Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1996

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1996 were Ashley for girls (613 babies) and Austin for boys (857). Ashley ranked #3 nationally for girls. Austin ranked #9 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 64,003 babies born in Tennessee in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1996

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

Girls

Katlin: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Terri: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Chelsey: 85 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Hollie: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Peyton: 67 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brooklyn: 60 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Mikala: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Chasity: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Charity: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Christian: 39 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Cordarius: 19 babies, 22.8× the national rate
Ladarius: 34 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Peyton: 98 babies, 7× the national rate
Houston: 26 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Cortez: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Courtney: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Payton: 40 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Deangelo: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Demarcus: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Landon: 81 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Ashley	613	–	3
2	Hannah	604	↑1	7
3	Emily	512	↑2	1
4	Jessica	504	↓2	2
5	Sarah	501	↑1	4
6	Taylor	457	↑1	6
7	Kayla	440	↑1	11
8	Alexis	405	↑10	8
9	Rachel	401	–	9
10	Brittany	400	↓6	14
11	Madison	385	↑13	15
12	Elizabeth	366	↑5	10
13	Megan	342	↓3	12
14	Morgan	339	↑1	25
15	Courtney	328	↓4	21
16	Samantha	325	↓4	5
17	Haley	320	↑5	30
18	Shelby	303	↓4	35
19	Kelsey	298	↑2	36
20	Savannah	298	↑15	43
21	Amber	292	↓8	27
22	Mary	291	↓2	44
23	Lauren	282	↓4	16
24	Anna	275	↓8	33
25	Victoria	273	↓2	18
26	Brianna	252	–	17
27	Jasmine	229	↓2	28
28	Rebecca	222	–	24
29	Katherine	213	↑4	31
30	Chelsea	205	–	55
31	Kaitlyn	204	↑1	40
32	Allison	200	↑4	38
33	Abigail	196	↑6	32
34	Amanda	196	↓7	13
35	Sydney	192	↑5	39
36	Katelyn	176	↑9	64
37	Olivia	175	–	34
38	Kristen	170	↓7	70
39	Destiny	165	↓1	56
40	Tiffany	156	↓11	52
41	Jordan	154	–	49
42	Alexandria	150	↑5	77
43	Danielle	148	new	29
44	Alyssa	145	new	23
45	Jennifer	142	↓2	19
46	Brooke	140	new	45
47	Heather	136	↓13	71
48	Lindsey	136	↓6	86
49	Alexandra	131	new	26
50	Katie	128	new	81

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Austin	857	–	9
2	William	836	↑1	18
3	Jacob	833	↓1	3
4	Joshua	770	↑1	5
5	Christopher	745	↑1	4
6	Michael	711	↑1	1
7	James	680	↓3	17
8	Matthew	677	–	2
9	Brandon	610	–	8
10	Tyler	570	↑1	7
11	John	561	↓1	15
12	Zachary	557	↑1	14
13	Andrew	497	↑3	10
14	Joseph	487	↑3	12
15	Justin	473	↓3	20
16	Nicholas	435	↓1	6
17	Robert	435	↑1	23
18	David	418	↑1	13
19	Cody	392	↓5	31
20	Daniel	392	–	11
21	Jonathan	372	–	21
22	Hunter	369	↑1	47
23	Logan	339	↑11	42
24	Christian	329	↑11	24
25	Jordan	328	↓1	27
26	Thomas	325	↑3	28
27	Samuel	321	–	30
28	Dylan	319	↓6	33
29	Caleb	312	↓4	48
30	Ryan	312	↓4	16
31	Aaron	296	↓3	34
32	Charles	282	↓2	43
33	Benjamin	277	↓2	29
34	Anthony	260	↓1	19
35	Alexander	249	↑3	22
36	Timothy	233	↓4	40
37	Dakota	221	–	58
38	Nathan	216	↑2	37
39	Ethan	209	new	62
40	Dustin	190	↓4	79
41	Cameron	187	↑5	49
42	Dalton	182	↑7	99
43	Adam	178	↑2	39
44	Kyle	168	↑6	25
45	Steven	167	↓6	38
46	Kevin	165	↓4	26
47	Eric	161	↓4	35
48	Tristan	160	new	68
49	Devin	158	new	60
50	Noah	156	new	50

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