State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 2014 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 67,345 Tennessee births in 2014 across 2,173 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#83Callie#186 nationally
#99Corbinoutside the national top 200
#99Presley#190 nationally
#78Emery#162 nationally
#82Kingston#159 nationally
#66Willow#136 nationally
#84Londyn#154 nationally
#51Mary#120 nationally
#81Mckenzie#145 nationally
#98Gracie#161 nationally
#79Hayden#140 nationally
#55Bryson#115 nationally

Girls

#1Emma494US #1
#2Olivia421US #2
#3Ava412US #5
#4Sophia311US #3
#5Abigail304US #8
#6Isabella304US #4
#7Harper278US #11
#8Madison259US #9
#9Elizabeth258US #13
#10Ella236US #17
#11Avery229US #14
#12Addison224US #24
#13Aubrey209US #21
#14Brooklyn205US #26
#15Chloe202US #18
#16Emily202US #7
#17Charlotte201US #10
#18Amelia200US #15
#19Sadie196US #46
#20Lily182US #27
#21Paisley181US #53
#22Zoey180US #22
#23Mia172US #6
#24Evelyn169US #16
#25Caroline168US #59
#26Layla168US #29
#27Anna165US #34
#28Lillian154US #25
#29Serenity152US #58
#30Hannah148US #28
#31Aubree141US #62
#32Scarlett139US #30
#33Kaylee136US #52
#34Skylar136US #48
#35Natalie135US #23
#36Autumn131US #71
#37Piper130US #75
#38Savannah129US #38
#39Riley127US #47
#40Nevaeh124US #63
#41Hadley122US #100
#42Audrey121US #36
#43Alexis119US #65
#44Ellie118US #55
#45Allison116US #39
#46Kennedy113US #54
#47Madelyn113US #60
#48Annabelle108US #57
#49Zoe105US #32
#50Lydia104US #84
#51Mary104US #120
#52Peyton104US #56
#53Trinity104US #110
#54Kylie103US #73
#55Taylor102US #77
#56Aaliyah101US #45
#57Victoria101US #19
#58Lucy100US #61
#59Bella99US #70
#60Sarah99US #50
#61London98US #93
#62Arianna97US #40
#63Eleanor96US #78
#64Sofia96US #12
#65Stella96US #66
#66Willow96US #136
#67Cora93US #103
#68Aria91US #31
#69Leah91US #35
#70Naomi91US #80
#71Kinsley90US #131
#72Katherine89US #82
#73Khloe89US #88
#74Adalynn88US #129
#75Nora87US #49
#76Gabriella86US #42
#77Grace86US #20
#78Emery85US #162
#79Ariana84US #37
#80Eva82US #83
#81Mckenzie82US #145
#82Reagan80US #106
#83Callie79US #186
#84Londyn79US #154
#85Mackenzie79US #69
#86Rylee79US #113
#87Bailey78US #104
#88Claire77US #44
#89Samantha77US #33
#90Clara76US #108
#91Mariah76US #137
#92Sophie76US #91
#93Madeline75US #89
#94Violet73US #67
#95Alyssa71US #76
#96Lilly71US #124
#97Faith70US #79
#98Gracie69US #161
#99Presley68US #190
#100Hazel65US #105

Boys

#1William547US #5
#2Mason438US #3
#3James430US #9
#4Elijah428US #11
#5Noah426US #1
#6Liam389US #2
#7Jackson359US #18
#8Jacob323US #4
#9John319US #26
#10Ethan290US #6
#11Samuel282US #23
#12Aiden280US #14
#13Carter272US #27
#14Christopher270US #30
#15Michael266US #7
#16Levi265US #45
#17Gabriel261US #24
#18Benjamin250US #12
#19Landon250US #43
#20Luke250US #28
#21Joshua249US #25
#22Lucas244US #19
#23Caleb242US #35
#24Alexander241US #8
#25Hunter240US #40
#26Jayden236US #15
#27Joseph236US #20
#28David230US #17
#29Jaxon227US #46
#30Andrew225US #22
#31Wyatt225US #39
#32Logan223US #13
#33Charles215US #51
#34Matthew211US #16
#35Henry209US #33
#36Eli206US #49
#37Christian200US #42
#38Daniel200US #10
#39Robert197US #60
#40Oliver196US #32
#41Grayson193US #63
#42Easton192US #83
#43Brayden190US #62
#44Dylan190US #29
#45Jeremiah187US #56
#46Connor184US #52
#47Thomas184US #54
#48Cameron175US #53
#49Hudson175US #80
#50Isaac175US #31
#51Jace175US #68
#52Cooper174US #86
#53Isaiah173US #48
#54Bentley168US #89
#55Bryson167US #115
#56Owen163US #36
#57Carson158US #91
#58Colton157US #65
#59Jack157US #41
#60Jonathan153US #44
#61Ayden152US #74
#62Braxton152US #120
#63Jordan149US #55
#64Kayden147US #90
#65Jaxson146US #85
#66Gavin145US #61
#67Nolan144US #81
#68Brantley143US #121
#69Parker140US #73
#70Anthony137US #21
#71Austin129US #66
#72Aaron125US #50
#73Sawyer125US #110
#74Ryan124US #37
#75Camden120US #101
#76Josiah119US #64
#77Nathan119US #38
#78Kevin118US #70
#79Hayden117US #140
#80Asher116US #92
#81Jase116US #105
#82Kingston114US #159
#83Lincoln114US #87
#84Tyler114US #72
#85Brandon110US #71
#86Evan109US #58
#87Kaiden109US #124
#88Chase107US #78
#89Jason104US #75
#90Julian103US #47
#91Weston103US #136
#92Harrison102US #127
#93Brody101US #93
#94Ryder101US #95
#95Greyson100US #133
#96Ashton99US #143
#97Silas96US #137
#98Zachary95US #82
#99Corbin94
#100Nathaniel94US #94

On the move since 2013

Rising

↑34Oliver#40
↑32Piper#37
↑28Lydia#50
↑28Peyton#52
↑26Hadley#41
↑26Cooper#52
↑25Dylan#44
↑24Victoria#57

Falling

↓54Alyssa#95
↓35Colton#58
↓32Bentley#54
↓31Jase#81
↓31Silas#97
↓29Katherine#72
↓25London#61
↓24Mckenzie#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2013 rankings.