Popular baby names in Tennessee, 2005

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 2005 were Madison for girls (601 babies) and William for boys (748). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #11 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 67,912 babies born in Tennessee in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 2005

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

Girls

Markayla: 18 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Briley: 27 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Gracey: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Mckinley: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Jamya: 33 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Paisley: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kinsley: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Haven: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Emery: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Callie: 58 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Kylan: 26 babies, 6× the national rate
Houston: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Deangelo: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jaylan: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cannon: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Bryson: 143 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bobby: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Waylon: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Zachery: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Skylar: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Madison	601	–	3
2	Emma	576	–	2
3	Emily	525	–	1
4	Hannah	477	–	7
5	Abigail	388	–	4
6	Olivia	337	–	5
7	Chloe	326	↑4	19
8	Alexis	321	–	13
9	Elizabeth	311	↑1	11
10	Anna	302	↓3	22
11	Sarah	296	↓2	15
12	Ava	262	↑26	9
13	Isabella	256	↑4	6
14	Alyssa	244	↓2	16
15	Haley	240	–	53
16	Taylor	233	↓3	24
17	Ella	226	↑3	23
18	Destiny	220	↑6	32
19	Ashley	218	↑4	10
20	Brianna	216	↑2	20
21	Hailey	215	↓7	26
22	Kaylee	210	↑4	40
23	Sydney	197	↑7	30
24	Lauren	196	↓6	21
25	Mary	194	↑4	72
26	Savannah	190	↓5	35
27	Makayla	187	↓2	44
28	Morgan	186	↓9	33
29	Kayla	184	↓13	25
30	Samantha	174	↑12	8
31	Kaitlyn	172	↑2	34
32	Jasmine	165	↓1	29
33	Rachel	164	↑3	38
34	Gracie	163	↓2	94
35	Lillian	163	↑9	50
36	Sophia	154	↑11	12
37	Victoria	154	new	28
38	Lily	148	new	39
39	Brooklyn	145	new	78
40	Gabrielle	145	new	55
41	Grace	139	↓14	14
42	Jessica	138	↓14	27
43	Mia	136	new	17
44	Katherine	132	↓7	36
45	Riley	131	↑5	54
46	Natalie	129	↓3	18
47	Autumn	127	↓13	90
48	Caroline	126	↓8	83
49	Megan	126	↓4	41
50	Mackenzie	125	↓4	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	William	748	–	11
2	Jacob	646	–	1
3	Ethan	598	–	5
4	James	550	↑1	17
5	Joshua	515	↓1	3
6	Andrew	464	↑3	6
7	Michael	461	↓1	2
8	Christopher	451	–	10
9	Matthew	415	↓2	4
10	John	402	–	18
11	Caleb	385	↑6	35
12	Tyler	375	↑6	16
13	Elijah	373	–	31
14	Samuel	373	↓2	21
15	Joseph	368	–	9
16	Jackson	355	–	44
17	Noah	333	↑9	23
18	Landon	324	↑19	61
19	Austin	322	↓8	38
20	Christian	322	↑7	22
21	Hunter	320	↑2	53
22	David	315	↓8	12
23	Logan	314	↓4	26
24	Jonathan	306	↑4	19
25	Benjamin	298	↑7	25
26	Daniel	296	↓2	7
27	Dylan	292	↓7	24
28	Brandon	291	↓3	27
29	Nicholas	284	↓7	15
30	Robert	266	↑4	37
31	Cameron	265	–	52
32	Alexander	263	↑8	13
33	Nathan	261	↓3	20
34	Zachary	260	↓13	29
35	Mason	248	↑1	42
36	Jordan	243	↓3	46
37	Ryan	243	↓8	14
38	Thomas	243	–	40
39	Gabriel	235	↑4	28
40	Hayden	228	↑7	76
41	Charles	227	↓2	56
42	Isaiah	227	↑2	45
43	Luke	224	↑3	41
44	Justin	218	↓3	36
45	Anthony	212	↓3	8
46	Evan	210	↑3	39
47	Gavin	204	↑1	47
48	Aiden	203	new	50
49	Connor	194	↓14	48
50	Brayden	186	new	80

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