State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,849 Tennessee births in 1984 across 1,142 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#63Brittney#176 nationally
#74Latasha#175 nationally
#55Tabitha#141 nationally
#59Christy#145 nationally
#78Tasha#164 nationally
#88Willie#166 nationally
#64Billy#140 nationally
#54Bobby#129 nationally
#86Walter#161 nationally
#79Tonya#153 nationally
#84Cassie#158 nationally
#77Randall#148 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,096US #3
#2Jessica1,033US #2
#3Jennifer1,016US #1
#4Amanda918US #4
#5Heather526US #9
#6Tiffany440US #14
#7Rachel423US #15
#8Sarah418US #5
#9Elizabeth408US #10
#10Crystal396US #12
#11Stephanie382US #6
#12Amber362US #18
#13Amy341US #13
#14Kimberly341US #22
#15Laura316US #19
#16Mary314US #33
#17Rebecca307US #23
#18Melissa303US #8
#19April286US #42
#20Megan282US #11
#21Emily280US #24
#22Lauren276US #21
#23Erica247US #34
#24Angela243US #26
#25Brittany243US #41
#26Lindsey242US #35
#27Christina207US #20
#28Brandy199US #64
#29Brandi196US #61
#30Katherine190US #30
#31Samantha190US #39
#32Jamie187US #31
#33Kelly187US #27
#34Andrea181US #28
#35Danielle181US #16
#36Alicia171US #40
#37Holly165US #53
#38Michelle165US #17
#39Erin158US #25
#40Courtney157US #46
#41Latoya157US #60
#42Misty145US #98
#43Leslie140US #75
#44Kristen138US #38
#45Sara131US #32
#46Lindsay130US #36
#47Nicole124US #7
#48Lisa121US #29
#49Anna118US #57
#50Kristin118US #47
#51Allison114US #51
#52Sheena112US #80
#53Shannon111US #37
#54Julie110US #52
#55Tabitha108US #141
#56Tara107US #49
#57Candice105US #86
#58Kathryn104US #48
#59Christy103US #145
#60Carrie102US #78
#61Candace99US #102
#62Miranda95US #114
#63Brittney93US #176
#64Natalie91US #55
#65Whitney91US #125
#66Bethany90US #93
#67Katie88US #44
#68Natasha86US #77
#69Dana83US #73
#70Stacy83US #67
#71Monica78US #58
#72Victoria78US #59
#73Jacqueline75US #56
#74Latasha75US #175
#75Kristy74US #135
#76Lori72US #143
#77Casey71US #107
#78Tasha70US #164
#79Tonya67US #153
#80Kayla65US #100
#81Brooke64US #99
#82Patricia64US #66
#83Cynthia62US #62
#84Cassie61US #158
#85Leah61US #83
#86Rachael61US #103
#87Stacey61US #79
#88Susan60US #90
#89Tracy60US #91
#90Valerie60US #76
#91Catherine58US #69
#92Julia58US #87
#93Pamela58US #104
#94Alisha57US #123
#95Angel57US #162
#96Melinda57US #129
#97Tamara57US #124
#98Jenna56US #54
#99Krystal56US #74
#100Margaret55US #92

Boys

#1Christopher1,262US #2
#2Joshua1,197US #4
#3James1,052US #7
#4Michael1,033US #1
#5Matthew953US #3
#6William806US #16
#7Brandon755US #15
#8David686US #5
#9John685US #8
#10Robert671US #9
#11Justin647US #13
#12Jonathan638US #19
#13Daniel636US #6
#14Jason544US #11
#15Joseph543US #10
#16Adam457US #18
#17Brian392US #17
#18Jeremy392US #31
#19Charles385US #33
#20Timothy383US #26
#21Dustin366US #41
#22Eric354US #22
#23Andrew347US #14
#24Thomas343US #25
#25Kevin332US #24
#26Steven320US #23
#27Stephen282US #35
#28Anthony280US #21
#29Nicholas277US #20
#30Richard270US #27
#31Benjamin267US #30
#32Ryan267US #12
#33Travis259US #42
#34Mark215US #32
#35Kenneth209US #46
#36Nathan202US #38
#37Marcus197US #57
#38Jeffrey196US #28
#39Bradley187US #53
#40Aaron186US #29
#41Patrick185US #36
#42Jacob183US #37
#43Gregory175US #44
#44Zachary169US #45
#45Bryan138US #48
#46Derek138US #52
#47Samuel137US #55
#48Chad136US #51
#49Derrick136US #79
#50Paul134US #40
#51Phillip130US #70
#52Tyler124US #47
#53Wesley124US #101
#54Bobby119US #129
#55Jeffery118US #94
#56Antonio114US #77
#57Corey114US #69
#58Larry111US #91
#59Kyle104US #34
#60Ronald104US #67
#61Jesse98US #50
#62Donald97US #63
#63Terry97US #118
#64Billy94US #140
#65Gary94US #76
#66Jerry94US #111
#67Johnathan91US #132
#68Jimmy86US #134
#69Cody82US #62
#70Keith82US #61
#71Ricky80US #138
#72Edward79US #58
#73Jared79US #59
#74Scott76US #39
#75Jordan73US #65
#76George72US #68
#77Randall69US #148
#78Tony69US #112
#79Brent68US #89
#80Shawn68US #56
#81Curtis66US #96
#82Casey65US #82
#83Randy65US #100
#84Joel64US #66
#85Russell64US #106
#86Walter64US #161
#87Douglas63US #71
#88Willie62US #166
#89Johnny61US #120
#90Dennis60US #97
#91Nathaniel60US #80
#92Sean60US #43
#93Alexander59US #54
#94Blake58US #103
#95Carl58US #108
#96Cory57US #83
#97Mario56US #116
#98Clinton55US #145
#99Roger55US #157
#100Seth55US #99

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑31Latoya#41
↑29Danielle#35
↑28Sheena#52
↑24Dana#69
↑21Latasha#74
↑20Brittany#25
↑17Megan#20
↑17Tyler#52

Falling

↓21Stacey#87
↓21Nathaniel#91
↓18Pamela#93
↓17Susan#88
↓15Stacy#70
↓14Cynthia#83
↓14Jerry#66
↓13Johnny#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.