State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 2013 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 65,278 Tennessee births in 2013 across 2,109 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#90Maggieoutside the national top 200
#92Peytonoutside the national top 200
#97Shelbyoutside the national top 200
#60Kinsley#161 nationally
#98Kingston#190 nationally
#94Tucker#179 nationally
#57Mckenzie#140 nationally
#82Gracie#165 nationally
#93Cayden#172 nationally
#97Malachi#174 nationally
#93Makenzie#166 nationally
#86Eden#158 nationally

Girls

#1Emma502US #2
#2Ava364US #5
#3Olivia352US #3
#4Sophia338US #1
#5Isabella320US #4
#6Abigail315US #8
#7Madison263US #9
#8Emily259US #7
#9Elizabeth258US #10
#10Addison236US #19
#11Harper233US #16
#12Chloe222US #14
#13Ella205US #15
#14Brooklyn202US #28
#15Avery200US #12
#16Aubrey190US #18
#17Lillian190US #26
#18Amelia189US #17
#19Lily181US #27
#20Charlotte180US #11
#21Zoey176US #24
#22Anna171US #35
#23Paisley171US #80
#24Hannah168US #23
#25Mia167US #6
#26Sadie167US #49
#27Caroline158US #63
#28Layla151US #30
#29Evelyn150US #20
#30Aubree145US #53
#31Savannah144US #36
#32Kaylee140US #40
#33Nevaeh138US #46
#34Natalie137US #21
#35Riley131US #45
#36London125US #85
#37Alexis124US #47
#38Kylie121US #61
#39Serenity120US #52
#40Zoe117US #31
#41Alyssa115US #57
#42Allison113US #34
#43Katherine113US #77
#44Aaliyah112US #37
#45Audrey109US #33
#46Autumn109US #64
#47Taylor109US #59
#48Scarlett106US #42
#49Sarah105US #48
#50Mary104US #118
#51Madelyn103US #68
#52Bella100US #58
#53Annabelle97US #81
#54Makayla96US #94
#55Skylar96US #73
#56Kennedy95US #65
#57Mckenzie95US #140
#58Morgan94US #100
#59Khloe93US #78
#60Kinsley93US #161
#61Lucy93US #66
#62Stella92US #70
#63Ellie91US #74
#64Leah91US #32
#65Samantha91US #29
#66Claire90US #50
#67Hadley89US #110
#68Lauren89US #92
#69Piper89US #97
#70Arianna86US #44
#71Gabriella86US #38
#72Trinity85US #108
#73Rylee84US #109
#74Mariah83US #113
#75Eleanor82US #106
#76Grace82US #22
#77Sophie82US #76
#78Lydia81US #95
#79Sofia81US #13
#80Peyton80US #51
#81Victoria79US #25
#82Gracie78US #165
#83Mackenzie77US #62
#84Willow77US #155
#85Reagan76US #104
#86Eden74US #158
#87Aria73US #41
#88Hailey73US #43
#89Nora71US #83
#90Maggie69
#91Bailey67US #105
#92Lilly67US #122
#93Makenzie67US #166
#94Alice66US #107
#95Brianna66US #71
#96Genesis66US #55
#97Shelby65
#98Brooklynn64US #142
#99Madeline64US #90
#100Molly64US #102

Boys

#1William562US #5
#2Mason461US #4
#3Elijah424US #11
#4Noah403US #1
#5James400US #13
#6Jacob360US #2
#7Liam360US #3
#8Ethan345US #6
#9Jackson344US #16
#10John343US #27
#11Michael321US #7
#12Jayden292US #9
#13Aiden290US #12
#14Benjamin279US #14
#15Levi271US #49
#16Joseph267US #20
#17Gabriel261US #24
#18Samuel258US #25
#19Landon251US #39
#20Alexander249US #8
#21Joshua241US #21
#22Bentley236US #81
#23Colton234US #65
#24Luke234US #34
#25Carter233US #33
#26David231US #17
#27Eli230US #43
#28Christopher228US #26
#29Caleb227US #32
#30Charles226US #57
#31Hunter225US #36
#32Matthew225US #15
#33Andrew224US #22
#34Logan223US #18
#35Lucas218US #23
#36Brayden217US #48
#37Jaxon213US #45
#38Wyatt210US #42
#39Daniel201US #10
#40Robert193US #62
#41Bryson192US #102
#42Jeremiah191US #58
#43Henry189US #37
#44Ayden188US #71
#45Easton188US #88
#46Christian186US #35
#47Grayson184US #77
#48Thomas181US #61
#49Carson174US #90
#50Jase174US #89
#51Isaac173US #28
#52Jace170US #66
#53Brantley169US #119
#54Isaiah169US #44
#55Connor163US #56
#56Cameron161US #59
#57Braxton160US #123
#58Owen160US #38
#59Hudson159US #87
#60Parker157US #74
#61Jaxson152US #92
#62Jonathan150US #41
#63Austin147US #64
#64Gavin146US #50
#65Jordan146US #53
#66Silas144US #116
#67Ryan142US #30
#68Tyler142US #63
#69Dylan141US #29
#70Josiah138US #69
#71Hayden137US #129
#72Anthony136US #19
#73Jack136US #40
#74Oliver135US #52
#75Nathan123US #31
#76Kayden122US #93
#77Aaron118US #51
#78Cooper118US #84
#79Sawyer114US #120
#80Evan111US #55
#81Brandon110US #70
#82Zachary110US #73
#83Camden109US #99
#84Brody108US #94
#85Nicholas108US #54
#86Asher107US #104
#87Justin107US #85
#88Micah107US #105
#89Nolan106US #86
#90Tristan105US #96
#91Chase104US #78
#92Peyton102
#93Cayden99US #172
#94Tucker98US #179
#95Blake95US #75
#96Jason93US #79
#97Malachi91US #174
#98Kingston90US #190
#99Timothy89US #124
#100Weston89US #163

On the move since 2012

Rising

↑41Annabelle#53
↑34Mckenzie#57
↑28Jaxson#61
↑27Scarlett#48
↑24Grayson#47
↑22Jace#52
↑22Josiah#70
↑21Levi#15

Falling

↓48Bailey#91
↓36Brianna#95
↓35Sophie#77
↓31Khloe#59
↓31Hailey#88
↓30Peyton#80
↓25Victoria#81
↓24Tyler#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2012 rankings.