Popular baby names in Tennessee, 2006

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 2006 were Madison for girls (568 babies) and William for boys (697). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #10 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 69,236 babies born in Tennessee in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 2006

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

Girls

Briley: 26 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kinsley: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Maleah: 26 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Mattie: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Macie: 44 babies, 4× the national rate
Ansley: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Virginia: 38 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jamya: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lacie: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ashton: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Houston: 26 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kylan: 29 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Bryson: 181 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cason: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brycen: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jaylon: 36 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jaylan: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dalton: 116 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Billy: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Skylar: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Madison	568	–	3
2	Emma	536	–	2
3	Emily	482	–	1
4	Hannah	472	–	8
5	Abigail	458	–	6
6	Olivia	328	–	7
7	Sarah	322	↑4	15
8	Chloe	315	↓1	18
9	Alexis	301	↓1	14
10	Anna	298	–	22
11	Isabella	296	↑2	4
12	Ava	295	–	5
13	Elizabeth	287	↓4	11
14	Addison	284	new	28
15	Savannah	255	↑11	30
16	Alyssa	245	↓2	19
17	Brianna	241	↑3	20
18	Ella	232	↓1	21
19	Taylor	220	↓3	23
20	Lillian	207	↑15	38
21	Ashley	190	↓2	12
22	Kaylee	184	–	42
23	Lauren	184	↑1	24
24	Morgan	179	↑4	35
25	Jasmine	178	↑7	29
26	Makayla	175	↑1	45
27	Brooklyn	169	↑12	66
28	Sophia	169	↑8	9
29	Destiny	167	↓11	36
30	Gracie	167	↑4	>100
31	Hailey	167	↓10	25
32	Haley	166	↓17	75
33	Mary	162	↓8	80
34	Katelyn	161	new	61
35	Lily	157	↑3	33
36	Natalie	157	↑10	17
37	Sydney	154	↓14	34
38	Kaitlyn	153	↓7	41
39	Samantha	152	↓9	10
40	Kayla	151	↓11	26
41	Grace	148	–	16
42	Caroline	137	↑6	89
43	Autumn	134	↑4	95
44	Rachel	125	↓11	48
45	Allison	123	new	47
46	Katherine	120	↓2	37
47	Nevaeh	120	new	43
48	Trinity	120	new	64
49	Shelby	119	new	>100
50	Mackenzie	118	–	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	William	697	–	10
2	Jacob	622	–	1
3	Joshua	545	↑2	3
4	Ethan	525	↓1	4
5	James	511	↓1	16
6	Christopher	456	↑2	8
7	Michael	425	–	2
8	Noah	417	↑9	15
9	Andrew	407	↓3	7
10	Elijah	407	↑3	29
11	John	401	↓1	19
12	Jackson	399	↑4	35
13	Matthew	395	↓4	5
14	Caleb	386	↓3	34
15	Landon	371	↑3	50
16	Tyler	366	↓4	18
17	Samuel	344	↓3	25
18	Austin	333	↑1	41
19	David	333	↑3	13
20	Logan	332	↑3	20
21	Christian	323	↓1	21
22	Joseph	323	↓7	11
23	Hunter	312	↓2	54
24	Jonathan	297	–	22
25	Daniel	284	↑1	6
26	Alexander	276	↑6	12
27	Hayden	268	↑13	73
28	Nicholas	262	↑1	17
29	Nathan	261	↑4	23
30	Robert	260	–	47
31	Mason	257	↑4	40
32	Gavin	254	↑15	38
33	Benjamin	253	↓8	24
34	Brandon	252	↓6	27
35	Dylan	251	↓8	26
36	Thomas	248	↑2	51
37	Cameron	246	↓6	52
38	Zachary	240	↓4	33
39	Isaiah	238	↑3	39
40	Ryan	238	↓3	14
41	Anthony	233	↑4	9
42	Charles	233	↓1	60
43	Jordan	233	↓7	46
44	Brayden	220	↑6	79
45	Gabriel	217	↓6	28
46	Aiden	215	↑2	32
47	Isaac	206	new	48
48	Evan	204	↓2	42
49	Luke	198	↓6	43
50	Jeremiah	196	new	71

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