State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 2001 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 65,926 Tennessee births in 2001 across 1,711 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#68Landon#194 nationally
#60Gracie#170 nationally
#93Brysonoutside the national top 200
#72Peyton#177 nationally
#80Maggie#181 nationally
#85Wesley#184 nationally
#76Brooklyn#172 nationally
#100Dawson#183 nationally
#74Preston#152 nationally
#86Dustin#158 nationally
#64Mckenzie#135 nationally
#71Summer#142 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah691US #3
#2Madison635US #2
#3Emily542US #1
#4Sarah441US #6
#5Alexis406US #5
#6Taylor396US #12
#7Abigail373US #8
#8Elizabeth343US #9
#9Anna341US #19
#10Destiny328US #22
#11Olivia325US #10
#12Lauren314US #15
#13Ashley312US #4
#14Haley289US #34
#15Emma285US #13
#16Sydney273US #23
#17Kayla264US #17
#18Brianna262US #18
#19Savannah253US #42
#20Mary248US #48
#21Rachel232US #24
#22Chloe226US #30
#23Jessica222US #11
#24Samantha221US #7
#25Jasmine215US #25
#26Alyssa214US #14
#27Megan213US #20
#28Morgan213US #29
#29Kaitlyn208US #31
#30Hailey198US #33
#31Grace186US #16
#32Mackenzie182US #40
#33Shelby178US #68
#34Makayla171US #54
#35Victoria171US #21
#36Katelyn164US #52
#37Bailey163US #69
#38Katherine157US #35
#39Caroline154US #62
#40Autumn150US #72
#41Amber143US #51
#42Kaylee141US #66
#43Allison139US #44
#44Jordan137US #47
#45Natalie137US #32
#46Isabella136US #28
#47Jennifer130US #26
#48Jada127US #75
#49Alexandria126US #91
#50Sierra119US #55
#51Sara116US #58
#52Rebecca115US #46
#53Breanna113US #94
#54Kelsey112US #100
#55Madeline111US #56
#56Faith110US #53
#57Katie110US #99
#58Brittany109US #115
#59Courtney109US #73
#60Gracie109US #170
#61Julia109US #27
#62Lillian107US #111
#63Zoe107US #65
#64Mckenzie106US #135
#65Trinity105US #67
#66Brooke102US #57
#67Gabrielle102US #50
#68Caitlin101US #89
#69Jenna100US #45
#70Amanda97US #39
#71Summer93US #142
#72Maria91US #41
#73Molly91US #90
#74Angel89US #104
#75Alexandra87US #38
#76Brooklyn85US #172
#77Laura85US #86
#78Lindsey85US #105
#79Cassidy84US #107
#80Maggie80US #181
#81Kennedy79US #138
#82Sophia79US #37
#83Andrea78US #49
#84Erin78US #60
#85Kimberly77US #61
#86Stephanie77US #43
#87Audrey76US #112
#88Danielle75US #63
#89Erica75US #129
#90Bethany74US #158
#91Leah74US #87
#92Cheyenne73US #119
#93Lily73US #103
#94Abby71US #163
#95Ashlyn71US #157
#96Christina71US #80
#97Kathryn70US #97
#98Catherine69US #81
#99Chelsea69US #153
#100Lydia69US #140

Boys

#1Jacob874US #1
#2William793US #10
#3Joshua645US #4
#4James615US #19
#5Austin556US #25
#6Matthew548US #3
#7Michael547US #2
#8Christopher533US #5
#9John509US #14
#10Zachary485US #16
#11Andrew478US #7
#12Ethan470US #17
#13Tyler461US #13
#14Joseph430US #8
#15Caleb414US #37
#16Brandon403US #18
#17Hunter401US #36
#18Nicholas394US #6
#19Dylan373US #21
#20Logan368US #29
#21Noah364US #28
#22Robert357US #30
#23David351US #12
#24Samuel349US #26
#25Justin348US #22
#26Jonathan317US #23
#27Cameron314US #35
#28Benjamin304US #27
#29Daniel304US #9
#30Christian300US #24
#31Jordan295US #39
#32Thomas282US #33
#33Elijah277US #45
#34Charles252US #55
#35Alexander247US #20
#36Jackson239US #60
#37Ryan239US #15
#38Mason229US #54
#39Anthony221US #11
#40Gabriel215US #38
#41Seth213US #68
#42Aaron208US #42
#43Dalton201US #98
#44Timothy201US #67
#45Nathan197US #31
#46Cody179US #64
#47Dakota176US #93
#48Isaac176US #47
#49Isaiah171US #43
#50Kevin170US #32
#51Devin160US #71
#52Jason153US #41
#53Luke153US #50
#54Connor152US #49
#55Garrett147US #80
#56Colby146US #99
#57Jared146US #65
#58Eric143US #44
#59Hayden142US #117
#60Nathaniel142US #61
#61Chase135US #79
#62Steven130US #63
#63Adam128US #51
#64Gavin127US #78
#65Evan125US #56
#66Trevor124US #76
#67Richard123US #73
#68Landon121US #194
#69Kyle119US #40
#70Alex118US #62
#71Lucas116US #83
#72Peyton116US #177
#73Jeremy115US #89
#74Preston115US #152
#75Brian114US #46
#76Sean114US #57
#77Carson113US #95
#78Blake111US #77
#79Jeremiah109US #90
#80Kenneth107US #97
#81Jesse106US #91
#82Tristan106US #108
#83Ian105US #70
#84Stephen99US #102
#85Wesley99US #184
#86Dustin97US #158
#87Patrick97US #72
#88Tanner97US #101
#89Cole96US #74
#90Colton96US #118
#91Kaleb94US #116
#92Bradley91US #145
#93Bryson91
#94Antonio88US #85
#95Marcus88US #104
#96Carter84US #111
#97Parker84US #123
#98Jalen83US #127
#99Jeffrey83US #119
#100Dawson81US #183

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑24Maria#72
↑23Gabriel#40
↑23Jeremy#73
↑19Cassidy#79
↑18Richard#67
↑17Andrea#83
↑17Preston#74
↑14Mackenzie#32

Falling

↓29Lindsey#78
↓28Tanner#88
↓26Brittany#58
↓20Danielle#88
↓20Blake#78
↓19Courtney#59
↓19Christina#96
↓18Erin#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.