State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 78,574 Tennessee births in 1957 across 1,090 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Tennessee more than they say America.

#51Shelia#180 nationally
#64Jackie#178 nationally
#66Donnie#177 nationally
#90Patsyoutside the national top 200
#46Glenda#134 nationally
#92Jackie#162 nationally
#84Vivian#153 nationally
#79Melissa#147 nationally
#41Rickey#108 nationally
#67Charlotte#133 nationally
#76Vicky#142 nationally
#93Garry#158 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,104US #1
#2Deborah1,046US #6
#3Linda912US #3
#4Brenda825US #13
#5Patricia805US #8
#6Teresa804US #24
#7Kathy734US #20
#8Debra732US #4
#9Sharon699US #14
#10Donna668US #10
#11Karen662US #5
#12Pamela649US #12
#13Cynthia646US #7
#14Susan619US #2
#15Sandra572US #15
#16Barbara521US #9
#17Carolyn459US #33
#18Debbie429US #27
#19Janice406US #32
#20Judy397US #38
#21Nancy390US #11
#22Vickie383US #70
#23Lisa373US #26
#24Wanda366US #59
#25Sherry364US #55
#26Betty344US #50
#27Elizabeth344US #22
#28Connie338US #47
#29Carol336US #18
#30Beverly333US #48
#31Cheryl322US #16
#32Janet322US #23
#33Rebecca320US #34
#34Cathy299US #39
#35Sheila295US #58
#36Shirley287US #46
#37Joyce273US #40
#38Cindy259US #19
#39Martha256US #63
#40Rita254US #78
#41Margaret241US #29
#42Rhonda237US #52
#43Vicki235US #51
#44Phyllis208US #90
#45Diane189US #17
#46Glenda188US #134
#47Anita186US #81
#48Marilyn185US #82
#49Robin178US #30
#50Paula176US #49
#51Shelia175US #180
#52Peggy170US #62
#53Angela166US #89
#54Dorothy163US #74
#55Katherine153US #72
#56Denise148US #25
#57Kimberly148US #42
#58Darlene146US #57
#59Jacqueline145US #91
#60Doris137US #119
#61Gloria137US #66
#62Theresa137US #36
#63Virginia137US #75
#64Laura134US #31
#65Catherine133US #37
#66Helen133US #95
#67Charlotte130US #133
#68Regina129US #123
#69Sarah126US #116
#70Kim118US #35
#71Alice116US #106
#72Jo116US #83
#73Terri116US #68
#74Terry115US #92
#75Tina115US #80
#76Vicky115US #142
#77Bonnie106US #64
#78Jennifer106US #87
#79Melissa105US #147
#80Frances101US #113
#81Jane100US #56
#82Julie99US #28
#83Rose99US #69
#84Vivian99US #153
#85Ann96US #44
#86Ruth96US #84
#87Gwendolyn93US #132
#88Gail88US #54
#89Julia88US #122
#90Patsy88
#91Tammy86US #107
#92Jackie85US #162
#93Diana82US #43
#94Leslie81US #77
#95Amy79US #114
#96Anna79US #105
#97Evelyn76US #125
#98Kathryn76US #65
#99Annette75US #97
#100Audrey75US #149

Boys

#1James2,220US #2
#2Michael1,621US #1
#3David1,484US #3
#4Robert1,393US #4
#5William1,389US #6
#6John1,176US #5
#7Charles1,005US #11
#8Terry729US #33
#9Richard716US #8
#10Mark703US #7
#11Gary677US #13
#12Thomas676US #9
#13Larry668US #22
#14Jerry605US #35
#15Kenneth588US #14
#16Ricky587US #40
#17Donald527US #15
#18Steven504US #10
#19Danny493US #45
#20Ronald489US #17
#21Randy451US #31
#22Billy413US #64
#23Timothy399US #19
#24Paul364US #18
#25Joseph349US #12
#26Jimmy342US #77
#27Bobby338US #78
#28Anthony336US #27
#29Johnny332US #61
#30George327US #29
#31Gregory324US #23
#32Stephen323US #24
#33Dennis307US #28
#34Steve306US #44
#35Ronnie302US #73
#36Roger291US #42
#37Jeffrey274US #21
#38Tony274US #71
#39Joe267US #57
#40Edward255US #25
#41Rickey233US #108
#42Randall228US #59
#43Carl219US #49
#44Darrell217US #90
#45Daniel214US #16
#46Tommy214US #102
#47Jeffery212US #52
#48Douglas209US #30
#49Eddie200US #95
#50Micheal198US #85
#51Barry195US #72
#52Willie193US #63
#53Roy190US #65
#54Harold179US #74
#55Phillip178US #79
#56Keith175US #36
#57Samuel174US #82
#58Walter171US #58
#59Mike169US #53
#60Stanley165US #81
#61Frank156US #38
#62Jack152US #67
#63Raymond141US #39
#64Jackie132US #178
#65Melvin128US #113
#66Donnie126US #177
#67Kevin126US #20
#68Wayne126US #47
#69Bruce123US #34
#70Gerald117US #51
#71Howard116US #89
#72Alan110US #48
#73Henry107US #75
#74Calvin105US #114
#75Curtis104US #80
#76Philip103US #68
#77Ray103US #111
#78Russell103US #54
#79Glenn100US #62
#80Marvin99US #112
#81Andrew97US #56
#82Don97US #117
#83Christopher96US #43
#84Lawrence96US #46
#85Ralph96US #76
#86Allen94US #91
#87Clarence92US #135
#88Dale91US #50
#89Patrick89US #41
#90Alvin87US #144
#91Fred86US #103
#92Scott86US #32
#93Garry85US #158
#94Albert79US #84
#95Jesse79US #133
#96Lee79US #105
#97Joel78US #104
#98Brian76US #26
#99Perry76US #145
#100Arthur75US #66

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑41Cindy#38
↑32Kimberly#57
↑23Kim#70
↑23Mike#59
↑18Debbie#18
↑18Tommy#46
↑17Lisa#23
↑17Denise#56

Falling

↓32Patsy#90
↓19Frances#80
↓19Ralph#85
↓16Gwendolyn#87
↓16Evelyn#97
↓15Gloria#61
↓14Gail#88
↓14Stanley#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.