State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,429 Tennessee births in 1972 across 1,123 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#83Catinaoutside the national top 200
#83Scottyoutside the national top 200
#78Christie#192 nationally
#92Leighoutside the national top 200
#94Gingeroutside the national top 200
#95Donnieoutside the national top 200
#90Charlotte#187 nationally
#89Beverly#185 nationally
#63Kristy#158 nationally
#76Kristie#168 nationally
#51Misty#125 nationally
#74Tommy#146 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer983US #1
#2Angela880US #6
#3Kimberly803US #4
#4Amy617US #5
#5Melissa603US #7
#6Lisa538US #3
#7Stephanie535US #8
#8Tammy476US #11
#9Mary413US #13
#10Michelle387US #2
#11Rebecca330US #14
#12Tonya320US #37
#13Tracy319US #19
#14Tina305US #18
#15Christy288US #74
#16Teresa277US #39
#17Cynthia275US #25
#18Julie259US #12
#19Karen259US #21
#20Shannon257US #22
#21Susan236US #24
#22Elizabeth232US #15
#23Pamela229US #34
#24Melanie217US #42
#25April216US #48
#26Donna216US #45
#27Lori215US #28
#28Heather212US #9
#29Laura204US #17
#30Wendy201US #29
#31Rhonda200US #60
#32Patricia193US #27
#33Stacy191US #33
#34Sharon185US #50
#35Crystal182US #59
#36Sherry179US #70
#37Andrea175US #30
#38Dana171US #52
#39Sandra171US #31
#40Kelly168US #23
#41Robin158US #55
#42Tara155US #38
#43Stacey153US #41
#44Kristi143US #102
#45Tiffany142US #61
#46Nicole138US #10
#47Christina137US #26
#48Leslie137US #75
#49Linda137US #51
#50Amanda135US #76
#51Misty126US #125
#52Deborah125US #43
#53Cindy119US #80
#54Melinda118US #81
#55Rachel116US #40
#56Paula110US #72
#57Brenda109US #44
#58Monica108US #47
#59Barbara106US #58
#60Regina104US #104
#61Tanya104US #54
#62Katherine103US #69
#63Kristy100US #158
#64Sonya97US #122
#65Carla94US #106
#66Holly94US #71
#67Sarah93US #49
#68Kathy92US #108
#69Cheryl91US #56
#70Felicia91US #128
#71Nancy91US #63
#72Carolyn89US #110
#73Jacqueline89US #79
#74Dawn87US #20
#75Connie86US #130
#76Kristie84US #168
#77Carol83US #109
#78Christie82US #192
#79Sheila82US #90
#80Yolanda79US #89
#81Tracey77US #88
#82Janet76US #111
#83Catina75
#84Valerie75US #100
#85Denise74US #35
#86Jamie73US #114
#87Katrina73US #116
#88Margaret73US #95
#89Beverly71US #185
#90Charlotte71US #187
#91Katina71US #117
#92Leigh71
#93Gina70US #78
#94Ginger70
#95Emily68US #131
#96Brandy66US #140
#97Catherine66US #65
#98Shelly65US #94
#99Carrie64US #53
#100Debra64US #66

Boys

#1Michael1,498US #1
#2James1,430US #3
#3Christopher1,270US #2
#4David1,001US #4
#5William952US #9
#6Robert927US #6
#7John902US #5
#8Jason732US #7
#9Brian686US #8
#10Kevin571US #13
#11Charles557US #23
#12Timothy512US #21
#13Jeffrey434US #17
#14Anthony429US #22
#15Mark411US #18
#16Steven398US #19
#17Richard386US #14
#18Eric373US #16
#19Thomas371US #20
#20Joseph351US #12
#21Kenneth303US #27
#22Gregory291US #26
#23Larry287US #47
#24Daniel273US #15
#25Jonathan273US #37
#26Jerry263US #53
#27Stephen256US #29
#28Scott239US #11
#29Paul234US #24
#30Jeffery228US #58
#31Matthew228US #10
#32Terry227US #62
#33Ronald225US #32
#34Gary218US #41
#35Billy211US #81
#36Chad205US #25
#37Donald203US #36
#38Keith184US #38
#39Bobby183US #90
#40Patrick183US #35
#41Tony183US #68
#42Jimmy181US #97
#43Johnny178US #74
#44Jeremy173US #42
#45Travis168US #57
#46Bryan159US #45
#47Marcus158US #71
#48Rodney146US #65
#49Tracy145US #111
#50Danny143US #87
#51Shawn136US #28
#52Samuel135US #66
#53Andrew134US #30
#54George134US #44
#55Edward132US #34
#56Troy128US #49
#57Shannon120US #94
#58Douglas118US #43
#59Phillip118US #75
#60Roger114US #76
#61Antonio112US #93
#62Ronnie112US #133
#63Chris110US #82
#64Jamie109US #72
#65Bradley108US #61
#66Randy105US #70
#67Todd104US #31
#68Joe103US #100
#69Brandon102US #63
#70Shane100US #55
#71Dennis96US #52
#72Roy95US #114
#73Benjamin93US #64
#74Tommy91US #146
#75Darrell90US #122
#76Ricky90US #127
#77Carl88US #85
#78Derrick88US #91
#79Russell87US #69
#80Walter86US #98
#81Randall83US #120
#82Sean83US #33
#83Scotty81
#84Willie81US #109
#85Aaron80US #40
#86Craig80US #46
#87Micheal79US #108
#88Corey77US #95
#89Carlos73US #84
#90Nathan73US #79
#91Barry69US #148
#92Raymond69US #54
#93Lee67US #125
#94Adam66US #51
#95Donnie65
#96Curtis64US #92
#97Gerald64US #102
#98Harold64US #132
#99Wesley63US #154
#100Calvin61US #172

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑37Tanya#61
↑26Brandon#69
↑21Nicole#46
↑20Melanie#24
↑20Shannon#57
↑19Tara#42
↑18Antonio#61
↑17April#25

Falling

↓33Tracey#81
↓26Randall#81
↓18Dennis#71
↓18Ricky#76
↓17Regina#60
↓17Carol#77
↓16Janet#82
↓16Margaret#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.