State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 1999 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,781 Tennessee births in 1999 across 1,638 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#83Callieoutside the national top 200
#89Whitneyoutside the national top 200
#75Brooklyn#182 nationally
#96Landon#196 nationally
#74Wesley#168 nationally
#86Abby#174 nationally
#83Preston#162 nationally
#97Bailey#167 nationally
#72Bethany#140 nationally
#91Kaleb#159 nationally
#78Mckenzie#141 nationally
#60Angel#121 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah707US #2
#2Emily611US #1
#3Madison528US #7
#4Sarah481US #4
#5Taylor480US #8
#6Alexis464US #3
#7Ashley368US #6
#8Lauren339US #12
#9Elizabeth338US #10
#10Kayla334US #13
#11Haley322US #31
#12Jessica319US #9
#13Abigail318US #18
#14Savannah292US #42
#15Emma287US #17
#16Rachel281US #19
#17Anna277US #29
#18Megan277US #15
#19Morgan268US #24
#20Sydney268US #23
#21Olivia266US #20
#22Brianna265US #14
#23Brittany265US #35
#24Victoria264US #16
#25Destiny262US #28
#26Samantha262US #5
#27Alyssa251US #11
#28Jasmine233US #26
#29Kaitlyn233US #33
#30Mary231US #45
#31Shelby224US #62
#32Amber211US #41
#33Courtney207US #44
#34Makayla190US #66
#35Jordan179US #48
#36Bailey172US #65
#37Autumn171US #77
#38Katelyn168US #55
#39Grace165US #27
#40Kelsey164US #72
#41Allison157US #40
#42Katherine156US #36
#43Chloe155US #63
#44Rebecca152US #38
#45Caroline149US #71
#46Amanda134US #22
#47Sara131US #50
#48Hailey129US #54
#49Breanna125US #74
#50Alexandria124US #83
#51Sierra122US #49
#52Kaylee119US #69
#53Faith117US #76
#54Jennifer116US #21
#55Mackenzie114US #52
#56Natalie113US #34
#57Brooke112US #47
#58Caitlin108US #93
#59Gabrielle104US #46
#60Angel103US #121
#61Heather101US #112
#62Lindsey101US #96
#63Alexandra100US #32
#64Cheyenne99US #84
#65Tiffany99US #80
#66Erin98US #58
#67Julia98US #30
#68Jada97US #111
#69Madeline96US #70
#70Kimberly94US #51
#71Katie93US #92
#72Bethany92US #140
#73Danielle92US #43
#74Briana90US #82
#75Brooklyn90US #182
#76Cassidy90US #99
#77Chelsea87US #122
#78Mckenzie87US #141
#79Stephanie87US #37
#80Summer87US #136
#81Laura86US #81
#82Kristen85US #114
#83Callie83
#84Leah82US #103
#85Molly81US #102
#86Abby78US #174
#87Nicole78US #25
#88Caitlyn77US #124
#89Whitney77
#90Christina76US #75
#91Mikayla75US #85
#92Brittney74US #128
#93Margaret74US #110
#94Erica73US #106
#95Kathryn73US #91
#96Sophia73US #53
#97Skylar70US #131
#98Michaela69US #125
#99Kiara68US #78
#100Lydia68US #148

Boys

#1Jacob970US #1
#2William831US #14
#3Austin802US #13
#4Joshua676US #4
#5James661US #19
#6Christopher658US #6
#7Michael646US #2
#8Matthew624US #3
#9Tyler575US #10
#10Brandon538US #11
#11John513US #15
#12Nicholas490US #5
#13Zachary477US #17
#14Andrew474US #7
#15Dylan436US #23
#16Hunter434US #36
#17Joseph430US #8
#18Noah418US #24
#19Robert391US #26
#20Justin382US #20
#21Caleb374US #41
#22David368US #16
#23Daniel362US #9
#24Ethan361US #37
#25Jordan342US #30
#26Benjamin341US #29
#27Jonathan334US #22
#28Samuel332US #27
#29Cameron324US #33
#30Christian304US #25
#31Thomas297US #31
#32Logan293US #42
#33Ryan291US #12
#34Nathan282US #32
#35Cody247US #45
#36Charles245US #50
#37Timothy245US #49
#38Alexander237US #21
#39Aaron224US #38
#40Dalton220US #86
#41Anthony219US #18
#42Dakota208US #77
#43Elijah206US #60
#44Jackson195US #83
#45Mason171US #71
#46Seth170US #65
#47Kyle154US #28
#48Nathaniel154US #62
#49Isaac153US #64
#50Kevin152US #34
#51Jared148US #54
#52Steven147US #47
#53Devin145US #68
#54Evan145US #57
#55Eric143US #39
#56Jason142US #40
#57Chase137US #76
#58Adam135US #44
#59Connor134US #48
#60Richard134US #61
#61Stephen134US #85
#62Blake132US #84
#63Brian129US #43
#64Jesse128US #82
#65Patrick127US #63
#66Tanner127US #87
#67Garrett125US #78
#68Kenneth124US #89
#69Isaiah122US #51
#70Luke121US #67
#71Trevor121US #66
#72Tristan120US #99
#73Taylor116US #120
#74Wesley116US #168
#75Jeremy113US #81
#76Dawson112US #136
#77Lucas112US #90
#78Bradley111US #104
#79Marcus110US #98
#80Sean110US #56
#81Gabriel109US #53
#82Jeremiah108US #108
#83Preston108US #162
#84Alex107US #58
#85Antonio100US #80
#86Jeffrey100US #100
#87Travis100US #102
#88Corey95US #135
#89Dustin95US #133
#90Ian94US #72
#91Kaleb94US #159
#92Jack93US #52
#93Parker93US #124
#94Spencer92US #92
#95Hayden91US #150
#96Landon91US #196
#97Bailey90US #167
#98Dillon89US #142
#99Mark89US #69
#100Johnathan88US #146

On the move since 1998

Rising

↑43Mason#45
↑36Kaylee#52
↑33Angel#60
↑31Faith#53
↑28Mackenzie#55
↑27Isaac#49
↑26Evan#54
↑22Brooklyn#75

Falling

↓40Dustin#89
↓29Michaela#98
↓24Katie#71
↓21Tanner#66
↓20Spencer#94
↓19Summer#80
↓17Madeline#69
↓17Mikayla#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1998 rankings.