Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1997

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1997 were Hannah for girls (692 babies) and Jacob for boys (884). Hannah ranked #5 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 64,080 babies born in Tennessee in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1997

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

Girls

Jerrica: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Kaylan: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Chasity: 43 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Terri: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Chelsey: 78 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brooklynn: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Makala: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Callie: 59 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ansley: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Reagan: 43 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Ladarius: 34 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Peyton: 148 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Houston: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jaylon: 31 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Courtney: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Demarcus: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Grayson: 43 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Terry: 61 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ronnie: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Clifford: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Hannah	692	↑1	5
2	Emily	531	↑1	1
3	Sarah	497	↑2	4
4	Taylor	497	↑2	7
5	Ashley	448	↓4	3
6	Kayla	425	↑1	12
7	Jessica	419	↓3	2
8	Madison	411	↑3	10
9	Alexis	396	↓1	8
10	Elizabeth	362	↑2	9
11	Brittany	342	↓1	20
12	Rachel	337	↓3	13
13	Haley	322	↑4	31
14	Lauren	314	↑9	14
15	Megan	300	↓2	11
16	Samantha	295	–	6
17	Morgan	289	↓3	22
18	Courtney	280	↓3	28
19	Victoria	274	↑6	19
20	Mary	268	↑2	46
21	Savannah	268	↓1	47
22	Shelby	262	↓4	43
23	Anna	248	↑1	33
24	Jasmine	247	↑3	24
25	Abigail	244	↑8	26
26	Amber	241	↓5	29
27	Brianna	236	↓1	17
28	Destiny	220	↑11	42
29	Rebecca	209	↓1	25
30	Allison	201	↑2	39
31	Kelsey	201	↓12	57
32	Jordan	199	↑9	40
33	Olivia	198	↑4	27
34	Kaitlyn	195	↓3	41
35	Sydney	195	–	35
36	Amanda	193	↓2	16
37	Katherine	185	↓8	32
38	Alyssa	182	↑6	15
39	Chelsea	169	↓9	73
40	Bailey	167	new	65
41	Katelyn	156	↓5	63
42	Makayla	148	new	>100
43	Autumn	144	new	91
44	Alexandria	134	↓2	78
45	Kristen	131	↓7	82
46	Emma	129	new	36
47	Tiffany	127	↓7	61
48	Jennifer	126	↓3	18
49	Sara	126	new	50
50	Lindsey	119	↓2	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jacob	884	↑2	2
2	Austin	845	↓1	9
3	William	844	↓1	19
4	Joshua	709	–	5
5	Michael	703	↑1	1
6	James	695	↑1	17
7	Christopher	688	↓2	4
8	Matthew	671	–	3
9	Brandon	593	–	8
10	John	571	↑1	15
11	Tyler	549	↓1	10
12	Zachary	500	–	13
13	Andrew	488	–	7
14	Nicholas	451	↑2	6
15	David	447	↑3	14
16	Robert	444	↑1	23
17	Joseph	422	↓3	12
18	Justin	402	↓3	20
19	Daniel	394	↑1	11
20	Jordan	371	↑5	26
21	Jonathan	369	–	21
22	Hunter	368	–	44
23	Dylan	352	↑5	30
24	Samuel	336	↑3	27
25	Cody	328	↓6	36
26	Ryan	320	↑4	16
27	Thomas	304	↓1	31
28	Logan	300	↓5	42
29	Caleb	297	–	47
30	Christian	291	↓6	25
31	Benjamin	277	↑2	29
32	Charles	253	–	49
33	Timothy	253	↑3	43
34	Alexander	252	↑1	22
35	Anthony	246	↓1	18
36	Ethan	226	↑3	46
37	Aaron	218	↓6	33
38	Cameron	218	↑3	45
39	Dakota	218	↓2	66
40	Noah	204	↑10	38
41	Nathan	196	↓3	34
42	Adam	173	↑1	39
43	Dalton	173	↓1	90
44	Kyle	173	–	24
45	Steven	167	–	40
46	Dustin	163	↓6	88
47	Elijah	156	new	74
48	Jared	155	new	56
49	Eric	154	↓2	35
50	Chase	150	new	77

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