State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,429 Tennessee births in 1983 across 1,140 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#59Whitney#164 nationally
#99Terrance#197 nationally
#49Tabitha#137 nationally
#60Christy#146 nationally
#100Felicia#181 nationally
#67Tonya#147 nationally
#97Cassie#173 nationally
#64Johnathan#137 nationally
#84Tasha#156 nationally
#88Caleb#159 nationally
#95Latasha#166 nationally
#62Billy#124 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,061US #4
#2Jennifer1,033US #1
#3Jessica1,002US #2
#4Amanda962US #3
#5Heather487US #9
#6Tiffany484US #14
#7Sarah482US #5
#8Crystal425US #11
#9Rachel424US #20
#10Stephanie410US #8
#11Kimberly378US #15
#12Amber376US #17
#13Amy371US #12
#14April346US #39
#15Mary344US #32
#16Elizabeth343US #10
#17Emily319US #25
#18Rebecca316US #19
#19Melissa295US #6
#20Laura267US #23
#21Lauren245US #24
#22Angela243US #22
#23Brandy234US #57
#24Christina220US #16
#25Erica219US #33
#26Lindsey209US #35
#27Erin200US #18
#28Holly197US #48
#29Brandi196US #56
#30Katherine190US #34
#31Michelle190US #13
#32Jamie186US #28
#33Andrea185US #30
#34Kelly176US #26
#35Samantha176US #40
#36Lisa175US #27
#37Megan173US #21
#38Courtney166US #44
#39Lindsay166US #36
#40Leslie161US #67
#41Misty145US #87
#42Alicia143US #41
#43Sara141US #31
#44Kristen137US #37
#45Brittany133US #64
#46Candice131US #84
#47Julie130US #46
#48Nicole128US #7
#49Tabitha123US #137
#50Carrie117US #65
#51Allison114US #59
#52Natalie113US #52
#53Shannon113US #38
#54Anna112US #55
#55Stacy106US #61
#56Tara104US #51
#57Kristin101US #42
#58Natasha100US #71
#59Whitney95US #164
#60Christy92US #146
#61Kathryn92US #50
#62Marquita89US #112
#63Candace88US #104
#64Danielle87US #29
#65Lori86US #113
#66Stacey86US #76
#67Tonya86US #147
#68Casey85US #110
#69Cynthia85US #62
#70Kayla85US #81
#71Susan85US #86
#72Latoya84US #90
#73Bethany83US #99
#74Katie81US #45
#75Pamela80US #91
#76Karen76US #77
#77Miranda76US #118
#78Patricia76US #60
#79Victoria76US #58
#80Sheena73US #107
#81Monica72US #54
#82Hannah71US #124
#83Catherine70US #66
#84Tasha68US #156
#85Leah67US #82
#86Melanie67US #79
#87Tracy66US #89
#88Kristy65US #133
#89Jacqueline63US #53
#90Julia62US #85
#91Margaret61US #92
#92Brooke60US #96
#93Dana60US #72
#94Kristina60US #63
#95Latasha59US #166
#96Wendy58US #125
#97Cassie57US #173
#98Rebekah56US #152
#99Tina56US #100
#100Felicia55US #181

Boys

#1Christopher1,253US #2
#2Michael1,163US #1
#3James1,130US #6
#4Joshua1,097US #5
#5Matthew949US #3
#6William835US #16
#7Brandon727US #17
#8Jason711US #7
#9John708US #9
#10Justin704US #12
#11David703US #4
#12Jonathan692US #19
#13Robert637US #10
#14Daniel569US #8
#15Joseph498US #11
#16Adam475US #18
#17Jeremy442US #30
#18Charles422US #33
#19Brian409US #14
#20Andrew391US #15
#21Thomas372US #24
#22Dustin370US #43
#23Eric354US #20
#24Steven349US #23
#25Timothy318US #26
#26Kevin311US #25
#27Travis290US #41
#28Benjamin272US #32
#29Anthony269US #22
#30Richard256US #27
#31Jeffrey251US #28
#32Nicholas244US #21
#33Ryan242US #13
#34Stephen231US #35
#35Nathan224US #40
#36Aaron218US #29
#37Bradley201US #52
#38Mark194US #31
#39Kenneth193US #45
#40Marcus189US #58
#41Patrick184US #37
#42Jacob178US #36
#43Gregory170US #42
#44Samuel151US #54
#45Chad146US #49
#46Paul142US #39
#47Bryan138US #47
#48Phillip136US #66
#49Derrick133US #78
#50Larry133US #85
#51Zachary125US #50
#52Jerry124US #103
#53Wesley121US #101
#54Derek119US #51
#55Jesse116US #46
#56Kyle116US #34
#57Antonio114US #76
#58Ronald114US #64
#59Jeffery113US #91
#60Terry113US #110
#61Gary110US #68
#62Billy106US #124
#63Bobby106US #118
#64Johnathan104US #137
#65Corey99US #74
#66Donald91US #60
#67Jared90US #56
#68Edward85US #55
#69Tyler84US #57
#70Nathaniel83US #79
#71George80US #65
#72Jimmy78US #127
#73Shawn78US #53
#74Jeremiah73US #99
#75Scott73US #38
#76Johnny71US #116
#77Ricky71US #128
#78Philip70US #82
#79Randall70US #129
#80Curtis67US #100
#81Sean67US #44
#82Brent66US #94
#83Keith66US #61
#84Jordan64US #72
#85Danny62US #133
#86Roger62US #144
#87Douglas61US #69
#88Caleb60US #159
#89Clinton60US #141
#90Mitchell60US #143
#91Russell60US #104
#92Tony60US #119
#93Jamie59US #153
#94Randy59US #96
#95Joel58US #67
#96Casey56US #90
#97Carl55US #106
#98Micheal55US #140
#99Terrance54US #197
#100Andre53US #126

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑39Whitney#59
↑27Kyle#56
↑22Megan#37
↑21Johnathan#64
↑19Stacey#66
↑17Sheena#80
↑14Jerry#52
↑13Katherine#30

Falling

↓26Melanie#86
↓23Jacqueline#89
↓22Dana#93
↓20Wendy#96
↓20Carl#97
↓19Christy#60
↓19Latoya#72
↓18Misty#41

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.