State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1963 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 72,851 Tennessee births in 1963 across 1,116 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#50Shelia#185 nationally
#80Jackieoutside the national top 200
#86Timmyoutside the national top 200
#76Glenda#187 nationally
#92Donnieoutside the national top 200
#92Vicky#193 nationally
#99Sonya#194 nationally
#79Tammie#172 nationally
#82Rickey#175 nationally
#98Marty#186 nationally
#89Tonya#167 nationally
#43Vickie#120 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,396US #1
#2Tammy808US #12
#3Teresa779US #18
#4Mary766US #2
#5Donna713US #6
#6Karen590US #4
#7Kimberly575US #11
#8Angela551US #30
#9Pamela544US #14
#10Sandra524US #9
#11Linda511US #5
#12Cynthia487US #10
#13Patricia467US #7
#14Deborah465US #13
#15Brenda453US #15
#16Sharon450US #19
#17Susan421US #3
#18Sherry415US #49
#19Kathy360US #34
#20Tina345US #35
#21Connie330US #55
#22Robin318US #25
#23Rhonda316US #45
#24Lori298US #8
#25Barbara295US #17
#26Debra272US #21
#27Melissa271US #61
#28Elizabeth266US #20
#29Sheila264US #50
#30Debbie259US #41
#31Carolyn255US #56
#32Rebecca248US #44
#33Jennifer242US #36
#34Cindy235US #37
#35Paula229US #42
#36Laura228US #16
#37Janet224US #40
#38Regina222US #92
#39Janice216US #63
#40Carol209US #33
#41Jacqueline204US #51
#42Judy196US #70
#43Vickie196US #120
#44Nancy191US #23
#45Kim190US #39
#46Beverly187US #81
#47Cathy186US #67
#48Anita185US #77
#49Cheryl181US #24
#50Shelia179US #185
#51Wanda174US #76
#52Margaret172US #46
#53Stephanie170US #64
#54Penny164US #86
#55Tracy160US #48
#56Terri156US #58
#57Amy154US #54
#58Betty154US #104
#59Julie145US #22
#60Michelle144US #26
#61Shirley143US #99
#62Melanie139US #101
#63Kelly138US #32
#64Martha138US #90
#65Sarah129US #94
#66Denise128US #27
#67Dana127US #88
#68Sherri127US #78
#69Carla125US #82
#70Rita125US #115
#71Gina122US #79
#72Vicki118US #100
#73Joyce115US #84
#74Melinda114US #121
#75Phyllis111US #131
#76Glenda104US #187
#77Valerie100US #69
#78Diane97US #31
#79Tammie97US #172
#80Dorothy95US #116
#81Gloria95US #96
#82Katherine95US #87
#83Darlene93US #85
#84Charlotte92US #153
#85Leslie92US #72
#86Andrea91US #89
#87Peggy91US #106
#88Theresa91US #38
#89Tonya90US #167
#90Beth89US #66
#91Catherine85US #53
#92Vicky85US #193
#93Marilyn84US #125
#94Gwendolyn79US #171
#95Pam78US #166
#96Virginia77US #103
#97Helen76US #124
#98Suzanne76US #65
#99Sonya74US #194
#100Annette73US #71

Boys

#1James1,854US #4
#2David1,442US #3
#3Michael1,389US #1
#4John1,159US #2
#5William1,105US #7
#6Robert1,092US #5
#7Mark821US #6
#8Charles810US #16
#9Jeffrey707US #10
#10Timothy706US #15
#11Terry612US #32
#12Kenneth581US #18
#13Richard560US #8
#14Gregory521US #21
#15Thomas508US #9
#16Ricky439US #47
#17Anthony418US #22
#18Jeffery414US #46
#19Jerry411US #38
#20Gary399US #24
#21Steven382US #14
#22Donald378US #25
#23Randy365US #37
#24Kevin361US #11
#25Tony359US #52
#26Ronald357US #23
#27Billy353US #74
#28Larry351US #36
#29Joseph335US #13
#30Bobby325US #75
#31Paul322US #17
#32Danny311US #55
#33Johnny302US #71
#34Jimmy282US #78
#35Christopher280US #26
#36Scott280US #12
#37Roger242US #53
#38Edward241US #27
#39Stephen237US #29
#40Randall233US #65
#41Barry227US #67
#42Jeff224US #48
#43George216US #34
#44Keith216US #33
#45Mike213US #44
#46Dennis200US #39
#47Ronnie197US #101
#48Brian195US #20
#49Eric194US #31
#50Douglas191US #28
#51Joe190US #58
#52Tommy188US #107
#53Carl184US #54
#54Daniel180US #19
#55Steve179US #49
#56Darrell177US #95
#57Phillip177US #70
#58Eddie157US #109
#59Patrick149US #35
#60Chris141US #59
#61Tim140US #79
#62Roy139US #89
#63Micheal131US #106
#64Samuel131US #87
#65Troy129US #66
#66Walter126US #77
#67Todd125US #30
#68Gerald124US #60
#69Andrew120US #42
#70Bruce120US #43
#71Alan119US #56
#72Harold118US #96
#73Willie114US #93
#74Rodney110US #76
#75Russell110US #57
#76Darryl109US #80
#77Stanley109US #105
#78Vincent108US #61
#79Bryan106US #73
#80Jackie106
#81Raymond106US #45
#82Rickey102US #175
#83Allen101US #90
#84Frank101US #41
#85Jonathan97US #88
#86Timmy97
#87Curtis96US #72
#88Marvin95US #120
#89Reginald95US #132
#90Glenn94US #64
#91Victor94US #97
#92Donnie92
#93Greg92US #81
#94Calvin89US #140
#95Jack88US #102
#96Howard87US #114
#97Wayne83US #63
#98Marty80US #186
#99Tracy79US #121
#100Lawrence75US #68

On the move since 1962

Rising

↑35Michelle#60
↑31Patrick#59
↑24Paula#35
↑19Andrew#69
↑16Vincent#78
↑15Dana#67
↑15Kevin#24
↑15Samuel#64

Falling

↓19Tracy#99
↓17Curtis#87
↓16Cheryl#49
↓16Darryl#76
↓16Rickey#82
↓16Greg#93
↓15Rita#70
↓14Annette#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1962 rankings.