State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1995 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 63,828 Tennessee births in 1995 across 1,497 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#81Chelseyoutside the national top 200
#94Terryoutside the national top 200
#96Peytonoutside the national top 200
#86Preston#182 nationally
#88Hayden#172 nationally
#75Summer#153 nationally
#95Raven#171 nationally
#92Mckenzie#165 nationally
#44Whitney#115 nationally
#90Jackson#161 nationally
#61Wesley#129 nationally
#50Bethany#116 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley664US #2
#2Jessica579US #1
#3Hannah540US #7
#4Brittany516US #8
#5Emily513US #3
#6Sarah496US #5
#7Taylor483US #6
#8Kayla479US #11
#9Rachel386US #12
#10Megan379US #13
#11Courtney344US #17
#12Samantha343US #4
#13Amber323US #22
#14Shelby319US #38
#15Morgan315US #23
#16Anna309US #31
#17Elizabeth307US #10
#18Alexis300US #14
#19Lauren294US #15
#20Mary270US #40
#21Kelsey267US #33
#22Haley263US #32
#23Victoria259US #20
#24Madison253US #29
#25Jasmine244US #25
#26Brianna243US #21
#27Amanda232US #9
#28Rebecca207US #28
#29Tiffany204US #46
#30Chelsea200US #47
#31Kristen200US #65
#32Kaitlyn194US #42
#33Katherine188US #30
#34Heather185US #54
#35Savannah185US #68
#36Allison181US #34
#37Olivia174US #39
#38Destiny169US #66
#39Abigail160US #36
#40Sydney160US #43
#41Jordan156US #50
#42Lindsey151US #82
#43Jennifer148US #18
#44Whitney148US #115
#45Katelyn143US #59
#46Sara140US #48
#47Alexandria135US #72
#48Laura128US #56
#49Stephanie128US #16
#50Bethany127US #116
#51Kimberly127US #37
#52Miranda125US #57
#53Danielle124US #24
#54Christina123US #45
#55Erin123US #49
#56Autumn121US #110
#57Caroline118US #92
#58Kaitlin118US #94
#59Katie117US #77
#60Sierra116US #60
#61Alexandra115US #26
#62Hailey115US #111
#63Brooke112US #52
#64Breanna105US #76
#65Erica103US #69
#66Gabrielle102US #61
#67Brittney98US #99
#68Alyssa96US #27
#69Andrea95US #55
#70Kathryn94US #83
#71Natalie94US #51
#72Bailey93US #96
#73Paige92US #58
#74Caitlin90US #81
#75Summer90US #153
#76Emma89US #67
#77Kristin88US #131
#78Briana83US #74
#79Holly83US #126
#80Jamie83US #93
#81Chelsey81
#82Mackenzie80US #88
#83Amy79US #75
#84Catherine79US #90
#85Nicole78US #19
#86Alicia77US #89
#87Julia76US #62
#88Brandi75US #124
#89Angela74US #85
#90Kelly74US #64
#91Kendra72US #133
#92Mckenzie70US #165
#93Michaela70US #107
#94Margaret69US #104
#95Raven69US #171
#96Cheyenne68US #86
#97Cassidy67US #108
#98Hayley67US #135
#99Leah67US #103
#100Mariah67US #71

Boys

#1Austin804US #10
#2Jacob786US #4
#3William767US #20
#4James764US #17
#5Joshua757US #5
#6Christopher751US #3
#7Michael747US #1
#8Matthew708US #2
#9Brandon705US #8
#10John618US #13
#11Tyler610US #6
#12Justin558US #18
#13Zachary528US #14
#14Cody500US #26
#15Nicholas487US #7
#16Andrew478US #11
#17Joseph458US #12
#18Robert455US #22
#19David415US #16
#20Daniel390US #9
#21Jonathan362US #23
#22Dylan315US #34
#23Hunter313US #53
#24Jordan308US #29
#25Caleb301US #54
#26Ryan298US #15
#27Samuel285US #33
#28Aaron281US #30
#29Thomas276US #27
#30Charles267US #44
#31Benjamin259US #31
#32Timothy259US #40
#33Anthony256US #19
#34Logan245US #51
#35Christian241US #28
#36Dustin238US #62
#37Dakota237US #56
#38Alexander226US #21
#39Steven213US #37
#40Nathan209US #39
#41Jeremy199US #48
#42Kevin193US #25
#43Eric188US #32
#44Taylor187US #69
#45Adam186US #38
#46Cameron179US #49
#47Jesse177US #46
#48Patrick177US #43
#49Dalton171US #87
#50Kyle167US #24
#51Stephen165US #57
#52Ethan148US #75
#53Jason146US #41
#54Brian144US #36
#55Kenneth142US #72
#56Richard141US #42
#57Bradley140US #78
#58Corey140US #74
#59Trevor131US #61
#60Devin128US #58
#61Wesley128US #129
#62Evan127US #60
#63Travis116US #66
#64Blake114US #77
#65Jared113US #63
#66Lucas113US #91
#67Marcus113US #81
#68Nathaniel112US #73
#69Dillon110US #122
#70Jeffrey108US #64
#71Tanner108US #86
#72Alex107US #47
#73Garrett105US #80
#74Colton101US #105
#75Seth98US #97
#76Chase97US #95
#77Sean97US #45
#78Connor95US #55
#79Mark95US #52
#80Spencer95US #104
#81Derek94US #83
#82Gregory92US #84
#83Antonio90US #85
#84Elijah89US #93
#85Noah89US #99
#86Preston86US #182
#87Phillip85US #137
#88Hayden84US #172
#89Mason84US #102
#90Jackson83US #161
#91Paul83US #71
#92Johnathan81US #143
#93Cory76US #123
#94Terry74
#95Luke73US #82
#96Peyton71
#97Brett70US #106
#98Shawn69US #100
#99Casey68US #135
#100Clayton68US #151

On the move since 1994

Rising

↑33Sydney#40
↑32Kaitlin#58
↑22Destiny#38
↑22Caroline#57
↑22Gabrielle#66
↑21Kathryn#70
↑19Evan#62
↑19Colton#74

Falling

↓24Nicole#85
↓22Cory#93
↓19Johnathan#92
↓18Brandi#88
↓17Stephanie#49
↓17Erica#65
↓17Leah#99
↓17Gregory#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1994 rankings.