State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 2003 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,066 Tennessee births in 2003 across 1,753 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#68Brysonoutside the national top 200
#81Macyoutside the national top 200
#92Makenzieoutside the national top 200
#94Bethanyoutside the national top 200
#90Addison#191 nationally
#100Peytonoutside the national top 200
#94Eli#190 nationally
#90Wesley#184 nationally
#83Braden#170 nationally
#78Abby#164 nationally
#58Dalton#143 nationally
#65Mckenzie#149 nationally

Girls

#1Madison665US #3
#2Emma601US #2
#3Hannah585US #4
#4Emily524US #1
#5Abigail388US #6
#6Alexis365US #7
#7Sarah360US #11
#8Olivia331US #5
#9Elizabeth315US #9
#10Chloe310US #24
#11Anna308US #21
#12Haley297US #34
#13Taylor282US #19
#14Alyssa261US #14
#15Sydney239US #25
#16Kayla234US #16
#17Lauren229US #15
#18Ashley224US #8
#19Brianna223US #17
#20Mary215US #59
#21Savannah206US #41
#22Isabella205US #12
#23Morgan202US #29
#24Destiny201US #37
#25Kaitlyn195US #32
#26Kaylee193US #53
#27Makayla188US #51
#28Jasmine186US #27
#29Hailey185US #26
#30Victoria180US #22
#31Samantha179US #10
#32Katelyn176US #58
#33Autumn171US #75
#34Jessica171US #18
#35Rachel168US #28
#36Caroline164US #68
#37Megan164US #30
#38Grace163US #13
#39Ella153US #44
#40Katherine153US #35
#41Natalie152US #23
#42Shelby152US #94
#43Gracie141US #126
#44Mackenzie140US #45
#45Jada130US #79
#46Lillian126US #76
#47Sierra125US #73
#48Allison122US #46
#49Jordan122US #48
#50Zoe121US #57
#51Breanna119US #105
#52Trinity117US #56
#53Bailey116US #98
#54Sophia116US #20
#55Brooklyn115US #118
#56Amber114US #74
#57Courtney114US #103
#58Kylie112US #52
#59Faith111US #50
#60Riley108US #72
#61Brooke107US #43
#62Madeline106US #61
#63Sara106US #65
#64Ava104US #39
#65Mckenzie102US #149
#66Jennifer100US #31
#67Lily99US #69
#68Aaliyah97US #90
#69Angel97US #119
#70Rebecca92US #63
#71Leah90US #81
#72Avery89US #89
#73Katie87US #107
#74Kelsey87US #130
#75Erin86US #80
#76Gabrielle86US #66
#77Audrey84US #78
#78Abby83US #164
#79Alexandria83US #123
#80Kennedy81US #122
#81Macy81
#82Julia80US #33
#83Cheyenne79US #134
#84Jenna79US #55
#85Maria79US #42
#86Alexandra77US #38
#87Ashlyn77US #139
#88Margaret77US #128
#89Mia77US #36
#90Addison76US #191
#91Skylar76US #144
#92Makenzie75
#93Amelia73US #111
#94Bethany73
#95Danielle73US #82
#96Kimberly72US #64
#97Mya72US #116
#98Lydia71US #127
#99Alexia70US #133
#100Paige70US #47

Boys

#1William789US #11
#2Jacob761US #1
#3Joshua577US #3
#4James569US #18
#5Ethan555US #7
#6Michael501US #2
#7Christopher490US #9
#8Matthew483US #4
#9Andrew454US #5
#10John451US #17
#11Caleb413US #34
#12Tyler413US #15
#13Samuel384US #23
#14Joseph375US #6
#15Austin372US #33
#16Hunter363US #41
#17Logan363US #28
#18Brandon356US #21
#19Elijah350US #37
#20Zachary346US #20
#21David329US #14
#22Jackson325US #52
#23Cameron317US #40
#24Daniel307US #8
#25Jonathan304US #22
#26Dylan301US #19
#27Noah289US #31
#28Robert284US #35
#29Nicholas283US #12
#30Ryan276US #13
#31Christian274US #25
#32Jordan274US #38
#33Justin274US #27
#34Alexander273US #16
#35Benjamin261US #24
#36Nathan261US #26
#37Charles253US #57
#38Thomas246US #36
#39Anthony240US #10
#40Gabriel227US #29
#41Mason218US #54
#42Gavin211US #51
#43Luke205US #46
#44Landon202US #97
#45Isaac197US #48
#46Isaiah196US #49
#47Connor186US #43
#48Hayden186US #84
#49Seth184US #80
#50Evan182US #44
#51Jason181US #42
#52Aaron180US #50
#53Nathaniel168US #63
#54Jeremiah166US #90
#55Timothy164US #76
#56Carson159US #89
#57Devin151US #74
#58Dalton149US #143
#59Cody148US #78
#60Kevin148US #32
#61Eric145US #56
#62Adam142US #58
#63Steven136US #70
#64Blake127US #79
#65Jesse127US #94
#66Ian126US #65
#67Aidan123US #39
#68Bryson121
#69Dakota121US #126
#70Alex120US #62
#71Lucas119US #71
#72Garrett118US #106
#73Jaden116US #82
#74Jose113US #30
#75Parker113US #125
#76Ashton109US #101
#77Brian108US #59
#78Kaleb107US #118
#79Chase106US #87
#80Jayden106US #75
#81Preston105US #154
#82Richard105US #86
#83Braden104US #170
#84Brayden103US #110
#85Riley103US #104
#86Jack100US #45
#87Patrick99US #91
#88Tanner98US #120
#89Carter95US #102
#90Wesley95US #184
#91Aiden94US #73
#92Colton93US #135
#93Kenneth91US #111
#94Eli90US #190
#95Marcus90US #119
#96Tristan90US #112
#97Sean89US #61
#98Trevor89US #99
#99Kyle88US #53
#100Peyton88

On the move since 2002

Rising

↑32Ella#39
↑23Sophia#54
↑22Jesse#65
↑20Audrey#77
↑19Mckenzie#65
↑17Brooke#61
↑17Jose#74
↑14Kaylee#26

Falling

↓30Trevor#98
↓22Katie#73
↓20Kyle#99
↓18Aaliyah#68
↓18Eli#94
↓17Rebecca#70
↓15Dalton#58
↓15Dakota#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2002 rankings.