State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,818 Tennessee births in 1970 across 1,119 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#77Kristy#197 nationally
#82Stacyoutside the national top 200
#79Vickie#195 nationally
#93Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#78Kristie#181 nationally
#73Tracy#162 nationally
#44Sonya#131 nationally
#40Kristi#123 nationally
#74Penny#157 nationally
#27Christy#105 nationally
#94Betty#169 nationally
#74Tommy#148 nationally

Girls

#1Angela995US #6
#2Kimberly882US #3
#3Lisa771US #2
#4Melissa722US #7
#5Tammy701US #8
#6Jennifer693US #1
#7Amy576US #5
#8Mary520US #9
#9Tracy444US #10
#10Michelle411US #4
#11Tina403US #21
#12Karen384US #12
#13Pamela380US #26
#14Stephanie379US #17
#15Teresa344US #34
#16Cynthia336US #25
#17Shannon324US #22
#18Rhonda307US #46
#19Tonya303US #49
#20Susan301US #15
#21Donna296US #32
#22Sharon292US #37
#23Elizabeth278US #18
#24Rebecca278US #29
#25Lori269US #23
#26Laura263US #13
#27Christy256US #105
#28Patricia244US #24
#29Sandra236US #27
#30Sherry234US #60
#31Julie224US #11
#32Wendy224US #28
#33Regina207US #86
#34Dana205US #54
#35Robin191US #51
#36Kelly189US #20
#37Linda188US #38
#38Deborah185US #33
#39Tracey168US #55
#40Kristi166US #123
#41Stacy159US #42
#42Paula157US #57
#43Melanie153US #91
#44Sonya153US #131
#45Leslie152US #64
#46Kathy149US #77
#47Andrea148US #43
#48Barbara147US #41
#49Melinda145US #93
#50Heather142US #19
#51Brenda139US #40
#52April138US #82
#53Carla136US #94
#54Carol135US #71
#55Jacqueline133US #66
#56Carolyn130US #84
#57Stacey128US #48
#58Amanda126US #108
#59Dawn126US #16
#60Sheila126US #75
#61Tara125US #69
#62Janet120US #96
#63Connie119US #116
#64Cindy118US #72
#65Monica115US #56
#66Nancy112US #50
#67Tiffany111US #99
#68Cheryl110US #44
#69Crystal107US #101
#70Rachel106US #58
#71Sarah105US #65
#72Yolanda105US #106
#73Margaret104US #80
#74Penny104US #157
#75Gina101US #61
#76Christina98US #35
#77Kristy97US #197
#78Kristie96US #181
#79Vickie95US #195
#80Katherine94US #67
#81Sabrina92US #107
#82Debra90US #47
#83Valerie89US #97
#84Wanda89US #132
#85Beverly88US #150
#86Nicole88US #30
#87Holly85US #74
#88Terri84US #113
#89Jamie82US #120
#90Tracie82US #147
#91Denise80US #36
#92Julia80US #121
#93Shelia78
#94Betty77US #169
#95Tanya77US #76
#96Traci75US #100
#97Kim74US #78
#98Catherine73US #59
#99Anita72US #127
#100Charlotte72US #166

Boys

#1James1,822US #2
#2Michael1,598US #1
#3David1,184US #3
#4John1,182US #4
#5William1,095US #7
#6Robert1,075US #5
#7Christopher917US #6
#8Charles766US #21
#9Mark616US #9
#10Timothy607US #20
#11Jeffrey557US #11
#12Kevin546US #14
#13Brian537US #8
#14Thomas511US #17
#15Richard497US #10
#16Anthony471US #22
#17Jason455US #13
#18Steven424US #15
#19Kenneth410US #25
#20Gregory399US #26
#21Joseph360US #16
#22Eric357US #18
#23Jerry331US #45
#24Stephen324US #27
#25Terry300US #54
#26Gary299US #35
#27Larry298US #43
#28Scott294US #12
#29Paul287US #23
#30Jeffery264US #50
#31Ronald264US #29
#32Billy247US #78
#33Donald241US #30
#34Tony235US #57
#35Daniel228US #19
#36Johnny225US #65
#37Jonathan221US #42
#38Jimmy220US #86
#39Bobby210US #87
#40Keith190US #38
#41Patrick186US #33
#42Edward182US #31
#43Rodney180US #55
#44Bryan178US #53
#45George178US #40
#46Andrew169US #32
#47Randy165US #59
#48Phillip163US #73
#49Matthew156US #24
#50Bradley155US #47
#51Danny145US #85
#52Marcus141US #71
#53Ricky139US #105
#54Samuel136US #62
#55Darrell135US #102
#56Dennis135US #46
#57Randall133US #100
#58Todd131US #28
#59Douglas129US #36
#60Troy126US #41
#61Roger123US #61
#62Ronnie119US #133
#63Chris118US #63
#64Barry117US #117
#65Joe111US #90
#66Derrick110US #96
#67Travis109US #69
#68Shawn108US #34
#69Raymond106US #49
#70Roy103US #108
#71Willie103US #103
#72Russell102US #58
#73Tracy102US #162
#74Tommy98US #148
#75Micheal97US #126
#76Sean96US #37
#77Craig93US #39
#78Shannon93US #128
#79Jeremy91US #70
#80Harold87US #122
#81Carl86US #66
#82Stacy86
#83Steve86US #114
#84Wesley85US #152
#85Walter83US #89
#86Gerald82US #67
#87Curtis81US #88
#88Jamie81US #125
#89Lee81US #118
#90Frank80US #48
#91Chad77US #51
#92Derek77US #77
#93Eddie75US #151
#94Reginald75US #142
#95Allen74US #113
#96Tyrone74US #132
#97Marvin71US #153
#98Calvin70US #166
#99Brent69US #74
#100Darren69US #75

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑36April#52
↑34Marcus#52
↑31Shawn#68
↑30Derrick#66
↑27Crystal#69
↑25Heather#50
↑20Kristy#77
↑18Travis#67

Falling

↓24Cheryl#68
↓21Eddie#93
↓20Debra#82
↓19Walter#85
↓18Penny#74
↓18Reginald#94
↓16Shelia#93
↓15Cindy#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.