State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1958 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,790 Tennessee births in 1958 across 1,086 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
#63Jackie#188 nationally
#65Donnie#181 nationally
#95Patsyoutside the national top 200
#100Kenny#197 nationally
#59Glenda#141 nationally
#36Rickey#106 nationally
#71Charlotte#140 nationally
#63Melissa#130 nationally
#77Reginald#142 nationally
#87Gwendolyn#151 nationally
#69Doris#131 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,033US #1
#2Deborah854US #7
#3Linda822US #3
#4Teresa762US #26
#5Patricia761US #5
#6Kathy751US #14
#7Pamela739US #11
#8Donna683US #10
#9Brenda673US #16
#10Karen642US #4
#11Debra639US #6
#12Susan591US #2
#13Sandra584US #15
#14Cynthia581US #8
#15Sharon571US #17
#16Debbie508US #24
#17Lisa489US #19
#18Barbara473US #9
#19Cheryl426US #13
#20Judy404US #36
#21Carolyn394US #37
#22Nancy356US #12
#23Janice354US #35
#24Elizabeth336US #22
#25Sherry329US #67
#26Vickie318US #75
#27Janet315US #28
#28Wanda314US #66
#29Cathy312US #34
#30Rebecca307US #41
#31Betty297US #54
#32Carol285US #20
#33Sheila282US #59
#34Beverly268US #55
#35Connie267US #50
#36Rhonda267US #48
#37Shirley267US #52
#38Tammy264US #44
#39Joyce242US #46
#40Martha241US #69
#41Cindy240US #25
#42Peggy222US #42
#43Anita211US #82
#44Margaret211US #31
#45Phyllis210US #94
#46Angela200US #83
#47Rita191US #88
#48Vicki190US #57
#49Kimberly181US #39
#50Robin179US #32
#51Shelia178US #180
#52Diane171US #18
#53Paula169US #53
#54Terri161US #51
#55Dorothy158US #86
#56Laura155US #29
#57Tina148US #71
#58Julie146US #23
#59Glenda141US #141
#60Darlene140US #49
#61Regina138US #120
#62Virginia136US #85
#63Melissa135US #130
#64Jennifer131US #81
#65Marilyn130US #96
#66Terry130US #89
#67Gloria129US #77
#68Theresa128US #33
#69Doris127US #131
#70Rose125US #78
#71Charlotte124US #140
#72Helen124US #100
#73Jacqueline123US #99
#74Catherine122US #38
#75Denise121US #27
#76Kim117US #40
#77Jo113US #91
#78Katherine111US #74
#79Sarah110US #117
#80Annette108US #76
#81Bonnie100US #63
#82Penny99US #124
#83Diana96US #45
#84Amy95US #97
#85Valerie95US #64
#86Alice94US #115
#87Gwendolyn94US #151
#88Pam93US #139
#89Anna92US #103
#90Ann90US #47
#91Becky90US #111
#92Julia90US #119
#93Frances89US #118
#94Jane86US #61
#95Patsy86
#96Vicky85US #150
#97Belinda84US #144
#98Kathryn84US #58
#99Leslie83US #79
#100Gail80US #72

Boys

#1James2,058US #3
#2Michael1,606US #1
#3David1,486US #2
#4William1,262US #6
#5Robert1,227US #4
#6John1,155US #5
#7Charles1,062US #11
#8Ricky754US #34
#9Mark716US #7
#10Richard710US #8
#11Terry685US #33
#12Timothy632US #13
#13Larry605US #22
#14Jerry593US #35
#15Gary590US #17
#16Kenneth572US #14
#17Thomas564US #9
#18Ronald484US #19
#19Donald461US #18
#20Randy458US #32
#21Danny452US #45
#22Steven419US #10
#23Anthony383US #27
#24Gregory379US #23
#25Billy359US #64
#26Johnny344US #61
#27Bobby341US #69
#28Jeffrey337US #21
#29Dennis329US #29
#30George329US #31
#31Paul311US #15
#32Ronnie311US #66
#33Jimmy310US #73
#34Tony306US #57
#35Joseph303US #12
#36Rickey289US #106
#37Stephen288US #26
#38Mike273US #40
#39Steve269US #44
#40Roger265US #47
#41Joe263US #56
#42Randall246US #62
#43Edward232US #28
#44Jeffery227US #59
#45Tommy221US #104
#46Eddie205US #100
#47Roy204US #75
#48Carl201US #51
#49Darrell197US #90
#50Phillip194US #81
#51Daniel185US #16
#52Micheal184US #91
#53Willie177US #70
#54Douglas173US #30
#55Barry170US #79
#56Harold170US #84
#57Stanley167US #88
#58Keith166US #37
#59Christopher160US #39
#60Samuel160US #85
#61Walter151US #63
#62Kevin146US #20
#63Jackie139US #188
#64Raymond138US #43
#65Donnie128US #181
#66Frank126US #38
#67Jack125US #80
#68Tim124US #74
#69Brian121US #24
#70Jeff118US #68
#71Bruce117US #36
#72Henry116US #83
#73Marvin116US #119
#74Gerald115US #58
#75Wayne111US #48
#76Melvin105US #122
#77Reginald105US #142
#78Scott104US #25
#79Alan101US #49
#80Calvin101US #123
#81Don101US #112
#82Howard101US #95
#83Curtis100US #82
#84Ralph99US #78
#85Ernest97US #113
#86Glenn97US #76
#87Philip96US #67
#88Russell96US #54
#89Albert90US #89
#90Allen88US #92
#91Ray87US #121
#92Clarence82US #138
#93Lawrence82US #52
#94Rodney82US #65
#95Joel81US #120
#96Andrew77US #55
#97Fred77US #115
#98Eric76US #50
#99Dale74US #46
#100Kenny74US #197

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑53Tammy#38
↑29Brian#69
↑24Julie#58
↑24Christopher#59
↑21Mike#38
↑19Terri#54
↑19Annette#80
↑18Tina#57

Falling

↓23Katherine#78
↓20Vicky#96
↓19Denise#75
↓17Marilyn#65
↓15Alice#86
↓15Andrew#96
↓14Jacqueline#73
↓14Ray#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.