State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 63,997 Tennessee births in 1996 across 1,487 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#79Chelseyoutside the national top 200
#81Peytonoutside the national top 200
#94Landonoutside the national top 200
#99Peytonoutside the national top 200
#63Whitney#140 nationally
#98Hayden#168 nationally
#69Wesley#137 nationally
#70Summer#137 nationally
#84Phillip#150 nationally
#92Chandler#157 nationally
#86Faith#149 nationally
#95Mckenzie#158 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley613US #3
#2Hannah604US #7
#3Emily512US #1
#4Jessica504US #2
#5Sarah501US #4
#6Taylor457US #6
#7Kayla440US #11
#8Alexis405US #8
#9Rachel401US #9
#10Brittany400US #14
#11Madison385US #15
#12Elizabeth366US #10
#13Megan342US #12
#14Morgan339US #25
#15Courtney328US #21
#16Samantha325US #5
#17Haley320US #30
#18Shelby303US #35
#19Kelsey298US #36
#20Savannah298US #43
#21Amber292US #27
#22Mary291US #44
#23Lauren282US #16
#24Anna275US #33
#25Victoria273US #18
#26Brianna252US #17
#27Jasmine229US #28
#28Rebecca222US #24
#29Katherine213US #31
#30Chelsea205US #55
#31Kaitlyn204US #40
#32Allison200US #38
#33Abigail196US #32
#34Amanda196US #13
#35Sydney192US #39
#36Katelyn176US #64
#37Olivia175US #34
#38Kristen170US #70
#39Destiny165US #56
#40Tiffany156US #52
#41Jordan154US #49
#42Alexandria150US #77
#43Danielle148US #29
#44Alyssa145US #23
#45Jennifer141US #19
#46Brooke140US #45
#47Heather136US #71
#48Lindsey136US #86
#49Alexandra131US #26
#50Katie128US #81
#51Bailey126US #85
#52Sara125US #50
#53Kimberly123US #41
#54Breanna118US #74
#55Sierra118US #62
#56Bethany116US #117
#57Caroline116US #78
#58Autumn113US #104
#59Cheyenne111US #68
#60Caitlin110US #84
#61Erin110US #51
#62Hailey110US #93
#63Whitney109US #140
#64Miranda106US #76
#65Laura105US #66
#66Erica103US #79
#67Stephanie103US #20
#68Makayla100US #129
#69Natalie100US #46
#70Summer97US #137
#71Christina96US #57
#72Brittney94US #115
#73Emma94US #53
#74Gabrielle91US #54
#75Catherine90US #95
#76Briana89US #72
#77Holly88US #130
#78Mackenzie86US #75
#79Chelsey85
#80Kendra85US #136
#81Julia78US #48
#82Madeline77US #67
#83Kaitlin76US #103
#84Nicole76US #22
#85Kelly75US #73
#86Faith74US #149
#87Grace74US #94
#88Margaret74US #105
#89Maria74US #37
#90Molly74US #99
#91Michaela73US #102
#92Amy72US #88
#93Caitlyn71US #138
#94Kathryn69US #87
#95Mckenzie69US #158
#96Alicia68US #91
#97Cassidy68US #109
#98Hayley67US #120
#99Peyton67
#100Andrea66US #61

Boys

#1Austin857US #9
#2William836US #18
#3Jacob833US #3
#4Joshua770US #5
#5Christopher745US #4
#6Michael711US #1
#7James680US #17
#8Matthew677US #2
#9Brandon610US #8
#10Tyler570US #7
#11John561US #15
#12Zachary557US #14
#13Andrew497US #10
#14Joseph487US #12
#15Justin473US #20
#16Nicholas435US #6
#17Robert435US #23
#18David418US #13
#19Cody392US #31
#20Daniel392US #11
#21Jonathan372US #21
#22Hunter369US #47
#23Logan339US #42
#24Christian329US #24
#25Jordan328US #27
#26Thomas325US #28
#27Samuel321US #30
#28Dylan319US #33
#29Caleb312US #48
#30Ryan312US #16
#31Aaron296US #34
#32Charles282US #43
#33Benjamin277US #29
#34Anthony260US #19
#35Alexander249US #22
#36Timothy233US #40
#37Dakota221US #58
#38Nathan216US #37
#39Ethan209US #62
#40Dustin190US #79
#41Cameron187US #49
#42Dalton182US #99
#43Adam178US #39
#44Kyle168US #25
#45Steven167US #38
#46Kevin165US #26
#47Eric161US #35
#48Tristan160US #68
#49Devin158US #60
#50Noah156US #50
#51Richard156US #45
#52Jesse154US #51
#53Bradley150US #83
#54Brian140US #36
#55Blake139US #84
#56Stephen136US #59
#57Jeremy132US #56
#58Taylor132US #82
#59Elijah129US #81
#60Nathaniel129US #69
#61Patrick123US #44
#62Jason121US #41
#63Lucas121US #93
#64Corey120US #94
#65Trevor120US #63
#66Chase117US #76
#67Garrett114US #85
#68Travis113US #73
#69Wesley112US #137
#70Seth111US #103
#71Kenneth110US #77
#72Jared106US #64
#73Mark106US #55
#74Alex105US #53
#75Evan105US #65
#76Mason105US #104
#77Jackson101US #136
#78Tanner101US #90
#79Isaac98US #86
#80Marcus98US #87
#81Peyton98
#82Sean97US #46
#83Malik95US #97
#84Phillip95US #150
#85Antonio94US #80
#86Connor92US #54
#87Dillon92US #121
#88Jeffrey91US #72
#89Spencer90US #109
#90Luke88US #75
#91Paul88US #78
#92Chandler85US #157
#93Colton85US #105
#94Landon81
#95Gregory80US #98
#96Johnathan79US #138
#97Bryan78US #66
#98Hayden78US #168
#99Ian78US #70
#100Shawn78US #111

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑37Cheyenne#59
↑35Noah#50
↑25Elijah#59
↑24Alyssa#44
↑21Bailey#51
↑17Brooke#46
↑15Savannah#20
↑15Peyton#81

Falling

↓31Andrea#100
↓25Kaitlin#83
↓24Kathryn#94
↓19Whitney#63
↓19Colton#93
↓18Stephanie#67
↓18Dillon#87
↓18Jeffrey#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.