State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 2009 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,819 Tennessee births in 2009 across 2,116 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#88Allieoutside the national top 200
#64Braxton#174 nationally
#52Bryson#152 nationally
#79Makenzie#175 nationally
#91Jaylen#175 nationally
#25Mary#102 nationally
#95Grayson#172 nationally
#96Harper#173 nationally
#73Peyton#148 nationally
#40Gracie#114 nationally
#99Shelby#169 nationally
#82Kylee#148 nationally

Girls

#1Emma460US #2
#2Madison441US #7
#3Isabella400US #1
#4Olivia374US #3
#5Abigail361US #8
#6Addison345US #12
#7Ava329US #5
#8Chloe309US #9
#9Emily309US #6
#10Elizabeth276US #11
#11Alexis262US #13
#12Sophia247US #4
#13Ella242US #15
#14Sarah221US #21
#15Lillian219US #27
#16Lily219US #18
#17Kaylee215US #26
#18Alyssa214US #19
#19Hannah210US #23
#20Anna208US #28
#21Taylor206US #22
#22Brooklyn200US #37
#23Savannah178US #39
#24Nevaeh166US #34
#25Mary165US #102
#26Makayla157US #44
#27Riley153US #38
#28Trinity148US #74
#29Caroline143US #87
#30Aubrey142US #41
#31Allison141US #30
#32Natalie141US #16
#33Hailey138US #25
#34Autumn130US #81
#35Brianna130US #24
#36Destiny130US #56
#37Morgan129US #57
#38Samantha128US #14
#39Layla127US #45
#40Gracie125US #114
#41Kylie124US #62
#42Mia122US #10
#43Bailey121US #85
#44Peyton118US #42
#45Ashley116US #20
#46Avery116US #32
#47Leah115US #29
#48Jasmine113US #51
#49Zoey113US #75
#50Amelia111US #55
#51Sydney109US #48
#52Zoe109US #47
#53Lauren108US #46
#54Bella103US #58
#55Victoria103US #31
#56Audrey99US #49
#57Madelyn97US #59
#58Grace96US #17
#59Molly96US #92
#60Gabriella94US #33
#61Khloe94US #95
#62Madeline94US #64
#63Haley93US #123
#64Kaitlyn93US #67
#65Aaliyah91US #63
#66Evelyn91US #40
#67Gabrielle91US #96
#68Sophie91US #65
#69Katherine89US #60
#70Katelyn88US #90
#71Arianna87US #52
#72Kayla87US #35
#73Mackenzie87US #77
#74Julia85US #50
#75Claire84US #53
#76Mariah84US #88
#77Jada83US #113
#78Lydia82US #117
#79Makenzie82US #175
#80Jayla81US #128
#81Eva78US #99
#82Kylee77US #148
#83Maria76US #70
#84Payton76US #84
#85Sara76US #106
#86Lucy75US #101
#87Serenity75US #93
#88Allie74
#89Lilly74US #116
#90Piper74US #147
#91Sadie74US #111
#92Kendall71US #133
#93Mckenzie71US #155
#94Reagan71US #127
#95Faith70US #79
#96Harper70US #173
#97Jenna70US #121
#98London69US #122
#99Shelby69US #169
#100Kennedy67US #115

Boys

#1William646US #5
#2Jacob455US #1
#3Joshua441US #6
#4Ethan437US #2
#5Noah435US #9
#6James431US #18
#7Elijah421US #21
#8Jackson401US #27
#9Michael391US #3
#10Aiden384US #12
#11Jayden349US #8
#12Landon346US #36
#13John345US #26
#14Christopher343US #10
#15Matthew318US #13
#16Samuel318US #24
#17Brayden311US #48
#18Caleb306US #31
#19Joseph305US #15
#20Andrew287US #16
#21Logan286US #17
#22Mason279US #34
#23David276US #14
#24Alexander275US #4
#25Benjamin273US #19
#26Tyler261US #28
#27Daniel255US #7
#28Christian242US #23
#29Hunter242US #56
#30Anthony232US #11
#31Cameron232US #58
#32Gabriel232US #22
#33Gavin217US #33
#34Charles213US #64
#35Luke210US #47
#36Isaiah206US #41
#37Brandon205US #38
#38Dylan202US #30
#39Lucas201US #39
#40Austin200US #63
#41Jonathan200US #29
#42Hayden199US #91
#43Robert199US #55
#44Colton189US #93
#45Nathan188US #25
#46Jordan187US #45
#47Carter186US #50
#48Jeremiah186US #65
#49Zachary185US #53
#50Isaac184US #40
#51Thomas183US #57
#52Bryson181US #152
#53Nicholas175US #32
#54Justin171US #46
#55Connor170US #52
#56Eli170US #90
#57Ryan170US #20
#58Wyatt170US #60
#59Evan167US #35
#60Cooper164US #84
#61Levi162US #85
#62Brody158US #77
#63Carson152US #88
#64Braxton144US #174
#65Caden139US #103
#66Owen138US #51
#67Parker137US #96
#68Aaron135US #54
#69Kevin135US #44
#70Liam134US #49
#71Tristan131US #80
#72Jason128US #66
#73Peyton125US #148
#74Timothy121US #109
#75Jaxon120US #124
#76Henry118US #71
#77Nathaniel115US #75
#78Ayden114US #87
#79Micah114US #118
#80Jose113US #43
#81Kaden113US #102
#82Ian112US #73
#83Preston111US #120
#84Jack109US #42
#85Chase108US #61
#86Kaleb108US #108
#87Ashton104US #115
#88Cayden103US #143
#89Xavier101US #68
#90Hudson100US #150
#91Jaylen100US #175
#92Riley100US #107
#93Blake98US #89
#94Alex97US #83
#95Grayson97US #172
#96Josiah96US #86
#97Eric95US #95
#98Jaden92US #101
#99Brian91US #94
#100Jesse91US #112

On the move since 2008

Rising

↑35Bella#54
↑31Molly#59
↑31Evelyn#66
↑23Mia#42
↑23Jaxon#75
↑22Braxton#64
↑21Trinity#28
↑18Gabriella#60

Falling

↓33Shelby#99
↓30Kaitlyn#64
↓24Jack#84
↓22Lauren#53
↓22Sadie#91
↓21Kayla#72
↓21Jaden#98
↓20Jenna#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2008 rankings.