State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 2005 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 67,910 Tennessee births in 2005 across 1,935 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#64Bryson#195 nationally
#85Macyoutside the national top 200
#71Dalton#180 nationally
#96Maggieoutside the national top 200
#97Makenzieoutside the national top 200
#99Allieoutside the national top 200
#96Wesley#189 nationally
#73Mckenzie#163 nationally
#83Kelsey#173 nationally
#70Eli#152 nationally
#55Braden#133 nationally
#78Dakota#148 nationally

Girls

#1Madison601US #3
#2Emma576US #2
#3Emily525US #1
#4Hannah477US #7
#5Abigail388US #4
#6Olivia337US #5
#7Chloe326US #19
#8Alexis321US #13
#9Elizabeth311US #11
#10Anna302US #22
#11Sarah296US #15
#12Ava262US #9
#13Isabella256US #6
#14Alyssa244US #16
#15Haley240US #53
#16Taylor233US #24
#17Ella226US #23
#18Destiny220US #32
#19Ashley218US #10
#20Brianna216US #20
#21Hailey215US #26
#22Kaylee210US #40
#23Sydney197US #30
#24Lauren196US #21
#25Mary194US #72
#26Savannah190US #35
#27Makayla187US #44
#28Morgan186US #33
#29Kayla184US #25
#30Samantha174US #8
#31Kaitlyn172US #34
#32Jasmine165US #29
#33Rachel164US #38
#34Gracie163US #94
#35Lillian163US #50
#36Sophia154US #12
#37Victoria154US #28
#38Lily148US #39
#39Brooklyn145US #78
#40Gabrielle145US #55
#41Grace139US #14
#42Jessica138US #27
#43Mia136US #17
#44Katherine132US #36
#45Riley131US #54
#46Natalie129US #18
#47Autumn127US #90
#48Caroline126US #83
#49Megan126US #41
#50Mackenzie125US #51
#51Allison124US #45
#52Katelyn124US #59
#53Jada122US #76
#54Trinity122US #48
#55Avery121US #67
#56Shelby118US #117
#57Zoe112US #58
#58Sara110US #75
#59Addison109US #106
#60Madeline109US #70
#61Kylie106US #57
#62Faith101US #49
#63Katie100US #99
#64Nevaeh100US #69
#65Jenna99US #62
#66Julia98US #31
#67Bailey96US #108
#68Ashlyn89US #127
#69Maria88US #46
#70Aaliyah86US #93
#71Amber85US #101
#72Audrey85US #77
#73Mckenzie85US #163
#74Sierra85US #105
#75Kimberly84US #63
#76Reagan84US #139
#77Amelia83US #84
#78Angel83US #143
#79Leah83US #68
#80Jennifer81US #42
#81Jordan81US #86
#82Kennedy81US #118
#83Kelsey79US #173
#84Kendall78US #132
#85Macy77
#86Molly77US #97
#87Lydia75US #119
#88Rebecca75US #81
#89Breanna72US #124
#90Brooke72US #47
#91Margaret72US #151
#92Mya72US #98
#93Alexandra69US #37
#94Alexandria69US #133
#95Summer69US #140
#96Maggie68
#97Makenzie68
#98Rylee68US #128
#99Allie67
#100Madelyn67US #107

Boys

#1William748US #11
#2Jacob646US #1
#3Ethan598US #5
#4James550US #17
#5Joshua515US #3
#6Andrew463US #6
#7Michael461US #2
#8Christopher451US #10
#9Matthew415US #4
#10John402US #18
#11Caleb385US #35
#12Tyler375US #16
#13Elijah373US #31
#14Samuel373US #21
#15Joseph368US #9
#16Jackson355US #44
#17Noah333US #23
#18Landon324US #61
#19Austin322US #38
#20Christian322US #22
#21Hunter320US #53
#22David315US #12
#23Logan314US #26
#24Jonathan306US #19
#25Benjamin298US #25
#26Daniel296US #7
#27Dylan292US #24
#28Brandon291US #27
#29Nicholas284US #15
#30Robert266US #37
#31Cameron265US #52
#32Alexander263US #13
#33Nathan261US #20
#34Zachary260US #29
#35Mason248US #42
#36Jordan243US #46
#37Ryan243US #14
#38Thomas243US #40
#39Gabriel235US #28
#40Hayden228US #76
#41Charles227US #56
#42Isaiah227US #45
#43Luke224US #41
#44Justin218US #36
#45Anthony212US #8
#46Evan210US #39
#47Gavin204US #47
#48Aiden203US #50
#49Connor194US #48
#50Brayden186US #80
#51Kevin174US #33
#52Jeremiah171US #78
#53Jayden166US #54
#54Lucas166US #58
#55Braden164US #133
#56Jason163US #51
#57Nathaniel158US #67
#58Jack155US #34
#59Aaron148US #57
#60Aidan148US #43
#61Carter147US #77
#62Isaac146US #49
#63Timothy144US #84
#64Bryson143US #195
#65Caden141US #98
#66Carson137US #101
#67Seth133US #91
#68Ian131US #68
#69Jose131US #30
#70Eli129US #152
#71Dalton128US #180
#72Ashton127US #107
#73Eric127US #66
#74Kaleb124US #121
#75Cody123US #96
#76Brian121US #63
#77Kaden121US #100
#78Dakota120US #148
#79Riley118US #106
#80Blake117US #99
#81Peyton117US #138
#82Cooper112US #120
#83Jaden109US #88
#84Adam108US #64
#85Devin105US #90
#86Tristan105US #113
#87Garrett103US #124
#88Conner102US #127
#89Trevor102US #112
#90Alex100US #71
#91Chase97US #82
#92Preston96US #146
#93Owen94US #60
#94Steven94US #83
#95Colton93US #155
#96Wesley93US #189
#97Antonio92US #92
#98Wyatt92US #81
#99Micah91US #150
#100Parker90US #119

On the move since 2004

Rising

↑36Gabrielle#40
↑30Jack#58
↑29Brayden#50
↑27Mia#43
↑26Ava#12
↑25Braden#55
↑24Addison#59
↑20Julia#66

Falling

↓29Rebecca#88
↓23Alexandria#94
↓21Ashton#72
↓20Kennedy#82
↓20Breanna#89
↓20Devin#85
↓17Katelyn#52
↓17Isaac#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2004 rankings.