Popular baby names in Tennessee, 2008

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 2008 were Madison for girls (555 babies) and William for boys (705). Madison ranked #6 nationally for girls. William ranked #8 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 69,909 babies born in Tennessee in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 2008

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: 41 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Dixie: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Makiyah: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ansley: 32 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kinsley: 38 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Micah: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jamya: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Charity: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Keely: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Taniyah: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Courtney: 22 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Houston: 27 babies, 6× the national rate
Kylan: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bryson: 174 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Reginald: 32 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lawson: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cason: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Micheal: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Terry: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jaylon: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Madison	555	↑1	6
2	Emma	553	↓1	1
3	Abigail	364	↑2	8
4	Emily	362	↓1	3
5	Addison	360	↓1	12
6	Ava	351	↑1	5
7	Chloe	351	↑1	10
8	Olivia	331	↑2	4
9	Isabella	325	↑2	2
10	Elizabeth	307	↓1	9
11	Hannah	291	↓5	17
12	Alexis	260	↑3	15
13	Anna	251	↓1	26
14	Sarah	251	–	20
15	Taylor	250	↑5	22
16	Alyssa	231	↓3	16
17	Ella	214	↓1	19
18	Kaylee	208	↓1	31
19	Sophia	201	↓1	7
20	Makayla	186	↑12	37
21	Lillian	185	↑2	29
22	Brooklyn	184	↑13	48
23	Savannah	184	↓4	33
24	Lily	182	↓2	24
25	Natalie	177	↓4	13
26	Mary	169	–	96
27	Destiny	168	↑11	47
28	Nevaeh	167	↑5	34
29	Hailey	156	↓1	25
30	Brianna	155	↓6	23
31	Lauren	152	↑3	30
32	Gracie	150	↓2	99
33	Riley	146	↑4	39
34	Kaitlyn	142	↑6	53
35	Caroline	138	new	94
36	Jasmine	138	–	43
37	Aubrey	134	new	42
38	Morgan	130	↓11	46
39	Samantha	129	–	11
40	Sydney	128	↓11	49
41	Allison	127	↑7	32
42	Layla	127	new	55
43	Madeline	127	new	56
44	Autumn	125	↑2	87
45	Kylie	125	↓1	51
46	Leah	123	new	40
47	Bailey	121	↓6	82
48	Madelyn	121	new	64
49	Trinity	118	↓7	70
50	Zoe	118	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	William	705	–	8
2	Jacob	564	–	1
3	James	506	↑1	17
4	Ethan	487	↓1	3
5	Elijah	477	↑5	22
6	Joshua	467	↓1	4
7	Jackson	419	–	32
8	Christopher	392	↓2	9
9	Noah	382	–	15
10	Michael	365	↓2	2
11	Matthew	358	↑1	10
12	Jayden	353	↑10	11
13	John	351	–	20
14	Landon	348	↑2	45
15	Aiden	342	↑10	16
16	Caleb	330	↑1	34
17	Andrew	327	↓6	12
18	Samuel	323	↓4	27
19	Tyler	309	↓1	28
20	Daniel	304	↑3	5
21	David	298	↓6	14
22	Joseph	296	↓3	13
23	Logan	290	↑3	19
24	Christian	287	↓4	23
25	Brayden	274	↑17	51
26	Mason	272	↑4	35
27	Hayden	268	↑6	76
28	Gavin	262	↓1	30
29	Gabriel	254	↑7	24
30	Charles	252	↑9	63
31	Jonathan	252	↓7	26
32	Alexander	249	↑3	6
33	Brandon	248	↓2	33
34	Austin	246	↓13	55
35	Benjamin	246	↓6	25
36	Robert	246	↓2	49
37	Anthony	236	↑4	7
38	Thomas	235	↑8	52
39	Hunter	232	↓11	54
40	Nathan	227	–	21
41	Jordan	222	↑2	48
42	Nicholas	220	↓4	29
43	Dylan	218	↓6	31
44	Ryan	218	↑6	18
45	Isaiah	213	↓1	42
46	Lucas	213	↑3	46
47	Luke	210	↑1	43
48	Cameron	202	↓16	53
49	Evan	190	new	38
50	Carter	184	new	65

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