State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,446 Tennessee births in 1987 across 1,217 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#88Chasityoutside the national top 200
#91Christyoutside the national top 200
#70Misty#162 nationally
#63Tabitha#151 nationally
#83Billy#168 nationally
#65Bobby#147 nationally
#95Britney#177 nationally
#62Terry#133 nationally
#87Ebony#157 nationally
#81Randall#150 nationally
#56Candace#120 nationally
#97Cassie#155 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,366US #2
#2Jessica1,297US #1
#3Amanda830US #3
#4Brittany633US #7
#5Jennifer594US #4
#6Heather526US #9
#7Amber495US #15
#8Sarah488US #5
#9Tiffany389US #18
#10Whitney372US #32
#11Rachel365US #17
#12Stephanie364US #6
#13Elizabeth359US #10
#14Kayla357US #27
#15Megan342US #12
#16Lauren332US #16
#17Mary321US #37
#18Emily303US #19
#19Kimberly293US #23
#20Samantha292US #11
#21Laura271US #22
#22Amy264US #24
#23Rebecca238US #25
#24Crystal231US #26
#25April221US #58
#26Erica220US #31
#27Lindsey220US #41
#28Melissa220US #13
#29Sara197US #29
#30Brittney194US #61
#31Courtney192US #33
#32Katherine180US #28
#33Danielle174US #14
#34Christina172US #20
#35Angela159US #35
#36Andrea155US #36
#37Brandy154US #92
#38Kristen154US #42
#39Kelly153US #30
#40Jamie152US #39
#41Allison149US #44
#42Holly144US #71
#43Chelsea143US #47
#44Anna141US #52
#45Brandi134US #88
#46Hannah134US #66
#47Alicia129US #46
#48Kristin127US #55
#49Casey123US #81
#50Victoria120US #50
#51Katie119US #38
#52Michelle119US #21
#53Erin116US #34
#54Kathryn105US #51
#55Leslie103US #89
#56Candace102US #120
#57Lindsay101US #49
#58Lisa101US #40
#59Nicole99US #8
#60Bethany96US #87
#61Kendra95US #77
#62Julie94US #65
#63Tabitha92US #151
#64Margaret88US #90
#65Morgan88US #95
#66Tara88US #69
#67Natasha86US #73
#68Shannon84US #45
#69Carrie83US #119
#70Misty83US #162
#71Jasmine82US #79
#72Mallory79US #91
#73Kristina77US #62
#74Lacey77US #117
#75Natalie76US #56
#76Ashlee75US #112
#77Rachael71US #98
#78Felicia70US #96
#79Jacqueline69US #54
#80Monica68US #64
#81Leah67US #82
#82Latoya65US #128
#83Cassandra63US #68
#84Brooke62US #94
#85Candice61US #121
#86Catherine61US #74
#87Ebony60US #157
#88Chasity57
#89Julia57US #86
#90Patricia57US #76
#91Christy56
#92Miranda56US #140
#93Alisha55US #118
#94Kelsey55US #67
#95Britney54US #177
#96Caitlin54US #63
#97Cassie54US #155
#98Meredith54US #148
#99Dana53US #83
#100Stacey53US #103

Boys

#1Christopher1,222US #2
#2Joshua1,166US #4
#3Michael1,019US #1
#4Matthew955US #3
#5James936US #8
#6William801US #15
#7Justin800US #9
#8Brandon730US #14
#9John655US #11
#10Robert647US #10
#11David615US #5
#12Jonathan608US #18
#13Andrew568US #6
#14Daniel526US #7
#15Joseph473US #12
#16Charles431US #35
#17Jeremy429US #29
#18Dustin403US #44
#19Timothy400US #26
#20Thomas353US #24
#21Eric342US #21
#22Jason327US #23
#23Anthony325US #17
#24Steven324US #25
#25Adam319US #27
#26Nicholas317US #16
#27Benjamin293US #28
#28Kevin291US #19
#29Brian286US #20
#30Ryan271US #13
#31Cody259US #49
#32Zachary255US #33
#33Richard253US #30
#34Stephen252US #38
#35Travis243US #42
#36Jacob239US #31
#37Tyler207US #39
#38Samuel203US #50
#39Aaron196US #34
#40Corey189US #57
#41Kyle187US #22
#42Bradley186US #56
#43Kenneth185US #53
#44Patrick184US #41
#45Jeffrey183US #32
#46Mark183US #36
#47Jordan166US #52
#48Nathan161US #45
#49Gregory156US #47
#50Bryan153US #51
#51Jesse150US #55
#52Derek147US #54
#53Paul147US #46
#54Wesley144US #92
#55Phillip139US #68
#56Cory129US #62
#57Marcus128US #67
#58Alexander113US #37
#59Antonio113US #72
#60Jared110US #58
#61Sean107US #40
#62Terry104US #133
#63Derrick101US #86
#64Johnathan99US #116
#65Bobby98US #147
#66Jeffery98US #109
#67Chad97US #63
#68Shawn94US #59
#69Gary91US #87
#70Seth91US #89
#71Caleb90US #115
#72Ronald90US #73
#73Austin89US #76
#74Alex88US #60
#75Casey86US #80
#76Edward84US #61
#77Nathaniel83US #78
#78Scott82US #43
#79Blake80US #106
#80Donald80US #70
#81Randall80US #150
#82Larry79US #114
#83Billy76US #168
#84Jerry76US #125
#85Shane76US #65
#86Keith74US #69
#87Cameron73US #96
#88George71US #77
#89Curtis70US #100
#90Johnny69US #127
#91Mitchell67US #101
#92Lucas62US #121
#93Philip61US #84
#94Taylor61US #117
#95Brett60US #71
#96Evan59US #83
#97Brent58US #103
#98Jeremiah58US #130
#99Jimmy56US #155
#100Logan56US #144

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑42Chelsea#43
↑35Morgan#65
↑34Kayla#14
↑24Alexander#58
↑21Seth#70
↑20Austin#73
↑18Lisa#58
↑17Kendra#61

Falling

↓27Christy#91
↓18Candice#85
↓17Billy#83
↓17George#88
↓16Michelle#52
↓16Lindsay#57
↓16Tara#66
↓15Felicia#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.