State roster

Top names in Tennessee

The names most likely to appear on 2023 Tennessee birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 67,139 Tennessee births in 2023 across 2,382 distinct names.

Distinctively Tennessee

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

#75Stetson#183 nationally
#54Magnolia#145 nationally
#44Mary#133 nationally
#68Blakely#156 nationally
#87Wrenley#175 nationally
#96Judah#176 nationally
#71Everleigh#149 nationally
#70Emersyn#147 nationally
#47Hadley#119 nationally
#71Kingston#142 nationally
#90Emerson#161 nationally
#40Josie#108 nationally

Girls

#1Charlotte345US #3
#2Olivia334US #1
#3Amelia325US #4
#4Emma286US #2
#5Ava261US #8
#6Evelyn247US #9
#7Harper236US #11
#8Isabella223US #7
#9Eleanor210US #14
#10Elizabeth206US #15
#11Sophia206US #5
#12Willow205US #41
#13Ellie195US #27
#14Mia187US #6
#15Luna179US #10
#16Nova171US #35
#17Lily164US #20
#18Hazel161US #18
#19Ivy160US #38
#20Lainey159US #54
#21Scarlett156US #17
#22Sadie155US #59
#23Chloe153US #26
#24Ella153US #32
#25Lillian148US #55
#26Caroline146US #83
#27Abigail143US #31
#28Nora143US #24
#29Paisley143US #56
#30Aurora141US #22
#31Violet140US #16
#32Lucy137US #40
#33Layla132US #30
#34Avery131US #29
#35Naomi128US #44
#36Sofia122US #12
#37Stella122US #46
#38Emily121US #19
#39Isla121US #33
#40Josie118US #108
#41Addison117US #62
#42Millie114US #105
#43Ruby112US #65
#44Mary110US #133
#45Riley109US #43
#46Zoey109US #51
#47Hadley108US #119
#48Mila105US #28
#49Zoe105US #36
#50Eden104US #77
#51Kinsley104US #67
#52Madelyn104US #58
#53Aria103US #25
#54Magnolia102US #145
#55Delilah101US #52
#56Madison99US #37
#57Penelope99US #23
#58Brooklyn97US #84
#59Adeline96US #71
#60Grace93US #39
#61Hannah93US #48
#62Camila91US #13
#63Emery91US #70
#64Iris91US #78
#65Raelynn89US #112
#66Anna88US #79
#67Genesis88US #57
#68Blakely87US #156
#69Elena87US #47
#70Emersyn87US #147
#71Everleigh87US #149
#72Eliana86US #34
#73Kennedy86US #72
#74Alice85US #66
#75Adalynn84US #129
#76Everly84US #69
#77Serenity83US #102
#78Sophie83US #60
#79Josephine82US #64
#80Rylee82US #118
#81Skylar82US #107
#82Aubrey81US #101
#83Audrey78US #74
#84Lydia77US #94
#85Natalie77US #63
#86Oakley77US #153
#87Wrenley77US #175
#88Charlie75US #125
#89Eliza75US #116
#90Emerson75US #161
#91Leilani75US #61
#92Athena73US #76
#93Oaklynn72US #157
#94Georgia71US #128
#95Allison70US #100
#96Autumn70US #75
#97Parker70US #122
#98Victoria70US #45
#99Daisy69US #110
#100Juniper69US #113

Boys

#1Liam462US #1
#2Oliver404US #3
#3James383US #4
#4William378US #10
#5Elijah353US #5
#6Noah351US #2
#7Henry309US #8
#8John303US #26
#9Waylon286US #63
#10Hudson269US #21
#11Asher267US #23
#12Levi266US #12
#13Theodore245US #7
#14Samuel232US #19
#15Jackson228US #28
#16Ezra219US #15
#17Jack219US #14
#18Maverick216US #37
#19Grayson215US #44
#20Benjamin212US #11
#21Cooper201US #52
#22Walker199US #85
#23Wyatt196US #47
#24Mason190US #30
#25Lucas188US #9
#26Thomas186US #41
#27Owen184US #20
#28Carter182US #48
#29Luke180US #31
#30Silas179US #80
#31Michael178US #16
#32David176US #27
#33Weston173US #75
#34Elias163US #36
#35Miles161US #43
#36Charles158US #54
#37Dylan156US #34
#38Daniel151US #17
#39Colton150US #94
#40Mateo149US #6
#41Alexander147US #22
#42Lincoln146US #64
#43Joseph144US #29
#44Beau142US #81
#45Rowan142US #76
#46Aiden141US #40
#47Easton141US #98
#48Gabriel138US #38
#49Sebastian138US #13
#50Luca136US #25
#51Leo135US #18
#52Ethan133US #24
#53Jacob131US #35
#54Matthew131US #32
#55Parker129US #91
#56Isaac128US #42
#57Brooks125US #73
#58Axel124US #71
#59Carson124US #112
#60Everett124US #89
#61Joshua123US #60
#62River123US #116
#63Nolan122US #57
#64Christopher121US #55
#65Kai121US #61
#66Caleb118US #51
#67Bennett117US #74
#68Josiah116US #53
#69Sawyer116US #127
#70Roman115US #66
#71Kingston114US #142
#72Greyson111US #118
#73Jameson111US #102
#74Isaiah110US #56
#75Stetson110US #183
#76Eli109US #79
#77Logan109US #39
#78Wesley109US #70
#79Anthony107US #46
#80Andrew106US #65
#81Harrison106US #119
#82Jonathan106US #82
#83Robert106US #88
#84Amir105US #99
#85Ezekiel104US #50
#86Jaxon104US #86
#87Christian103US #77
#88Ian103US #69
#89Ryder102US #128
#90Micah101US #87
#91Cameron98US #58
#92Jasper98US #122
#93Jeremiah98US #92
#94Jayden97US #49
#95August94US #104
#96Judah94US #176
#97Rhett94US #165
#98Atlas93US #111
#99Hunter93US #115
#100Aaron92US #68

On the move since 2022

Rising

↑65Lainey#20
↑41Rowan#45
↑36Millie#42
↑36Miles#35
↑34Sebastian#49
↑32Luca#50
↑28Elias#34
↑27Eliana#72

Falling

↓46Jaxon#86
↓43Everleigh#71
↓40Autumn#96
↓37Everly#76
↓35Jayden#94
↓26Kingston#71
↓26Logan#77
↓24Leilani#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2022 rankings.