State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1991 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 65,776 Tennessee births in 1991 across 1,366 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#84Chasityoutside the national top 200
#91Bobbyoutside the national top 200
#60Hunter#167 nationally
#95Billyoutside the national top 200
#83Autumn#171 nationally
#92Terry#180 nationally
#94Savannah#181 nationally
#71Darius#152 nationally
#75Brandy#148 nationally
#79Jeffery#151 nationally
#80Raven#150 nationally
#94Jerry#160 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,085US #1
#2Jessica983US #2
#3Brittany872US #3
#4Kayla645US #12
#5Sarah500US #6
#6Amber474US #16
#7Amanda472US #4
#8Megan464US #11
#9Emily433US #10
#10Lauren429US #13
#11Rachel425US #14
#12Samantha399US #5
#13Elizabeth394US #9
#14Chelsea357US #18
#15Courtney346US #19
#16Hannah332US #29
#17Tiffany326US #27
#18Jennifer324US #8
#19Jasmine319US #24
#20Shelby317US #33
#21Heather315US #23
#22Mary297US #38
#23Whitney275US #68
#24Kelsey273US #26
#25Stephanie273US #7
#26Rebecca254US #21
#27Victoria233US #28
#28Kimberly229US #34
#29Taylor224US #32
#30Katherine223US #25
#31Anna221US #46
#32Morgan203US #49
#33Kristen196US #48
#34Lindsey192US #52
#35Brittney183US #58
#36Laura182US #35
#37Erica179US #40
#38Danielle174US #17
#39Haley174US #79
#40Sara169US #37
#41Katie168US #53
#42Christina161US #31
#43April139US #88
#44Olivia132US #61
#45Caitlin131US #55
#46Andrea128US #39
#47Amy127US #43
#48Crystal127US #41
#49Allison125US #50
#50Kelly122US #42
#51Erin121US #44
#52Melissa119US #20
#53Michelle118US #22
#54Alexis115US #47
#55Kristin115US #86
#56Brandi113US #110
#57Jordan104US #62
#58Holly103US #105
#59Brooke102US #65
#60Jamie102US #60
#61Bethany99US #109
#62Kathryn99US #57
#63Molly97US #74
#64Alexandria96US #78
#65Alicia96US #63
#66Kendra94US #118
#67Alexandra92US #36
#68Katelyn90US #75
#69Ariel88US #66
#70Brianna88US #51
#71Chelsey88US #129
#72Leslie86US #124
#73Julia85US #67
#74Alyssa84US #30
#75Brandy83US #148
#76Lindsay83US #77
#77Catherine82US #72
#78Angela79US #59
#79Miranda79US #90
#80Raven78US #150
#81Casey77US #111
#82Tara77US #104
#83Autumn76US #171
#84Chasity76
#85Margaret76US #108
#86Caroline75US #116
#87Leah75US #91
#88Lacey74US #145
#89Mariah74US #69
#90Paige74US #76
#91Candace72US #153
#92Nicole72US #15
#93Felicia71US #121
#94Savannah71US #181
#95Madison70US #128
#96Cassandra68US #54
#97Briana67US #95
#98Kara67US #106
#99Natalie67US #64
#100Rachael67US #114

Boys

#1Joshua1,100US #4
#2Christopher1,063US #2
#3Michael985US #1
#4James905US #7
#5Matthew886US #3
#6William843US #19
#7Justin703US #14
#8Cody677US #24
#9Robert647US #13
#10Brandon613US #15
#11John605US #10
#12David553US #8
#13Andrew552US #5
#14Tyler546US #16
#15Jacob535US #17
#16Zachary528US #22
#17Joseph510US #9
#18Jonathan491US #20
#19Daniel446US #6
#20Nicholas393US #12
#21Jordan380US #29
#22Thomas367US #28
#23Timothy361US #32
#24Charles352US #38
#25Jeremy350US #43
#26Ryan335US #11
#27Anthony321US #18
#28Dustin310US #56
#29Steven305US #27
#30Benjamin289US #33
#31Eric277US #25
#32Kevin274US #23
#33Aaron249US #31
#34Austin241US #50
#35Adam229US #36
#36Richard229US #34
#37Stephen229US #41
#38Travis222US #44
#39Caleb220US #78
#40Patrick219US #35
#41Samuel219US #39
#42Kyle215US #21
#43Nathan210US #42
#44Alexander202US #26
#45Taylor202US #52
#46Corey197US #58
#47Brian194US #30
#48Ethan189US #65
#49Kenneth185US #54
#50Bradley182US #67
#51Cameron172US #62
#52Jason162US #49
#53Jesse159US #51
#54Mark159US #47
#55Dylan157US #46
#56Jeffrey155US #45
#57Wesley154US #106
#58Logan150US #94
#59Gregory139US #55
#60Hunter139US #167
#61Cory128US #74
#62Marcus125US #76
#63Dakota120US #121
#64Sean120US #40
#65Blake118US #86
#66Nathaniel118US #84
#67Derek117US #59
#68Christian116US #48
#69Paul112US #53
#70Casey110US #90
#71Darius107US #152
#72Trevor106US #69
#73Jared104US #64
#74Alex101US #63
#75Phillip99US #98
#76Seth98US #99
#77Antonio97US #79
#78Shawn96US #71
#79Jeffery95US #151
#80Johnathan93US #110
#81Bryan91US #61
#82Chase90US #108
#83Devin89US #83
#84Mitchell87US #96
#85Derrick86US #111
#86Lucas81US #107
#87Shane80US #75
#88Chad79US #104
#89Donald77US #102
#90Spencer77US #105
#91Bobby76
#92Terry76US #180
#93Dillon75US #103
#94Jerry75US #160
#95Billy73
#96Scott73US #57
#97Edward71US #68
#98Evan71US #70
#99Gary70US #124
#100Jonathon70US #125

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑36Shelby#20
↑29Hunter#60
↑28Christian#68
↑26Nathaniel#66
↑24Alexandria#64
↑24Alexandra#67
↑22Julia#73
↑18Haley#39

Falling

↓27Nicole#92
↓20Leah#87
↓20Natalie#99
↓20Scott#96
↓19Phillip#75
↓18Tara#82
↓18Jared#73
↓17Derrick#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.