State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,875 Tennessee births in 1986 across 1,164 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#64Christy#174 nationally
#100Courtneyoutside the national top 200
#66Billy#159 nationally
#51Tabitha#140 nationally
#89Sheena#173 nationally
#65Misty#145 nationally
#80Kristy#158 nationally
#57Bobby#130 nationally
#75Ricky#144 nationally
#88Savannah#155 nationally
#93Cassie#156 nationally
#88Jimmy#150 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,324US #2
#2Jessica1,324US #1
#3Amanda868US #3
#4Jennifer685US #4
#5Brittany586US #8
#6Heather529US #9
#7Sarah507US #5
#8Amber494US #13
#9Whitney407US #32
#10Rachel402US #15
#11Megan383US #11
#12Tiffany367US #17
#13Stephanie366US #6
#14Kimberly364US #18
#15Amy339US #22
#16Elizabeth332US #10
#17Lauren317US #14
#18Crystal288US #25
#19Mary287US #37
#20Laura279US #20
#21Emily243US #24
#22Samantha241US #21
#23Rebecca239US #26
#24Lindsey233US #39
#25Melissa225US #12
#26Erica217US #31
#27Christina206US #19
#28April200US #53
#29Courtney192US #35
#30Jamie182US #34
#31Katherine181US #28
#32Angela168US #33
#33Danielle166US #16
#34Anna152US #51
#35Sara151US #27
#36Michelle149US #23
#37Andrea146US #36
#38Brittney146US #65
#39Holly145US #63
#40Kelly145US #29
#41Lindsay145US #46
#42Brandy141US #84
#43Erin135US #30
#44Allison132US #42
#45Brandi132US #79
#46Alicia129US #45
#47Kristen128US #41
#48Kayla123US #64
#49Katie122US #38
#50Tara121US #56
#51Tabitha115US #140
#52Victoria109US #54
#53Nicole107US #7
#54Casey105US #80
#55Leslie103US #86
#56Candace101US #114
#57Shannon100US #44
#58Hannah96US #82
#59Natasha95US #70
#60Kristin92US #50
#61Julie91US #58
#62Kathryn91US #48
#63Felicia85US #89
#64Christy83US #174
#65Misty80US #145
#66Natalie79US #52
#67Candice76US #108
#68Monica76US #59
#69Carrie75US #109
#70Mallory75US #83
#71Stacy74US #87
#72Catherine73US #67
#73Bethany72US #91
#74Cassandra72US #60
#75Dominique72US #98
#76Lisa72US #40
#77Miranda69US #137
#78Kendra66US #101
#79Jenna65US #55
#80Kristy65US #158
#81Margaret65US #90
#82Robin65US #122
#83Kristina64US #62
#84Latoya64US #111
#85Chelsea61US #73
#86Krystal60US #61
#87Cynthia59US #81
#88Savannah59US #155
#89Sheena59US #173
#90Alisha58US #125
#91Meghan58US #71
#92Leah57US #78
#93Cassie56US #156
#94Stacey56US #94
#95Meagan55US #123
#96Jacqueline53US #57
#97Julia53US #88
#98Tamara53US #134
#99Brooke52US #104
#100Morgan52US #113

Boys

#1Christopher1,251US #2
#2Joshua1,077US #4
#3Michael996US #1
#4James970US #7
#5Matthew876US #3
#6Brandon806US #13
#7William771US #15
#8Justin740US #14
#9John645US #10
#10Robert632US #9
#11Jonathan619US #16
#12David599US #5
#13Daniel550US #6
#14Andrew529US #8
#15Jeremy509US #28
#16Joseph503US #12
#17Dustin418US #42
#18Charles413US #34
#19Timothy382US #27
#20Jason352US #18
#21Thomas342US #26
#22Ryan326US #11
#23Adam324US #24
#24Brian322US #20
#25Kevin322US #21
#26Eric315US #22
#27Nicholas315US #17
#28Steven314US #25
#29Anthony299US #19
#30Benjamin279US #30
#31Stephen262US #36
#32Jacob255US #31
#33Richard243US #29
#34Zachary228US #38
#35Jeffrey209US #32
#36Aaron196US #33
#37Nathan187US #43
#38Patrick183US #39
#39Travis181US #49
#40Cody180US #56
#41Bradley174US #54
#42Mark172US #35
#43Tyler168US #40
#44Corey160US #62
#45Kenneth158US #50
#46Gregory157US #46
#47Kyle151US #23
#48Marcus151US #63
#49Phillip145US #70
#50Samuel142US #52
#51Bryan140US #47
#52Jordan139US #53
#53Wesley136US #96
#54Jesse133US #48
#55Paul130US #45
#56Derrick121US #87
#57Bobby120US #130
#58Antonio116US #73
#59Chad116US #59
#60Jared109US #58
#61Terry106US #122
#62Sean105US #37
#63Derek104US #57
#64Gary102US #84
#65Donald101US #71
#66Billy99US #159
#67Jeffery99US #102
#68Shawn98US #55
#69Cory95US #68
#70Larry93US #108
#71George87US #74
#72Johnathan85US #115
#73Nathaniel85US #78
#74Edward84US #61
#75Ricky84US #144
#76Blake82US #101
#77Jerry82US #121
#78Keith80US #66
#79Casey79US #83
#80Ronald79US #75
#81Alex78US #64
#82Alexander76US #41
#83Johnny75US #125
#84Scott75US #44
#85Brent72US #94
#86Danny70US #147
#87Caleb64US #131
#88Jimmy64US #150
#89Mario63US #112
#90Jeremiah62US #118
#91Seth61US #97
#92Shane61US #67
#93Austin60US #90
#94Tony59US #120
#95Brett58US #69
#96Mitchell58US #105
#97Randall58US #148
#98Douglas56US #82
#99Carl55US #114
#100Courtney55

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑45Kayla#48
↑31Whitney#9
↑21Hannah#58
↑18Casey#54
↑17Catherine#72
↑17Cassandra#74
↑15Dominique#75
↑15Chelsea#85

Falling

↓36Sheena#89
↓28Lisa#76
↓21Randall#97
↓18Latoya#84
↓17Carrie#69
↓16Leah#92
↓14Bethany#73
↓14Jerry#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.