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Baby names in Tennessee in the 2010s

In Tennessee in the 2010s the most given names were William (5,482 boys) and Emma (4,425 girls), of 661,190 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Tennessee each year, the 2010s shaded
Tennessee births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101930195019701990201020252010-2019BoysGirls
Tennessee births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101930195019701990201020252010-2019BoysGirls
Tennessee births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101930195019701990201020252010-2019BoysGirls
Tennessee births by year and sex10k20k30k40k50k19101950199020252010-2019BoysGirls

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

Tennessee, 2010-2019: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Tennessee, 2010s

Girls, 2010-2019
#NameBirths
1Emma4,425
2Ava3,918
3Olivia3,819
4Isabella3,146
5Sophia2,779
6Abigail2,771
7Harper2,580
8Elizabeth2,510
9Madison2,489
10Amelia2,319
11Addison2,304
12Ella2,261
13Chloe2,247
14Emily2,130
15Charlotte1,989
16Avery1,884
17Lillian1,765
18Evelyn1,749
19Lily1,746
20Mia1,731
Boys, 2010-2019
#NameBirths
1William5,482
2Elijah4,268
3James4,110
4Mason3,956
5Noah3,860
6Jackson3,403
7Liam3,319
8Jacob3,234
9John3,118
10Aiden2,814
11Michael2,808
12Ethan2,766
13Samuel2,759
14Benjamin2,588
15Levi2,502
16Carter2,443
17Jayden2,429
18Christopher2,413
19Joshua2,386
20Landon2,350

Births summed over 2010-2019, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Tennessee in the 2010s

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, 2010-2019.

More about names in Tennessee

  1. The 2010s 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 2020sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 2010The 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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