State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 2008 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,893 Tennessee births in 2008 across 2,135 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#178 nationally
#86Braxtonoutside the national top 200
#88Maggieoutside the national top 200
#93Daltonoutside the national top 200
#94Allieoutside the national top 200
#96Alexandria#189 nationally
#66Shelby#158 nationally
#71Cheyenne#160 nationally
#100Jayden#176 nationally
#84Braden#156 nationally
#80Mckenzie#151 nationally
#26Mary#96 nationally

Girls

#1Madison555US #6
#2Emma553US #1
#3Abigail364US #8
#4Emily362US #3
#5Addison360US #12
#6Ava351US #5
#7Chloe351US #10
#8Olivia331US #4
#9Isabella325US #2
#10Elizabeth307US #9
#11Hannah291US #17
#12Alexis260US #15
#13Anna251US #26
#14Sarah251US #20
#15Taylor250US #22
#16Alyssa231US #16
#17Ella214US #19
#18Kaylee208US #31
#19Sophia201US #7
#20Makayla186US #37
#21Lillian185US #29
#22Savannah184US #33
#23Brooklyn183US #48
#24Lily182US #24
#25Natalie177US #13
#26Mary169US #96
#27Destiny168US #47
#28Nevaeh167US #34
#29Hailey156US #25
#30Brianna155US #23
#31Lauren152US #30
#32Gracie150US #99
#33Riley146US #39
#34Kaitlyn142US #53
#35Caroline138US #94
#36Jasmine138US #43
#37Aubrey134US #42
#38Morgan130US #46
#39Samantha129US #11
#40Sydney128US #49
#41Allison127US #32
#42Layla127US #55
#43Madeline127US #56
#44Autumn125US #87
#45Kylie125US #51
#46Leah123US #40
#47Madelyn121US #64
#48Bailey120US #82
#49Trinity118US #70
#50Zoe118US #58
#51Kayla117US #28
#52Ashley116US #18
#53Peyton116US #60
#54Audrey112US #44
#55Katherine112US #45
#56Victoria110US #27
#57Avery109US #38
#58Grace109US #21
#59Jada108US #110
#60Katelyn107US #80
#61Amelia103US #68
#62Zoey103US #98
#63Haley102US #102
#64Sophie102US #75
#65Mia101US #14
#66Shelby99US #158
#67Katie97US #126
#68Mackenzie97US #65
#69Sadie95US #109
#70Aaliyah94US #76
#71Cheyenne93US #160
#72Jayla92US #117
#73Lilly92US #125
#74Mariah91US #77
#75Rylee91US #116
#76Sara91US #92
#77Jenna89US #108
#78Gabriella88US #35
#79Maria86US #63
#80Mckenzie86US #151
#81Lydia85US #120
#82Megan84US #100
#83Gabrielle82US #79
#84Julia82US #41
#85Rachel82US #74
#86Jessica80US #59
#87Kennedy80US #115
#88Maggie79
#89Bella77US #122
#90Molly77US #104
#91Serenity77US #111
#92Kylee76US #142
#93Brooke74US #52
#94Allie72
#95Reagan72US #143
#96Alexandria71US #189
#97Evelyn71US #54
#98Kimberly71US #57
#99Marley71US #145
#100Jayden70US #176

Boys

#1William705US #8
#2Jacob564US #1
#3James506US #17
#4Ethan487US #3
#5Elijah477US #22
#6Joshua467US #4
#7Jackson419US #32
#8Christopher392US #9
#9Noah382US #15
#10Michael365US #2
#11Matthew358US #10
#12Jayden353US #11
#13John351US #20
#14Landon348US #45
#15Aiden342US #16
#16Caleb329US #34
#17Andrew327US #12
#18Samuel323US #27
#19Tyler309US #28
#20Daniel304US #5
#21David298US #14
#22Joseph296US #13
#23Logan290US #19
#24Christian287US #23
#25Brayden274US #51
#26Mason272US #35
#27Hayden268US #76
#28Gavin262US #30
#29Gabriel254US #24
#30Charles252US #63
#31Jonathan252US #26
#32Alexander249US #6
#33Brandon248US #33
#34Austin246US #55
#35Benjamin246US #25
#36Robert246US #49
#37Anthony235US #7
#38Thomas235US #52
#39Hunter232US #54
#40Nathan227US #21
#41Jordan222US #48
#42Nicholas219US #29
#43Dylan218US #31
#44Ryan218US #18
#45Isaiah213US #42
#46Lucas213US #46
#47Luke210US #43
#48Cameron202US #53
#49Evan190US #38
#50Carter184US #65
#51Zachary184US #47
#52Justin182US #44
#53Brody177US #70
#54Jeremiah177US #68
#55Bryson174US #178
#56Isaac174US #37
#57Eli172US #99
#58Colton167US #98
#59Cooper163US #92
#60Jack161US #39
#61Wyatt159US #62
#62Caden156US #96
#63Jason151US #60
#64Peyton149US #130
#65Aidan147US #59
#66Carson147US #89
#67Aaron146US #50
#68Kevin145US #41
#69Connor140US #57
#70Kaden134US #100
#71Owen128US #58
#72Nathaniel127US #77
#73Timothy127US #107
#74Tristan127US #81
#75Henry126US #78
#76Parker124US #103
#77Jaden122US #88
#78Levi120US #116
#79Ayden111US #91
#80Riley111US #106
#81Chase109US #67
#82Ian109US #80
#83Micah107US #121
#84Braden106US #156
#85Kaleb106US #115
#86Braxton104
#87Ashton102US #122
#88Brady102US #94
#89Josiah101US #95
#90Preston101US #124
#91Xavier101US #71
#92Blake100US #90
#93Dalton100
#94Cole97US #85
#95Malachi95US #160
#96Seth95US #128
#97Adam93US #72
#98Jaxon93US #153
#99Steven93US #104
#100Conner92US #162

On the move since 2007

Rising

↑43Leah#46
↑41Madelyn#47
↑33Zoey#62
↑25Caroline#35
↑24Brody#53
↑22Madeline#43
↑22Aaliyah#70
↑22Mariah#74

Falling

↓32Haley#63
↓27Ashley#52
↓27Alexandria#96
↓26Brooke#93
↓25Gabrielle#83
↓21Rachel#85
↓21Reagan#95
↓21Evelyn#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2007 rankings.