State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,958 Tennessee births in 1980 across 1,184 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#95Whitneyoutside the national top 200
#64Tabitha#155 nationally
#92Rhonda#179 nationally
#94Terrance#179 nationally
#99Shannon#184 nationally
#96Ronnie#173 nationally
#100Johnathan#174 nationally
#72Randall#136 nationally
#47Bobby#109 nationally
#72Candace#134 nationally
#83Donna#144 nationally
#70Miranda#128 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda1,220US #2
#2Jennifer1,196US #1
#3Jessica673US #3
#4April483US #26
#5Tiffany481US #14
#6Heather476US #6
#7Amy463US #8
#8Kimberly451US #11
#9Crystal447US #18
#10Angela444US #12
#11Melissa436US #4
#12Stephanie418US #13
#13Mary363US #25
#14Sarah350US #5
#15Rachel342US #23
#16Rebecca329US #17
#17Elizabeth326US #9
#18Amber316US #22
#19Ashley313US #40
#20Brandy301US #42
#21Misty278US #49
#22Laura275US #21
#23Kelly257US #19
#24Christina249US #15
#25Jamie246US #24
#26Lisa241US #16
#27Emily229US #31
#28Christy213US #83
#29Andrea197US #28
#30Erica192US #34
#31Julie191US #32
#32Michelle181US #10
#33Leslie171US #61
#34Holly162US #52
#35Brandi156US #63
#36Katherine156US #35
#37Shannon152US #29
#38Erin142US #20
#39Tracy141US #56
#40Kristen140US #39
#41Carrie138US #46
#42Tonya138US #97
#43Kristy137US #78
#44Melanie135US #60
#45Sara130US #27
#46Kristin129US #37
#47Lori128US #76
#48Samantha124US #58
#49Courtney122US #48
#50Stacy121US #53
#51Nicole117US #7
#52Lauren116US #38
#53Susan116US #62
#54Dana114US #68
#55Pamela114US #86
#56Alicia113US #47
#57Tina111US #72
#58Wendy111US #75
#59Allison109US #59
#60Anna107US #55
#61Tara106US #43
#62Cynthia105US #64
#63Natasha103US #89
#64Tabitha103US #155
#65Candice102US #99
#66Megan95US #30
#67Monica95US #45
#68Brooke92US #57
#69Karen92US #54
#70Miranda90US #128
#71Natalie89US #65
#72Candace84US #134
#73Kathryn84US #50
#74Stacey84US #74
#75Patricia81US #51
#76Lindsey80US #91
#77Latoya78US #123
#78Bethany75US #124
#79Leah75US #84
#80Katrina73US #90
#81Lindsay73US #71
#82Margaret72US #105
#83Donna69US #144
#84Sabrina69US #113
#85Danielle68US #33
#86Robin68US #109
#87Casey67US #135
#88Valerie67US #85
#89Jenny66US #117
#90Tammy66US #96
#91Teresa66US #94
#92Rhonda63US #179
#93Latasha62US #141
#94Melinda62US #92
#95Whitney62
#96Jacqueline61US #81
#97Mindy61US #131
#98Sharon61US #129
#99Carla60US #152
#100Kristi60US #122

Boys

#1Michael1,306US #1
#2James1,252US #5
#3Jason1,193US #3
#4Christopher1,164US #2
#5Joshua1,001US #7
#6William844US #14
#7John796US #8
#8David757US #4
#9Robert735US #9
#10Jeremy608US #18
#11Jonathan579US #21
#12Matthew568US #6
#13Joseph566US #10
#14Justin537US #13
#15Daniel504US #11
#16Charles497US #29
#17Brian496US #12
#18Timothy438US #20
#19Brandon426US #31
#20Travis403US #37
#21Kevin397US #23
#22Thomas381US #25
#23Adam376US #22
#24Eric365US #16
#25Nicholas325US #17
#26Steven322US #28
#27Benjamin313US #32
#28Andrew287US #19
#29Richard287US #26
#30Anthony284US #24
#31Dustin262US #44
#32Jeffrey256US #27
#33Nathan250US #36
#34Mark241US #30
#35Stephen241US #40
#36Kenneth236US #41
#37Bradley218US #51
#38Patrick196US #38
#39Chad194US #39
#40Paul192US #35
#41Gregory175US #42
#42Marcus173US #71
#43Ryan173US #15
#44Aaron167US #34
#45Derrick164US #74
#46Samuel162US #54
#47Bobby160US #109
#48Billy159US #100
#49Wesley146US #95
#50Gary145US #63
#51Derek140US #50
#52Donald140US #53
#53Jesse138US #45
#54Larry138US #70
#55Phillip137US #65
#56Jerry136US #94
#57Terry134US #101
#58Antonio129US #77
#59Ronald127US #58
#60Jacob125US #43
#61Jeffery122US #90
#62Mario120US #102
#63Jeremiah117US #76
#64Bryan116US #49
#65Scott115US #33
#66Corey114US #68
#67Edward110US #52
#68Ricky96US #122
#69Jimmy95US #126
#70Douglas94US #62
#71Johnny93US #113
#72Randall90US #136
#73George89US #60
#74Shawn87US #47
#75Russell84US #92
#76Curtis82US #89
#77Tony81US #108
#78Danny79US #120
#79Zachary79US #72
#80Brent78US #84
#81Keith77US #56
#82Jamie76US #105
#83Jared76US #61
#84Randy76US #87
#85Dennis74US #80
#86Kyle74US #57
#87Raymond74US #66
#88Casey72US #93
#89Rodney67US #121
#90Carlos66US #78
#91Cory65US #83
#92Nathaniel65US #86
#93Carl62US #103
#94Terrance62US #179
#95Roger61US #134
#96Ronnie61US #173
#97Philip60US #82
#98Clinton59US #131
#99Shannon58US #184
#100Johnathan57US #174

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑23Lindsey#76
↑23Dustin#31
↑21Jesse#53
↑20Derek#51
↑17Tiffany#5
↑16Natasha#63
↑15Russell#75
↑14Lauren#52

Falling

↓33Tammy#90
↓24Melinda#94
↓22Karen#69
↓22Teresa#91
↓22Sharon#98
↓21Stacey#74
↓21Ronnie#96
↓20Jamie#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.