State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,270 Tennessee births in 1981 across 1,145 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
#91Ronnie#181 nationally
#99Barry#186 nationally
#61Tabitha#147 nationally
#93Reginald#179 nationally
#90Johnathan#158 nationally
#32Christy#99 nationally
#94Angel#157 nationally
#56Candace#118 nationally
#43Billy#103 nationally
#51Tonya#110 nationally
#52Bobby#110 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda1,155US #3
#2Jennifer1,110US #1
#3Jessica891US #2
#4April497US #25
#5Tiffany471US #14
#6Amy444US #6
#7Heather433US #10
#8Crystal427US #16
#9Stephanie427US #8
#10Ashley409US #34
#11Kimberly402US #13
#12Melissa399US #5
#13Sarah396US #4
#14Rebecca372US #12
#15Mary365US #27
#16Angela363US #15
#17Elizabeth348US #9
#18Rachel347US #22
#19Brandy307US #41
#20Laura298US #21
#21Amber296US #20
#22Emily263US #29
#23Misty256US #61
#24Jamie209US #28
#25Andrea207US #24
#26Christina205US #17
#27Brandi199US #50
#28Lisa187US #18
#29Erica177US #36
#30Michelle175US #11
#31Leslie174US #56
#32Christy173US #99
#33Courtney166US #43
#34Katherine159US #39
#35Erin152US #19
#36Julie152US #37
#37Kelly152US #23
#38Kristin152US #31
#39Lauren147US #35
#40Carrie141US #55
#41Holly140US #63
#42Shannon140US #32
#43Lori138US #91
#44Sara137US #26
#45Samantha134US #51
#46Latoya133US #69
#47Tara132US #45
#48Kristen127US #38
#49Candice124US #86
#50Kristy122US #94
#51Tonya122US #110
#52Lindsey121US #58
#53Allison117US #57
#54Natasha114US #85
#55Pamela114US #76
#56Candace113US #118
#57Nicole112US #7
#58Alicia109US #46
#59Melanie107US #66
#60Anna104US #54
#61Tabitha103US #147
#62Cynthia102US #59
#63Susan101US #71
#64Natalie97US #60
#65Tracy96US #77
#66Tina93US #80
#67Stacy91US #65
#68Karen90US #64
#69Megan90US #33
#70Bethany88US #114
#71Kathryn87US #48
#72Stacey85US #83
#73Brooke84US #52
#74Lindsay83US #47
#75Miranda81US #128
#76Dana80US #70
#77Wendy79US #90
#78Danielle78US #30
#79Tammy78US #117
#80Casey77US #122
#81Julia77US #88
#82Patricia75US #53
#83Jacqueline71US #67
#84Leah69US #81
#85Kristi67US #129
#86Latasha67US #139
#87Margaret67US #107
#88Monica67US #49
#89Jenny65US #123
#90Tasha65US #141
#91Catherine62US #73
#92Katrina62US #95
#93Rebekah62US #149
#94Angel61US #157
#95Whitney61
#96Tanya60US #92
#97Katie59US #44
#98Erika58US #93
#99Regina58US #151
#100Robin57US #102

Boys

#1Michael1,236US #1
#2James1,173US #7
#3Joshua1,152US #6
#4Christopher1,049US #2
#5Jason971US #4
#6William871US #15
#7John781US #8
#8David740US #5
#9Matthew725US #3
#10Jonathan718US #16
#11Robert717US #9
#12Brandon637US #19
#13Justin633US #12
#14Jeremy615US #22
#15Joseph548US #11
#16Daniel486US #10
#17Charles468US #31
#18Brian455US #14
#19Timothy408US #24
#20Thomas366US #26
#21Eric359US #17
#22Adam351US #20
#23Kevin337US #25
#24Anthony319US #23
#25Travis315US #40
#26Richard310US #27
#27Dustin308US #42
#28Steven305US #28
#29Benjamin297US #32
#30Andrew280US #18
#31Nicholas264US #21
#32Stephen234US #39
#33Kenneth220US #41
#34Jeffrey217US #29
#35Ryan216US #13
#36Nathan213US #36
#37Bradley207US #50
#38Aaron206US #30
#39Patrick191US #38
#40Mark183US #33
#41Marcus177US #67
#42Chad174US #47
#43Billy162US #103
#44Jacob159US #43
#45Paul155US #35
#46Gary148US #62
#47Jesse147US #37
#48Gregory145US #46
#49Phillip142US #66
#50Samuel140US #54
#51Donald139US #56
#52Bobby129US #110
#53Derek128US #53
#54Antonio127US #75
#55Terry126US #105
#56Larry125US #73
#57Wesley125US #99
#58Derrick123US #78
#59Bryan121US #48
#60Ronald121US #59
#61Jerry116US #97
#62Scott114US #34
#63Jeffery109US #93
#64Ricky98US #122
#65Johnny94US #113
#66George93US #61
#67Keith93US #58
#68Jeremiah92US #77
#69Shawn92US #49
#70Corey88US #69
#71Edward87US #51
#72Tony83US #111
#73Mario81US #109
#74Russell80US #98
#75Jared78US #57
#76Brent77US #88
#77Danny76US #130
#78Casey75US #85
#79Nathaniel75US #80
#80Zachary75US #63
#81Jimmy73US #129
#82Randall73US #137
#83Randy70US #91
#84Curtis69US #94
#85Rodney69US #135
#86Clinton68US #124
#87Dennis68US #83
#88Douglas68US #64
#89Jamie66US #118
#90Johnathan65US #158
#91Ronnie64US #181
#92Shane64US #81
#93Reginald62US #179
#94Walter61US #138
#95Carl60US #106
#96Roger60US #120
#97Allen59US #131
#98Cory58US #90
#99Barry56US #186
#100Kyle56US #52

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑31Latoya#46
↑24Lindsey#52
↑16Courtney#33
↑16Candice#49
↑16Candace#56
↑16Jacob#44
↑15Kristi#85
↑14Tara#47

Falling

↓26Tracy#65
↓22Dana#76
↓21Monica#88
↓19Wendy#77
↓18Douglas#88
↓17Stacy#67
↓15Melanie#59
↓14Kelly#37

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.