State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 2000 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 67,693 Tennessee births in 2000 across 1,704 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#70Gracieoutside the national top 200
#74Landon#200 nationally
#66Peyton#183 nationally
#91Macyoutside the national top 200
#83Wesley#171 nationally
#89Brooklyn#177 nationally
#59Summer#145 nationally
#86Dawson#168 nationally
#75Bethany#151 nationally
#67Mckenzie#133 nationally
#65Hayden#129 nationally
#78Kristen#142 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah705US #2
#2Madison596US #3
#3Emily576US #1
#4Sarah466US #5
#5Alexis459US #6
#6Taylor408US #10
#7Ashley346US #4
#8Anna342US #22
#9Haley333US #28
#10Elizabeth326US #9
#11Destiny321US #24
#12Abigail316US #14
#13Kayla305US #13
#14Lauren298US #11
#15Jessica286US #8
#16Emma284US #17
#17Brianna283US #15
#18Olivia279US #16
#19Savannah278US #37
#20Sydney266US #23
#21Samantha263US #7
#22Mary259US #46
#23Morgan258US #25
#24Alyssa255US #12
#25Kaitlyn243US #30
#26Megan238US #18
#27Rachel234US #21
#28Grace218US #19
#29Shelby218US #70
#30Jasmine211US #27
#31Chloe200US #38
#32Brittany199US #60
#33Victoria195US #20
#34Hailey192US #35
#35Amber181US #47
#36Katherine179US #33
#37Autumn177US #77
#38Katelyn175US #54
#39Makayla175US #67
#40Courtney167US #59
#41Allison158US #44
#42Bailey158US #68
#43Caroline157US #65
#44Rebecca150US #39
#45Kaylee147US #72
#46Mackenzie143US #43
#47Jordan141US #50
#48Alexandria133US #91
#49Lindsey130US #103
#50Sara128US #57
#51Jada127US #84
#52Kelsey124US #88
#53Natalie124US #34
#54Amanda121US #32
#55Gabrielle118US #49
#56Sierra116US #53
#57Faith113US #66
#58Jennifer112US #26
#59Summer111US #145
#60Breanna110US #80
#61Caitlin110US #76
#62Julia110US #29
#63Madeline109US #56
#64Katie107US #95
#65Molly107US #96
#66Erin106US #61
#67Mckenzie103US #133
#68Danielle102US #48
#69Angel100US #119
#70Gracie99
#71Trinity98US #74
#72Kimberly97US #58
#73Zoe96US #82
#74Alexandra92US #36
#75Bethany89US #151
#76Brooke84US #51
#77Christina84US #73
#78Kristen84US #142
#79Kennedy83US #139
#80Laura83US #85
#81Tiffany83US #101
#82Erica82US #102
#83Leah82US #97
#84Stephanie82US #40
#85Briana81US #83
#86Catherine81US #81
#87Chelsea80US #140
#88Skylar79US #135
#89Brooklyn78US #177
#90Caitlyn78US #118
#91Macy76
#92Kathryn75US #89
#93Brittney74US #148
#94Cheyenne74US #99
#95Kaitlin74US #158
#96Maria74US #41
#97Paige73US #69
#98Cassidy72US #107
#99Hayley71US #149
#100Andrea68US #55

Boys

#1Jacob950US #1
#2William868US #11
#3James669US #18
#4Joshua665US #4
#5Michael637US #2
#6Christopher620US #5
#7Matthew583US #3
#8Austin556US #23
#9Tyler537US #10
#10John531US #14
#11Zachary515US #15
#12Andrew488US #7
#13Brandon481US #12
#14Hunter467US #35
#15Joseph446US #8
#16Ethan443US #25
#17Nicholas421US #6
#18Noah401US #27
#19David384US #16
#20Caleb379US #38
#21Christian371US #22
#22Samuel362US #28
#23Dylan358US #24
#24Robert349US #29
#25Daniel341US #9
#26Cameron338US #31
#27Jonathan338US #21
#28Justin338US #19
#29Benjamin302US #26
#30Jordan302US #36
#31Logan292US #40
#32Thomas285US #33
#33Alexander242US #20
#34Charles240US #51
#35Jackson240US #72
#36Nathan233US #30
#37Ryan231US #13
#38Dalton227US #91
#39Anthony225US #17
#40Elijah225US #52
#41Cody209US #60
#42Aaron205US #41
#43Timothy195US #58
#44Garrett193US #74
#45Dakota188US #88
#46Seth187US #63
#47Luke167US #59
#48Nathaniel166US #61
#49Devin164US #69
#50Mason163US #64
#51Isaac161US #53
#52Jason161US #39
#53Adam159US #45
#54Kevin150US #32
#55Steven150US #54
#56Eric147US #42
#57Evan146US #55
#58Blake141US #80
#59Isaiah141US #47
#60Tanner138US #93
#61Chase136US #77
#62Lucas136US #83
#63Gabriel132US #44
#64Jared130US #56
#65Hayden129US #129
#66Peyton129US #183
#67Trevor129US #75
#68Connor128US #50
#69Brian126US #43
#70Gavin124US #85
#71Jesse121US #90
#72Kyle121US #37
#73Sean121US #57
#74Landon119US #200
#75Patrick115US #68
#76Colton111US #111
#77Stephen110US #95
#78Kenneth108US #94
#79Alex105US #62
#80Jeremiah104US #102
#81Mark104US #79
#82Tristan103US #105
#83Wesley102US #171
#84Carson101US #119
#85Richard101US #65
#86Dawson100US #168
#87Kaleb99US #141
#88Antonio98US #82
#89Jack98US #46
#90Marcus98US #99
#91Preston96US #142
#92Taylor96US #136
#93Ian95US #73
#94Jalen95US #106
#95Spencer94US #98
#96Jeremy93US #84
#97Cole91US #71
#98Dustin91US #148
#99Bryce90US #92
#100Parker87US #127

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑30Hayden#65
↑23Garrett#44
↑23Luke#47
↑22Landon#74
↑21Summer#59
↑20Molly#65
↑18Gabriel#63
↑18Mark#81

Falling

↓30Cheyenne#94
↓25Kyle#72
↓25Richard#85
↓22Cassidy#98
↓21Jeremy#96
↓19Brooke#76
↓19Taylor#92
↓16Tiffany#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.