Popular baby names in Tennessee, 2000

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 2000 were Hannah for girls (705 babies) and Jacob for boys (951). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 67,694 babies born in Tennessee in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 2000

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

Girls

Mckinley: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Gracie: 99 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Presley: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Chelsey: 40 babies, 4× the national rate
Haven: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Mattie: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Zaria: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ashton: 51 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Chasity: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Chandler: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Ladarius: 24 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Houston: 28 babies, 7× the national rate
Jaylan: 33 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Demarcus: 28 babies, 5× the national rate
Jarvis: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Jaylon: 40 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bryson: 84 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Landon: 119 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Peyton: 129 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jamison: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Hannah	705	–	2
2	Madison	596	↑1	3
3	Emily	576	↓1	1
4	Sarah	466	–	5
5	Alexis	459	↑1	6
6	Taylor	408	↓1	10
7	Ashley	346	–	4
8	Anna	342	↑9	22
9	Haley	333	↑2	28
10	Elizabeth	326	↓1	9
11	Destiny	321	↑14	24
12	Abigail	316	↑1	14
13	Kayla	305	↓3	13
14	Lauren	298	↓6	11
15	Jessica	286	↓3	8
16	Emma	284	↓1	17
17	Brianna	283	↑5	15
18	Olivia	279	↑3	16
19	Savannah	278	↓5	37
20	Sydney	266	–	23
21	Samantha	263	↑5	7
22	Mary	259	↑8	46
23	Morgan	258	↓4	25
24	Alyssa	255	↑3	12
25	Kaitlyn	243	↑4	30
26	Megan	238	↓8	18
27	Rachel	234	↓11	21
28	Grace	218	↑11	19
29	Shelby	218	↑2	70
30	Jasmine	211	↓2	27
31	Chloe	200	↑12	38
32	Brittany	199	↓9	60
33	Victoria	195	↓9	20
34	Hailey	192	↑14	35
35	Amber	181	↓3	47
36	Katherine	179	↑6	33
37	Autumn	177	–	77
38	Katelyn	175	–	54
39	Makayla	175	↓5	67
40	Courtney	167	↓7	59
41	Allison	158	–	44
42	Bailey	158	↓6	68
43	Caroline	157	↑2	65
44	Rebecca	150	–	39
45	Kaylee	147	new	72
46	Mackenzie	143	new	43
47	Jordan	141	↓12	50
48	Alexandria	133	↑2	91
49	Lindsey	130	new	>100
50	Sara	128	↓3	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Jacob	951	–	1
2	William	868	–	11
3	James	669	↑2	18
4	Joshua	665	–	4
5	Michael	637	↑2	2
6	Christopher	620	–	5
7	Matthew	583	↑1	3
8	Austin	556	↓5	23
9	Tyler	537	–	10
10	John	531	↑1	14
11	Zachary	515	↑2	15
12	Andrew	488	↑2	7
13	Brandon	481	↓3	12
14	Hunter	467	↑2	35
15	Joseph	446	↑2	8
16	Ethan	443	↑8	25
17	Nicholas	421	↓5	6
18	Noah	401	–	27
19	David	384	↑3	16
20	Caleb	379	↑1	38
21	Christian	371	↑9	22
22	Samuel	362	↑6	28
23	Dylan	358	↓8	24
24	Robert	349	↓5	29
25	Daniel	341	↓2	9
26	Cameron	338	↑3	31
27	Jonathan	338	–	21
28	Justin	338	↓8	19
29	Benjamin	302	↓3	26
30	Jordan	302	↓5	36
31	Logan	292	↑1	40
32	Thomas	285	↓1	33
33	Alexander	242	↑5	20
34	Charles	240	↑2	51
35	Jackson	240	↑9	72
36	Nathan	233	↓2	30
37	Ryan	231	↓4	13
38	Dalton	227	↑2	91
39	Anthony	225	↑2	17
40	Elijah	225	↑3	52
41	Cody	209	↓6	60
42	Aaron	205	↓3	41
43	Timothy	195	↓6	58
44	Garrett	193	new	74
45	Dakota	188	↓3	88
46	Seth	187	–	63
47	Luke	167	new	59
48	Nathaniel	166	–	61
49	Devin	164	new	69
50	Mason	163	↓5	64

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