State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 2007 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 71,161 Tennessee births in 2007 across 2,093 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#54Bryson#179 nationally
#71Maggie#181 nationally
#51Shelby#149 nationally
#69Alexandria#164 nationally
#74Reagan#156 nationally
#78Mckenzie#160 nationally
#79Cheyenne#147 nationally
#84Angel#152 nationally
#26Mary#93 nationally
#89Braden#156 nationally
#30Gracie#96 nationally
#80Lilly#146 nationally

Girls

#1Emma543US #3
#2Madison535US #5
#3Emily430US #1
#4Addison411US #11
#5Abigail409US #8
#6Hannah387US #9
#7Ava360US #4
#8Chloe333US #16
#9Elizabeth325US #10
#10Olivia320US #7
#11Isabella317US #2
#12Anna292US #25
#13Alyssa280US #14
#14Sarah274US #18
#15Alexis268US #19
#16Ella233US #21
#17Kaylee225US #35
#18Sophia214US #6
#19Savannah212US #30
#20Taylor199US #24
#21Natalie182US #17
#22Lily179US #27
#23Lillian178US #33
#24Brianna175US #22
#25Ashley173US #13
#26Mary173US #93
#27Morgan171US #43
#28Hailey169US #23
#29Sydney169US #37
#30Gracie168US #96
#31Haley167US #76
#32Makayla166US #47
#33Nevaeh161US #31
#34Lauren159US #28
#35Brooklyn151US #57
#36Jasmine151US #32
#37Riley151US #52
#38Destiny149US #41
#39Samantha149US #12
#40Kaitlyn148US #44
#41Bailey146US #84
#42Trinity141US #72
#43Avery137US #48
#44Kylie136US #63
#45Mia136US #15
#46Autumn134US #90
#47Jada134US #95
#48Allison130US #46
#49Amelia129US #77
#50Kayla127US #26
#51Shelby124US #149
#52Zoe124US #56
#53Aubrey123US #69
#54Audrey122US #51
#55Sophie120US #82
#56Katherine118US #39
#57Victoria116US #29
#58Gabrielle115US #68
#59Grace115US #20
#60Caroline114US #99
#61Mackenzie112US #65
#62Katelyn107US #75
#63Layla104US #85
#64Rachel104US #59
#65Madeline103US #61
#66Sara103US #80
#67Brooke99US #45
#68Rylee95US #130
#69Alexandria92US #164
#70Jessica92US #42
#71Maggie92US #181
#72Maria92US #53
#73Sadie91US #107
#74Reagan90US #156
#75Jayla89US #131
#76Evelyn87US #55
#77Kennedy86US #110
#78Mckenzie86US #160
#79Cheyenne84US #147
#80Lilly84US #146
#81Faith83US #74
#82Katie83US #114
#83Jennifer81US #64
#84Angel79US #152
#85Jordan79US #100
#86Breanna78US #138
#87Lydia78US #124
#88Madelyn78US #104
#89Leah77US #67
#90Ashlyn75US #155
#91Kimberly75US #54
#92Aaliyah74US #83
#93Megan74US #78
#94Molly74US #97
#95Zoey74US #112
#96Mariah70US #92
#97Andrea69US #60
#98Summer68US #159
#99Gabriella67US #38
#100Kathryn67US #163

Boys

#1William699US #8
#2Jacob629US #1
#3Ethan566US #3
#4James544US #15
#5Joshua481US #4
#6Christopher471US #6
#7Jackson470US #33
#8Michael445US #2
#9Noah422US #14
#10Elijah408US #30
#11Andrew397US #10
#12Matthew393US #9
#13John382US #19
#14Samuel379US #25
#15David373US #12
#16Landon365US #49
#17Caleb352US #36
#18Tyler332US #21
#19Joseph331US #13
#20Christian327US #22
#21Austin324US #48
#22Jayden324US #18
#23Daniel311US #5
#24Jonathan310US #23
#25Aiden297US #27
#26Logan293US #17
#27Gavin290US #32
#28Hunter286US #57
#29Benjamin275US #26
#30Mason272US #37
#31Brandon268US #31
#32Cameron268US #50
#33Hayden268US #71
#34Robert267US #47
#35Alexander262US #11
#36Gabriel249US #28
#37Dylan242US #29
#38Nicholas242US #20
#39Charles234US #62
#40Nathan234US #24
#41Anthony233US #7
#42Brayden232US #64
#43Jordan228US #44
#44Isaiah226US #43
#45Jeremiah226US #67
#46Thomas219US #52
#47Zachary218US #42
#48Luke212US #46
#49Lucas205US #53
#50Ryan201US #16
#51Justin198US #45
#52Evan182US #40
#53Isaac181US #41
#54Bryson169US #179
#55Carson166US #91
#56Connor164US #55
#57Caden163US #92
#58Kevin163US #39
#59Aaron155US #51
#60Aidan154US #54
#61Jaden150US #74
#62Wyatt149US #69
#63Jack147US #38
#64Tristan147US #87
#65Cooper143US #96
#66Peyton142US #125
#67Jose140US #35
#68Kaden139US #98
#69Nathaniel139US #82
#70Carter138US #80
#71Eli138US #129
#72Owen134US #56
#73Blake133US #88
#74Jason126US #59
#75Alex122US #72
#76Timothy122US #99
#77Brody119US #106
#78Brady117US #93
#79Colton117US #118
#80Ian115US #75
#81Riley115US #109
#82Preston114US #114
#83Devin113US #100
#84Sean112US #76
#85Adam111US #65
#86Seth111US #115
#87Ayden110US #102
#88Xavier110US #68
#89Braden109US #156
#90Ashton107US #124
#91Parker107US #108
#92Chase105US #79
#93Brian103US #81
#94Levi99US #131
#95Bryan97US #78
#96Eric97US #83
#97Jesse97US #107
#98Antonio96US #95
#99Kaleb96US #113
#100Angel94US #34

On the move since 2006

Rising

↑32Jaden#61
↑29Layla#63
↑29Jayden#22
↑25Bailey#41
↑24Alexandria#69
↑23Cooper#65
↑21Aiden#25
↑17Audrey#54

Falling

↓34Megan#93
↓28Katelyn#62
↓26Molly#94
↓26Mariah#96
↓24Kennedy#77
↓23Braden#89
↓22Seth#86
↓20Rachel#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2006 rankings.