State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1960 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 75,879 Tennessee births in 1960 across 1,102 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#66Jackieoutside the national top 200
#52Shelia#177 nationally
#67Timmy#192 nationally
#75Donnie#193 nationally
#88Tammie#185 nationally
#68Glenda#158 nationally
#82Vicky#169 nationally
#52Rickey#138 nationally
#76Charlotte#151 nationally
#27Vickie#100 nationally
#96Kenny#169 nationally
#76Reginald#144 nationally

Girls

#1Mary906US #1
#2Donna858US #5
#3Lisa854US #6
#4Teresa816US #19
#5Pamela671US #14
#6Linda669US #3
#7Karen666US #4
#8Brenda648US #13
#9Deborah622US #10
#10Patricia613US #7
#11Cynthia590US #9
#12Sandra583US #11
#13Debra551US #8
#14Kathy549US #21
#15Sharon517US #16
#16Susan497US #2
#17Tammy483US #31
#18Debbie478US #24
#19Barbara429US #12
#20Kimberly395US #26
#21Sherry356US #54
#22Angela320US #50
#23Elizabeth318US #18
#24Connie316US #47
#25Judy306US #48
#26Sheila301US #56
#27Vickie300US #100
#28Janet294US #32
#29Carolyn278US #43
#30Nancy277US #15
#31Janice274US #41
#32Rebecca273US #38
#33Cindy271US #30
#34Cheryl270US #17
#35Robin266US #33
#36Tina263US #45
#37Carol260US #23
#38Rhonda260US #44
#39Cathy257US #46
#40Wanda244US #66
#41Betty242US #68
#42Beverly242US #60
#43Anita213US #87
#44Shirley206US #70
#45Rita204US #96
#46Joyce196US #58
#47Laura188US #25
#48Margaret186US #36
#49Regina183US #105
#50Martha181US #83
#51Phyllis180US #108
#52Shelia180US #177
#53Melissa175US #109
#54Paula173US #55
#55Kim169US #34
#56Terri168US #49
#57Gloria155US #79
#58Peggy154US #69
#59Diane152US #22
#60Lori147US #20
#61Marilyn142US #118
#62Vicki142US #73
#63Julie139US #28
#64Jennifer138US #61
#65Denise131US #29
#66Amy130US #77
#67Dorothy130US #95
#68Glenda130US #158
#69Penny129US #113
#70Jacqueline121US #85
#71Sarah118US #116
#72Katherine117US #81
#73Terry115US #101
#74Theresa113US #35
#75Valerie111US #65
#76Charlotte110US #151
#77Melinda110US #143
#78Darlene108US #75
#79Doris108US #147
#80Annette107US #62
#81Virginia106US #102
#82Vicky104US #169
#83Helen103US #117
#84Stephanie99US #91
#85Catherine97US #42
#86Carla96US #110
#87Melody93US #153
#88Tammie93US #185
#89Pam92US #132
#90Anna89US #104
#91Becky88US #111
#92Frances88US #127
#93Vanessa88US #155
#94Alice87US #119
#95Jo85US #134
#96Gina82US #128
#97Jackie82US #144
#98Melanie82US #125
#99Rose82US #98
#100Suzanne82US #78

Boys

#1James2,002US #3
#2David1,523US #1
#3Michael1,408US #2
#4William1,208US #7
#5Robert1,109US #5
#6John1,106US #4
#7Charles846US #13
#8Mark823US #6
#9Timothy718US #11
#10Ricky671US #38
#11Kenneth630US #16
#12Terry627US #34
#13Jeffrey567US #14
#14Richard557US #8
#15Thomas515US #9
#16Gary500US #22
#17Jerry479US #37
#18Donald464US #19
#19Steven438US #10
#20Anthony436US #25
#21Larry433US #28
#22Gregory412US #24
#23Danny406US #48
#24Ronald384US #21
#25Bobby367US #73
#26Billy366US #67
#27Paul364US #18
#28Randy360US #32
#29Tony360US #52
#30Jimmy340US #69
#31Jeffery335US #55
#32Johnny325US #65
#33Dennis284US #31
#34Roger284US #47
#35Joseph274US #12
#36Mike269US #36
#37George267US #33
#38Steve263US #43
#39Stephen249US #27
#40Joe248US #57
#41Ronnie233US #87
#42Tim221US #60
#43Kevin219US #15
#44Jeff218US #49
#45Edward216US #26
#46Barry213US #72
#47Tommy212US #112
#48Randall209US #59
#49Eddie201US #102
#50Christopher196US #29
#51Carl194US #53
#52Rickey192US #138
#53Phillip190US #66
#54Darrell188US #104
#55Willie184US #81
#56Douglas183US #30
#57Keith182US #35
#58Daniel180US #17
#59Brian172US #20
#60Roy167US #80
#61Walter156US #70
#62Stanley154US #100
#63Harold146US #92
#64Scott146US #23
#65Micheal141US #105
#66Jackie137
#67Timmy129US #192
#68Marvin124US #119
#69Russell124US #56
#70Gerald123US #62
#71Samuel121US #91
#72Eric117US #44
#73Frank117US #40
#74Chris116US #63
#75Donnie116US #193
#76Reginald116US #144
#77Raymond112US #46
#78Alan108US #50
#79Curtis108US #79
#80Bruce107US #39
#81Allen106US #99
#82Rodney103US #68
#83Wayne102US #58
#84Melvin101US #125
#85Jack97US #85
#86Ralph96US #89
#87Ray92US #121
#88Craig90US #41
#89Andrew88US #51
#90Calvin88US #129
#91Henry88US #84
#92Glenn86US #74
#93Darryl84US #96
#94Lawrence80US #64
#95Don79US #115
#96Kenny79US #169
#97Patrick79US #45
#98Arthur78US #82
#99Clarence77US #157
#100Ernest76US #120

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑28Lori#60
↑25Valerie#75
↑18Angela#22
↑18Melissa#53
↑16Chris#74
↑15Sarah#71
↑14Jeff#44
↑14Rodney#82

Falling

↓18Darlene#78
↓17Virginia#81
↓17Becky#91
↓17Rose#99
↓17Rickey#52
↓17Wayne#83
↓15Alice#94
↓13Andrew#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.