State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 2022 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 67,330 Tennessee births in 2022 across 2,404 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#90Hallieoutside the national top 200
#95Tucker#197 nationally
#52Magnolia#151 nationally
#77Blakely#167 nationally
#85Lainey#174 nationally
#51Mary#134 nationally
#45Kingston#127 nationally
#53Sawyer#131 nationally
#79Oakley#157 nationally
#87Oaklynn#160 nationally
#28Everleigh#100 nationally
#80Rhett#151 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia393US #1
#2Amelia329US #4
#3Charlotte300US #3
#4Emma300US #2
#5Harper299US #11
#6Ava264US #7
#7Evelyn238US #9
#8Eleanor211US #16
#9Elizabeth209US #15
#10Isabella207US #6
#11Willow207US #37
#12Ellie201US #33
#13Sophia200US #5
#14Scarlett192US #14
#15Ella187US #25
#16Mia183US #8
#17Nova174US #32
#18Luna166US #10
#19Ivy165US #42
#20Abigail159US #24
#21Hazel159US #27
#22Caroline158US #77
#23Lily156US #30
#24Paisley153US #53
#25Avery152US #26
#26Stella143US #40
#27Nora141US #28
#28Everleigh138US #100
#29Lillian136US #50
#30Violet135US #20
#31Riley134US #39
#32Chloe131US #19
#33Naomi130US #46
#34Layla127US #29
#35Aurora125US #31
#36Addison122US #54
#37Lucy122US #48
#38Emily117US #17
#39Everly117US #56
#40Grace117US #35
#41Aria116US #23
#42Madison116US #34
#43Isla115US #36
#44Kinsley115US #61
#45Raelynn112US #99
#46Zoey112US #45
#47Ruby108US #62
#48Sadie108US #68
#49Madelyn105US #60
#50Hannah103US #47
#51Mary102US #134
#52Magnolia101US #151
#53Mila100US #18
#54Zoe99US #38
#55Delilah98US #58
#56Autumn97US #71
#57Emery97US #82
#58Hadley97US #112
#59Serenity96US #94
#60Sofia93US #13
#61Nevaeh92US #96
#62Penelope91US #21
#63Josie90US #120
#64Brooklyn89US #72
#65Natalie89US #55
#66Sophie88US #63
#67Leilani87US #59
#68Camila86US #12
#69Eden86US #116
#70Iris86US #84
#71Anna85US #83
#72Lydia85US #93
#73Lyla84US #105
#74Genesis83US #65
#75Rylee83US #107
#76Alice82US #64
#77Blakely82US #167
#78Millie81US #128
#79Oakley81US #157
#80Parker81US #115
#81Aubrey80US #81
#82Gianna80US #22
#83Margaret80US #127
#84Adeline79US #92
#85Lainey77US #174
#86Emersyn76US #135
#87Oaklynn76US #160
#88Piper76US #114
#89Clara75US #110
#90Hallie74
#91Skylar74US #87
#92Maria73US #91
#93Cora72US #75
#94Ember72US #158
#95Kennedy72US #74
#96Eloise71US #86
#97Emilia71US #44
#98Josephine71US #70
#99Eliana70US #41
#100Eliza69US #121

Boys

#1Liam434US #1
#2William418US #6
#3Oliver402US #3
#4Noah395US #2
#5James386US #4
#6Elijah337US #5
#7Henry314US #7
#8Hudson295US #27
#9John277US #26
#10Asher273US #20
#11Waylon269US #66
#12Jackson266US #23
#13Maverick257US #40
#14Samuel257US #19
#15Levi244US #12
#16Grayson229US #37
#17Mason218US #24
#18Lucas215US #8
#19Wyatt213US #38
#20Ezra212US #25
#21Theodore203US #10
#22Walker202US #78
#23Jack200US #15
#24Thomas199US #45
#25Benjamin197US #9
#26Owen195US #18
#27Cooper192US #53
#28Michael189US #16
#29Carter178US #47
#30Luke177US #34
#31Daniel173US #14
#32Charles172US #50
#33Easton170US #80
#34Joseph168US #30
#35Alexander165US #17
#36Silas164US #87
#37Aiden163US #29
#38David160US #31
#39Colton159US #91
#40Jaxon157US #67
#41Gabriel152US #36
#42Lincoln151US #54
#43Weston149US #82
#44Mateo146US #11
#45Kingston145US #127
#46Dylan143US #42
#47Jacob141US #32
#48Josiah136US #51
#49River135US #105
#50Christopher134US #55
#51Logan133US #33
#52Brooks132US #77
#53Sawyer131US #131
#54Ethan130US #21
#55Matthew130US #39
#56Everett129US #81
#57Jameson128US #85
#58Greyson127US #95
#59Jayden125US #46
#60Beau124US #90
#61Parker123US #94
#62Elias121US #43
#63Isaac119US #41
#64Isaiah119US #58
#65Robert119US #84
#66Leo118US #22
#67Eli117US #69
#68Harrison117US #128
#69Andrew116US #61
#70Carson116US #110
#71Miles116US #56
#72Bennett114US #83
#73Landon114US #86
#74Nolan113US #65
#75Jonathan109US #79
#76Atlas108US #130
#77Axel108US #76
#78Jace107US #103
#79Hunter106US #101
#80Rhett105US #151
#81Joshua104US #60
#82Luca104US #28
#83Sebastian104US #13
#84Wesley104US #70
#85Anthony102US #44
#86Rowan101US #96
#87Braxton100US #156
#88Jasper100US #129
#89Bryson98US #136
#90Kai98US #59
#91Ian97US #72
#92Ryder97US #115
#93Caleb95US #52
#94Roman95US #68
#95Tucker95US #197
#96August94US #109
#97Ezekiel94US #48
#98Jordan94US #92
#99Legend91US #132
#100Christian90US #73

On the move since 2021

Rising

↑41Walker#22
↑36Madelyn#49
↑29Iris#70
↑27Mateo#44
↑25Weston#43
↑23Grace#40
↑22Rylee#75
↑22Ezra#20

Falling

↓48Kennedy#95
↓47Caleb#93
↓42Skylar#91
↓31Piper#88
↓28Sebastian#83
↓27Gianna#82
↓23Emilia#97
↓20Lincoln#42

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2021 rankings.