State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 2006 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,231 Tennessee births in 2006 across 2,020 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#53Bryson#176 nationally
#81Dalton#200 nationally
#94Allieoutside the national top 200
#96Kelsey#185 nationally
#81Mckenzie#166 nationally
#49Shelby#133 nationally
#75Peyton#157 nationally
#66Braden#143 nationally
#30Gracie#103 nationally
#86Reagan#156 nationally
#85Kendall#148 nationally
#53Kennedy#115 nationally

Girls

#1Madison568US #3
#2Emma536US #2
#3Emily482US #1
#4Hannah472US #8
#5Abigail458US #6
#6Olivia328US #7
#7Sarah322US #15
#8Chloe315US #18
#9Alexis301US #14
#10Anna298US #22
#11Isabella296US #4
#12Ava295US #5
#13Elizabeth287US #11
#14Addison284US #28
#15Savannah255US #30
#16Alyssa245US #19
#17Brianna241US #20
#18Ella232US #21
#19Taylor220US #23
#20Lillian207US #38
#21Ashley190US #12
#22Kaylee184US #42
#23Lauren184US #24
#24Morgan179US #35
#25Jasmine178US #29
#26Makayla175US #45
#27Brooklyn169US #66
#28Sophia169US #9
#29Destiny167US #36
#30Gracie167US #103
#31Hailey167US #25
#32Haley166US #75
#33Mary162US #80
#34Katelyn161US #61
#35Lily157US #33
#36Natalie157US #17
#37Sydney154US #34
#38Kaitlyn153US #41
#39Samantha152US #10
#40Kayla151US #26
#41Grace148US #16
#42Caroline137US #89
#43Autumn134US #95
#44Rachel125US #48
#45Allison123US #47
#46Katherine120US #37
#47Nevaeh120US #43
#48Trinity120US #64
#49Shelby119US #133
#50Mackenzie118US #53
#51Riley118US #56
#52Zoe115US #54
#53Kennedy113US #115
#54Victoria113US #27
#55Avery112US #52
#56Mia108US #13
#57Amelia106US #83
#58Kylie105US #67
#59Megan105US #60
#60Jada104US #92
#61Madeline104US #71
#62Gabrielle102US #63
#63Sara102US #72
#64Katie101US #106
#65Jessica99US #32
#66Bailey98US #112
#67Maria98US #46
#68Molly95US #105
#69Aubrey92US #93
#70Mariah92US #82
#71Audrey91US #69
#72Faith90US #62
#73Jayla90US #99
#74Julia89US #31
#75Jennifer87US #51
#76Jordan87US #97
#77Leah87US #68
#78Breanna86US #126
#79Jenna86US #88
#80Kimberly86US #58
#81Mckenzie86US #166
#82Aaliyah84US #90
#83Skylar82US #145
#84Brooke81US #44
#85Kendall80US #148
#86Reagan80US #156
#87Claire78US #86
#88Madelyn77US #113
#89Rebecca77US #96
#90Ashlyn76US #141
#91Lilly75US #150
#92Layla74US #101
#93Alexandria73US #147
#94Allie73
#95Kathryn72US #143
#96Kelsey71US #185
#97Lydia70US #130
#98Summer70US #152
#99Zoey70US #119
#100Alexandra69US #40

Boys

#1William697US #10
#2Jacob622US #1
#3Joshua545US #3
#4Ethan525US #4
#5James511US #16
#6Christopher456US #8
#7Michael425US #2
#8Noah417US #15
#9Andrew407US #7
#10Elijah407US #29
#11John401US #19
#12Jackson399US #35
#13Matthew395US #5
#14Caleb386US #34
#15Landon371US #50
#16Tyler366US #18
#17Samuel344US #25
#18Austin333US #41
#19David333US #13
#20Logan332US #20
#21Christian323US #21
#22Joseph323US #11
#23Hunter312US #54
#24Jonathan297US #22
#25Daniel284US #6
#26Alexander276US #12
#27Hayden268US #73
#28Nicholas262US #17
#29Nathan261US #23
#30Robert260US #47
#31Mason257US #40
#32Gavin254US #38
#33Benjamin253US #24
#34Brandon252US #27
#35Dylan251US #26
#36Thomas248US #51
#37Cameron246US #52
#38Zachary240US #33
#39Isaiah238US #39
#40Ryan238US #14
#41Anthony233US #9
#42Charles233US #60
#43Jordan233US #46
#44Brayden220US #79
#45Gabriel217US #28
#46Aiden215US #32
#47Isaac206US #48
#48Evan204US #42
#49Luke198US #43
#50Jeremiah196US #71
#51Jayden189US #49
#52Justin187US #45
#53Bryson181US #176
#54Lucas179US #59
#55Connor174US #53
#56Kevin168US #37
#57Aidan165US #44
#58Jason162US #55
#59Caden160US #91
#60Carson154US #87
#61Jack146US #36
#62Aaron142US #57
#63Preston140US #114
#64Seth139US #103
#65Wyatt138US #82
#66Braden137US #143
#67Nathaniel137US #69
#68Timothy137US #93
#69Carter135US #75
#70Tristan130US #86
#71Owen129US #58
#72Jose127US #30
#73Riley127US #101
#74Blake124US #97
#75Peyton124US #157
#76Eric122US #77
#77Kaden122US #92
#78Alex121US #67
#79Eli121US #136
#80Adam116US #64
#81Dalton116US #200
#82Chase115US #83
#83Kaleb115US #115
#84Sean114US #68
#85Devin113US #100
#86Brian112US #72
#87Ashton111US #121
#88Cooper106US #113
#89Jesse106US #102
#90Colton104US #135
#91Ian102US #80
#92Steven102US #90
#93Jaden98US #88
#94Cody97US #105
#95Garrett97US #139
#96Carlos96US #70
#97Juan95US #61
#98Patrick95US #110
#99Malachi93US #150
#100Parker93US #116

On the move since 2005

Rising

↑45Addison#14
↑33Wyatt#65
↑29Kennedy#53
↑29Preston#63
↑22Owen#71
↑20Amelia#57
↑18Katelyn#34
↑18Molly#68

Falling

↓23Jessica#65
↓23Ian#91
↓22Gabrielle#62
↓22Ashlyn#90
↓19Cody#94
↓17Haley#32
↓17Victoria#54
↓15Ashton#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2005 rankings.