Tennessee
Tennessee was the 4974th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 27 babies. Its best year was 1884, when it ranked 579th; the most babies were born in 2021 (39). Over the last ten years it has moved up 139 places. More babies were named Tennessee in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,974 girls, up 859 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 27girls
- Girls and boys
- 64% girls, 36% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202139 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,367babies recorded
Tennessee popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,974 | #7,630 | 27 | 11 |
| 2020 | #5,833 | #5,428 | 21 | 17 |
| 2010 | #11,181 | #7,037 | 10 | 12 |
| 2000 | #17,406 | #11,956 | 5 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | #3,830 | — | 7 | — |
| 1930 | #4,005 | — | 7 | — |
| 1920 | #4,345 | — | 7 | — |
| 1910 | #1,757 | — | 9 | — |
| 1900 | #1,550 | — | 8 | — |
| 1890 | #999 | — | 9 | — |
| 1880 | #932 | — | 5 | — |
How popular is Tennessee, counting every spelling?
Tennessee has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Tennessee?
27 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tennessee (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Tennessee born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 310 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tennessee.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tennessee?
About 500 people born in the US named Tennessee are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 5 and 18. That makes Tennessee a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Tennessee by state
How common Tennessee was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Tennessee: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tennessee, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Tennessee
How popular is the name Tennessee?
Tennessee was the 4974th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 27 babies. Its best year was 1884, when it ranked 579th; the most babies were born in 2021 (39). Over the last ten years it has moved up 139 places. More babies were named Tennessee in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Tennessee a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 64% girls, 36% boys given the name Tennessee in the US.
Where is Tennessee most popular?
In 2021–2025, Tennessee was most common in Tennessee (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by Florida and Texas.