Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1994

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1994 were Ashley for girls (772 babies) and William for boys (826). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #19 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 63,823 babies born in Tennessee in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1994

Names given at least 15 times in Tennessee that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Tierney: 20 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Jerrica: 20 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Jerica: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Chasity: 48 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Scarlett: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Brooklyn: 41 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Peyton: 36 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kala: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Terri: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Christen: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Ladarius: 47 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Heath: 44 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Deangelo: 26 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Cortez: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Houston: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Courtney: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jarvis: 38 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Peyton: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Darrius: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Demarcus: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Ashley	772	–	2
2	Jessica	658	–	1
3	Brittany	599	–	7
4	Kayla	538	↑1	12
5	Emily	531	↑2	3
6	Taylor	502	–	6
7	Sarah	496	↓3	5
8	Hannah	459	↑2	16
9	Amber	396	↓1	21
10	Megan	376	↓1	10
11	Elizabeth	373	↑6	9
12	Rachel	372	↓1	13
13	Lauren	360	–	14
14	Samantha	351	↑2	4
15	Courtney	317	–	22
16	Mary	302	↑2	37
17	Morgan	299	↑6	25
18	Kelsey	295	↑1	29
19	Amanda	284	↓7	8
20	Victoria	278	↑2	19
21	Haley	271	↑4	36
22	Shelby	263	↓2	40
23	Jasmine	260	↓2	23
24	Alexis	252	↑9	18
25	Chelsea	252	↓11	38
26	Tiffany	242	↓2	35
27	Heather	240	↓1	44
28	Rebecca	203	–	24
29	Allison	202	↑8	34
30	Katherine	191	↓3	30
31	Anna	187	↑3	41
32	Stephanie	181	↓2	15
33	Kristen	179	↑13	55
34	Brianna	177	↑7	27
35	Lindsey	174	–	69
36	Sara	172	–	43
37	Danielle	166	↓5	20
38	Savannah	164	↑4	82
39	Whitney	164	↓8	91
40	Alexandria	161	↑7	73
41	Madison	159	↑8	51
42	Kimberly	158	↓4	32
43	Kaitlyn	155	↑1	48
44	Abigail	149	new	42
45	Jordan	147	new	52
46	Laura	146	↓7	46
47	Olivia	146	↓4	50
48	Erica	145	↓8	57
49	Katelyn	136	↑1	58
50	Katie	136	↓5	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	William	826	↑3	19
2	James	820	↑3	14
3	Joshua	795	–	4
4	Michael	778	↓2	1
5	Christopher	777	↓4	2
6	Brandon	719	↑1	6
7	Jacob	690	↑1	7
8	Matthew	669	↓2	3
9	Austin	638	↑9	17
10	Zachary	608	↑1	12
11	Tyler	604	↓2	5
12	John	571	↓2	15
13	Cody	555	↓1	25
14	Justin	537	↓1	20
15	Robert	509	↑1	21
16	Andrew	495	↑1	10
17	David	494	↓3	13
18	Joseph	471	↓3	11
19	Jonathan	441	↑2	23
20	Nicholas	402	–	9
21	Daniel	401	↓2	8
22	Charles	352	↑1	43
23	Hunter	341	↑17	67
24	Jordan	327	–	29
25	Aaron	317	↑2	28
26	Dylan	315	↑2	32
27	Ryan	313	↓5	16
28	Thomas	308	↓3	27
29	Benjamin	286	↑3	31
30	Anthony	284	↓1	18
31	Dustin	275	↑3	56
32	Timothy	274	↓6	39
33	Samuel	259	↑3	33
34	Alexander	247	↓1	22
35	Dakota	243	new	69
36	Caleb	236	↓5	60
37	Steven	218	↓7	34
38	Logan	212	new	70
39	Jeremy	210	↑4	47
40	Christian	207	↑4	35
41	Kevin	204	↓6	26
42	Adam	201	–	38
43	Taylor	198	↓5	54
44	Kyle	194	↓3	24
45	Patrick	179	↑3	42
46	Nathan	175	↓7	40
47	Jesse	173	new	45
48	Corey	171	↓3	73
49	Stephen	171	↓3	49
50	Richard	170	↓1	41

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