State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,444 Tennessee births in 1959 across 1,078 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#69Jackie#197 nationally
#65Donnie#184 nationally
#52Shelia#170 nationally
#80Timmy#188 nationally
#99Patsyoutside the national top 200
#81Vivian#177 nationally
#61Glenda#148 nationally
#35Rickey#117 nationally
#65Charlotte#144 nationally
#97Kenny#174 nationally
#89Vicky#164 nationally
#72Reginald#144 nationally

Girls

#1Mary976US #1
#2Donna971US #5
#3Teresa816US #24
#4Linda747US #3
#5Pamela729US #12
#6Patricia727US #6
#7Deborah709US #9
#8Brenda682US #16
#9Cynthia631US #8
#10Debra627US #7
#11Kathy624US #15
#12Lisa622US #10
#13Sandra598US #13
#14Karen575US #4
#15Debbie527US #20
#16Sharon527US #17
#17Susan517US #2
#18Tammy478US #31
#19Barbara426US #11
#20Carolyn343US #42
#21Elizabeth325US #21
#22Sheila322US #52
#23Cheryl319US #18
#24Vickie317US #90
#25Connie309US #48
#26Janice309US #37
#27Judy308US #41
#28Nancy305US #14
#29Janet299US #28
#30Kimberly295US #33
#31Carol292US #22
#32Sherry290US #58
#33Cindy289US #25
#34Wanda289US #65
#35Betty284US #59
#36Shirley277US #61
#37Rebecca264US #38
#38Beverly257US #55
#39Cathy249US #39
#40Angela245US #68
#41Joyce231US #50
#42Rhonda230US #45
#43Robin208US #32
#44Rita203US #98
#45Tina203US #53
#46Margaret194US #36
#47Phyllis193US #103
#48Peggy192US #57
#49Anita189US #87
#50Martha187US #72
#51Laura184US #30
#52Shelia173US #170
#53Vicki169US #73
#54Regina163US #117
#55Diane154US #19
#56Kim154US #35
#57Dorothy152US #94
#58Paula147US #51
#59Terri144US #46
#60Darlene141US #66
#61Glenda139US #148
#62Julie135US #26
#63Denise133US #29
#64Virginia130US #93
#65Charlotte129US #144
#66Katherine129US #79
#67Terry129US #95
#68Theresa125US #34
#69Marilyn124US #109
#70Gloria122US #81
#71Melissa117US #127
#72Annette114US #64
#73Jacqueline114US #111
#74Becky113US #102
#75Jennifer110US #78
#76Amy105US #85
#77Pam103US #125
#78Helen101US #108
#79Alice100US #112
#80Catherine100US #40
#81Vivian99US #177
#82Rose98US #88
#83Anna97US #99
#84Doris97US #138
#85Vanessa97US #139
#86Sarah94US #119
#87Frances92US #124
#88Lori90US #27
#89Vicky90US #164
#90Melinda89US #151
#91Gwendolyn87US #159
#92Jo86US #115
#93Julia83US #116
#94Kathryn82US #69
#95Leslie82US #84
#96Carla81US #118
#97Ann80US #44
#98Bonnie80US #71
#99Patsy80
#100Valerie80US #60

Boys

#1James2,023US #3
#2David1,523US #2
#3Michael1,489US #1
#4William1,271US #7
#5Robert1,142US #5
#6John1,138US #4
#7Charles928US #11
#8Mark819US #6
#9Ricky810US #34
#10Timothy694US #12
#11Terry686US #33
#12Richard622US #8
#13Kenneth597US #15
#14Larry583US #25
#15Thomas583US #9
#16Gary549US #20
#17Jerry534US #36
#18Steven454US #10
#19Jeffrey450US #16
#20Ronald413US #21
#21Donald411US #19
#22Billy404US #65
#23Gregory392US #23
#24Danny388US #48
#25Randy378US #31
#26Anthony370US #26
#27Johnny348US #64
#28Jimmy342US #69
#29Bobby336US #71
#30Tony327US #53
#31Joseph314US #13
#32Paul312US #17
#33Steve309US #41
#34Dennis304US #29
#35Rickey283US #117
#36George271US #32
#37Jeffery263US #55
#38Roger251US #47
#39Ronnie248US #77
#40Stephen248US #28
#41Mike239US #37
#42Joe230US #57
#43Randall230US #59
#44Barry213US #73
#45Tommy213US #108
#46Edward211US #27
#47Phillip204US #74
#48Keith200US #39
#49Douglas189US #30
#50Tim187US #60
#51Carl185US #54
#52Eddie185US #101
#53Daniel184US #18
#54Willie178US #78
#55Kevin172US #14
#56Micheal171US #96
#57Darrell168US #90
#58Jeff163US #52
#59Christopher159US #35
#60Roy154US #81
#61Stanley153US #98
#62Walter151US #66
#63Samuel142US #86
#64Eric136US #46
#65Donnie134US #184
#66Wayne130US #51
#67Brian128US #22
#68Harold126US #87
#69Jackie123US #197
#70Raymond122US #45
#71Frank121US #42
#72Reginald118US #144
#73Bruce117US #38
#74Philip116US #68
#75Scott114US #24
#76Andrew111US #58
#77Marvin111US #123
#78Jack109US #85
#79Gerald105US #61
#80Timmy105US #188
#81Russell104US #56
#82Melvin103US #122
#83Henry101US #83
#84Ralph101US #84
#85Allen98US #97
#86Calvin95US #125
#87Alan94US #50
#88Curtis92US #75
#89Howard92US #104
#90Chris91US #72
#91Dale86US #49
#92Clarence85US #147
#93Lawrence85US #62
#94Fred81US #112
#95Greg81US #91
#96Rodney81US #67
#97Kenny78US #174
#98Ray76US #121
#99Albert75US #92
#100Earl75US #135

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑34Eric#64
↑20Tammy#18
↑20Kim#56
↑20Andrew#76
↑19Kimberly#30
↑18Tim#50
↑17Becky#74
↑13Philip#74

Falling

↓17Bonnie#98
↓15Doris#84
↓15Jo#92
↓15Valerie#100
↓13Roy#60
↓12Rose#82
↓12Harold#68
↓11Jennifer#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.