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Most Popular Names in Tennessee

The most common baby names registered in Tennessee across all years of SSA records, ranked by total birth count. The sparkline for each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to present, giving context for when that name was at its peak.

The top 100 names in Tennessee account for 2,766,618 total birth registrations. Click any name for a full national profile with gender data, decade breakdowns, and distribution across all 50 states.

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# Name Births Trend
1 James 175,695
2 William 121,259
3 Mary 106,905
4 John 97,888
5 Robert 94,569
6 Charles 75,720
7 Michael 74,829
8 David 69,904
9 Thomas 47,030
10 Christopher 45,707
11 Betty 36,418
12 Linda 36,383
13 Joseph 35,576
14 Elizabeth 34,168
15 Richard 33,644
16 Joshua 31,866
17 Patricia 29,923
18 Barbara 29,895
19 George 28,939
20 Kenneth 28,769
21 Dorothy 28,547
22 Jerry 28,535
23 Billy 28,096
24 Matthew 27,937
25 Larry 27,509
26 Margaret 27,045
27 Jennifer 26,246
28 Sarah 25,987
29 Daniel 25,383
30 Timothy 25,303
31 Willie 24,779
32 Paul 24,213
33 Brenda 23,399
34 Donald 23,249
35 Bobby 22,604
36 Andrew 22,581
37 Martha 22,226
38 Anthony 21,628
39 Jacob 21,547
40 Jessica 21,412
41 Samuel 21,376
42 Ashley 21,310
43 Jason 21,278
44 Mark 20,612
45 Kimberly 20,598
46 Joe 20,472
47 Jonathan 20,275
48 Lisa 20,254
49 Steven 20,235
50 Gary 20,107
51 Carolyn 19,981
52 Anna 19,820
53 Shirley 19,701
54 Brandon 19,644
55 Sandra 19,616
56 Rebecca 19,373
57 Angela 19,323
58 Edward 19,293
59 Emily 19,243
60 Amanda 19,063
61 Ronald 19,059
62 Terry 19,044
63 Helen 18,810
64 Emma 18,623
65 Nancy 18,504
66 Justin 17,960
67 Donna 17,774
68 Kevin 17,269
69 Virginia 17,054
70 Deborah 17,050
71 Jimmy 17,028
72 Ruby 16,465
73 Jeffrey 16,402
74 Brian 16,275
75 Jack 15,901
76 Benjamin 15,823
77 Stephen 15,698
78 Frances 15,573
79 Henry 15,482
80 Melissa 15,418
81 Johnny 15,384
82 Roy 15,279
83 Amy 15,146
84 Karen 14,989
85 Pamela 14,879
86 Teresa 14,844
87 Katherine 14,750
88 Laura 14,670
89 Ruth 14,475
90 Judy 14,454
91 Mildred 14,447
92 Rachel 14,360
93 Sharon 14,322
94 Carl 14,294
95 Evelyn 14,269
96 Susan 14,206
97 Walter 14,041
98 Wanda 14,009
99 Joyce 14,007
100 Eric 13,694