State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1990 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 65,828 Tennessee births in 1990 across 1,323 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#86Billyoutside the national top 200
#89Hunteroutside the national top 200
#96Savannahoutside the national top 200
#98Chasityoutside the national top 200
#93Randall#192 nationally
#77Terry#164 nationally
#99Bobby#185 nationally
#82Tabitha#164 nationally
#94Ricky#176 nationally
#87Raven#166 nationally
#55Chelsey#128 nationally
#75Candice#147 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,105US #1
#2Brittany1,087US #3
#3Ashley1,085US #2
#4Kayla609US #14
#5Amanda586US #4
#6Sarah543US #6
#7Amber515US #15
#8Lauren456US #10
#9Rachel454US #16
#10Megan447US #11
#11Courtney438US #17
#12Heather414US #19
#13Emily394US #12
#14Elizabeth381US #9
#15Tiffany372US #23
#16Jennifer368US #8
#17Samantha363US #5
#18Stephanie347US #7
#19Chelsea333US #24
#20Jasmine333US #28
#21Hannah286US #30
#22Mary281US #35
#23Brittney236US #44
#24Rebecca232US #21
#25Whitney225US #60
#26Kimberly220US #31
#27Katherine215US #26
#28Erica207US #36
#29Kristen201US #42
#30Anna200US #45
#31Kelsey195US #32
#32Lindsey186US #51
#33Morgan185US #58
#34Laura184US #29
#35Amy175US #38
#36Victoria175US #33
#37Danielle170US #18
#38Christina165US #25
#39Crystal159US #39
#40April156US #73
#41Caitlin150US #50
#42Katie148US #53
#43Jordan145US #59
#44Taylor138US #46
#45Andrea134US #40
#46Allison132US #48
#47Kristin131US #65
#48Melissa131US #20
#49Michelle128US #22
#50Sara125US #34
#51Holly122US #89
#52Kelly122US #41
#53Brandi120US #103
#54Erin120US #43
#55Chelsey114US #128
#56Shelby110US #100
#57Haley109US #108
#58Bethany106US #107
#59Jamie104US #55
#60Kathryn101US #57
#61Olivia101US #72
#62Brooke99US #70
#63Catherine95US #71
#64Tara95US #85
#65Nicole91US #13
#66Britney89US #136
#67Leah89US #82
#68Angela88US #52
#69Katelyn88US #75
#70Alicia87US #54
#71Brandy87US #137
#72Margaret85US #102
#73Lindsay84US #69
#74Alyssa81US #27
#75Candice81US #147
#76Kendra81US #117
#77Paige80US #79
#78Miranda79US #112
#79Natalie79US #63
#80Brianna78US #61
#81Casey78US #106
#82Tabitha76US #164
#83Lacey75US #148
#84Leslie75US #115
#85Cassandra74US #49
#86Natasha74US #105
#87Raven73US #166
#88Alexandria72US #95
#89Candace71US #142
#90Erika70US #74
#91Alexandra69US #37
#92Alisha69US #135
#93Caroline68US #116
#94Shannon67US #68
#95Julia66US #83
#96Savannah66
#97Kaitlin65US #101
#98Chasity64
#99Kara64US #110
#100Kristina64US #77

Boys

#1Joshua1,205US #4
#2Christopher1,182US #2
#3James1,015US #8
#4Michael998US #1
#5Matthew925US #3
#6William888US #16
#7Justin829US #9
#8John654US #12
#9Brandon633US #19
#10Robert631US #13
#11Andrew600US #7
#12David574US #6
#13Jonathan548US #17
#14Daniel502US #5
#15Jacob501US #20
#16Joseph495US #10
#17Cody484US #31
#18Tyler433US #21
#19Zachary426US #22
#20Jeremy395US #40
#21Nicholas394US #14
#22Thomas387US #26
#23Charles384US #38
#24Ryan371US #11
#25Timothy370US #30
#26Jordan359US #29
#27Anthony348US #15
#28Steven347US #25
#29Dustin329US #50
#30Eric322US #24
#31Benjamin277US #33
#32Travis271US #42
#33Aaron248US #34
#34Richard248US #35
#35Kevin244US #23
#36Stephen234US #39
#37Adam233US #32
#38Kyle228US #18
#39Patrick227US #36
#40Samuel225US #45
#41Brian224US #27
#42Corey208US #56
#43Ethan208US #58
#44Jesse192US #48
#45Mark192US #47
#46Nathan192US #44
#47Austin181US #55
#48Bradley171US #65
#49Jeffrey170US #43
#50Jason169US #46
#51Caleb166US #88
#52Kenneth166US #52
#53Alexander157US #28
#54Taylor152US #64
#55Jared144US #63
#56Phillip144US #81
#57Cory141US #67
#58Derek140US #54
#59Gregory139US #51
#60Marcus138US #72
#61Wesley138US #107
#62Cameron136US #62
#63Casey122US #89
#64Blake120US #91
#65Paul117US #49
#66Sean117US #37
#67Bryan114US #57
#68Derrick110US #106
#69Johnathan109US #108
#70Antonio108US #77
#71Logan107US #104
#72Donald104US #87
#73Jeffery100US #136
#74Ronald100US #97
#75Trevor98US #76
#76Scott95US #53
#77Terry92US #164
#78Alex90US #59
#79Shawn90US #69
#80Devin89US #98
#81Jerry89US #146
#82Seth88US #102
#83Chase85US #110
#84Evan85US #71
#85Chad84US #85
#86Billy83
#87Gary83US #114
#88Larry83US #144
#89Hunter82
#90Keith81US #80
#91George80US #79
#92Nathaniel79US #86
#93Randall79US #192
#94Ricky79US #176
#95Brent78US #127
#96Christian78US #60
#97Colton77US #139
#98Spencer75US #105
#99Bobby74US #185
#100Edward73US #68

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑27Taylor#44
↑27Chelsey#55
↑24Ethan#43
↑20Ronald#74
↑17Jordan#43
↑17Miranda#78
↑16Blake#64
↑15Catherine#63

Falling

↓27Candace#89
↓26Shannon#94
↓25Alicia#70
↓23Casey#81
↓23Bobby#99
↓20Cassandra#85
↓20Nathaniel#92
↓19Edward#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.