Top first names in Tennessee
The 100 most popular first names given to babies born in Tennessee since 1910, ranked by total registrations. The sparkline next to each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to 2024, so you can see whether a name peaked decades ago or is still climbing. The top 100 names in Tennessee account for 2,766,618 total births.
| # | Name | Total in Tennessee | 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 |