State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 65,687 Tennessee births in 1971 across 1,139 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#73Scottyoutside the national top 200
#79Christieoutside the national top 200
#86Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#89Scottieoutside the national top 200
#91Angeliaoutside the national top 200
#93Leighoutside the national top 200
#83Ginger#187 nationally
#77Kristy#171 nationally
#60Tracy#144 nationally
#81Kristie#165 nationally
#67Tommy#148 nationally
#84Beverly#160 nationally

Girls

#1Angela995US #6
#2Jennifer901US #1
#3Kimberly861US #4
#4Melissa737US #7
#5Amy679US #5
#6Lisa669US #3
#7Tammy665US #8
#8Mary469US #9
#9Michelle403US #2
#10Stephanie398US #11
#11Tina390US #20
#12Tracy363US #13
#13Shannon340US #21
#14Teresa322US #34
#15Cynthia315US #24
#16Pamela314US #28
#17Karen307US #15
#18Christy298US #89
#19Donna286US #38
#20Susan283US #17
#21Tonya283US #45
#22Elizabeth279US #19
#23Rebecca274US #23
#24Rhonda267US #46
#25Lori252US #25
#26Sharon251US #40
#27Laura232US #16
#28Julie231US #10
#29Sherry221US #60
#30Wendy219US #29
#31Patricia211US #26
#32Sandra211US #31
#33Stacy211US #32
#34Dana205US #44
#35Kelly189US #22
#36Stacey189US #41
#37Tiffany187US #62
#38Andrea183US #35
#39Heather183US #12
#40Deborah179US #33
#41Kristi176US #113
#42April172US #56
#43Regina163US #90
#44Melanie162US #66
#45Linda153US #42
#46Crystal152US #79
#47Paula146US #63
#48Tracey144US #74
#49Leslie135US #68
#50Rachel135US #54
#51Amanda134US #84
#52Barbara132US #47
#53Robin131US #51
#54Cindy127US #70
#55Monica126US #48
#56Brenda122US #43
#57Carla117US #107
#58Christina117US #30
#59Dawn112US #14
#60Carol111US #92
#61Tara111US #49
#62Jacqueline110US #75
#63Melinda109US #85
#64Sonya109US #126
#65Holly107US #76
#66Janet106US #112
#67Nicole106US #27
#68Sheila106US #81
#69Carolyn105US #104
#70Kathy103US #91
#71Nancy103US #52
#72Margaret102US #86
#73Katherine101US #67
#74Terri101US #115
#75Connie100US #125
#76Cheryl97US #50
#77Kristy97US #171
#78Sarah97US #58
#79Christie94
#80Gina94US #69
#81Kristie94US #165
#82Felicia93US #124
#83Ginger90US #187
#84Beverly88US #160
#85Penny86US #158
#86Shelia85
#87Jamie84US #118
#88Anita83US #127
#89Julia83US #130
#90Martha83US #147
#91Angelia82
#92Denise81US #36
#93Leigh81
#94Christine79US #18
#95Janice79US #151
#96Yolanda79US #98
#97Alicia77US #105
#98Tanya77US #72
#99Valerie77US #102
#100Cathy75US #141

Boys

#1James1,725US #2
#2Michael1,563US #1
#3Christopher1,179US #6
#4John1,086US #4
#5David1,048US #3
#6Robert1,044US #5
#7William1,005US #7
#8Charles709US #22
#9Jason627US #8
#10Kevin583US #14
#11Brian581US #9
#12Timothy568US #21
#13Jeffrey494US #12
#14Mark490US #13
#15Richard477US #11
#16Thomas455US #17
#17Anthony442US #23
#18Steven440US #16
#19Eric372US #18
#20Gregory364US #26
#21Kenneth361US #25
#22Joseph354US #15
#23Scott345US #10
#24Larry296US #44
#25Jerry279US #50
#26Stephen278US #27
#27Paul273US #24
#28Terry267US #56
#29Gary260US #38
#30Donald242US #34
#31Jeffery239US #53
#32Keith235US #37
#33Billy228US #75
#34Jonathan228US #40
#35Ronald227US #31
#36Daniel220US #20
#37Matthew209US #19
#38Tony209US #62
#39Jimmy195US #93
#40Bobby194US #79
#41Johnny192US #74
#42Rodney188US #59
#43Jeremy184US #45
#44Marcus175US #65
#45George166US #42
#46Edward163US #32
#47Chad161US #29
#48Patrick161US #35
#49Bryan155US #48
#50Danny152US #82
#51Phillip151US #76
#52Shawn150US #28
#53Dennis145US #49
#54Andrew142US #33
#55Randall141US #102
#56Troy130US #46
#57Roger129US #71
#58Ricky127US #121
#59Bradley126US #58
#60Tracy125US #144
#61Douglas123US #39
#62Travis123US #61
#63Chris121US #68
#64Joe115US #101
#65Randy113US #67
#66Samuel113US #66
#67Tommy112US #148
#68Ronnie111US #135
#69Darrell109US #118
#70Todd109US #30
#71Carl108US #72
#72Derrick103US #84
#73Scotty102
#74Sean100US #36
#75Russell99US #64
#76Reginald97US #141
#77Shannon97US #106
#78Jamie94US #96
#79Antonio90US #110
#80Barry90US #133
#81Walter90US #91
#82Roy86US #111
#83Willie86US #115
#84Benjamin84US #69
#85Micheal83US #124
#86Raymond81US #52
#87Craig79US #43
#88Curtis77US #89
#89Scottie77
#90Brent76US #73
#91Gerald73US #83
#92Harold72US #130
#93Aaron71US #41
#94Steve70US #131
#95Brandon69US #95
#96Derek69US #63
#97Marvin69US #152
#98Adam67US #57
#99Frank66US #54
#100Alan65US #99

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑44Chad#47
↑36Jeremy#43
↑30Tiffany#37
↑23Crystal#46
↑22Holly#65
↑21Stacey#36
↑20Rachel#50
↑19Nicole#67

Falling

↓24Kathy#70
↓24Yolanda#96
↓20Sonya#64
↓18Robin#53
↓18Randy#65
↓17Raymond#86
↓16Valerie#99
↓16Barry#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.