State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 2004 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,377 Tennessee births in 2004 across 1,828 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#55Bryson#200 nationally
#93Maggieoutside the national top 200
#72Dalton#167 nationally
#95Wesley#184 nationally
#78Peyton#163 nationally
#68Mckenzie#151 nationally
#73Eli#156 nationally
#32Gracie#114 nationally
#83Addison#160 nationally
#80Braden#154 nationally
#94Abby#166 nationally
#67Dakota#137 nationally

Girls

#1Madison592US #3
#2Emma587US #2
#3Emily565US #1
#4Hannah523US #5
#5Abigail385US #6
#6Olivia351US #4
#7Anna340US #20
#8Alexis336US #11
#9Sarah335US #12
#10Elizabeth311US #10
#11Chloe294US #23
#12Alyssa261US #14
#13Taylor228US #22
#14Hailey221US #24
#15Haley220US #44
#16Kayla220US #18
#17Isabella216US #7
#18Lauren209US #16
#19Morgan208US #31
#20Ella206US #29
#21Savannah204US #41
#22Brianna202US #17
#23Ashley200US #8
#24Destiny195US #38
#25Makayla190US #47
#26Kaylee184US #50
#27Grace183US #13
#28Jessica180US #21
#29Mary179US #62
#30Sydney178US #27
#31Jasmine173US #26
#32Gracie167US #114
#33Kaitlyn164US #33
#34Autumn161US #82
#35Katelyn158US #59
#36Rachel154US #34
#37Katherine152US #35
#38Ava150US #25
#39Allison149US #40
#40Caroline149US #74
#41Trinity147US #48
#42Samantha146US #9
#43Natalie145US #19
#44Lillian144US #65
#45Megan143US #36
#46Mackenzie135US #45
#47Sophia135US #15
#48Kylie129US #49
#49Jada127US #81
#50Riley127US #58
#51Brooklyn126US #101
#52Zoe126US #54
#53Shelby125US #112
#54Sara121US #68
#55Lily120US #53
#56Victoria120US #28
#57Bailey116US #100
#58Madeline111US #63
#59Rebecca109US #70
#60Faith108US #52
#61Katie105US #102
#62Kennedy103US #117
#63Ashlyn100US #131
#64Leah100US #64
#65Audrey99US #80
#66Maria99US #42
#67Avery98US #77
#68Mckenzie98US #151
#69Breanna96US #115
#70Mia96US #30
#71Alexandria95US #125
#72Jordan95US #71
#73Jenna94US #56
#74Jennifer92US #39
#75Sierra92US #92
#76Gabrielle91US #73
#77Brooke87US #46
#78Angel86US #127
#79Reagan86US #145
#80Summer86US #140
#81Amber85US #87
#82Nevaeh85US #104
#83Addison84US #160
#84Aaliyah80US #94
#85Courtney80US #121
#86Julia80US #32
#87Skylar78US #154
#88Kelsey77US #148
#89Amelia76US #96
#90Madelyn76US #111
#91Alexandra75US #37
#92Cheyenne75US #149
#93Maggie75
#94Abby72US #166
#95Andrea71US #57
#96Kendall69US #137
#97Layla69US #167
#98Kathryn68US #122
#99Molly68US #97
#100Erin66US #95

Boys

#1William832US #8
#2Jacob725US #1
#3Ethan579US #5
#4Joshua560US #3
#5James525US #18
#6Michael476US #2
#7Matthew446US #4
#8Christopher442US #10
#9Andrew420US #6
#10John416US #17
#11Austin378US #35
#12Samuel372US #23
#13Elijah371US #31
#14David370US #14
#15Joseph369US #9
#16Jackson364US #48
#17Caleb361US #33
#18Tyler349US #16
#19Logan334US #27
#20Dylan328US #19
#21Zachary327US #26
#22Nicholas325US #13
#23Hunter324US #49
#24Daniel309US #7
#25Brandon306US #22
#26Noah305US #29
#27Christian304US #24
#28Jonathan299US #21
#29Ryan290US #12
#30Nathan285US #20
#31Cameron284US #50
#32Benjamin270US #25
#33Jordan268US #43
#34Robert261US #36
#35Connor248US #38
#36Mason247US #51
#37Landon239US #86
#38Thomas238US #37
#39Charles232US #56
#40Alexander230US #15
#41Justin230US #30
#42Anthony217US #11
#43Gabriel206US #32
#44Isaiah205US #45
#45Isaac204US #46
#46Luke196US #41
#47Hayden192US #87
#48Gavin189US #52
#49Evan179US #39
#50Seth177US #80
#51Ashton170US #76
#52Aaron168US #53
#53Nathaniel163US #68
#54Jeremiah162US #77
#55Bryson157US #200
#56Timothy154US #79
#57Kevin146US #34
#58Carson141US #101
#59Jayden139US #62
#60Aidan137US #40
#61Jason135US #47
#62Lucas134US #66
#63Cody132US #84
#64Aiden131US #60
#65Devin130US #81
#66Carter128US #89
#67Dakota128US #137
#68Blake127US #95
#69Adam126US #58
#70Riley124US #106
#71Caden122US #104
#72Dalton118US #167
#73Eli118US #156
#74Jesse118US #94
#75Brian116US #59
#76Eric114US #61
#77Garrett112US #114
#78Peyton112US #163
#79Brayden110US #107
#80Braden109US #154
#81Jaden109US #83
#82Chase107US #82
#83Ian106US #69
#84Kaleb105US #120
#85Jose102US #28
#86Alex101US #63
#87Bryan100US #65
#88Jack100US #42
#89Levi100US #153
#90Sean100US #64
#91Parker98US #131
#92Cole96US #75
#93Kenneth96US #119
#94Micah96US #161
#95Wesley95US #184
#96Richard93US #92
#97Kyle92US #55
#98Antonio91US #93
#99Patrick91US #100
#100Trevor91US #110

On the move since 2003

Rising

↑27Aiden#64
↑26Ava#38
↑25Ashton#51
↑24Ashlyn#63
↑23Carter#66
↑22Peyton#78
↑21Jayden#59
↑21Eli#73

Falling

↓28Sierra#75
↓28Courtney#85
↓26Victoria#56
↓25Amber#81
↓25Erin#100
↓23Jordan#72
↓18Breanna#69
↓17Ian#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2003 rankings.