State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,342 Tennessee births in 1979 across 1,202 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#88Chasityoutside the national top 200
#94Joeyoutside the national top 200
#96Whitneyoutside the national top 200
#88Tommy#187 nationally
#75Candace#173 nationally
#59Tabitha#155 nationally
#89Christie#181 nationally
#75Ronnie#163 nationally
#90Sherry#175 nationally
#95Terrance#179 nationally
#83Rhonda#163 nationally
#95Latasha#167 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda1,212US #3
#2Jennifer1,134US #1
#3Melissa612US #2
#4Amy515US #5
#5Heather512US #7
#6April507US #23
#7Angela501US #8
#8Jessica486US #4
#9Kimberly456US #12
#10Crystal427US #18
#11Elizabeth367US #11
#12Stephanie359US #15
#13Mary350US #24
#14Rebecca338US #17
#15Misty326US #42
#16Brandy319US #39
#17Lisa303US #13
#18Kelly284US #16
#19Rachel279US #27
#20Sarah277US #6
#21Jamie272US #19
#22Tiffany265US #28
#23Christina263US #14
#24Amber253US #22
#25Ashley253US #67
#26Christy251US #72
#27Laura244US #20
#28Michelle210US #10
#29Emily209US #34
#30Andrea195US #26
#31Carrie190US #41
#32Julie188US #29
#33Shannon183US #25
#34Holly180US #48
#35Erica175US #32
#36Leslie173US #65
#37Brandi152US #61
#38Tonya149US #86
#39Lori142US #69
#40Kristy135US #56
#41Tracy133US #49
#42Stacy132US #43
#43Katherine131US #36
#44Tina122US #58
#45Nicole121US #9
#46Dana120US #54
#47Karen120US #46
#48Sara120US #30
#49Melanie118US #53
#50Erin117US #21
#51Wendy117US #64
#52Susan116US #51
#53Stacey115US #60
#54Tara113US #38
#55Monica112US #40
#56Cynthia110US #55
#57Tammy106US #79
#58Samantha101US #66
#59Tabitha100US #155
#60Courtney98US #71
#61Alicia97US #47
#62Pamela94US #90
#63Megan92US #31
#64Allison91US #70
#65Anna91US #59
#66Lauren88US #45
#67Natalie86US #68
#68Robin86US #95
#69Teresa86US #87
#70Melinda84US #82
#71Candice83US #128
#72Katrina79US #99
#73Tamara79US #104
#74Patricia78US #44
#75Candace77US #173
#76Sharon77US #117
#77Catherine76US #78
#78Mandy75US #116
#79Natasha75US #110
#80Margaret74US #108
#81Kathryn73US #50
#82Mindy70US #81
#83Rhonda69US #163
#84Danielle68US #33
#85Donna68US #131
#86Lindsay68US #88
#87Sabrina67US #106
#88Chasity66
#89Christie66US #181
#90Sherry66US #175
#91Bethany65US #135
#92Leah65US #98
#93Casey63US #144
#94Tanya63US #93
#95Latasha62US #167
#96Whitney62
#97Cheryl61US #94
#98Carla60US #142
#99Lindsey59US #113
#100Jacqueline58US #80

Boys

#1Michael1,247US #1
#2James1,241US #5
#3Jason1,212US #3
#4Christopher1,210US #2
#5Joshua863US #9
#6John834US #7
#7William811US #13
#8David805US #4
#9Robert771US #8
#10Jeremy699US #16
#11Matthew576US #6
#12Brian557US #10
#13Charles520US #28
#14Joseph502US #11
#15Daniel492US #12
#16Timothy438US #18
#17Kevin416US #19
#18Jonathan402US #31
#19Travis390US #36
#20Eric348US #17
#21Brandon342US #35
#22Justin326US #22
#23Richard324US #25
#24Anthony305US #21
#25Steven302US #27
#26Thomas302US #26
#27Adam299US #23
#28Nicholas288US #15
#29Jeffrey280US #24
#30Andrew273US #20
#31Stephen249US #40
#32Benjamin247US #33
#33Mark247US #30
#34Kenneth229US #41
#35Nathan227US #37
#36Bradley206US #47
#37Marcus194US #76
#38Larry183US #69
#39Chad182US #38
#40Aaron170US #32
#41Paul169US #34
#42Ryan168US #14
#43Jerry163US #85
#44Patrick158US #39
#45Gregory156US #42
#46Billy155US #97
#47Bryan155US #46
#48Scott153US #29
#49Donald150US #51
#50Samuel149US #55
#51Gary148US #59
#52Antonio142US #79
#53Mario138US #103
#54Dustin136US #62
#55Wesley135US #89
#56Ronald134US #54
#57Derrick130US #80
#58Bobby127US #106
#59Jeffery125US #87
#60Edward119US #48
#61Phillip118US #68
#62Jamie117US #88
#63Terry112US #96
#64Corey111US #63
#65Johnny110US #111
#66Keith109US #52
#67Jacob107US #45
#68Jeremiah105US #81
#69Ricky104US #124
#70George102US #57
#71Derek98US #72
#72Shawn96US #43
#73Jimmy94US #123
#74Jesse92US #50
#75Ronnie88US #163
#76Casey82US #93
#77Cory82US #82
#78Jared81US #65
#79Shaun79US #64
#80Douglas78US #58
#81Tony78US #104
#82Brent74US #84
#83Rodney74US #117
#84Micheal73US #127
#85Carlos72US #73
#86Curtis72US #91
#87Danny72US #121
#88Tommy72US #187
#89Carl71US #100
#90Russell71US #92
#91Randy69US #86
#92Willie69US #125
#93Zachary69US #74
#94Joey67
#95Terrance65US #179
#96Dennis63US #75
#97Roger63US #132
#98Shannon61US #159
#99Shane60US #67
#100Todd60US #60

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑35Mario#53
↑26Katrina#72
↑22Megan#63
↑21Tamara#73
↑20Candace#75
↑19Dana#46
↑19Casey#76
↑17Jeremiah#68

Falling

↓22Sherry#90
↓21Patricia#74
↓17Cynthia#56
↓17Shane#99
↓16Donna#85
↓15Shawn#72
↓15Shannon#98
↓14Kathryn#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.