State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1989 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 64,423 Tennessee births in 1989 across 1,319 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
#82Billy#193 nationally
#91Hunteroutside the national top 200
#93Mistyoutside the national top 200
#95Darius#194 nationally
#76Bobby#172 nationally
#73Terry#151 nationally
#79Tabitha#156 nationally
#66Jerry#142 nationally
#86Ricky#159 nationally
#62Candace#133 nationally
#84Rebekah#154 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,180US #1
#2Ashley1,179US #2
#3Brittany1,068US #3
#4Amanda684US #4
#5Sarah577US #5
#6Kayla544US #20
#7Amber529US #14
#8Lauren483US #9
#9Megan478US #11
#10Tiffany467US #16
#11Heather440US #15
#12Jennifer417US #7
#13Rachel387US #18
#14Samantha382US #6
#15Elizabeth348US #10
#16Emily342US #13
#17Courtney335US #21
#18Stephanie311US #8
#19Mary302US #38
#20Jasmine288US #30
#21Whitney279US #57
#22Brittney278US #41
#23Chelsea265US #27
#24Kimberly245US #28
#25Rebecca241US #24
#26Erica234US #34
#27Laura226US #25
#28Katherine225US #26
#29Hannah209US #42
#30Lindsey206US #48
#31Kristen202US #36
#32Christina193US #23
#33Amy182US #35
#34Danielle172US #17
#35Sara171US #29
#36Anna168US #51
#37Crystal167US #32
#38April160US #66
#39Andrea156US #39
#40Melissa156US #19
#41Victoria156US #44
#42Kelsey154US #31
#43Kelly150US #37
#44Morgan148US #69
#45Alicia145US #53
#46Katie145US #45
#47Jamie135US #52
#48Erin132US #40
#49Kristin130US #60
#50Allison127US #46
#51Angela123US #47
#52Holly123US #79
#53Brandi116US #98
#54Caitlin113US #49
#55Nicole102US #12
#56Kathryn101US #58
#57Bethany99US #102
#58Casey98US #103
#59Michelle98US #22
#60Jordan97US #72
#61Lindsay97US #63
#62Candace92US #133
#63Kendra88US #99
#64Tara88US #70
#65Cassandra85US #54
#66Brandy84US #121
#67Leslie83US #108
#68Shannon83US #61
#69Alyssa82US #33
#70Haley82US #125
#71Taylor82US #75
#72Brooke79US #74
#73Lisa79US #55
#74Leah78US #83
#75Margaret77US #97
#76Natasha77US #87
#77Britney76US #118
#78Catherine75US #67
#79Tabitha74US #156
#80Alexandria72US #104
#81Kiara71US #115
#82Chelsey69US #140
#83Candice68US #134
#84Rebekah68US #154
#85Chasity67
#86Julie65US #78
#87Kristina65US #65
#88Felicia64US #111
#89Meagan64US #120
#90Natalie64US #62
#91Kara63US #101
#92Lacey62US #143
#93Misty62
#94Carrie60US #148
#95Miranda59US #130
#96Alexandra57US #43
#97Monica57US #68
#98Molly56US #93
#99Caroline55US #113
#100Cynthia55US #84

Boys

#1Joshua1,206US #4
#2Christopher1,199US #2
#3Michael1,056US #1
#4James1,027US #9
#5Justin963US #8
#6Matthew888US #3
#7William845US #15
#8Brandon678US #18
#9Robert676US #10
#10John621US #12
#11David585US #5
#12Jonathan564US #17
#13Daniel533US #6
#14Andrew511US #7
#15Joseph487US #11
#16Dustin393US #48
#17Cody391US #45
#18Jeremy390US #34
#19Nicholas383US #14
#20Charles380US #36
#21Jacob371US #26
#22Thomas368US #23
#23Zachary365US #25
#24Timothy364US #28
#25Steven345US #22
#26Ryan333US #13
#27Adam318US #27
#28Benjamin308US #29
#29Kevin302US #19
#30Anthony296US #16
#31Tyler292US #30
#32Eric287US #21
#33Aaron281US #31
#34Stephen254US #40
#35Brian250US #24
#36Richard249US #33
#37Jordan236US #44
#38Bradley222US #58
#39Kenneth216US #53
#40Travis214US #41
#41Nathan211US #43
#42Corey203US #55
#43Patrick189US #38
#44Samuel189US #47
#45Kyle186US #20
#46Mark181US #42
#47Jason175US #35
#48Austin171US #59
#49Jesse171US #50
#50Jeffrey168US #37
#51Alexander164US #32
#52Cory160US #61
#53Derek157US #54
#54Marcus148US #67
#55Gregory147US #52
#56Phillip147US #75
#57Caleb128US #91
#58Bryan127US #56
#59Sean126US #39
#60Taylor126US #72
#61Jared123US #57
#62Cameron122US #64
#63Paul118US #49
#64Wesley118US #98
#65Logan117US #104
#66Jerry109US #142
#67Ethan107US #87
#68Jeffery106US #129
#69Chase105US #113
#70Antonio104US #76
#71Casey102US #90
#72Nathaniel102US #84
#73Terry98US #151
#74Derrick94US #99
#75Johnathan94US #112
#76Bobby90US #172
#77Keith89US #70
#78Larry89US #131
#79Scott86US #51
#80Blake84US #97
#81Edward84US #62
#82Billy83US #193
#83Donald83US #82
#84Mitchell83US #93
#85Chad81US #74
#86Ricky81US #159
#87Seth80US #94
#88Alex77US #60
#89Shawn77US #65
#90Devin75US #96
#91Hunter75
#92Curtis73US #111
#93Gary72US #106
#94Ronald72US #85
#95Darius70US #194
#96Tony70US #132
#97George69US #79
#98Jeremiah69US #144
#99Shane69US #71
#100Spencer69US #107

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑31Jordan#60
↑28Taylor#60
↑27Kelsey#42
↑24Cassandra#65
↑23Morgan#44
↑22Logan#65
↑18Jasmine#20
↑11Chelsea#23

Falling

↓30Carrie#94
↓24Natalie#90
↓21Lacey#92
↓20Miranda#95
↓20Chad#85
↓20Alex#88
↓20Ronald#94
↓18Tabitha#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.