State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1992 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 64,918 Tennessee births in 1992 across 1,422 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#80Terry#196 nationally
#94Chasityoutside the national top 200
#95Billyoutside the national top 200
#92Tabitha#189 nationally
#89Jeffery#176 nationally
#97Jerry#183 nationally
#68Raven#151 nationally
#83Darius#164 nationally
#56Hunter#135 nationally
#67Savannah#143 nationally
#87Tevin#162 nationally
#88Alisha#163 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley900US #1
#2Jessica783US #2
#3Brittany726US #4
#4Kayla618US #13
#5Sarah516US #5
#6Amber498US #19
#7Emily465US #7
#8Chelsea425US #15
#9Amanda422US #3
#10Rachel411US #16
#11Megan406US #10
#12Hannah387US #26
#13Lauren381US #12
#14Samantha354US #6
#15Elizabeth330US #9
#16Taylor329US #17
#17Mary308US #36
#18Kelsey299US #23
#19Courtney298US #21
#20Heather290US #31
#21Shelby287US #34
#22Tiffany286US #32
#23Jasmine280US #28
#24Jennifer270US #11
#25Rebecca245US #20
#26Stephanie243US #8
#27Victoria243US #22
#28Katherine229US #27
#29Morgan227US #41
#30Lindsey223US #57
#31Haley209US #56
#32Erica191US #44
#33Katie189US #54
#34Whitney187US #85
#35Kimberly177US #35
#36Laura176US #38
#37Danielle172US #18
#38Anna165US #49
#39Sara158US #37
#40Brittney157US #68
#41Alexandria147US #73
#42Kristen146US #53
#43Kaitlyn142US #42
#44Olivia139US #58
#45Allison137US #48
#46Andrea133US #39
#47Brandi124US #110
#48Kelly123US #47
#49Christina122US #33
#50Alexis120US #40
#51Caitlin119US #62
#52Bethany118US #115
#53Erin118US #46
#54Crystal115US #50
#55Kathryn114US #60
#56Chelsey111US #117
#57Michelle110US #25
#58Ariel109US #87
#59Amy106US #51
#60Kristin106US #90
#61Jordan105US #63
#62Brianna104US #43
#63Melissa104US #24
#64Katelyn103US #65
#65Alexandra101US #29
#66Brooke99US #59
#67Savannah96US #143
#68Raven94US #151
#69April93US #103
#70Catherine92US #78
#71Holly91US #99
#72Caroline89US #105
#73Miranda89US #89
#74Nicole89US #14
#75Cassandra87US #52
#76Alicia86US #71
#77Jamie86US #75
#78Alyssa85US #30
#79Madison85US #107
#80Briana82US #79
#81Angela81US #69
#82Kendra81US #125
#83Paige76US #64
#84Natalie73US #61
#85Kara72US #114
#86Shannon71US #66
#87Rachael70US #123
#88Alisha69US #163
#89Leah69US #96
#90Molly69US #83
#91Abigail68US #86
#92Tabitha68US #189
#93Casey67US #109
#94Chasity67
#95Dominique67US #116
#96Julia67US #70
#97Lindsay67US #81
#98Brandy66US #168
#99Hillary64US #132
#100Kristina64US #93

Boys

#1Christopher987US #2
#2Joshua930US #4
#3Michael897US #1
#4James843US #9
#5William840US #20
#6Matthew801US #3
#7Cody720US #24
#8Brandon696US #6
#9Zachary628US #16
#10Justin623US #18
#11Tyler623US #8
#12John605US #14
#13Jacob596US #15
#14David542US #10
#15Andrew531US #5
#16Robert523US #17
#17Joseph466US #11
#18Jonathan443US #21
#19Nicholas415US #12
#20Daniel401US #7
#21Ryan342US #13
#22Charles335US #43
#23Dylan317US #28
#24Jordan313US #32
#25Timothy311US #34
#26Aaron306US #30
#27Steven306US #29
#28Thomas306US #27
#29Anthony302US #19
#30Austin297US #38
#31Dustin274US #58
#32Jeremy274US #47
#33Alexander251US #23
#34Benjamin249US #33
#35Kevin242US #25
#36Taylor242US #52
#37Eric241US #26
#38Samuel236US #40
#39Travis224US #48
#40Stephen217US #45
#41Caleb215US #74
#42Nathan208US #44
#43Patrick205US #39
#44Adam199US #36
#45Christian199US #35
#46Kyle192US #22
#47Cameron187US #53
#48Ethan187US #76
#49Richard186US #41
#50Jesse175US #50
#51Logan175US #89
#52Corey171US #65
#53Brian162US #31
#54Bradley161US #72
#55Jason157US #46
#56Hunter154US #135
#57Kenneth152US #59
#58Mark147US #49
#59Sean137US #42
#60Dakota136US #103
#61Jared134US #67
#62Wesley134US #111
#63Gregory132US #60
#64Johnathan132US #122
#65Jeffrey130US #51
#66Devin127US #75
#67Blake126US #84
#68Phillip125US #107
#69Cory119US #83
#70Dillon118US #73
#71Alex116US #54
#72Evan111US #66
#73Marcus110US #82
#74Seth110US #94
#75Dalton109US #121
#76Paul109US #55
#77Derek105US #62
#78Trevor102US #63
#79Nathaniel97US #79
#80Terry96US #196
#81Bryan93US #57
#82Casey93US #105
#83Darius91US #164
#84Derrick91US #120
#85Shawn91US #71
#86Spencer90US #99
#87Tevin89US #162
#88Edward86US #70
#89Jeffery86US #176
#90Antonio85US #85
#91Garrett81US #88
#92Ronald81US #112
#93Chase76US #116
#94Ian74US #68
#95Billy73
#96Mitchell72US #91
#97Jerry70US #183
#98Lucas69US #106
#99Larry68US #173
#100Scott68US #61

On the move since 1991

Rising

↑32Dylan#23
↑27Savannah#67
↑26Evan#72
↑23Alexandria#41
↑23Christian#45
↑23Dillon#70
↑21Cassandra#75
↑18Nicole#74

Falling

↓27Molly#90
↓26April#69
↓23Julia#96
↓23Brandy#98
↓21Lindsay#97
↓17Jamie#77
↓16Kendra#82
↓13Holly#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1991 rankings.