State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,967 Tennessee births in 1977 across 1,198 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#78Chasityoutside the national top 200
#83Tabitha#195 nationally
#88Terrance#192 nationally
#63Christie#156 nationally
#87Tommy#177 nationally
#78Ronnie#156 nationally
#80Kristie#157 nationally
#84Tamika#158 nationally
#57Latoya#125 nationally
#73Sherry#140 nationally
#75Randall#140 nationally
#43Ashley#106 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,205US #1
#2Amy723US #3
#3Amanda658US #9
#4Angela593US #6
#5Heather577US #5
#6Kimberly537US #8
#7Melissa525US #2
#8Crystal431US #25
#9Stephanie404US #14
#10Misty395US #40
#11Jessica380US #4
#12Kelly378US #10
#13April374US #29
#14Rebecca349US #17
#15Mary327US #21
#16Elizabeth311US #13
#17Jamie299US #18
#18Lisa289US #12
#19Sarah272US #11
#20Christy262US #59
#21Shannon252US #19
#22Laura251US #20
#23Rachel239US #26
#24Michelle229US #7
#25Christina228US #16
#26Julie222US #22
#27Brandy214US #51
#28Tonya210US #64
#29Carrie206US #28
#30Tiffany200US #34
#31Emily191US #37
#32Tammy180US #55
#33Holly177US #52
#34Andrea173US #24
#35Lori173US #57
#36Wendy171US #49
#37Cynthia159US #48
#38Karen159US #32
#39Tina151US #58
#40Amber150US #33
#41Melanie146US #53
#42Leslie139US #65
#43Ashley138US #106
#44Susan137US #45
#45Stacey134US #56
#46Tara131US #35
#47Katherine124US #44
#48Stacy124US #42
#49Tracy124US #50
#50Nicole118US #15
#51Kristy115US #68
#52Teresa115US #79
#53Brandi112US #71
#54Dana111US #62
#55Patricia111US #47
#56Sabrina109US #63
#57Latoya105US #125
#58Allison103US #66
#59Margaret100US #111
#60Monica100US #39
#61Pamela96US #102
#62Erica95US #38
#63Christie93US #156
#64Sharon93US #95
#65Sara91US #27
#66Samantha89US #85
#67Erin87US #23
#68Jaime86US #46
#69Rhonda85US #131
#70Alicia82US #60
#71Natalie81US #69
#72Courtney79US #76
#73Sherry79US #140
#74Tamara79US #93
#75Anna77US #74
#76Robin76US #84
#77Sandra76US #61
#78Chasity75
#79Donna73US #113
#80Kristie73US #157
#81Mandy72US #94
#82Cindy71US #132
#83Tabitha70US #195
#84Tamika68US #158
#85Felicia67US #128
#86Joy67US #136
#87Jill66US #41
#88Natasha66US #116
#89Valerie66US #86
#90Barbara65US #101
#91Tanya63US #67
#92Angel62US #133
#93Carla62US #137
#94Regina61US #124
#95Summer61US #119
#96Melinda60US #96
#97Jacqueline59US #92
#98Leah59US #112
#99Linda59US #99
#100Kristi58US #104

Boys

#1Jason1,365US #2
#2Michael1,319US #1
#3James1,245US #5
#4Christopher1,210US #3
#5William852US #12
#6David817US #4
#7John775US #7
#8Robert773US #6
#9Jeremy664US #15
#10Brian593US #8
#11Joshua552US #14
#12Kevin513US #13
#13Joseph500US #10
#14Charles494US #26
#15Matthew473US #9
#16Timothy457US #18
#17Jonathan417US #28
#18Daniel397US #11
#19Thomas349US #22
#20Richard339US #20
#21Eric336US #17
#22Anthony335US #21
#23Steven303US #23
#24Mark293US #25
#25Jeffrey272US #19
#26Benjamin269US #29
#27Stephen238US #38
#28Kenneth223US #39
#29Marcus221US #72
#30Andrew220US #24
#31Travis218US #44
#32Bradley214US #49
#33Chad210US #34
#34Brandon208US #41
#35Larry201US #62
#36Billy193US #91
#37Adam191US #33
#38Justin191US #30
#39Paul190US #31
#40Gary186US #58
#41Nathan184US #36
#42Gregory170US #35
#43Donald159US #46
#44Ryan159US #16
#45Wesley158US #66
#46Samuel155US #60
#47Terry155US #83
#48Bryan152US #42
#49Aaron151US #32
#50Corey150US #52
#51Patrick149US #40
#52Ronald148US #53
#53Bobby147US #105
#54Phillip146US #70
#55Jerry139US #75
#56Scott137US #27
#57Jeffery130US #78
#58Antonio125US #77
#59Edward122US #47
#60Derrick121US #80
#61Jamie121US #82
#62George116US #57
#63Shawn116US #37
#64Johnny106US #93
#65Rodney106US #97
#66Shannon105US #120
#67Keith104US #48
#68Jimmy102US #98
#69Cory98US #67
#70Tony95US #92
#71Danny91US #111
#72Jeremiah91US #69
#73Douglas89US #59
#74Jesse88US #54
#75Randall81US #140
#76Ricky81US #136
#77Roger81US #114
#78Ronnie81US #156
#79Joe77US #128
#80Shane76US #61
#81Dustin75US #81
#82Carlos74US #74
#83Todd74US #50
#84Walter74US #123
#85Russell73US #89
#86Dennis71US #68
#87Tommy71US #177
#88Terrance70US #192
#89Brent69US #85
#90Darrell69US #150
#91Mario69US #129
#92Jacob68US #56
#93Randy67US #86
#94Troy67US #88
#95Micheal66US #122
#96Derek65US #84
#97Sean64US #43
#98Carl63US #99
#99Brad62US #106
#100Jared62US #76

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑25Wesley#45
↑25Jesse#74
↑22Latoya#57
↑20Jessica#11
↑18Ryan#44
↑17Katherine#47
↑17Corey#50
↑17Dustin#81

Falling

↓33Tanya#91
↓24Melinda#96
↓22Kristi#100
↓21Randy#93
↓20Donna#79
↓20Jacqueline#97
↓19Tamika#84
↓19Brad#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.