Popular baby names in Tennessee, 2011

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 2011 were Emma for girls (461 babies) and William for boys (609). Emma ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 64,442 babies born in Tennessee in 2011 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 2011

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

Girls

Aniston: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Mattie: 27 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Briley: 41 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Ansley: 40 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Blakely: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bryleigh: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Emmaline: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kyndal: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Aleigha: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Emory: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Neyland: 18 babies, 40.9× the national rate
Baylor: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Kylan: 35 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Bentlee: 31 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Randall: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Knox: 46 babies, 4× the national rate
Jamarion: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Channing: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bryson: 240 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cason: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 2011

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Emma	461	↑1	3
2	Isabella	396	↓1	2
3	Ava	364	↑4	5
4	Madison	355	↓1	8
5	Olivia	355	↑1	4
6	Addison	331	↓2	13
7	Abigail	316	↓2	7
8	Chloe	304	↑1	10
9	Sophia	299	↓1	1
10	Elizabeth	287	–	11
11	Emily	287	–	6
12	Ella	263	–	12
13	Brooklyn	247	↑9	21
14	Lily	219	↑4	15
15	Lillian	202	↑2	22
16	Anna	190	↓2	38
17	Hannah	183	↓2	25
18	Harper	178	new	54
19	Alexis	172	↓6	26
20	Avery	168	↑11	18
21	Nevaeh	167	–	33
22	Layla	165	↓2	35
23	Taylor	165	–	44
24	Zoey	165	↑12	28
25	Aubrey	164	↑3	20
26	Kaylee	161	↓10	36
27	Savannah	154	↑2	41
28	Riley	152	↓1	47
29	Khloe	150	↓3	49
30	Natalie	147	–	14
31	Amelia	146	↓6	30
32	Mia	146	↑10	9
33	Alyssa	141	↓9	37
34	Autumn	140	↑3	69
35	Caroline	138	↑3	87
36	Sarah	138	↓17	39
37	Allison	130	new	40
38	Trinity	130	↑3	77
39	Kylie	127	↓7	57
40	Evelyn	123	new	24
41	Zoe	121	↑5	31
42	Charlotte	120	new	27
43	Audrey	114	new	43
44	Bailey	108	↓5	88
45	Gabriella	108	–	34
46	Peyton	108	↑1	53
47	Sophie	107	↑3	51
48	Makayla	105	↓15	56
49	Brianna	104	↓5	45
50	Lydia	104	new	96

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	William	609	–	3
2	Mason	470	↑12	2
3	Elijah	444	–	13
4	Jacob	419	↓2	1
5	James	396	↓1	17
6	Jackson	379	↑1	23
7	Noah	357	↓2	5
8	Jayden	354	↑5	4
9	Aiden	348	↓1	9
10	John	316	↑1	27
11	Ethan	309	↓5	7
12	Michael	306	–	6
13	Joshua	305	↓4	14
14	Landon	305	↑1	34
15	Christopher	304	↓5	20
16	Samuel	291	↑4	26
17	Brayden	279	↓1	36
18	Caleb	266	↓1	32
19	Andrew	260	↑7	16
20	Bentley	260	↑20	75
21	Lucas	258	↑11	29
22	Levi	256	↑13	66
23	David	252	↓4	18
24	Hunter	250	↑4	55
25	Gabriel	249	↓3	24
26	Benjamin	244	↓1	19
27	Joseph	241	↓3	22
28	Logan	241	↓5	21
29	Bryson	240	↑1	97
30	Alexander	231	↓9	8
31	Daniel	225	–	10
32	Liam	224	new	15
33	Eli	221	↑4	58
34	Jeremiah	219	↓5	49
35	Matthew	219	↓17	12
36	Robert	207	↑7	62
37	Gavin	204	↓10	37
38	Christian	202	↓5	30
39	Isaiah	202	↑5	43
40	Tyler	201	↓2	38
41	Luke	196	–	39
42	Charles	191	↓3	61
43	Jordan	191	↑7	46
44	Anthony	186	new	11
45	Hayden	181	new	90
46	Jonathan	181	↓12	31
47	Carter	179	↓11	41
48	Isaac	178	↑1	35
49	Thomas	178	new	63
50	Austin	172	↓3	60

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