State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,780 Tennessee births in 1988 across 1,267 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#85Chasityoutside the national top 200
#83Billy#185 nationally
#93Misty#194 nationally
#61Tabitha#154 nationally
#76Bobby#163 nationally
#60Terry#141 nationally
#87Rebekah#168 nationally
#75Miranda#144 nationally
#64Carrie#132 nationally
#76Haley#143 nationally
#73Britney#138 nationally
#96Jimmy#161 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,267US #1
#2Ashley1,177US #2
#3Brittany814US #6
#4Amanda754US #3
#5Sarah547US #4
#6Amber516US #15
#7Tiffany481US #13
#8Jennifer479US #5
#9Kayla466US #20
#10Heather462US #14
#11Lauren433US #11
#12Megan402US #12
#13Rachel377US #19
#14Elizabeth360US #10
#15Whitney354US #39
#16Stephanie343US #7
#17Emily338US #18
#18Mary313US #34
#19Samantha313US #8
#20Laura269US #23
#21Kimberly265US #25
#22Courtney257US #24
#23Katherine224US #27
#24Rebecca224US #26
#25Brittney221US #52
#26Christina219US #22
#27Lindsey218US #48
#28Erica212US #31
#29Crystal202US #28
#30Kristen193US #36
#31Amy189US #29
#32April189US #65
#33Sara182US #30
#34Chelsea181US #33
#35Danielle181US #17
#36Melissa168US #16
#37Hannah165US #61
#38Jasmine165US #53
#39Anna160US #54
#40Kelly149US #32
#41Katie146US #40
#42Brandi144US #91
#43Holly140US #72
#44Kathryn136US #55
#45Angela133US #38
#46Jamie131US #45
#47Allison130US #46
#48Andrea129US #35
#49Victoria129US #42
#50Kristin124US #58
#51Michelle120US #21
#52Alicia115US #50
#53Erin115US #37
#54Bethany114US #89
#55Brandy114US #107
#56Caitlin114US #44
#57Nicole110US #9
#58Lindsay103US #57
#59Leslie100US #94
#60Casey99US #92
#61Tabitha97US #154
#62Candace93US #117
#63Tara92US #67
#64Carrie90US #132
#65Kendra88US #80
#66Natalie87US #63
#67Morgan86US #78
#68Natasha84US #73
#69Kelsey81US #64
#70Catherine80US #69
#71Lacey79US #129
#72Lisa75US #43
#73Britney74US #138
#74Julie74US #71
#75Miranda73US #144
#76Haley71US #143
#77Leah71US #82
#78Shannon70US #56
#79Felicia67US #105
#80Brooke66US #87
#81Patricia66US #77
#82Caroline65US #122
#83Monica65US #70
#84Kristina64US #68
#85Chasity63
#86Margaret63US #93
#87Rebekah62US #168
#88Candice61US #130
#89Cassandra61US #59
#90Cynthia61US #79
#91Jordan61US #136
#92Mallory60US #120
#93Misty60US #194
#94Rachael59US #100
#95Melanie57US #99
#96Olivia57US #134
#97Jacqueline56US #62
#98Katelyn56US #84
#99Meagan56US #141
#100Molly56US #86

Boys

#1Joshua1,307US #4
#2Christopher1,187US #2
#3Justin1,088US #7
#4Michael1,079US #1
#5James959US #9
#6Matthew874US #3
#7William857US #16
#8Brandon694US #17
#9John666US #11
#10Robert620US #10
#11David616US #6
#12Jonathan580US #15
#13Andrew550US #5
#14Joseph535US #12
#15Daniel515US #8
#16Jeremy434US #35
#17Timothy386US #25
#18Charles384US #37
#19Dustin379US #48
#20Thomas372US #23
#21Nicholas367US #14
#22Anthony357US #18
#23Cody341US #43
#24Steven321US #24
#25Eric316US #19
#26Jacob308US #28
#27Ryan305US #13
#28Zachary304US #29
#29Adam303US #26
#30Benjamin299US #30
#31Brian297US #22
#32Kevin285US #20
#33Travis283US #41
#34Tyler266US #33
#35Stephen256US #40
#36Jason251US #27
#37Richard248US #32
#38Aaron243US #31
#39Corey224US #56
#40Nathan211US #44
#41Kyle207US #21
#42Kenneth204US #51
#43Patrick203US #42
#44Jeffrey197US #36
#45Bradley195US #57
#46Samuel189US #45
#47Mark172US #39
#48Jordan171US #52
#49Wesley156US #93
#50Jesse151US #55
#51Derek150US #53
#52Gregory150US #50
#53Cory145US #59
#54Bryan140US #54
#55Marcus136US #66
#56Austin132US #63
#57Paul130US #46
#58Jared125US #60
#59Phillip122US #71
#60Terry119US #141
#61Alexander117US #34
#62Jeffery114US #120
#63Cameron112US #69
#64Antonio110US #72
#65Chad110US #65
#66Jerry110US #130
#67Caleb103US #108
#68Alex101US #58
#69Derrick101US #97
#70Sean98US #38
#71Donald95US #76
#72Johnathan94US #115
#73Shawn93US #61
#74Ronald91US #79
#75Nathaniel89US #81
#76Bobby88US #163
#77Devin88US #98
#78Larry88US #123
#79Scott88US #47
#80Casey86US #83
#81Gary85US #100
#82Seth85US #90
#83Billy80US #185
#84Blake80US #103
#85Keith79US #70
#86Edward78US #62
#87Logan78US #109
#88Taylor77US #91
#89Mitchell75US #95
#90George74US #78
#91Evan73US #74
#92Ricky73US #148
#93Brent69US #107
#94Tony67US #133
#95Curtis66US #105
#96Jimmy66US #161
#97Spencer66US #114
#98Randall63US #154
#99Lucas62US #112
#100Shane62US #67

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑40Caitlin#56
↑33Jasmine#38
↑25Kelsey#69
↑24Cameron#63
↑22Britney#73
↑18Jerry#66
↑17Miranda#75
↑17Austin#56

Falling

↓23Misty#93
↓22Margaret#86
↓20Mallory#92
↓18Brandy#55
↓18Jacqueline#97
↓17Rachael#94
↓17Randall#98
↓15Shane#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.