Popular baby names in Tennessee, 2010

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 2010 were Isabella for girls (444 babies) and William for boys (571). William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 64,490 babies born in Tennessee in 2010 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 2010

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

Girls

Emory: 23 babies, 6× the national rate
Emmaline: 20 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Briley: 38 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Mattie: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Bentley: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Virginia: 38 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ansley: 33 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dixie: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Karley: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Keeley: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Kylan: 43 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Houston: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Knox: 51 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Coleman: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bryson: 228 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cason: 35 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Skylar: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cannon: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lawson: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jeffery: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 2010

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	Isabella	444	↑2	1
2	Emma	429	↓1	3
3	Madison	388	↓1	8
4	Addison	360	↑2	11
5	Abigail	354	–	7
6	Olivia	345	↓2	4
7	Ava	344	–	5
8	Sophia	298	↑4	2
9	Chloe	296	↓1	9
10	Elizabeth	267	–	12
11	Emily	255	↓2	6
12	Ella	237	↑1	13
13	Alexis	223	↓2	16
14	Anna	221	↑6	27
15	Hannah	198	↑4	20
16	Kaylee	191	↑1	35
17	Lillian	191	↓2	22
18	Lily	189	↓2	17
19	Sarah	174	↓5	26
20	Layla	172	↑19	36
21	Nevaeh	172	↑3	25
22	Brooklyn	170	–	34
23	Taylor	162	↓2	37
24	Alyssa	150	↓6	21
25	Amelia	149	↑25	41
26	Khloe	149	new	42
27	Riley	142	–	40
28	Aubrey	141	↑2	45
29	Savannah	138	↓6	44
30	Natalie	137	↑2	14
31	Avery	136	↑15	23
32	Kylie	134	↑9	57
33	Makayla	133	↓7	43
34	Bella	131	new	48
35	Mary	128	↓10	>100
36	Zoey	123	↑13	47
37	Autumn	122	↓3	81
38	Caroline	121	↓9	88
39	Bailey	119	↑4	78
40	Hailey	118	↓7	19
41	Trinity	116	↓13	72
42	Mia	110	–	10
43	Aaliyah	109	new	56
44	Brianna	108	↓9	30
45	Gabriella	108	new	33
46	Zoe	107	new	31
47	Peyton	106	↓3	51
48	Samantha	106	↓10	15
49	Destiny	105	↓13	71
50	Sophie	104	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	William	571	–	5
2	Jacob	505	–	1
3	Elijah	460	↑4	18
4	James	415	↑2	19
5	Noah	385	–	7
6	Ethan	378	↓2	2
7	Jackson	356	↑1	25
8	Aiden	347	↑2	9
9	Joshua	344	↓6	11
10	Christopher	339	↑4	13
11	John	334	↑2	26
12	Michael	334	↓3	3
13	Jayden	332	↓2	4
14	Mason	324	↑8	12
15	Landon	316	↓3	33
16	Brayden	301	↑1	40
17	Caleb	299	↑1	32
18	Matthew	296	↓2	16
19	David	281	↑4	15
20	Samuel	275	↓5	24
21	Alexander	270	↑3	6
22	Gabriel	267	↑10	21
23	Logan	260	↓2	17
24	Joseph	258	↓5	20
25	Benjamin	257	–	22
26	Andrew	254	↓6	14
27	Gavin	235	↑6	38
28	Hunter	233	↑1	58
29	Jeremiah	230	↑19	51
30	Bryson	228	new	>100
31	Daniel	227	↓4	8
32	Lucas	225	↑8	35
33	Christian	223	↓5	29
34	Jonathan	216	↑7	28
35	Levi	211	new	70
36	Carter	198	↑11	48
37	Eli	197	new	65
38	Tyler	196	↓12	34
39	Charles	195	↓5	63
40	Bentley	194	new	100
41	Luke	188	↓6	41
42	Dylan	186	↓4	31
43	Robert	183	–	54
44	Isaiah	182	↓8	43
45	Wyatt	182	new	57
46	Evan	180	new	36
47	Austin	179	↓8	64
48	Colton	179	↓4	73
49	Isaac	178	↑1	39
50	Jordan	178	↓4	46

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