State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,562 Tennessee births in 1998 across 1,628 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#77Peytonoutside the national top 200
#89Landonoutside the national top 200
#90Whitney#193 nationally
#97Brooklyn#200 nationally
#100Micah#199 nationally
#89Raven#185 nationally
#94Preston#176 nationally
#84Hayden#160 nationally
#61Summer#131 nationally
#83Wesley#153 nationally
#68Bethany#132 nationally
#49Dustin#108 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah689US #2
#2Emily609US #1
#3Madison530US #9
#4Alexis504US #6
#5Sarah494US #4
#6Taylor461US #7
#7Kayla417US #12
#8Ashley414US #5
#9Jessica364US #8
#10Brittany324US #25
#11Elizabeth313US #10
#12Lauren307US #14
#13Megan301US #13
#14Anna296US #31
#15Samantha296US #3
#16Haley295US #36
#17Morgan287US #23
#18Rachel285US #15
#19Brianna273US #17
#20Savannah268US #45
#21Olivia263US #21
#22Mary257US #44
#23Destiny256US #34
#24Abigail254US #18
#25Victoria254US #16
#26Courtney251US #39
#27Shelby251US #49
#28Emma235US #22
#29Kaitlyn233US #35
#30Sydney233US #28
#31Amber228US #37
#32Kelsey218US #56
#33Alyssa205US #11
#34Allison203US #38
#35Jasmine190US #26
#36Katherine178US #33
#37Rebecca175US #30
#38Amanda169US #19
#39Bailey167US #60
#40Jordan167US #42
#41Makayla165US #71
#42Katelyn160US #58
#43Autumn155US #77
#44Alexandria145US #81
#45Hailey139US #70
#46Sierra137US #51
#47Katie127US #88
#48Caroline122US #75
#49Sara121US #48
#50Breanna120US #76
#51Jennifer118US #20
#52Madeline115US #50
#53Caitlin114US #78
#54Grace111US #53
#55Erin109US #57
#56Tiffany109US #67
#57Lindsey107US #97
#58Natalie105US #40
#59Brooke104US #46
#60Chloe103US #87
#61Summer103US #131
#62Danielle102US #41
#63Julia102US #32
#64Gabrielle100US #47
#65Alexandra99US #27
#66Chelsea96US #94
#67Kristen96US #102
#68Bethany92US #132
#69Michaela91US #103
#70Miranda91US #80
#71Kimberly90US #54
#72Stephanie90US #29
#73Heather89US #99
#74Mikayla89US #82
#75Cheyenne88US #72
#76Briana87US #79
#77Christina85US #69
#78Jada85US #119
#79Laura84US #74
#80Kaitlin83US #120
#81Kathryn83US #89
#82Caitlyn82US #115
#83Mackenzie82US #64
#84Faith80US #107
#85Molly80US #108
#86Nicole80US #24
#87Catherine77US #101
#88Kaylee77US #86
#89Raven77US #185
#90Whitney77US #193
#91Alicia74US #98
#92Erica73US #92
#93Angel71US #138
#94Cassidy71US #113
#95Jenna71US #65
#96Mckenzie71US #142
#97Brooklyn70US #200
#98Paige70US #63
#99Mariah69US #62
#100Margaret68US #114

Boys

#1Jacob965US #2
#2William848US #14
#3Austin814US #10
#4Joshua743US #4
#5Michael725US #1
#6Christopher686US #5
#7Matthew679US #3
#8James659US #18
#9John560US #15
#10Tyler559US #8
#11Brandon556US #7
#12Andrew519US #9
#13Nicholas478US #6
#14Joseph461US #11
#15Zachary455US #16
#16David436US #13
#17Hunter426US #36
#18Robert411US #23
#19Dylan391US #25
#20Justin379US #20
#21Jordan375US #27
#22Jonathan370US #21
#23Noah361US #29
#24Daniel353US #12
#25Samuel350US #28
#26Caleb342US #42
#27Cameron324US #35
#28Thomas305US #31
#29Ryan303US #17
#30Christian301US #26
#31Ethan299US #38
#32Charles278US #48
#33Logan269US #44
#34Benjamin264US #30
#35Cody251US #43
#36Anthony238US #19
#37Dakota236US #72
#38Timothy231US #49
#39Nathan230US #34
#40Alexander226US #22
#41Aaron224US #37
#42Dalton211US #88
#43Jared177US #51
#44Kevin171US #32
#45Tanner164US #82
#46Elijah162US #66
#47Adam160US #45
#48Steven160US #46
#49Dustin152US #108
#50Stephen151US #78
#51Chase148US #67
#52Devin146US #62
#53Eric143US #39
#54Jackson143US #100
#55Kyle140US #24
#56Nathaniel139US #60
#57Blake136US #85
#58Patrick135US #57
#59Brian134US #41
#60Jason134US #40
#61Isaiah133US #59
#62Seth131US #86
#63Trevor130US #58
#64Connor126US #47
#65Jesse126US #70
#66Jeremy125US #68
#67Richard125US #56
#68Tristan124US #92
#69Luke122US #75
#70Garrett120US #80
#71Kenneth119US #87
#72Alex118US #55
#73Lucas113US #93
#74Spencer113US #84
#75Taylor113US #104
#76Isaac108US #65
#77Peyton107
#78Antonio105US #79
#79Gabriel104US #54
#80Evan97US #63
#81Bradley96US #101
#82Travis96US #98
#83Wesley95US #153
#84Hayden93US #160
#85Jeremiah93US #114
#86Colton92US #106
#87Dillon91US #134
#88Mason91US #83
#89Landon90
#90Ian89US #73
#91Mark89US #64
#92Sean89US #50
#93Bryan86US #74
#94Preston86US #176
#95Corey85US #115
#96Gregory85US #109
#97Gavin84US #116
#98Jeffrey84US #91
#99Marcus84US #96
#100Micah83US #199

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑26Tanner#45
↑25Natalie#58
↑21Connor#64
↑19Grace#54
↑18Emma#28
↑17Hailey#45
↑17Noah#23
↑16Faith#84

Falling

↓27Chelsea#66
↓25Peyton#77
↓23Gregory#96
↓22Kristen#67
↓21Mckenzie#96
↓17Kimberly#71
↓17Heather#73
↓17Corey#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.