Popular baby names in Tennessee, 2012

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 2012 were Emma for girls (501 babies) and William for boys (582). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 65,661 babies born in Tennessee in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 2012

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: 48 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Ansley: 43 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Emory: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tinsley: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Preslee: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bryleigh: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kamari: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kyndal: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jacey: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mylee: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Houston: 28 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Kylan: 47 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Brentley: 29 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Benton: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Knox: 62 babies, 4× the national rate
Cannon: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Raylan: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Walker: 43 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Reginald: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Braiden: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	501	–	2
2	Olivia	393	↑3	4
3	Ava	388	–	5
4	Isabella	366	↓2	3
5	Sophia	366	↑4	1
6	Abigail	313	↑1	7
7	Madison	299	↓3	9
8	Chloe	293	–	11
9	Addison	262	↓3	14
10	Emily	250	↑1	6
11	Aubrey	223	↑14	15
12	Ella	223	–	12
13	Lillian	212	↑2	25
14	Harper	210	↑4	24
15	Elizabeth	202	↓5	10
16	Hannah	194	↑1	22
17	Brooklyn	193	↓4	29
18	Lily	192	↓4	16
19	Amelia	179	↑12	23
20	Avery	175	–	13
21	Kaylee	175	↑5	35
22	Zoey	170	↑2	20
23	Anna	169	↓7	34
24	Nevaeh	166	↓3	39
25	Mia	154	↑7	8
26	Savannah	150	↑1	43
27	Alexis	149	↓8	40
28	Khloe	147	↑1	55
29	Layla	146	↓7	31
30	Zoe	140	↑11	30
31	Natalie	139	↓1	17
32	Serenity	135	new	58
33	Evelyn	133	↑7	27
34	Allison	131	↑3	38
35	Caroline	131	–	80
36	Paisley	131	new	>100
37	Taylor	129	↓14	46
38	Charlotte	128	↑4	19
39	Audrey	125	↑4	41
40	Sarah	124	↓4	42
41	Autumn	115	↓7	68
42	Sophie	115	↑5	52
43	Bailey	114	↑1	81
44	Bella	112	new	54
45	Mary	112	new	>100
46	Alyssa	110	↓13	44
47	Riley	109	↓19	47
48	Aubree	103	new	60
49	London	102	new	94
50	Peyton	101	↓4	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	William	582	–	5
2	Mason	485	–	2
3	Elijah	458	–	13
4	James	414	↑1	14
5	Jacob	388	↓1	1
6	Jackson	381	–	21
7	Ethan	364	↑4	3
8	Noah	344	↓1	4
9	Liam	334	↑23	6
10	Landon	333	↑4	35
11	Michael	330	↑1	7
12	Aiden	328	↓3	10
13	John	307	↓3	28
14	Samuel	306	↑2	25
15	Jayden	294	↓7	8
16	Brayden	291	↑1	39
17	Joshua	287	↓4	17
18	Andrew	282	↑1	18
19	Joseph	271	↑8	19
20	Bentley	263	–	75
21	Caleb	257	↓3	32
22	Benjamin	252	↑4	16
23	Christopher	250	↓8	23
24	Alexander	249	↑6	9
25	Eli	249	↑8	43
26	David	246	↓3	20
27	Logan	227	↑1	22
28	Daniel	225	↑3	11
29	Gabriel	225	↓4	24
30	Hunter	224	↓6	45
31	Isaiah	223	↑8	42
32	Robert	222	↑4	60
33	Matthew	221	↑2	12
34	Luke	220	↑7	37
35	Colton	214	new	65
36	Levi	213	↓14	55
37	Bryson	210	↓8	94
38	Charles	209	↑4	62
39	Lucas	206	↓18	27
40	Carter	201	↑7	36
41	Cameron	197	new	54
42	Gavin	197	↓5	40
43	Christian	195	↓5	33
44	Tyler	195	↓4	50
45	Jaxon	191	new	66
46	Carson	190	new	87
47	Wyatt	190	new	41
48	Jonathan	182	↓2	34
49	Jeremiah	179	↓15	52
50	Jordan	179	↓7	48

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