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Baby names in Tennessee in the 2000s

In Tennessee in the 2000s the most given names were William (7,527 boys) and Madison (5,809 girls), of 675,866 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Tennessee each year, the 2000s shaded
Tennessee births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101930195019701990201020252000-2009BoysGirls
Tennessee births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101930195019701990201020252000-2009BoysGirls
Tennessee births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101930195019701990201020252000-2009BoysGirls
Tennessee births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101950199020252000-2009BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Tennessee, 2000-2009: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Tennessee, 2000s

Girls, 2000-2009
#NameBirths
1Madison5,809
2Hannah4,951
3Emily4,888
4Emma4,850
5Abigail3,800
6Sarah3,366
7Alexis3,363
8Olivia3,274
9Elizabeth3,119
10Anna3,025
11Chloe2,940
12Taylor2,728
13Alyssa2,428
14Isabella2,407
15Haley2,210
16Savannah2,202
17Lauren2,155
18Ashley2,150
19Destiny2,147
20Brianna2,134
Boys, 2000-2009
#NameBirths
1William7,527
2Jacob7,047
3James5,511
4Joshua5,490
5Ethan5,231
6Michael4,828
7Christopher4,708
8Matthew4,490
9John4,218
10Andrew4,149
11Austin3,832
12Tyler3,816
13Caleb3,752
14Noah3,657
15Joseph3,655
16Elijah3,642
17Samuel3,560
18Jackson3,521
19David3,377
20Hunter3,315

Births summed over 2000-2009, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Tennessee in the 2000s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 2000-2009.

More about names in Tennessee

  1. The 2000s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. Tennessee: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. Tennessee in the 2010sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 2000The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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