State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 2002 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 64,975 Tennessee births in 2002 across 1,738 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#71Brysonoutside the national top 200
#76Eli#194 nationally
#83Macyoutside the national top 200
#90Jaylaoutside the national top 200
#91Addisonoutside the national top 200
#75Wesley#183 nationally
#47Gracie#153 nationally
#96Peytonoutside the national top 200
#86Maggie#190 nationally
#98Dawson#193 nationally
#53Landon#142 nationally
#63Brooklyn#152 nationally

Girls

#1Madison621US #2
#2Hannah610US #3
#3Emily573US #1
#4Emma424US #4
#5Sarah399US #8
#6Alexis385US #5
#7Abigail358US #7
#8Anna343US #20
#9Elizabeth318US #11
#10Lauren306US #13
#11Taylor306US #18
#12Haley303US #35
#13Olivia298US #10
#14Chloe276US #25
#15Destiny268US #34
#16Ashley255US #6
#17Kayla255US #19
#18Brianna247US #17
#19Kaitlyn242US #32
#20Savannah241US #39
#21Sydney237US #23
#22Mary232US #49
#23Alyssa223US #12
#24Rachel212US #24
#25Makayla208US #50
#26Morgan208US #29
#27Jessica205US #16
#28Hailey202US #31
#29Jasmine199US #26
#30Megan197US #22
#31Isabella188US #14
#32Samantha183US #9
#33Victoria178US #21
#34Grace171US #15
#35Katherine170US #36
#36Shelby159US #75
#37Katelyn157US #53
#38Autumn156US #73
#39Mackenzie153US #42
#40Kaylee152US #57
#41Bailey144US #84
#42Caroline143US #67
#43Jada141US #78
#44Jordan141US #45
#45Faith135US #48
#46Allison129US #44
#47Gracie129US #153
#48Natalie129US #30
#49Sara128US #59
#50Aaliyah120US #64
#51Katie119US #103
#52Breanna117US #104
#53Rebecca117US #54
#54Amber116US #65
#55Sierra113US #62
#56Angel108US #109
#57Courtney108US #88
#58Lillian106US #96
#59Madeline103US #56
#60Zoe102US #60
#61Kylie99US #61
#62Trinity96US #70
#63Brooklyn95US #152
#64Kelsey94US #118
#65Leah94US #87
#66Alexandria92US #106
#67Riley91US #77
#68Jennifer90US #28
#69Summer89US #151
#70Amanda88US #46
#71Ella88US #89
#72Lily88US #79
#73Gabrielle84US #66
#74Margaret83US #129
#75Alexandra82US #38
#76Laura82US #105
#77Sophia82US #27
#78Brooke81US #52
#79Abby80US #166
#80Erin80US #72
#81Julia80US #33
#82Jenna79US #47
#83Macy79
#84Mckenzie79US #143
#85Cheyenne78US #127
#86Maggie78US #190
#87Lydia77US #137
#88Maria77US #40
#89Skylar77US #141
#90Jayla76
#91Addison74
#92Kennedy74US #136
#93Ashanti73US #115
#94Ashlyn73US #158
#95Molly73US #107
#96Andrea72US #55
#97Audrey72US #100
#98Kimberly72US #63
#99Madelyn71US #120
#100Mia68US #43

Boys

#1Jacob820US #1
#2William750US #11
#3Joshua594US #3
#4James591US #18
#5Michael580US #2
#6Ethan571US #5
#7Matthew550US #4
#8Austin544US #26
#9Christopher510US #8
#10John429US #17
#11Andrew427US #6
#12Caleb425US #35
#13Tyler413US #14
#14Joseph411US #7
#15Zachary390US #19
#16Hunter368US #38
#17Samuel355US #25
#18David348US #13
#19Logan344US #29
#20Nicholas344US #9
#21Dylan340US #23
#22Jonathan338US #21
#23Brandon337US #20
#24Elijah333US #41
#25Robert323US #34
#26Daniel313US #10
#27Jackson309US #50
#28Jordan309US #37
#29Noah307US #31
#30Christian304US #24
#31Cameron281US #39
#32Thomas271US #36
#33Alexander267US #15
#34Benjamin260US #27
#35Justin257US #22
#36Nathan236US #28
#37Gabriel235US #32
#38Mason222US #53
#39Anthony216US #12
#40Charles216US #58
#41Ryan212US #16
#42Aaron190US #43
#43Dalton188US #117
#44Luke188US #46
#45Isaac185US #48
#46Seth179US #72
#47Isaiah176US #45
#48Nathaniel173US #62
#49Timothy173US #70
#50Cody172US #71
#51Hayden169US #96
#52Jason161US #42
#53Landon156US #142
#54Dakota153US #107
#55Gavin146US #61
#56Devin143US #74
#57Evan140US #56
#58Connor139US #47
#59Kevin138US #33
#60Eric137US #52
#61Steven136US #68
#62Jeremiah130US #86
#63Blake129US #76
#64Adam123US #55
#65Ian123US #67
#66Alex122US #63
#67Garrett121US #91
#68Trevor121US #81
#69Brian115US #51
#70Carson113US #105
#71Bryson112
#72Lucas112US #75
#73Preston111US #155
#74Colby105US #125
#75Wesley105US #183
#76Eli102US #194
#77Patrick102US #79
#78Jaden101US #87
#79Kyle99US #40
#80Kaleb98US #111
#81Kenneth98US #104
#82Tristan98US #103
#83Colton97US #128
#84Antonio93US #85
#85Chase93US #82
#86Richard92US #77
#87Jesse91US #90
#88Sean91US #59
#89Johnathan90US #171
#90Spencer90US #110
#91Jose89US #30
#92Riley88US #99
#93Tanner87US #112
#94Carter86US #108
#95Jack86US #44
#96Peyton86
#97Cole84US #69
#98Dawson84US #193
#99Jalen83US #145
#100Jared83US #84

On the move since 2001

Rising

↑26Leah#65
↑22Bryson#71
↑21Lily#72
↑18Angel#56
↑18Ian#65
↑17Jeremiah#62
↑15Isabella#31
↑15Abby#79

Falling

↓43Jared#100
↓24Chase#85
↓24Peyton#96
↓22Molly#95
↓21Jennifer#68
↓20Julia#81
↓20Mckenzie#84
↓19Richard#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2001 rankings.