Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1999

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1999 were Hannah for girls (707 babies) and Jacob for boys (970). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 66,782 babies born in Tennessee in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1999

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

Girls

Gracie: 66 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Charity: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Katlin: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Callie: 83 babies, 4× the national rate
Jayla: 63 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Allie: 54 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Chelsey: 41 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Haven: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ashton: 52 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Chasity: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Kylan: 22 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Houston: 25 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Ladarius: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Jaylon: 52 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Courtney: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Demarcus: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Cortez: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Deangelo: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Peyton: 84 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bryson: 62 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Hannah	707	–	2
2	Emily	611	–	1
3	Madison	528	–	7
4	Sarah	481	↑1	4
5	Taylor	480	↑1	8
6	Alexis	464	↓2	3
7	Ashley	368	↑1	6
8	Lauren	339	↑4	12
9	Elizabeth	338	↑2	10
10	Kayla	334	↓3	13
11	Haley	322	↑5	31
12	Jessica	319	↓3	9
13	Abigail	318	↑11	18
14	Savannah	292	↑6	42
15	Emma	287	↑13	17
16	Rachel	281	↑2	19
17	Anna	277	↓3	29
18	Megan	277	↓5	15
19	Morgan	268	↓2	24
20	Sydney	268	↑10	23
21	Olivia	266	–	20
22	Brianna	265	↓3	14
23	Brittany	265	↓13	35
24	Victoria	264	↑1	16
25	Destiny	262	↓2	28
26	Samantha	262	↓11	5
27	Alyssa	251	↑6	11
28	Jasmine	233	↑7	26
29	Kaitlyn	233	–	33
30	Mary	231	↓8	45
31	Shelby	224	↓4	62
32	Amber	211	↓1	41
33	Courtney	207	↓7	44
34	Makayla	190	↑7	66
35	Jordan	179	↑5	48
36	Bailey	172	↑3	65
37	Autumn	171	↑6	77
38	Katelyn	168	↑4	55
39	Grace	165	new	27
40	Kelsey	164	↓8	72
41	Allison	157	↓7	40
42	Katherine	156	↓6	36
43	Chloe	155	new	63
44	Rebecca	152	↓7	38
45	Caroline	149	↑3	71
46	Amanda	134	↓8	22
47	Sara	131	↑2	50
48	Hailey	129	↓3	54
49	Breanna	125	↑1	74
50	Alexandria	124	↓6	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Jacob	970	–	1
2	William	831	–	14
3	Austin	802	–	13
4	Joshua	676	–	4
5	James	661	↑3	19
6	Christopher	658	–	6
7	Michael	646	↓2	2
8	Matthew	624	↓1	3
9	Tyler	575	↑1	10
10	Brandon	538	↑1	11
11	John	513	↓2	15
12	Nicholas	490	↑1	5
13	Zachary	478	↑2	17
14	Andrew	474	↓2	7
15	Dylan	436	↑4	23
16	Hunter	434	↑1	36
17	Joseph	430	↓3	8
18	Noah	418	↑5	24
19	Robert	391	↓1	26
20	Justin	382	–	20
21	Caleb	374	↑5	41
22	David	368	↓6	16
23	Daniel	361	↑1	9
24	Ethan	361	↑7	37
25	Jordan	342	↓4	30
26	Benjamin	341	↑8	29
27	Jonathan	334	↓5	22
28	Samuel	332	↓3	27
29	Cameron	324	↓2	33
30	Christian	304	–	25
31	Thomas	297	↓3	31
32	Logan	293	↑1	42
33	Ryan	291	↓4	12
34	Nathan	282	↑5	32
35	Cody	247	–	45
36	Charles	245	↓4	50
37	Timothy	245	↑1	49
38	Alexander	237	↑2	21
39	Aaron	224	↑2	38
40	Dalton	220	↑2	86
41	Anthony	219	↓5	18
42	Dakota	208	↓5	77
43	Elijah	206	↑3	60
44	Jackson	195	new	83
45	Mason	171	new	71
46	Seth	170	new	65
47	Kyle	154	new	28
48	Nathaniel	154	new	62
49	Isaac	153	new	64
50	Kevin	152	↓6	34

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