State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,950 Tennessee births in 1976 across 1,109 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#80Chasityoutside the national top 200
#94Gingeroutside the national top 200
#71Tommy#170 nationally
#100Joey#194 nationally
#53Christie#139 nationally
#65Tamika#144 nationally
#82Ronnie#155 nationally
#85Kristie#158 nationally
#45Ashley#115 nationally
#97Sonya#166 nationally
#68Randall#133 nationally
#86Darrell#150 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,161US #1
#2Amy740US #2
#3Angela675US #5
#4Amanda573US #10
#5Kimberly556US #7
#6Heather505US #4
#7Melissa498US #3
#8Stephanie405US #11
#9Mary337US #22
#10Misty334US #46
#11Rebecca334US #12
#12April304US #30
#13Jamie284US #18
#14Shannon284US #17
#15Lisa279US #9
#16Crystal278US #36
#17Christy275US #60
#18Christina252US #14
#19Elizabeth251US #16
#20Tonya251US #58
#21Michelle231US #6
#22Tiffany228US #32
#23Laura226US #20
#24Rachel225US #23
#25Brandy216US #55
#26Julie214US #21
#27Tammy207US #41
#28Kelly204US #19
#29Wendy199US #39
#30Sarah193US #15
#31Jessica187US #8
#32Carrie180US #28
#33Andrea179US #25
#34Tracy175US #37
#35Stacy169US #38
#36Karen168US #31
#37Emily160US #50
#38Lori158US #47
#39Tina151US #48
#40Cynthia149US #44
#41Leslie146US #65
#42Susan141US #40
#43Holly139US #56
#44Melanie136US #53
#45Ashley130US #115
#46Teresa128US #66
#47Dana125US #64
#48Patricia122US #43
#49Nicole121US #13
#50Stacey119US #51
#51Kristy115US #113
#52Amber109US #49
#53Christie107US #139
#54Courtney107US #76
#55Tara107US #42
#56Allison106US #67
#57Rhonda106US #107
#58Tanya106US #61
#59Donna101US #93
#60Brandi98US #79
#61Monica98US #45
#62Sharon95US #81
#63Sherry92US #111
#64Katherine89US #57
#65Tamika88US #144
#66Samantha87US #85
#67Pamela86US #84
#68Robin85US #75
#69Jaime83US #29
#70Tamara83US #91
#71Erica82US #54
#72Melinda81US #95
#73Alicia76US #71
#74Anna74US #78
#75Dawn74US #35
#76Sara73US #27
#77Jacqueline71US #99
#78Kristi71US #104
#79Latoya71US #135
#80Chasity70
#81Erin66US #24
#82Carla65US #122
#83Linda65US #90
#84Valerie65US #83
#85Kristie64US #158
#86Natalie64US #80
#87Regina64US #116
#88Deborah63US #96
#89Nancy63US #87
#90Yolanda63US #117
#91Catherine61US #72
#92Barbara59US #98
#93Sandra59US #59
#94Ginger58
#95Felicia57US #130
#96Natasha57US #131
#97Sonya57US #166
#98Jill56US #52
#99Martha56US #161
#100Paula56US #121

Boys

#1Michael1,269US #1
#2Jason1,255US #2
#3James1,187US #5
#4Christopher1,080US #3
#5David801US #4
#6William800US #11
#7Robert770US #7
#8John738US #6
#9Jeremy584US #14
#10Brian563US #8
#11Joseph464US #12
#12Charles449US #26
#13Kevin443US #15
#14Timothy422US #21
#15Matthew409US #9
#16Daniel394US #10
#17Eric394US #13
#18Jonathan358US #31
#19Joshua340US #18
#20Anthony325US #22
#21Thomas325US #23
#22Richard316US #19
#23Steven312US #20
#24Jeffrey283US #17
#25Mark270US #25
#26Gregory245US #35
#27Larry213US #60
#28Billy210US #85
#29Kenneth209US #38
#30Stephen205US #37
#31Benjamin202US #32
#32Brandon199US #40
#33Bradley198US #51
#34Chad196US #29
#35Andrew195US #27
#36Paul193US #28
#37Jerry177US #67
#38Travis171US #46
#39Marcus169US #74
#40Adam164US #36
#41Nathan163US #39
#42Justin162US #33
#43Donald161US #47
#44Bryan160US #43
#45Antonio159US #71
#46Terry159US #75
#47Gary157US #52
#48Scott152US #24
#49Jamie151US #62
#50Samuel141US #59
#51George136US #53
#52Bobby135US #96
#53Ronald131US #49
#54Johnny130US #92
#55Jimmy129US #101
#56Phillip126US #69
#57Jeffery125US #76
#58Tony122US #86
#59Keith119US #48
#60Shannon119US #98
#61Shawn115US #34
#62Ryan113US #16
#63Aaron112US #30
#64Patrick111US #41
#65Edward109US #45
#66Rodney108US #88
#67Corey96US #64
#68Randall93US #133
#69Danny91US #102
#70Wesley91US #119
#71Tommy90US #170
#72Randy89US #79
#73Derrick87US #91
#74Ricky84US #132
#75Dennis82US #66
#76Roger82US #103
#77Russell82US #87
#78Shane82US #57
#79Carlos80US #70
#80Brad75US #108
#81Micheal75US #116
#82Ronnie74US #155
#83Douglas72US #56
#84Sean72US #42
#85Brent71US #78
#86Darrell68US #150
#87Joel68US #72
#88Troy67US #73
#89Curtis66US #105
#90Carl64US #95
#91Joe63US #117
#92Mario63US #130
#93Willie63US #121
#94Todd61US #50
#95Raymond60US #65
#96Roy60US #139
#97Walter58US #127
#98Dustin57US #82
#99Jesse56US #55
#100Joey56US #194

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑45Jamie#13
↑43Courtney#54
↑23Wesley#70
↑22Amber#52
↑21Tamika#65
↑19Ashley#45
↑19Samantha#66
↑19Justin#42

Falling

↓28Sandra#93
↓26Kristie#85
↓24Robin#68
↓22Patrick#64
↓19Jill#98
↓18Pamela#67
↓18Regina#87
↓18Rodney#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.