State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1966 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 63,768 Tennessee births in 1966 across 1,030 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#53Shelia#181 nationally
#75Timmyoutside the national top 200
#84Angeliaoutside the national top 200
#90Jackieoutside the national top 200
#95Glendaoutside the national top 200
#94Vanessa#197 nationally
#54Vickie#147 nationally
#91Phyllis#173 nationally
#73Charlotte#151 nationally
#85Felicia#161 nationally
#100Jackie#174 nationally
#54Tommy#124 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,370US #1
#2Kimberly880US #2
#3Tammy758US #8
#4Angela753US #9
#5Melissa609US #22
#6Mary564US #3
#7Karen562US #5
#8Teresa549US #29
#9Pamela502US #15
#10Donna496US #12
#11Cynthia437US #11
#12Tina390US #23
#13Sharon387US #28
#14Patricia379US #7
#15Jennifer376US #10
#16Rhonda370US #39
#17Susan361US #6
#18Sandra347US #17
#19Sherry327US #53
#20Linda314US #18
#21Deborah284US #14
#22Elizabeth268US #16
#23Amy263US #30
#24Brenda260US #25
#25Rebecca259US #40
#26Tracy251US #31
#27Laura234US #19
#28Barbara228US #27
#29Lori228US #21
#30Michelle228US #4
#31Robin225US #42
#32Connie216US #70
#33Sheila206US #51
#34Stephanie206US #38
#35Kathy200US #59
#36Cheryl199US #34
#37Kelly188US #26
#38Paula175US #50
#39Julie170US #13
#40Jacqueline168US #47
#41Cindy165US #56
#42Regina164US #82
#43Tonya162US #96
#44Carol159US #48
#45Debra158US #35
#46Carolyn155US #60
#47Gina152US #58
#48Janet152US #57
#49Nancy150US #33
#50Wanda148US #84
#51Andrea146US #52
#52Penny142US #112
#53Shelia138US #181
#54Vickie135US #147
#55Kim133US #43
#56Janice124US #80
#57Anita122US #88
#58Judy120US #97
#59Betty118US #121
#60Terri117US #72
#61Melinda116US #102
#62Dana115US #68
#63Margaret115US #55
#64Debbie113US #73
#65Wendy113US #41
#66Rita112US #135
#67Carla104US #77
#68Melanie104US #116
#69Beverly103US #109
#70Tracey102US #69
#71Shirley95US #124
#72Vicki94US #115
#73Charlotte93US #151
#74Joyce93US #100
#75Sonya93US #126
#76Katherine89US #78
#77Leslie89US #71
#78Dawn88US #24
#79Denise88US #32
#80Sherri87US #92
#81Stacey85US #76
#82Valerie85US #74
#83Sarah81US #85
#84Angelia80
#85Felicia80US #161
#86Cathy79US #99
#87Jill79US #49
#88Martha79US #106
#89Amanda77US #148
#90Jamie77US #138
#91Phyllis77US #173
#92April76US #108
#93Virginia72US #122
#94Vanessa71US #197
#95Glenda69
#96Catherine68US #54
#97Peggy67US #139
#98Beth66US #65
#99Christine65US #20
#100Jackie65US #174

Boys

#1James1,754US #3
#2Michael1,407US #1
#3David1,187US #2
#4Robert1,016US #5
#5John1,013US #4
#6William955US #6
#7Timothy856US #11
#8Charles717US #20
#9Mark659US #7
#10Jeffrey626US #9
#11Richard533US #8
#12Kenneth497US #21
#13Christopher460US #12
#14Anthony452US #22
#15Thomas444US #10
#16Gregory440US #23
#17Terry419US #40
#18Jerry394US #41
#19Jeffery380US #42
#20Steven376US #13
#21Kevin362US #17
#22Tony352US #49
#23Brian343US #14
#24Gary320US #28
#25Paul315US #18
#26Ronald298US #24
#27Randy296US #45
#28Bobby292US #82
#29Larry292US #38
#30Donald283US #27
#31Joseph280US #15
#32Stephen266US #26
#33Rodney260US #35
#34Billy258US #80
#35Ricky248US #64
#36Jimmy230US #77
#37Scott224US #16
#38Keith219US #32
#39Johnny207US #73
#40Eric200US #25
#41George198US #37
#42Daniel191US #19
#43Danny186US #62
#44Roger175US #51
#45Randall172US #70
#46Edward171US #30
#47Tracy163US #98
#48Phillip162US #71
#49Patrick161US #31
#50Barry154US #87
#51Ronnie152US #108
#52Darrell150US #95
#53Troy148US #48
#54Tommy147US #124
#55Dennis146US #44
#56Joe145US #74
#57Douglas142US #33
#58Jeff131US #72
#59Bryan126US #52
#60Carl121US #56
#61Willie117US #93
#62Samuel116US #81
#63Harold106US #99
#64Roy106US #94
#65Steve104US #67
#66Chris99US #55
#67Raymond99US #47
#68Eddie98US #121
#69Marvin98US #113
#70Reginald98US #131
#71Curtis97US #75
#72Russell93US #61
#73Gerald92US #60
#74Frank91US #43
#75Timmy91
#76Todd91US #29
#77Micheal90US #115
#78Andrew87US #36
#79Tim84US #103
#80Darryl83US #88
#81Jonathan83US #65
#82Lee83US #106
#83Mike83US #69
#84Stanley79US #128
#85Walter79US #83
#86Alan77US #57
#87Matthew76US #34
#88Bruce75US #53
#89Darren75US #63
#90Jackie75
#91Vincent74US #58
#92Calvin73US #159
#93Allen72US #97
#94Henry72US #92
#95Derrick67US #127
#96Jason65US #89
#97Wayne64US #59
#98Glenn61US #90
#99Melvin61US #142
#100Ralph60US #112

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑30Gina#47
↑28Andrea#51
↑25Tracy#47
↑21Tonya#43
↑21Tracey#70
↑20Michelle#30
↑17Katherine#76
↑15Vicki#72

Falling

↓27Darryl#80
↓26Valerie#82
↓24Cathy#86
↓19Martha#88
↓16Walter#85
↓15Debra#45
↓13Phyllis#91
↓12Janice#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.