State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,807 Tennessee births in 1978 across 1,212 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#77Chasityoutside the national top 200
#97Sonyaoutside the national top 200
#99Gingeroutside the national top 200
#95Candace#196 nationally
#88Christie#173 nationally
#92Tommy#177 nationally
#76Rhonda#160 nationally
#83Kristie#167 nationally
#68Sherry#151 nationally
#46Tabitha#126 nationally
#86Ronnie#163 nationally
#79Bethany#155 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,130US #1
#2Amanda777US #6
#3Amy619US #4
#4Heather554US #5
#5Angela527US #7
#6Kimberly504US #13
#7Melissa468US #2
#8Crystal430US #18
#9Stephanie417US #16
#10April414US #27
#11Misty407US #43
#12Jessica389US #3
#13Mary352US #24
#14Kelly324US #12
#15Rebecca319US #17
#16Christy307US #59
#17Elizabeth294US #14
#18Brandy285US #37
#19Lisa277US #11
#20Rachel276US #25
#21Christina272US #15
#22Sarah261US #8
#23Jamie248US #20
#24Laura224US #19
#25Shannon219US #22
#26Tiffany216US #32
#27Andrea215US #23
#28Emily204US #33
#29Michelle199US #9
#30Carrie196US #35
#31Julie191US #26
#32Tonya188US #77
#33Kristy187US #51
#34Ashley181US #87
#35Amber166US #30
#36Tracy160US #47
#37Tina159US #45
#38Wendy152US #56
#39Cynthia151US #50
#40Brandi150US #61
#41Holly150US #55
#42Leslie149US #63
#43Erica148US #34
#44Lori143US #60
#45Karen139US #39
#46Tabitha133US #126
#47Stacy131US #44
#48Tammy131US #67
#49Susan127US #49
#50Melanie121US #54
#51Stacey121US #53
#52Tara116US #40
#53Patricia115US #48
#54Nicole114US #10
#55Katherine108US #38
#56Sara103US #28
#57Erin100US #21
#58Allison99US #75
#59Monica99US #42
#60Samantha98US #74
#61Pamela94US #109
#62Courtney93US #68
#63Natalie92US #66
#64Anna90US #65
#65Dana89US #71
#66Alicia86US #58
#67Kathryn82US #57
#68Sherry82US #151
#69Donna79US #120
#70Robin79US #89
#71Margaret78US #110
#72Kristi77US #98
#73Melinda76US #84
#74Sharon76US #106
#75Teresa76US #88
#76Rhonda75US #160
#77Chasity74
#78Felicia74US #140
#79Bethany72US #155
#80Sabrina70US #91
#81Latoya69US #135
#82Natasha68US #114
#83Kristie66US #167
#84Mandy66US #96
#85Megan64US #41
#86Sandra64US #69
#87Jaime63US #70
#88Christie62US #173
#89Jenny62US #111
#90Lindsay62US #95
#91Regina62US #129
#92Catherine60US #72
#93Cindy60US #134
#94Tamara60US #105
#95Candace59US #196
#96Linda59US #100
#97Sonya59
#98Katrina58US #122
#99Ginger57
#100Jacqueline57US #81

Boys

#1Michael1,282US #1
#2James1,252US #5
#3Jason1,245US #2
#4Christopher1,157US #3
#5David872US #4
#6John797US #7
#7William790US #13
#8Robert721US #8
#9Joshua644US #12
#10Jeremy623US #18
#11Brian563US #9
#12Charles562US #27
#13Matthew527US #6
#14Joseph498US #10
#15Kevin475US #15
#16Jonathan441US #31
#17Daniel435US #11
#18Timothy427US #17
#19Anthony341US #20
#20Richard338US #21
#21Eric337US #16
#22Thomas318US #23
#23Steven309US #24
#24Jeffrey292US #19
#25Andrew279US #22
#26Mark274US #26
#27Adam270US #29
#28Brandon266US #40
#29Justin255US #28
#30Benjamin239US #34
#31Stephen226US #37
#32Travis219US #46
#33Kenneth213US #41
#34Paul208US #33
#35Nicholas205US #25
#36Nathan203US #36
#37Marcus188US #70
#38Gregory185US #38
#39Chad183US #35
#40Larry176US #64
#41Bradley175US #53
#42Aaron169US #32
#43Derrick167US #76
#44Billy166US #99
#45Samuel162US #57
#46Ryan160US #14
#47Gary159US #60
#48Bryan154US #43
#49Jerry153US #82
#50Wesley153US #83
#51Phillip151US #67
#52Patrick149US #42
#53Antonio148US #79
#54Donald138US #48
#55Ronald130US #55
#56Bobby128US #109
#57Shawn128US #39
#58Terry123US #91
#59Scott122US #30
#60Corey120US #61
#61Jeffery118US #80
#62Keith117US #49
#63Johnny115US #101
#64Edward113US #47
#65Shaun106US #52
#66Jamie105US #95
#67Dustin102US #68
#68George102US #58
#69Jimmy97US #118
#70Douglas88US #59
#71Cory85US #73
#72Ricky85US #130
#73Rodney85US #102
#74Jesse83US #51
#75Randall81US #135
#76Tony81US #97
#77Carlos80US #78
#78Brent79US #87
#79Derek79US #75
#80Willie79US #121
#81Jacob77US #50
#82Shane77US #65
#83Shannon77US #143
#84Danny75US #115
#85Jeremiah75US #81
#86Ronnie73US #163
#87Micheal72US #125
#88Mario71US #114
#89Zachary71US #89
#90Dennis70US #71
#91Randy70US #86
#92Tommy70US #177
#93Joe69US #128
#94Carl67US #100
#95Casey67US #92
#96Roger67US #120
#97Brad63US #123
#98Curtis63US #96
#99Troy62US #88
#100Russell61US #93

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑37Tabitha#46
↑28Kristi#72
↑23Melinda#73
↑19Erica#43
↑18Kristy#33
↑17Derrick#43
↑17Derek#79
↑14Dustin#67

Falling

↓25Christie#88
↓24Sabrina#80
↓24Latoya#81
↓23Teresa#75
↓20Tamara#94
↓19Jaime#87
↓19Roger#96
↓17Shannon#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.