State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1975 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,534 Tennessee births in 1975 across 1,147 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#92Pennyoutside the national top 200
#98Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#98Tracyoutside the national top 200
#100Gingeroutside the national top 200
#100Cedricoutside the national top 200
#59Kristie#147 nationally
#79Tommy#156 nationally
#75Ronnie#151 nationally
#64Ashley#138 nationally
#67Kristy#141 nationally
#91Barry#164 nationally
#67Ricky#135 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,080US #1
#2Angela800US #5
#3Amy791US #2
#4Kimberly563US #7
#5Melissa544US #4
#6Amanda483US #14
#7Heather452US #3
#8Stephanie429US #9
#9April348US #25
#10Mary342US #19
#11Christy335US #53
#12Tonya313US #45
#13Misty311US #47
#14Lisa307US #8
#15Rebecca303US #11
#16Michelle266US #6
#17Tammy265US #31
#18Julie258US #18
#19Crystal246US #43
#20Wendy236US #33
#21Shannon234US #21
#22Elizabeth223US #15
#23Tracy212US #24
#24Kelly204US #16
#25Laura203US #20
#26Tiffany198US #37
#27Lori191US #39
#28Susan185US #32
#29Tina184US #35
#30Christina181US #12
#31Rachel170US #26
#32Brandy164US #57
#33Karen158US #27
#34Melanie156US #52
#35Stacy154US #34
#36Cynthia152US #40
#37Emily152US #48
#38Stacey149US #44
#39Carrie148US #29
#40Teresa147US #61
#41Christie143US #96
#42Sarah139US #17
#43Jessica135US #13
#44Robin134US #65
#45Sharon129US #75
#46Andrea119US #28
#47Sherry119US #95
#48Patricia116US #36
#49Pamela113US #70
#50Dana112US #62
#51Leslie112US #71
#52Holly108US #55
#53Tamara107US #77
#54Nicole106US #10
#55Monica105US #49
#56Rhonda105US #93
#57Donna104US #85
#58Jamie104US #68
#59Kristie100US #147
#60Katherine95US #58
#61Kristi94US #109
#62Tanya93US #50
#63Brandi92US #88
#64Ashley91US #138
#65Sandra91US #51
#66Tara91US #41
#67Kristy86US #141
#68Melinda86US #91
#69Regina86US #111
#70Allison85US #89
#71Linda84US #81
#72Carla80US #122
#73Dawn80US #23
#74Amber78US #59
#75Deborah78US #86
#76Yolanda74US #107
#77Margaret72US #98
#78Alicia71US #76
#79Jill71US #46
#80Valerie71US #92
#81Brenda70US #67
#82Felicia70US #116
#83Paula69US #108
#84Angie65US #140
#85Samantha65US #101
#86Tamika65US #130
#87Erica63US #63
#88Cindy62US #112
#89Joy62US #123
#90Anna60US #79
#91Cheryl60US #97
#92Penny60
#93Barbara59US #83
#94Jacqueline59US #90
#95Mandy59US #106
#96Sonya59US #154
#97Courtney58US #102
#98Latonya58
#99Shelly58US #113
#100Ginger56

Boys

#1Michael1,343US #1
#2James1,289US #4
#3Jason1,284US #2
#4Christopher1,200US #3
#5John819US #7
#6David804US #5
#7William792US #10
#8Robert773US #6
#9Brian564US #8
#10Charles505US #25
#11Kevin475US #15
#12Jeremy409US #24
#13Timothy403US #22
#14Matthew389US #9
#15Joseph375US #12
#16Eric366US #13
#17Anthony365US #21
#18Steven363US #18
#19Jonathan347US #30
#20Daniel336US #11
#21Richard329US #16
#22Thomas318US #20
#23Mark312US #19
#24Jeffrey288US #14
#25Joshua264US #26
#26Gregory243US #33
#27Kenneth221US #35
#28Stephen219US #34
#29Chad216US #27
#30Larry206US #56
#31Benjamin187US #36
#32Brandon187US #44
#33Jerry184US #65
#34Gary183US #50
#35Marcus180US #68
#36Donald178US #42
#37Terry176US #67
#38Paul171US #29
#39Ronald171US #46
#40Billy169US #84
#41Travis169US #51
#42Patrick167US #39
#43Andrew165US #28
#44Bradley160US #52
#45Scott158US #17
#46Jamie157US #62
#47Bobby154US #93
#48Rodney148US #76
#49Bryan146US #47
#50Samuel142US #61
#51Johnny138US #86
#52Jeffery135US #70
#53Shannon129US #101
#54Nathan126US #45
#55Tony126US #80
#56Jimmy125US #111
#57Adam123US #38
#58Phillip123US #72
#59Aaron121US #32
#60Keith120US #49
#61Justin119US #37
#62Shawn117US #31
#63Edward115US #41
#64Antonio114US #77
#65George114US #53
#66Dennis98US #59
#67Ricky98US #135
#68Danny97US #94
#69Corey94US #71
#70Ryan94US #23
#71Troy93US #69
#72Derrick91US #90
#73Shane91US #57
#74Roger88US #97
#75Ronnie86US #151
#76Joe84US #116
#77Randy83US #78
#78Russell80US #82
#79Tommy77US #156
#80Carl75US #91
#81Micheal75US #104
#82Randall72US #121
#83Roy71US #122
#84Todd71US #43
#85Douglas70US #55
#86Walter70US #112
#87Carlos65US #73
#88Sean63US #40
#89Brad62US #98
#90Raymond62US #63
#91Barry61US #164
#92Jesse59US #64
#93Wesley59US #158
#94Willie59US #118
#95Curtis58US #113
#96Darrell58US #147
#97Brent57US #79
#98Tracy57
#99Joel56US #74
#100Cedric54

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑33Carrie#39
↑25Brandon#32
↑20Brandy#32
↑20Jill#79
↑18Emily#37
↑18Benjamin#31
↑17Brandi#63
↑17Allison#70

Falling

↓32Sonya#96
↓31Brent#97
↓24Tracy#98
↓21Shawn#62
↓18Patricia#48
↓18Sandra#65
↓18Cindy#88
↓15Rhonda#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.