Popular baby names in Tennessee, 2001

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 2001 were Hannah for girls (691 babies) and Jacob for boys (874). Hannah ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 65,928 babies born in Tennessee in 2001 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 2001

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

Girls

Allie: 59 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Presley: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Christian: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ashton: 56 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kierra: 37 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gracie: 109 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Katlyn: 48 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cassie: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Chasity: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Haven: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Ladarius: 26 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Houston: 32 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Kylan: 25 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Cortez: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Jaylon: 49 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Garrison: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jaylan: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bryson: 91 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Landon: 121 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Harley: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Hannah	691	–	3
2	Madison	635	–	2
3	Emily	542	–	1
4	Sarah	441	–	6
5	Alexis	406	–	5
6	Taylor	396	–	12
7	Abigail	373	↑5	8
8	Elizabeth	343	↑2	9
9	Anna	341	↓1	19
10	Destiny	328	↑1	22
11	Olivia	325	↑7	10
12	Lauren	314	↑2	15
13	Ashley	312	↓6	4
14	Haley	289	↓5	34
15	Emma	285	↑1	13
16	Sydney	273	↑4	23
17	Kayla	264	↓4	17
18	Brianna	262	↓1	18
19	Savannah	253	–	42
20	Mary	248	↑2	48
21	Rachel	232	↑6	24
22	Chloe	226	↑9	30
23	Jessica	222	↓8	11
24	Samantha	221	↓3	7
25	Jasmine	215	↑5	25
26	Alyssa	214	↓2	14
27	Megan	213	↓1	20
28	Morgan	213	↓5	29
29	Kaitlyn	208	↓4	31
30	Hailey	198	↑4	33
31	Grace	186	↓3	16
32	Mackenzie	182	↑14	40
33	Shelby	178	↓4	68
34	Makayla	171	↑5	54
35	Victoria	171	↓2	21
36	Katelyn	164	↑2	52
37	Bailey	163	↑5	69
38	Katherine	157	↓2	35
39	Caroline	154	↑4	62
40	Autumn	150	↓3	72
41	Amber	143	↓6	51
42	Kaylee	141	↑3	66
43	Allison	139	↓2	44
44	Jordan	137	↑3	47
45	Natalie	137	new	32
46	Isabella	136	new	28
47	Jennifer	130	new	26
48	Jada	127	new	75
49	Alexandria	126	↓1	91
50	Sierra	119	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Jacob	874	–	1
2	William	793	–	10
3	Joshua	645	↑1	4
4	James	615	↓1	19
5	Austin	556	↑3	25
6	Matthew	548	↑1	3
7	Michael	547	↓2	2
8	Christopher	533	↓2	5
9	John	509	↑1	14
10	Zachary	485	↑1	16
11	Andrew	478	↑1	7
12	Ethan	470	↑4	17
13	Tyler	461	↓4	13
14	Joseph	430	↑1	8
15	Caleb	414	↑5	37
16	Brandon	403	↓3	18
17	Hunter	401	↓3	36
18	Nicholas	394	↓1	6
19	Dylan	373	↑4	21
20	Logan	368	↑11	29
21	Noah	364	↓3	28
22	Robert	357	↑2	30
23	David	351	↓4	12
24	Samuel	349	↓2	26
25	Justin	348	↑3	22
26	Jonathan	317	↑1	23
27	Cameron	314	↓1	35
28	Benjamin	304	↑1	27
29	Daniel	304	↓4	9
30	Christian	300	↓9	24
31	Jordan	295	↓1	39
32	Thomas	282	–	33
33	Elijah	277	↑7	45
34	Charles	252	–	55
35	Alexander	247	↓2	20
36	Jackson	239	↓1	60
37	Ryan	239	–	15
38	Mason	229	↑12	54
39	Anthony	221	–	11
40	Gabriel	215	new	38
41	Seth	213	↑5	68
42	Aaron	208	–	42
43	Dalton	201	↓5	98
44	Timothy	201	↓1	67
45	Nathan	197	↓9	31
46	Cody	179	↓5	64
47	Dakota	176	↓2	93
48	Isaac	176	new	47
49	Isaiah	171	new	43
50	Kevin	170	new	32

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