Popular baby names in Tennessee, 2009
The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 2009 were Emma for girls (460 babies) and William for boys (646). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 66,839 babies born in Tennessee in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Tennessee in 2009
Names given at least 15 times in Tennessee that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Kensley: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
- Mattie: 28 babies, 5.4× the national rate
- Briley: 37 babies, 4.6× the national rate
- Jamya: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
- Bryleigh: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
- Addie: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Ansley: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
- Emory: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
- India: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Kinsley: 44 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Boys
- Kylan: 41 babies, 6.7× the national rate
- Knox: 29 babies, 4.6× the national rate
- Demarcus: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
- Bryson: 181 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Braxton: 144 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Skylar: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Jaylon: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Heath: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Dalton: 82 babies, 3× the national rate
- Braylen: 38 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 2009
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2008 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emma | 460 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 2 | Madison | 441 | ↓1 | 7 |
| 3 | Isabella | 400 | ↑6 | 1 |
| 4 | Olivia | 374 | ↑4 | 3 |
| 5 | Abigail | 361 | ↓2 | 8 |
| 6 | Addison | 345 | ↓1 | 12 |
| 7 | Ava | 329 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 8 | Chloe | 309 | ↓1 | 9 |
| 9 | Emily | 309 | ↓5 | 6 |
| 10 | Elizabeth | 276 | – | 11 |
| 11 | Alexis | 262 | ↑1 | 13 |
| 12 | Sophia | 247 | ↑7 | 4 |
| 13 | Ella | 242 | ↑4 | 15 |
| 14 | Sarah | 222 | – | 21 |
| 15 | Lillian | 219 | ↑6 | 27 |
| 16 | Lily | 219 | ↑8 | 18 |
| 17 | Kaylee | 215 | ↑1 | 26 |
| 18 | Alyssa | 214 | ↓2 | 19 |
| 19 | Hannah | 210 | ↓8 | 23 |
| 20 | Anna | 208 | ↓7 | 28 |
| 21 | Taylor | 206 | ↓6 | 22 |
| 22 | Brooklyn | 200 | – | 37 |
| 23 | Savannah | 179 | – | 39 |
| 24 | Nevaeh | 167 | ↑4 | 34 |
| 25 | Mary | 165 | ↑1 | >100 |
| 26 | Makayla | 157 | ↓6 | 44 |
| 27 | Riley | 153 | ↑6 | 38 |
| 28 | Trinity | 148 | ↑21 | 74 |
| 29 | Caroline | 143 | ↑6 | 87 |
| 30 | Aubrey | 142 | ↑7 | 41 |
| 31 | Allison | 141 | ↑10 | 30 |
| 32 | Natalie | 141 | ↓7 | 16 |
| 33 | Hailey | 138 | ↓4 | 25 |
| 34 | Autumn | 130 | ↑10 | 81 |
| 35 | Brianna | 130 | ↓5 | 24 |
| 36 | Destiny | 130 | ↓9 | 56 |
| 37 | Morgan | 129 | ↑1 | 57 |
| 38 | Samantha | 128 | ↑1 | 14 |
| 39 | Layla | 127 | ↑3 | 45 |
| 40 | Gracie | 126 | ↓8 | >100 |
| 41 | Kylie | 124 | ↑4 | 62 |
| 42 | Mia | 123 | new | 10 |
| 43 | Bailey | 121 | ↑4 | 85 |
| 44 | Peyton | 118 | new | 42 |
| 45 | Ashley | 116 | new | 20 |
| 46 | Avery | 116 | new | 32 |
| 47 | Leah | 115 | ↓1 | 29 |
| 48 | Jasmine | 113 | ↓12 | 51 |
| 49 | Zoey | 113 | new | 75 |
| 50 | Amelia | 111 | new | 55 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2008 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William | 646 | – | 5 |
| 2 | Jacob | 455 | – | 1 |
| 3 | Joshua | 441 | ↑3 | 6 |
| 4 | Ethan | 437 | – | 2 |
| 5 | Noah | 436 | ↑4 | 9 |
| 6 | James | 431 | ↓3 | 18 |
| 7 | Elijah | 421 | ↓2 | 21 |
| 8 | Jackson | 401 | ↓1 | 27 |
| 9 | Michael | 391 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 10 | Aiden | 384 | ↑5 | 12 |
| 11 | Jayden | 351 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 12 | Landon | 346 | ↑2 | 36 |
| 13 | John | 345 | – | 26 |
| 14 | Christopher | 343 | ↓6 | 10 |
| 15 | Samuel | 319 | ↑3 | 24 |
| 16 | Matthew | 318 | ↓5 | 13 |
| 17 | Brayden | 311 | ↑8 | 48 |
| 18 | Caleb | 307 | ↓2 | 31 |
| 19 | Joseph | 305 | ↑3 | 15 |
| 20 | Andrew | 287 | ↓3 | 16 |
| 21 | Logan | 286 | ↑2 | 17 |
| 22 | Mason | 279 | ↑4 | 34 |
| 23 | David | 276 | ↓2 | 14 |
| 24 | Alexander | 275 | ↑8 | 4 |
| 25 | Benjamin | 274 | ↑10 | 19 |
| 26 | Tyler | 261 | ↓7 | 28 |
| 27 | Daniel | 255 | ↓7 | 7 |
| 28 | Christian | 242 | ↓4 | 23 |
| 29 | Hunter | 242 | ↑10 | 56 |
| 30 | Anthony | 232 | ↑7 | 11 |
| 31 | Cameron | 232 | ↑17 | 58 |
| 32 | Gabriel | 232 | ↓3 | 22 |
| 33 | Gavin | 217 | ↓5 | 33 |
| 34 | Charles | 213 | ↓4 | 64 |
| 35 | Luke | 210 | ↑12 | 47 |
| 36 | Isaiah | 206 | ↑9 | 41 |
| 37 | Brandon | 205 | ↓4 | 38 |
| 38 | Dylan | 202 | ↑5 | 30 |
| 39 | Austin | 201 | ↓5 | 63 |
| 40 | Lucas | 201 | ↑6 | 39 |
| 41 | Jonathan | 200 | ↓10 | 29 |
| 42 | Hayden | 199 | ↓15 | 91 |
| 43 | Robert | 199 | ↓7 | 55 |
| 44 | Colton | 189 | new | 93 |
| 45 | Nathan | 188 | ↓5 | 25 |
| 46 | Jordan | 187 | ↓5 | 45 |
| 47 | Carter | 186 | ↑3 | 50 |
| 48 | Jeremiah | 186 | new | 65 |
| 49 | Zachary | 185 | new | 53 |
| 50 | Isaac | 184 | new | 40 |
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