State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 64,079 Tennessee births in 1997 across 1,528 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#52Peytonoutside the national top 200
#86Brooklynoutside the national top 200
#87Chelseyoutside the national top 200
#86Preston#178 nationally
#82Whitney#158 nationally
#69Wesley#144 nationally
#75Mckenzie#150 nationally
#95Hayden#167 nationally
#98Raven#170 nationally
#42Makayla#102 nationally
#64Jackson#124 nationally
#71Summer#131 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah692US #5
#2Emily531US #1
#3Sarah497US #4
#4Taylor497US #7
#5Ashley447US #3
#6Kayla425US #12
#7Jessica419US #2
#8Madison411US #10
#9Alexis396US #8
#10Elizabeth362US #9
#11Brittany342US #20
#12Rachel337US #13
#13Haley322US #31
#14Lauren314US #14
#15Megan300US #11
#16Samantha295US #6
#17Morgan289US #22
#18Courtney280US #28
#19Victoria274US #19
#20Mary268US #46
#21Savannah268US #47
#22Shelby262US #43
#23Anna248US #33
#24Jasmine247US #24
#25Abigail244US #26
#26Amber241US #29
#27Brianna236US #17
#28Destiny220US #42
#29Rebecca209US #25
#30Allison201US #39
#31Kelsey201US #57
#32Jordan199US #40
#33Olivia198US #27
#34Kaitlyn195US #41
#35Sydney195US #35
#36Amanda193US #16
#37Katherine185US #32
#38Alyssa182US #15
#39Chelsea169US #73
#40Bailey167US #65
#41Katelyn156US #63
#42Makayla148US #102
#43Autumn144US #91
#44Alexandria134US #78
#45Kristen131US #82
#46Emma129US #36
#47Tiffany127US #61
#48Jennifer126US #18
#49Sara126US #50
#50Lindsey119US #95
#51Sierra119US #56
#52Caitlin118US #88
#53Alexandra117US #30
#54Kimberly117US #49
#55Caroline116US #75
#56Heather116US #90
#57Breanna115US #74
#58Katie115US #87
#59Brooke110US #45
#60Cheyenne110US #68
#61Erin108US #52
#62Hailey108US #80
#63Laura108US #66
#64Danielle104US #34
#65Gabrielle102US #51
#66Madeline100US #59
#67Chloe99US #109
#68Bethany98US #121
#69Michaela96US #100
#70Nicole95US #21
#71Summer95US #131
#72Mackenzie93US #71
#73Grace90US #69
#74Briana89US #72
#75Mckenzie88US #150
#76Julia87US #37
#77Erica86US #84
#78Miranda86US #70
#79Stephanie86US #23
#80Catherine85US #96
#81Christina85US #62
#82Whitney85US #158
#83Natalie84US #48
#84Kaitlin81US #119
#85Mariah81US #67
#86Brooklyn78
#87Chelsey78
#88Kaylee77US #107
#89Brittney76US #130
#90Margaret73US #110
#91Kathryn72US #86
#92Leah72US #104
#93Molly72US #98
#94Cassidy71US #105
#95Andrea70US #58
#96Amy69US #92
#97Angel69US #144
#98Raven69US #170
#99Jamie68US #103
#100Faith66US #124

Boys

#1Jacob884US #2
#2Austin845US #9
#3William844US #19
#4Joshua709US #5
#5Michael703US #1
#6James695US #17
#7Christopher688US #4
#8Matthew671US #3
#9Brandon593US #8
#10John571US #15
#11Tyler549US #10
#12Zachary500US #13
#13Andrew488US #7
#14Nicholas451US #6
#15David447US #14
#16Robert444US #23
#17Joseph422US #12
#18Justin402US #20
#19Daniel394US #11
#20Jordan371US #26
#21Jonathan369US #21
#22Hunter368US #44
#23Dylan352US #30
#24Samuel336US #27
#25Cody328US #36
#26Ryan320US #16
#27Thomas304US #31
#28Logan300US #42
#29Caleb297US #47
#30Christian291US #25
#31Benjamin277US #29
#32Charles254US #49
#33Timothy253US #43
#34Alexander252US #22
#35Anthony246US #18
#36Ethan226US #46
#37Aaron218US #33
#38Cameron218US #45
#39Dakota218US #66
#40Noah204US #38
#41Nathan196US #34
#42Adam173US #39
#43Dalton173US #90
#44Kyle173US #24
#45Steven167US #40
#46Dustin163US #88
#47Elijah156US #74
#48Jared155US #56
#49Eric154US #35
#50Chase150US #77
#51Stephen149US #68
#52Peyton148
#53Kevin145US #28
#54Jeremy140US #64
#55Devin138US #59
#56Jesse138US #63
#57Richard137US #51
#58Brian136US #37
#59Jason136US #41
#60Kenneth136US #83
#61Seth134US #97
#62Nathaniel132US #65
#63Trevor130US #62
#64Jackson128US #124
#65Patrick128US #50
#66Blake126US #80
#67Taylor124US #87
#68Tristan122US #92
#69Wesley121US #144
#70Bradley120US #94
#71Tanner119US #82
#72Isaiah113US #60
#73Gregory112US #103
#74Mason110US #89
#75Lucas107US #98
#76Luke106US #78
#77Garrett105US #85
#78Corey104US #110
#79Sean101US #48
#80Alex100US #55
#81Gabriel100US #57
#82Jeremiah99US #128
#83Isaac97US #73
#84Colton96US #108
#85Connor96US #52
#86Preston93US #178
#87Travis93US #81
#88Dillon92US #132
#89Johnathan91US #142
#90Spencer90US #104
#91Jeffrey89US #84
#92Marcus89US #93
#93Mark88US #58
#94Antonio87US #75
#95Hayden86US #167
#96Evan83US #61
#97Malik83US #111
#98Ian80US #70
#99Bryan76US #69
#100Paul76US #79

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑29Peyton#52
↑27Emma#46
↑26Makayla#42
↑24Jared#48
↑22Michaela#69
↑22Gregory#73
↑20Mckenzie#75
↑16Madeline#66

Falling

↓21Danielle#64
↓21Evan#96
↓20Tristan#68
↓20Mark#93
↓19Whitney#82
↓19Travis#87
↓17Brittney#89
↓17Bradley#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.