Discover the top 250 baby names in Tennessee from 1960 to 2021. This list showcases the most popular names chosen by parents in cities likeNashville and reflecting the state’s cultural shifts and trends over the years. Whether you’re looking for naming inspiration or interested in naming trends, this collection offers a glimpse into the names that have resonated with families acrossTennessee for decades.
| Boy Name | Boy Number | Boy Rank | Girl Name | Girl Number | Girl Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William | 40208 | 1 | Mary | 20163 | 1 |
| John | 27347 | 2 | Kimberly | 19037 | 2 |
| Matthew | 26702 | 3 | Elizabeth | 18636 | 3 |
| Charles | 25236 | 4 | Angela | 16968 | 4 |
| Joseph | 23536 | 5 | Sarah | 16811 | 5 |
| David | 23515 | 6 | Emily | 16462 | 6 |
| Robert | 22764 | 7 | Amanda | 14052 | 7 |
| Timothy | 21027 | 8 | Melissa | 13667 | 8 |
| Jacob | 20507 | 9 | Amy | 13108 | 9 |
| Daniel | 20265 | 10 | Hannah | 12507 | 10 |
| James | 20113 | 11 | Stephanie | 12252 | 11 |
| Thomas | 19849 | 12 | Rebecca | 11584 | 12 |
| Jonathan | 19295 | 13 | Rachel | 11283 | 13 |
| Brandon | 18983 | 14 | Jennifer | 11252 | 14 |
| Andrew | 18772 | 15 | Jessica | 11152 | 15 |
| Christopher | 18617 | 16 | Madison | 11092 | 16 |
| Anthony | 17767 | 17 | Heather | 10880 | 17 |
| Joshua | 17349 | 18 | Tammy | 10786 | 18 |
| Michael | 17043 | 19 | Emma | 10775 | 19 |
| Justin | 16008 | 20 | Olivia | 9654 | 20 |
| Kevin | 15921 | 21 | Ashley | 9457 | 21 |
| Brian | 15041 | 22 | Anna | 9356 | 22 |
| Mark | 14457 | 23 | Amber | 9239 | 23 |
| Richard | 14057 | 24 | Lauren | 8993 | 24 |
| Steven | 13974 | 25 | Laura | 8969 | 25 |
| Samuel | 13811 | 26 | Kayla | 8728 | 26 |
| Jeffrey | 13477 | 27 | Tiffany | 8624 | 27 |
| Benjamin | 12996 | 28 | Abigail | 8394 | 28 |
| Eric | 12227 | 29 | Teresa | 8332 | 29 |
| Kenneth | 12066 | 30 | Karen | 8301 | 30 |
| Tyler | 12001 | 31 | Samantha | 8174 | 31 |
| Austin | 11420 | 32 | Katherine | 8046 | 32 |
| Nicholas | 11365 | 33 | Brittany | 8000 | 33 |
| Zachary | 11137 | 34 | Taylor | 7956 | 34 |
| Jeremy | 11130 | 35 | Megan | 7873 | 35 |
| Ethan | 10493 | 36 | Donna | 7573 | 36 |
| Jason | 10468 | 37 | Pamela | 7492 | 37 |
| Ryan | 10416 | 38 | Cynthia | 7462 | 38 |
| Gregory | 9838 | 39 | Lisa | 7347 | 39 |
| Stephen | 9669 | 40 | Michelle | 7094 | 40 |
| Elijah | 9466 | 41 | April | 7074 | 41 |
| Noah | 9456 | 42 | Alexis | 7052 | 42 |
| Caleb | 9346 | 43 | Crystal | 6811 | 43 |
| Nathan | 8973 | 44 | Patricia | 6547 | 44 |
| Aaron | 8611 | 45 | Ava | 6480 | 45 |
| Jordan | 8517 | 46 | Tina | 6473 | 46 |
| Hunter | 8470 | 47 | Susan | 6368 | 47 |
| Terry | 8294 | 48 | Kelly | 6266 | 48 |
| Logan | 8213 | 49 | Courtney | 6074 | 49 |
| Jackson | 8180 | 50 | Allison | 6018 | 50 |
| Alexander | 8086 | 51 | Isabella | 5953 | 51 |
| Adam | 8038 | 52 | Victoria | 5848 | 52 |
| Paul | 7572 | 53 | Chloe | 5833 | 53 |
| Jerry | 7557 | 54 | Sharon | 5763 | 54 |
| Dylan | 7542 | 55 | Savannah | 5635 | 55 |
| Mason | 7441 | 56 | Sandra | 5625 | 56 |
| Christian | 7233 | 57 | Andrea | 5454 | 57 |
| Patrick | 7229 | 58 | Christina | 5386 | 58 |
| Cody | 7203 | 59 | Morgan | 5317 | 59 |
| Gary | 7121 | 60 | Linda | 5251 | 60 |
| Larry | 6969 | 61 | Jasmine | 5113 | 61 |
| Jeffery | 6864 | 62 | Julie | 4997 | 62 |
| Cameron | 6857 | 63 | Haley | 4964 | 63 |
| Donald | 6659 | 64 | Natalie | 4897 | 64 |
| Billy | 6490 | 65 | Rhonda | 4829 | 65 |
| Ronald | 6482 | 66 | Sherry | 4810 | 66 |
| Dustin | 6429 | 67 | Tracy | 4782 | 67 |
| Travis | 6153 | 68 | Lori | 4749 | 68 |
| Bobby | 5940 | 69 | Sophia | 4665 | 69 |
| Lucas | 5537 | 70 | Deborah | 4546 | 70 |
| Tony | 5495 | 71 | Sara | 4536 | 71 |
| Ricky | 5443 | 72 | Alyssa | 4464 | 72 |
| Bradley | 5439 | 73 | Jamie | 4449 | 73 |
| Landon | 5439 | 74 | Tonya | 4395 | 74 |
| Scott | 5355 | 75 | Caroline | 4377 | 75 |
| Gabriel | 5225 | 76 | Brianna | 4372 | 76 |
| Phillip | 5193 | 77 | Shannon | 4352 | 77 |
| Luke | 5069 | 78 | Brenda | 4341 | 78 |
| Marcus | 4903 | 79 | Addison | 4330 | 79 |
| Jeremiah | 4834 | 80 | Erica | 4255 | 80 |
| Jimmy | 4825 | 81 | Ella | 4233 | 81 |
| Aiden | 4795 | 82 | Christy | 4177 | 82 |
| Johnny | 4753 | 83 | Margaret | 4130 | 83 |
| Bryan | 4640 | 84 | Robin | 4124 | 84 |
| Keith | 4551 | 85 | Shelby | 4062 | 85 |
| Isaiah | 4461 | 86 | Lindsey | 3900 | 86 |
| Edward | 4431 | 87 | Misty | 3775 | 87 |
| Randy | 4390 | 88 | Autumn | 3746 | 88 |
| Isaac | 4312 | 89 | Leslie | 3692 | 89 |
| Jayden | 4301 | 90 | Brandy | 3686 | 90 |
| Liam | 4297 | 91 | Destiny | 3675 | 91 |
| George | 4279 | 92 | Amelia | 3641 | 92 |
| Jesse | 4207 | 93 | Whitney | 3543 | 93 |
| Danny | 4143 | 94 | Charlotte | 3520 | 94 |
| Wesley | 4110 | 95 | Brooklyn | 3496 | 95 |
| Carter | 4038 | 96 | Holly | 3483 | 96 |
| Nathaniel | 3942 | 97 | Kelsey | 3448 | 97 |
| Connor | 3917 | 98 | Barbara | 3437 | 98 |
| Jack | 3857 | 99 | Lillian | 3437 | 99 |
| Antonio | 3825 | 100 | Sydney | 3416 | 100 |
| Evan | 3773 | 101 | Kaylee | 3414 | 101 |
| Corey | 3758 | 102 | Kathy | 3412 | 102 |
| Colton | 3743 | 103 | Kaitlyn | 3405 | 103 |
| Kyle | 3647 | 104 | Erin | 3390 | 104 |
| Randall | 3639 | 105 | Chelsea | 3316 | 105 |
| Hayden | 3569 | 106 | Lily | 3286 | 106 |
| Levi | 3516 | 107 | Katie | 3226 | 107 |
| Roger | 3458 | 108 | Harper | 3223 | 108 |
| Brayden | 3415 | 109 | Jacqueline | 3221 | 109 |
| Chad | 3384 | 110 | Leah | 3218 | 110 |
| Bryson | 3381 | 111 | Melanie | 3197 | 111 |
| Wyatt | 3368 | 112 | Kristen | 3178 | 112 |
| Sean | 3340 | 113 | Danielle | 3143 | 113 |
| Carson | 3337 | 114 | Wendy | 3129 | 114 |
| Henry | 3266 | 115 | Grace | 3100 | 115 |
| Eli | 3264 | 116 | Nicole | 3093 | 116 |
| Gavin | 3264 | 117 | Dana | 3037 | 117 |
| Rodney | 3256 | 118 | Brandi | 2986 | 118 |
| Blake | 3245 | 119 | Hailey | 2983 | 119 |
| Dennis | 3091 | 120 | Katelyn | 2963 | 120 |
| Seth | 3089 | 121 | Avery | 2959 | 121 |
| Derrick | 3088 | 122 | Regina | 2959 | 122 |
| Douglas | 3082 | 123 | Connie | 2929 | 123 |
| Ronnie | 3001 | 124 | Mia | 2900 | 124 |
| Chase | 3000 | 125 | Makayla | 2826 | 125 |
| Owen | 2870 | 126 | Debra | 2808 | 126 |
| Shawn | 2864 | 127 | Cindy | 2756 | 127 |
| Jared | 2791 | 128 | Bailey | 2739 | 128 |
| Carl | 2704 | 129 | Riley | 2669 | 129 |
| Grayson | 2672 | 130 | Alicia | 2639 | 130 |
| Dakota | 2664 | 131 | Cheryl | 2630 | 131 |
| Cooper | 2612 | 132 | Sheila | 2616 | 132 |
| Devin | 2576 | 133 | Paula | 2606 | 133 |
| Jaxon | 2567 | 134 | Stacy | 2577 | 134 |
| Parker | 2559 | 135 | Tara | 2572 | 135 |
| Dalton | 2546 | 136 | Julia | 2528 | 136 |
| Tommy | 2529 | 137 | Jordan | 2508 | 137 |
| Oliver | 2526 | 138 | Brooke | 2497 | 138 |
| Derek | 2511 | 139 | Catherine | 2483 | 139 |
| Alex | 2489 | 140 | Evelyn | 2478 | 140 |
| Joe | 2471 | 141 | Carol | 2470 | 141 |
| Barry | 2435 | 142 | Layla | 2432 | 142 |
| Darrell | 2366 | 143 | Carolyn | 2419 | 143 |
| Tristan | 2326 | 144 | Aubrey | 2373 | 144 |
| Russell | 2321 | 145 | Kathryn | 2348 | 145 |
| Hudson | 2295 | 146 | Stacey | 2346 | 146 |
| Easton | 2290 | 147 | Zoe | 2332 | 147 |
| Ian | 2142 | 148 | Bethany | 2326 | 148 |
| Taylor | 2111 | 149 | Nevaeh | 2317 | 149 |
| Curtis | 2108 | 150 | Janet | 2301 | 150 |
| Willie | 2059 | 151 | Brittney | 2300 | 151 |
| Micheal | 2029 | 152 | Nancy | 2289 | 152 |
| Troy | 1989 | 153 | Melinda | 2265 | 153 |
| Bentley | 1942 | 154 | Alexandria | 2207 | 154 |
| Peyton | 1935 | 155 | Monica | 2173 | 155 |
| Trevor | 1844 | 156 | Carrie | 2172 | 156 |
| Asher | 1843 | 157 | Audrey | 2166 | 157 |
| Roy | 1831 | 158 | Mackenzie | 2139 | 158 |
| Josiah | 1802 | 159 | Zoey | 2137 | 159 |
| Johnathan | 1792 | 160 | Debbie | 2117 | 160 |
| Walter | 1786 | 161 | Kennedy | 2072 | 161 |
| Ayden | 1772 | 162 | Carla | 2066 | 162 |
| Braxton | 1760 | 163 | Trinity | 2037 | 163 |
| Cory | 1738 | 164 | Gracie | 1958 | 164 |
| Garrett | 1728 | 165 | Madeline | 1952 | 165 |
| Steve | 1728 | 166 | Vickie | 1875 | 166 |
| Chris | 1725 | 167 | Beverly | 1873 | 167 |
| Preston | 1721 | 168 | Janice | 1859 | 168 |
| Jeff | 1686 | 169 | Kylie | 1854 | 169 |
| Tracy | 1677 | 170 | Madelyn | 1847 | 170 |
| Raymond | 1595 | 171 | Mckenzie | 1840 | 171 |
| Todd | 1584 | 172 | Kristy | 1824 | 172 |
| Ashton | 1503 | 173 | Kristin | 1822 | 173 |
| Eddie | 1490 | 174 | Lydia | 1799 | 174 |
| Jamie | 1455 | 175 | Molly | 1797 | 175 |
| Lincoln | 1450 | 176 | Paisley | 1778 | 176 |
| Casey | 1448 | 177 | Penny | 1771 | 177 |
| Harold | 1444 | 178 | Gabrielle | 1736 | 178 |
| Brent | 1440 | 179 | Valerie | 1734 | 179 |
| Kayden | 1426 | 180 | Aaliyah | 1722 | 180 |
| Jaxson | 1417 | 181 | Sadie | 1715 | 181 |
| Jace | 1414 | 182 | Anita | 1706 | 182 |
| Micah | 1402 | 183 | Alexandra | 1679 | 183 |
| Sawyer | 1368 | 184 | Skylar | 1659 | 184 |
| Kaleb | 1332 | 185 | Caitlin | 1655 | 185 |
| Mike | 1312 | 186 | Terri | 1641 | 186 |
| Reginald | 1293 | 187 | Lindsay | 1626 | 187 |
| Nolan | 1273 | 188 | Wanda | 1613 | 188 |
| Kingston | 1255 | 189 | Miranda | 1609 | 189 |
| Gerald | 1243 | 190 | Scarlett | 1607 | 190 |
| Spencer | 1241 | 191 | Betty | 1598 | 191 |
| Shannon | 1239 | 192 | Serenity | 1574 | 192 |
| Tanner | 1218 | 193 | Shelia | 1567 | 193 |
| Caden | 1195 | 194 | Breanna | 1552 | 194 |
| Frank | 1165 | 195 | Tabitha | 1537 | 195 |
| Marvin | 1154 | 196 | Kim | 1528 | 196 |
| Silas | 1144 | 197 | Judy | 1522 | 197 |
| Shane | 1135 | 198 | Gina | 1476 | 198 |
| Riley | 1094 | 199 | Kristi | 1469 | 199 |
| Greyson | 1065 | 200 | Faith | 1468 | 200 |
| Brody | 1057 | 201 | Ellie | 1466 | 201 |
| Alan | 1051 | 202 | Jada | 1457 | 202 |
| Tim | 1043 | 203 | Reagan | 1444 | 203 |
| Waylon | 1029 | 204 | Sierra | 1443 | 204 |
| Jose | 999 | 205 | Sonya | 1442 | 205 |
| Allen | 993 | 206 | Denise | 1428 | 206 |
| Jaden | 984 | 207 | Cathy | 1422 | 207 |
| Weston | 971 | 208 | Eleanor | 1352 | 208 |
| Stanley | 955 | 209 | Lucy | 1350 | 209 |
| Jackie | 936 | 210 | Peyton | 1346 | 210 |
| Kaden | 934 | 211 | Piper | 1303 | 211 |
| Darryl | 925 | 212 | Summer | 1295 | 212 |
| Ezra | 890 | 213 | Willow | 1292 | 213 |
| Sebastian | 876 | 214 | Natasha | 1278 | 214 |
| Dillon | 875 | 215 | Bella | 1277 | 215 |
| Aidan | 874 | 216 | Candace | 1274 | 216 |
| Maverick | 863 | 217 | Martha | 1251 | 217 |
| Timmy | 860 | 218 | Rylee | 1236 | 218 |
| Brantley | 838 | 219 | Dawn | 1225 | 219 |
| Carlos | 824 | 220 | Felicia | 1224 | 220 |
| Tucker | 817 | 221 | Kinsley | 1222 | 221 |
| Mario | 807 | 222 | Nora | 1207 | 222 |
| Everett | 770 | 223 | Angel | 1191 | 223 |
| Bruce | 769 | 224 | Casey | 1174 | 224 |
| Braden | 729 | 225 | Claire | 1148 | 225 |
| Rickey | 663 | 226 | Joyce | 1146 | 226 |
| Mitchell | 650 | 227 | Stella | 1134 | 227 |
| Donnie | 648 | 228 | Rita | 1126 | 228 |
| Craig | 634 | 229 | Candice | 1116 | 229 |
| Calvin | 633 | 230 | Gabriella | 1116 | 230 |
| Ryder | 592 | 231 | Hadley | 1112 | 231 |
| Jameson | 590 | 232 | Sophie | 1078 | 232 |
| Malachi | 587 | 233 | Tracey | 1067 | 233 |
| Theodore | 583 | 234 | Khloe | 1056 | 234 |
| Axel | 580 | 235 | Shirley | 1045 | 235 |
| Glenn | 564 | 236 | Cheyenne | 1032 | 236 |
| Joel | 534 | 237 | Latoya | 1026 | 237 |
| Ralph | 533 | 238 | Aubree | 1020 | 238 |
| Wayne | 514 | 239 | Aria | 1017 | 239 |
| Lee | 512 | 240 | Maria | 1000 | 240 |
| Vincent | 508 | 241 | Sofia | 972 | 241 |
| Harrison | 504 | 242 | Vicki | 972 | 242 |
| Cayden | 497 | 243 | Jenna | 964 | 243 |
| Xavier | 482 | 244 | Sherri | 958 | 244 |
| Philip | 468 | 245 | Mariah | 920 | 245 |
| Dawson | 467 | 246 | Hazel | 911 | 246 |
| Cole | 464 | 247 | Christie | 866 | 247 |
| Darius | 462 | 248 | Phyllis | 863 | 248 |
| Darren | 439 | 249 | Tanya | 863 | 249 |
| Marty | 435 | 250 | Briana | 862 | 250 |