State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1993 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 63,679 Tennessee births in 1993 across 1,426 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#94Terryoutside the national top 200
#97Bobbyoutside the national top 200
#91Jeffery#192 nationally
#96Jerry#186 nationally
#62Autumn#149 nationally
#80Darius#161 nationally
#71Chelsey#145 nationally
#99Tony#171 nationally
#70Raven#139 nationally
#55Bethany#115 nationally
#40Hunter#97 nationally
#42Savannah#96 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley828US #2
#2Jessica757US #1
#3Brittany637US #6
#4Sarah558US #3
#5Kayla507US #16
#6Taylor502US #7
#7Emily496US #5
#8Amber449US #17
#9Megan398US #11
#10Hannah385US #21
#11Rachel377US #14
#12Amanda353US #8
#13Lauren342US #12
#14Chelsea339US #25
#15Courtney332US #20
#16Samantha330US #4
#17Elizabeth329US #9
#18Mary325US #36
#19Kelsey304US #24
#20Shelby301US #37
#21Jasmine297US #23
#22Victoria280US #19
#23Morgan257US #34
#24Tiffany257US #33
#25Haley247US #42
#26Heather247US #38
#27Katherine220US #29
#28Rebecca220US #22
#29Jennifer219US #15
#30Stephanie209US #10
#31Whitney206US #82
#32Danielle203US #18
#33Alexis202US #27
#34Anna187US #47
#35Lindsey183US #56
#36Sara169US #40
#37Allison164US #41
#38Kimberly161US #39
#39Laura159US #43
#40Erica158US #49
#41Brianna153US #32
#42Savannah152US #96
#43Olivia150US #50
#44Kaitlyn148US #46
#45Katie148US #63
#46Kristen143US #61
#47Alexandria138US #69
#48Brittney135US #77
#49Madison135US #78
#50Katelyn134US #54
#51Christina131US #35
#52Nicole125US #13
#53Alexandra124US #28
#54Caitlin115US #64
#55Bethany112US #115
#56Alyssa111US #26
#57Jordan111US #58
#58April108US #112
#59Brooke108US #52
#60Erin106US #48
#61Kelly103US #51
#62Autumn102US #149
#63Miranda101US #89
#64Andrea98US #44
#65Alicia96US #76
#66Crystal96US #57
#67Briana95US #71
#68Holly91US #108
#69Kristin91US #109
#70Raven91US #139
#71Chelsey90US #145
#72Lindsay90US #88
#73Abigail88US #67
#74Amy88US #65
#75Brandi86US #124
#76Breanna84US #83
#77Hayley84US #126
#78Jamie83US #79
#79Paige82US #60
#80Margaret81US #102
#81Melissa81US #30
#82Michelle80US #31
#83Kathryn78US #68
#84Caroline73US #105
#85Shannon73US #53
#86Angela72US #73
#87Cassandra72US #66
#88Destiny72US #111
#89Hailey72US #130
#90Catherine71US #75
#91Dominique71US #122
#92Sierra71US #91
#93Kaitlin68US #99
#94Leah68US #92
#95Molly67US #87
#96Rebekah67US #148
#97Ariel66US #121
#98Natalie66US #62
#99Julia65US #72
#100Sydney65US #106

Boys

#1Christopher908US #2
#2Michael866US #1
#3Joshua862US #4
#4William862US #18
#5James851US #14
#6Matthew713US #3
#7Brandon710US #6
#8Jacob708US #9
#9Tyler651US #5
#10John633US #16
#11Zachary622US #15
#12Cody586US #24
#13Justin555US #20
#14David522US #11
#15Joseph517US #12
#16Robert479US #17
#17Andrew472US #10
#18Austin471US #26
#19Daniel448US #7
#20Nicholas430US #8
#21Jonathan423US #22
#22Ryan365US #13
#23Charles323US #44
#24Jordan320US #28
#25Thomas316US #27
#26Timothy300US #38
#27Aaron292US #30
#28Dylan290US #33
#29Anthony285US #19
#30Steven272US #31
#31Caleb260US #66
#32Benjamin250US #32
#33Alexander244US #21
#34Dustin237US #59
#35Kevin232US #25
#36Samuel222US #37
#37Eric213US #29
#38Taylor205US #51
#39Nathan204US #41
#40Hunter197US #97
#41Kyle196US #23
#42Adam195US #39
#43Jeremy190US #46
#44Christian184US #35
#45Corey183US #68
#46Stephen175US #47
#47Travis175US #50
#48Patrick173US #43
#49Richard172US #40
#50Cameron170US #54
#51Logan164US #76
#52Dakota159US #85
#53Kenneth159US #60
#54Jesse158US #48
#55Mark150US #49
#56Brian146US #34
#57Bradley144US #73
#58Ethan144US #92
#59Blake138US #83
#60Wesley133US #113
#61Trevor132US #64
#62Marcus127US #74
#63Alex124US #52
#64Gregory124US #65
#65Nathaniel124US #75
#66Jeffrey121US #53
#67Dalton118US #106
#68Sean116US #42
#69Jason115US #45
#70Devin113US #71
#71Seth111US #93
#72Cory110US #94
#73Dillon108US #90
#74Evan107US #62
#75Lucas107US #95
#76Paul106US #56
#77Antonio103US #89
#78Phillip103US #117
#79Derek102US #67
#80Darius98US #161
#81Jared97US #63
#82Garrett96US #79
#83Shawn96US #77
#84Spencer95US #96
#85Tanner93US #98
#86Derrick89US #129
#87Johnathan85US #128
#88Chase83US #116
#89Casey81US #112
#90Bryan80US #61
#91Jeffery77US #192
#92Mitchell75US #81
#93Donald71US #118
#94Terry71
#95Edward70US #78
#96Jerry70US #186
#97Bobby68
#98Jonathon68US #144
#99Tony67US #171
#100Ronald64US #122

On the move since 1992

Rising

↑30Madison#49
↑25Savannah#42
↑25Lindsay#72
↑23Lucas#75
↑22Nicole#52
↑22Alyssa#56
↑21Brianna#41
↑18Abigail#73

Falling

↓39Ariel#97
↓28Brandi#75
↓28Kathryn#83
↓25Michelle#82
↓23Johnathan#87
↓20Catherine#90
↓20Jared#81
↓18Andrea#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1992 rankings.