Jeffrey6,452
11Richard5,445
12Kenneth5,301
13Terry4,837
14Thomas4,829
15Gregory4,555
16Anthony4,479
17Christopher4,066
18Jerry4,037
19Steven4,003
20Gary3,856

Births summed over 1960-1969, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Tennessee in the 1960s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1960-1969.

More about names in Tennessee

  1. The 1960s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. Tennessee: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. Tennessee in the 1970sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1960The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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