State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,671 Tennessee births in 1982 across 1,137 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#90Ronnie#196 nationally
#98Terrance#198 nationally
#54Tabitha#152 nationally
#98Whitney#185 nationally
#41Christy#115 nationally
#82Latasha#153 nationally
#96Angel#166 nationally
#85Johnathan#152 nationally
#53Billy#116 nationally
#67Randall#130 nationally
#51Bobby#113 nationally
#73Jimmy#132 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,141US #1
#2Amanda985US #3
#3Jessica976US #2
#4Ashley547US #17
#5Crystal509US #9
#6Tiffany508US #13
#7Sarah461US #4
#8Amy440US #10
#9Stephanie422US #7
#10Heather415US #12
#11April404US #32
#12Rachel384US #21
#13Elizabeth376US #8
#14Kimberly367US #14
#15Mary364US #30
#16Melissa363US #5
#17Rebecca345US #15
#18Emily310US #24
#19Amber306US #18
#20Angela301US #16
#21Laura271US #22
#22Brandy258US #50
#23Misty238US #74
#24Lindsey235US #40
#25Lauren229US #26
#26Brandi217US #55
#27Erica207US #35
#28Michelle206US #11
#29Kelly205US #25
#30Christina198US #19
#31Leslie198US #60
#32Andrea189US #27
#33Jamie188US #29
#34Erin179US #20
#35Samantha174US #44
#36Sara174US #28
#37Courtney159US #43
#38Lisa157US #23
#39Holly154US #61
#40Julie149US #41
#41Christy146US #115
#42Lindsay146US #39
#43Katherine145US #36
#44Allison138US #58
#45Candice132US #78
#46Kristin132US #37
#47Kristen124US #33
#48Nicole122US #6
#49Alicia119US #53
#50Candace118US #103
#51Carrie118US #57
#52Tara118US #47
#53Latoya113US #91
#54Tabitha112US #152
#55Anna110US #56
#56Shannon105US #38
#57Pamela103US #82
#58Brittany102US #94
#59Megan97US #34
#60Melanie97US #65
#61Natasha97US #71
#62Stacy94US #72
#63Cynthia93US #64
#64Natalie91US #51
#65Casey90US #119
#66Jacqueline90US #54
#67Lori90US #98
#68Karen89US #68
#69Susan88US #76
#70Danielle85US #31
#71Dana84US #67
#72Tonya84US #126
#73Kathryn83US #48
#74Katie82US #45
#75Bethany80US #112
#76Wendy78US #105
#77Cassandra77US #62
#78Kristy76US #104
#79Monica75US #52
#80Patricia75US #59
#81Robin75US #108
#82Latasha73US #153
#83Miranda73US #117
#84Victoria72US #66
#85Stacey71US #85
#86Catherine70US #73
#87Leah70US #79
#88Cassie69US #137
#89Tina65US #90
#90Margaret62US #97
#91Katrina61US #87
#92Lacey61US #125
#93Tammy61US #134
#94Barbara59US #130
#95Vanessa59US #49
#96Angel58US #166
#97Sheena58US #149
#98Whitney58US #185
#99Brooke57US #92
#100Tracy57US #88

Boys

#1Christopher1,293US #2
#2James1,190US #6
#3Joshua1,110US #7
#4Michael1,091US #1
#5Jason854US #4
#6John826US #8
#7William800US #15
#8Matthew786US #3
#9David766US #5
#10Jonathan698US #16
#11Justin687US #12
#12Brandon646US #18
#13Robert639US #9
#14Joseph564US #11
#15Daniel544US #10
#16Jeremy538US #28
#17Charles493US #31
#18Brian416US #14
#19Timothy381US #24
#20Thomas375US #23
#21Adam374US #19
#22Andrew357US #17
#23Eric356US #20
#24Kevin334US #25
#25Steven322US #26
#26Dustin317US #42
#27Richard297US #27
#28Benjamin293US #33
#29Nicholas293US #22
#30Anthony279US #21
#31Jeffrey253US #29
#32Travis250US #39
#33Stephen234US #38
#34Kenneth223US #45
#35Bradley217US #51
#36Nathan217US #36
#37Ryan217US #13
#38Aaron213US #30
#39Marcus204US #63
#40Mark196US #32
#41Gregory193US #40
#42Paul165US #35
#43Patrick162US #37
#44Chad159US #48
#45Jacob156US #41
#46Jesse151US #43
#47Samuel144US #56
#48Derek139US #50
#49Phillip139US #67
#50Derrick137US #78
#51Bobby136US #113
#52Gary135US #64
#53Billy134US #116
#54Antonio133US #76
#55Larry132US #77
#56Donald123US #58
#57Bryan118US #49
#58Terry118US #105
#59Jeffery117US #92
#60Wesley111US #98
#61Jeremiah108US #89
#62Scott105US #34
#63Zachary105US #55
#64Jared101US #54
#65Johnny97US #118
#66Jerry95US #100
#67Randall89US #130
#68Ronald88US #60
#69Shawn86US #52
#70Edward85US #53
#71Corey84US #74
#72Mario82US #109
#73Jimmy81US #132
#74Nathaniel79US #75
#75George77US #62
#76Keith76US #59
#77Carl73US #104
#78Danny73US #137
#79Tony72US #112
#80Ricky71US #129
#81Philip69US #79
#82Curtis67US #101
#83Kyle67US #47
#84Brett66US #72
#85Johnathan66US #152
#86Brent65US #91
#87Douglas65US #68
#88Randy65US #94
#89Roger65US #127
#90Ronnie65US #196
#91Casey63US #86
#92Sean63US #44
#93Jordan62US #85
#94Jamie60US #131
#95Lucas60US #106
#96Micheal60US #148
#97Willie60US #144
#98Terrance59US #198
#99Dennis58US #87
#100Frank58US #81

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑32Lindsay#42
↑28Lindsey#24
↑23Katie#74
↑19Robin#81
↑18Carl#77
↑17Jacqueline#66
↑17Zachary#63
↑17Kyle#83

Falling

↓35Tracy#100
↓28Kristy#78
↓26Brooke#99
↓24Lori#67
↓23Tina#89
↓21Tonya#72
↓16Ricky#80
↓14Shannon#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.