State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,022 Tennessee births in 1985 across 1,169 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#86Chasityoutside the national top 200
#60Christy#151 nationally
#54Tabitha#135 nationally
#69Billy#150 nationally
#84Rebekah#159 nationally
#99Cassie#170 nationally
#75Ricky#145 nationally
#76Randall#146 nationally
#55Misty#121 nationally
#70Bobby#135 nationally
#95Roger#160 nationally
#56Terry#119 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,245US #2
#2Jessica1,132US #1
#3Amanda982US #4
#4Jennifer794US #3
#5Heather541US #8
#6Brittany500US #17
#7Rachel443US #13
#8Amber442US #16
#9Sarah403US #5
#10Stephanie392US #6
#11Crystal376US #21
#12Kimberly373US #19
#13Tiffany371US #23
#14Elizabeth365US #9
#15Megan341US #10
#16Mary320US #35
#17Lauren314US #15
#18Laura313US #14
#19Amy288US #20
#20Emily277US #24
#21Melissa276US #11
#22April250US #47
#23Rebecca249US #25
#24Christina231US #12
#25Samantha225US #29
#26Erica224US #34
#27Lindsey223US #37
#28Jamie204US #27
#29Andrea197US #33
#30Angela195US #31
#31Danielle178US #18
#32Brandy174US #70
#33Courtney174US #43
#34Kelly171US #28
#35Katherine170US #32
#36Alicia166US #45
#37Holly162US #56
#38Sara162US #30
#39Michelle154US #22
#40Whitney149US #73
#41Erin148US #26
#42Anna144US #54
#43Brandi140US #69
#44Kristen139US #38
#45Leslie131US #76
#46Lindsay128US #40
#47Allison119US #46
#48Lisa114US #36
#49Brittney113US #84
#50Shannon112US #41
#51Katie110US #39
#52Carrie108US #96
#53Sheena107US #91
#54Tabitha107US #135
#55Misty106US #121
#56Kathryn105US #48
#57Candace104US #104
#58Julie101US #55
#59Bethany97US #94
#60Christy97US #151
#61Natasha96US #79
#62Victoria96US #59
#63Tara95US #51
#64Kristin93US #49
#65Candice92US #86
#66Latoya87US #81
#67Nicole85US #7
#68Stacy80US #67
#69Felicia77US #101
#70Jenna76US #50
#71Christine75US #44
#72Casey74US #114
#73Krystal72US #53
#74Margaret71US #90
#75Patricia71US #64
#76Leah68US #78
#77Natalie68US #58
#78Kristina67US #57
#79Hannah66US #117
#80Monica66US #61
#81Dana65US #82
#82Miranda65US #128
#83Stacey65US #89
#84Rebekah64US #159
#85Alisha63US #131
#86Chasity62
#87Cynthia62US #66
#88Jacqueline62US #60
#89Catherine61US #65
#90Dominique59US #83
#91Cassandra57US #62
#92Julia57US #85
#93Kayla57US #109
#94Melanie56US #88
#95Tracy56US #107
#96Jasmine55US #103
#97Pamela55US #116
#98Tamara55US #148
#99Cassie54US #170
#100Chelsea54US #75

Boys

#1Christopher1,399US #2
#2Joshua1,257US #4
#3James1,114US #7
#4Michael1,023US #1
#5Matthew903US #3
#6Brandon888US #13
#7William838US #16
#8David690US #6
#9Jonathan689US #17
#10Justin651US #15
#11John643US #9
#12Daniel619US #5
#13Robert613US #8
#14Joseph519US #10
#15Jason467US #14
#16Andrew417US #11
#17Charles409US #34
#18Timothy401US #26
#19Dustin392US #41
#20Jeremy385US #30
#21Adam362US #22
#22Steven362US #24
#23Thomas349US #25
#24Brian340US #18
#25Eric339US #21
#26Ryan304US #12
#27Kevin288US #23
#28Anthony282US #20
#29Nicholas280US #19
#30Benjamin279US #31
#31Richard271US #28
#32Stephen256US #36
#33Zachary234US #39
#34Jacob214US #35
#35Patrick211US #37
#36Kenneth206US #47
#37Nathan202US #40
#38Bradley197US #53
#39Jeffrey197US #29
#40Mark192US #32
#41Travis191US #46
#42Aaron177US #33
#43Marcus172US #61
#44Gregory170US #45
#45Samuel165US #54
#46Tyler165US #43
#47Kyle154US #27
#48Cody150US #52
#49Wesley147US #94
#50Bryan137US #48
#51Jesse137US #51
#52Paul137US #42
#53Corey128US #63
#54Phillip128US #69
#55Antonio127US #73
#56Terry123US #119
#57Derek118US #56
#58Derrick115US #83
#59Larry114US #97
#60Donald113US #66
#61Jordan110US #62
#62Chad109US #57
#63Jerry107US #116
#64Gary106US #82
#65Jared102US #58
#66Jeffery97US #96
#67Ronald97US #71
#68Shawn97US #55
#69Billy95US #150
#70Bobby95US #135
#71Edward94US #59
#72Scott92US #44
#73Sean91US #38
#74Keith89US #64
#75Ricky87US #145
#76Randall86US #146
#77Alexander85US #50
#78Johnathan82US #118
#79Cory81US #81
#80Blake76US #100
#81Brent73US #89
#82George73US #72
#83Johnny71US #127
#84Philip71US #84
#85Nathaniel68US #77
#86Jeremiah67US #111
#87Caleb65US #136
#88Seth65US #104
#89Mario64US #117
#90Curtis63US #98
#91Casey62US #86
#92Jimmy61US #149
#93Shane61US #68
#94Alex60US #80
#95Roger60US #160
#96Dennis59US #103
#97Devin59US #121
#98Douglas59US #76
#99Randy59US #102
#100Russell59US #110

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑28Jenna#70
↑26Krystal#73
↑26Margaret#74
↑25Whitney#40
↑21Cody#48
↑19Brittany#6
↑19Sean#73
↑17Cory#79

Falling

↓25Latoya#66
↓24Jimmy#92
↓20Nicole#67
↓20Miranda#82
↓16Bobby#70
↓16Randy#99
↓15Jacqueline#88
↓15Cassie#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.