State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1968 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,745 Tennessee births in 1968 across 1,054 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#73Leighoutside the national top 200
#75Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#87Timmyoutside the national top 200
#96Jackieoutside the national top 200
#98Angeliaoutside the national top 200
#99Martyoutside the national top 200
#100Donnieoutside the national top 200
#65Tammie#160 nationally
#68Vickie#162 nationally
#67Stacy#157 nationally
#72Christy#151 nationally
#76Betty#153 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,085US #1
#2Angela878US #7
#3Kimberly866US #3
#4Melissa796US #5
#5Tammy768US #8
#6Mary503US #6
#7Karen479US #9
#8Jennifer424US #4
#9Tina416US #18
#10Teresa403US #30
#11Donna388US #24
#12Michelle385US #2
#13Pamela381US #20
#14Amy365US #13
#15Cynthia359US #19
#16Susan329US #10
#17Rhonda313US #42
#18Tracy304US #25
#19Stephanie299US #23
#20Patricia295US #15
#21Sharon294US #32
#22Laura289US #11
#23Sandra281US #26
#24Sherry259US #52
#25Lori240US #22
#26Elizabeth238US #17
#27Rebecca231US #33
#28Kelly225US #12
#29Linda221US #28
#30Robin220US #43
#31Tonya206US #60
#32Brenda201US #34
#33Deborah178US #27
#34Paula178US #45
#35Julie177US #16
#36Carol176US #49
#37Regina171US #81
#38Connie167US #87
#39Shannon164US #53
#40Wendy164US #31
#41Andrea152US #48
#42Barbara147US #36
#43Cheryl145US #37
#44Leslie143US #66
#45Dana137US #70
#46Sheila136US #59
#47Kathy130US #76
#48Carolyn125US #61
#49Nancy121US #39
#50Jacqueline119US #50
#51Margaret119US #63
#52Anita117US #109
#53Tracey116US #72
#54Melinda115US #90
#55Cindy114US #67
#56Melanie114US #94
#57Penny114US #124
#58Stacy114US #64
#59Dawn113US #21
#60Debra112US #38
#61Gina111US #58
#62Janet111US #73
#63Beverly108US #122
#64Stacey106US #55
#65Tammie105US #160
#66Sonya101US #117
#67Sherri100US #95
#68Vickie100US #162
#69Terri98US #83
#70Janice96US #110
#71Carla94US #91
#72Christy91US #151
#73Leigh91
#74April90US #96
#75Shelia89
#76Betty88US #153
#77Sarah87US #78
#78Kristi85US #138
#79Amanda84US #132
#80Joyce84US #128
#81Wanda83US #115
#82Denise82US #35
#83Jamie82US #120
#84Yolanda81US #93
#85Anna76US #99
#86Monica76US #68
#87Debbie75US #111
#88Martha75US #123
#89Tara74US #147
#90Kim73US #57
#91Katherine72US #75
#92Jill71US #46
#93Valerie71US #77
#94Ann70US #54
#95Theresa70US #47
#96Cassandra68US #139
#97Judy68US #142
#98Angelia67
#99Vicki67US #114
#100Rachel65US #92

Boys

#1James1,678US #4
#2Michael1,460US #1
#3David1,221US #2
#4John1,120US #3
#5Robert1,003US #5
#6William952US #6
#7Timothy757US #13
#8Mark664US #7
#9Charles646US #20
#10Christopher602US #9
#11Jeffrey597US #11
#12Richard549US #8
#13Anthony441US #21
#14Kenneth432US #23
#15Thomas432US #12
#16Brian427US #10
#17Kevin411US #17
#18Gregory382US #26
#19Steven373US #15
#20Terry361US #48
#21Joseph338US #16
#22Jeffery321US #46
#23Paul315US #19
#24Stephen302US #27
#25Ronald296US #25
#26Jerry295US #44
#27Tony289US #52
#28Gary279US #32
#29Larry272US #38
#30Donald258US #29
#31Billy253US #76
#32Eric236US #22
#33Bobby232US #81
#34Scott227US #14
#35Patrick213US #30
#36Johnny207US #69
#37Jimmy206US #77
#38Rodney204US #42
#39Keith194US #35
#40Ricky194US #70
#41Daniel191US #18
#42George189US #36
#43Randy182US #54
#44Edward174US #31
#45Randall172US #79
#46Roger170US #55
#47Danny167US #72
#48Bryan161US #51
#49Douglas150US #33
#50Phillip145US #71
#51Troy138US #40
#52Darrell137US #86
#53Barry133US #107
#54Dennis133US #45
#55Ronnie133US #115
#56Tommy129US #124
#57Tracy129US #111
#58Carl125US #59
#59Joe122US #85
#60Jonathan122US #53
#61Todd117US #28
#62Samuel115US #66
#63Jason114US #47
#64Russell112US #56
#65Andrew111US #34
#66Reginald107US #117
#67Stacy107US #157
#68Harold106US #108
#69Matthew106US #24
#70Micheal106US #114
#71Roy101US #94
#72Chris100US #64
#73Eddie97US #132
#74Steve92US #89
#75Gerald91US #62
#76Jeff86US #90
#77Willie86US #96
#78Sean84US #37
#79Walter83US #83
#80Derrick82US #116
#81Bradley78US #57
#82Curtis75US #75
#83Frank74US #49
#84Raymond74US #50
#85Darren72US #60
#86Marvin69US #129
#87Timmy69
#88Alan68US #74
#89Craig68US #41
#90Joel68US #80
#91Lee67US #106
#92Shannon65US #159
#93Jack64US #110
#94Stanley64US #136
#95Henry62US #95
#96Jackie62
#97Vincent61US #73
#98Kelly60US #97
#99Marty60
#100Donnie59

On the move since 1967

Rising

↑42Shannon#39
↑29Tammie#65
↑25Dawn#59
↑24Tracey#53
↑22Leslie#44
↑20Derrick#80
↑16Leigh#73
↑16Bradley#81

Falling

↓26Kim#90
↓26Vicki#99
↓21Jackie#96
↓20Carla#71
↓19Amanda#79
↓19Wanda#81
↓19Katherine#91
↓18Vickie#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1967 rankings.