State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1994 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 63,823 Tennessee births in 1994 across 1,454 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#98Jefferyoutside the national top 200
#77Chelsey#178 nationally
#100Preston#193 nationally
#97Hayden#176 nationally
#66Summer#141 nationally
#80Darius#155 nationally
#92Jackson#166 nationally
#87Raven#156 nationally
#89Rebekah#152 nationally
#55Autumn#117 nationally
#73Johnathan#134 nationally
#94Jonathon#154 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley772US #2
#2Jessica658US #1
#3Brittany599US #7
#4Kayla538US #12
#5Emily531US #3
#6Taylor502US #6
#7Sarah496US #5
#8Hannah459US #16
#9Amber396US #21
#10Megan376US #10
#11Elizabeth373US #9
#12Rachel372US #13
#13Lauren360US #14
#14Samantha351US #4
#15Courtney317US #22
#16Mary302US #37
#17Morgan299US #25
#18Kelsey295US #29
#19Amanda284US #8
#20Victoria278US #19
#21Haley271US #36
#22Shelby263US #40
#23Jasmine260US #23
#24Alexis252US #18
#25Chelsea252US #38
#26Tiffany242US #35
#27Heather240US #44
#28Rebecca203US #24
#29Allison202US #34
#30Katherine191US #30
#31Anna187US #41
#32Stephanie181US #15
#33Kristen179US #55
#34Brianna177US #27
#35Lindsey174US #69
#36Sara172US #43
#37Danielle166US #20
#38Savannah164US #82
#39Whitney164US #91
#40Alexandria161US #73
#41Madison159US #51
#42Kimberly158US #32
#43Kaitlyn155US #48
#44Abigail149US #42
#45Jordan147US #52
#46Laura146US #46
#47Olivia146US #50
#48Erica145US #57
#49Katelyn136US #58
#50Katie136US #70
#51Jennifer134US #17
#52Alyssa129US #26
#53Brittney128US #89
#54Alexandra123US #28
#55Autumn117US #117
#56Christina116US #39
#57Miranda116US #61
#58Andrea115US #49
#59Erin115US #45
#60Destiny114US #86
#61Nicole113US #11
#62Sierra110US #71
#63Brooke108US #54
#64Caitlin108US #78
#65Holly106US #112
#66Summer106US #141
#67Amy103US #77
#68Bethany99US #116
#69Briana99US #68
#70Brandi94US #122
#71Breanna94US #85
#72Kristin93US #114
#73Sydney92US #76
#74Hailey87US #119
#75Alicia84US #83
#76Catherine83US #84
#77Chelsey83US #178
#78Michelle82US #33
#79Caroline81US #94
#80Jamie80US #87
#81Kelly80US #62
#82Leah80US #101
#83Crystal79US #64
#84Margaret79US #106
#85April78US #127
#86Natalie78US #56
#87Raven74US #156
#88Gabrielle71US #67
#89Rebekah71US #152
#90Kaitlin70US #93
#91Kathryn70US #79
#92Marissa69US #53
#93Melissa69US #31
#94Molly69US #96
#95Julia67US #72
#96Mariah67US #75
#97Hayley66US #136
#98Kendra66US #126
#99Michaela63US #109
#100Tori63US #142

Boys

#1William826US #19
#2James820US #14
#3Joshua795US #4
#4Michael778US #1
#5Christopher777US #2
#6Brandon719US #6
#7Jacob690US #7
#8Matthew669US #3
#9Austin638US #17
#10Zachary608US #12
#11Tyler604US #5
#12John571US #15
#13Cody555US #25
#14Justin537US #20
#15Robert509US #21
#16Andrew495US #10
#17David494US #13
#18Joseph471US #11
#19Jonathan441US #23
#20Nicholas402US #9
#21Daniel401US #8
#22Charles352US #43
#23Hunter341US #67
#24Jordan327US #29
#25Aaron317US #28
#26Dylan315US #32
#27Ryan313US #16
#28Thomas308US #27
#29Benjamin286US #31
#30Anthony284US #18
#31Dustin275US #56
#32Timothy274US #39
#33Samuel259US #33
#34Alexander247US #22
#35Dakota243US #69
#36Caleb236US #60
#37Steven218US #34
#38Logan212US #70
#39Jeremy210US #47
#40Christian207US #35
#41Kevin204US #26
#42Adam201US #38
#43Taylor198US #54
#44Kyle194US #24
#45Patrick179US #42
#46Nathan175US #40
#47Jesse173US #45
#48Corey171US #73
#49Stephen171US #49
#50Richard170US #41
#51Brian165US #37
#52Eric164US #30
#53Cameron163US #52
#54Jason146US #46
#55Devin142US #61
#56Kenneth139US #65
#57Blake138US #81
#58Dalton136US #85
#59Travis133US #53
#60Wesley132US #118
#61Ethan128US #89
#62Jeffrey127US #55
#63Seth126US #90
#64Bradley122US #83
#65Gregory120US #76
#66Jared118US #63
#67Trevor118US #58
#68Nathaniel114US #78
#69Alex111US #50
#70Marcus110US #75
#71Cory109US #102
#72Spencer108US #98
#73Johnathan107US #134
#74Paul102US #64
#75Chase100US #114
#76Dillon100US #101
#77Mark100US #48
#78Sean99US #44
#79Lucas98US #95
#80Darius96US #155
#81Evan96US #62
#82Antonio94US #88
#83Derrick92US #136
#84Garrett91US #82
#85Derek88US #77
#86Tanner86US #96
#87Connor82US #59
#88Elijah80US #133
#89Casey79US #116
#90Phillip79US #131
#91Donald76US #132
#92Jackson75US #166
#93Colton74US #121
#94Jonathon73US #154
#95Mitchell73US #71
#96Shawn73US #86
#97Hayden71US #176
#98Jeffery71
#99Mason71US #125
#100Preston69US #193

On the move since 1993

Rising

↑30Sierra#62
↑29Abigail#44
↑28Destiny#60
↑27Sydney#73
↑17Hunter#23
↑17Dakota#35
↑15Hailey#74
↑15Jason#54

Falling

↓27April#85
↓22Jennifer#51
↓22Mark#77
↓20Kelly#81
↓20Hayley#97
↓17Crystal#83
↓17Raven#87
↓15Eric#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1993 rankings.