Popular baby names in Tennessee, 2014
The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 2014 were Emma for girls (495 babies) and William for boys (548). William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 67,388 babies born in Tennessee in 2014 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Tennessee in 2014
Names given at least 15 times in Tennessee that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Whitley: 23 babies, 6.7× the national rate
- Briley: 32 babies, 5.7× the national rate
- Mattie: 28 babies, 5.5× the national rate
- Ansley: 39 babies, 4.8× the national rate
- Emory: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate
- Carleigh: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
- India: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Anniston: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
- Addilynn: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
- Campbell: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Boys
- Neyland: 35 babies, 45.2× the national rate
- Karas: 23 babies, 14.5× the national rate
- Kylan: 42 babies, 5.7× the national rate
- Briar: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
- Cannon: 39 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Branson: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Kolby: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Knox: 76 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Brentley: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Oakley: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 2014
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2013 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emma | 495 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Olivia | 421 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 3 | Ava | 412 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 4 | Sophia | 311 | – | 3 |
| 5 | Abigail | 304 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 6 | Isabella | 304 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 7 | Harper | 279 | ↑4 | 11 |
| 8 | Madison | 259 | ↓1 | 9 |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 258 | – | 13 |
| 10 | Ella | 236 | ↑3 | 17 |
| 11 | Avery | 229 | ↑4 | 14 |
| 12 | Addison | 224 | ↓2 | 24 |
| 13 | Aubrey | 209 | ↑3 | 21 |
| 14 | Brooklyn | 205 | – | 26 |
| 15 | Charlotte | 202 | ↑5 | 10 |
| 16 | Chloe | 202 | ↓4 | 18 |
| 17 | Emily | 202 | ↓9 | 7 |
| 18 | Amelia | 200 | – | 15 |
| 19 | Sadie | 196 | ↑7 | 46 |
| 20 | Lily | 182 | ↓1 | 27 |
| 21 | Paisley | 181 | ↑2 | 53 |
| 22 | Zoey | 180 | ↓1 | 22 |
| 23 | Mia | 173 | ↑2 | 6 |
| 24 | Evelyn | 169 | ↑5 | 16 |
| 25 | Caroline | 168 | ↑2 | 59 |
| 26 | Layla | 168 | ↑2 | 29 |
| 27 | Anna | 165 | ↓5 | 34 |
| 28 | Lillian | 154 | ↓11 | 25 |
| 29 | Serenity | 152 | ↑10 | 58 |
| 30 | Hannah | 148 | ↓6 | 28 |
| 31 | Aubree | 141 | ↓1 | 62 |
| 32 | Scarlett | 139 | ↑16 | 30 |
| 33 | Kaylee | 136 | ↓1 | 52 |
| 34 | Skylar | 136 | new | 48 |
| 35 | Natalie | 135 | ↓1 | 23 |
| 36 | Autumn | 131 | ↑10 | 71 |
| 37 | Piper | 130 | new | 75 |
| 38 | Savannah | 129 | ↓7 | 38 |
| 39 | Riley | 127 | ↓4 | 47 |
| 40 | Nevaeh | 124 | ↓7 | 63 |
| 41 | Hadley | 122 | new | 100 |
| 42 | Audrey | 121 | ↑3 | 36 |
| 43 | Alexis | 119 | ↓6 | 65 |
| 44 | Ellie | 118 | new | 55 |
| 45 | Allison | 116 | ↓3 | 39 |
| 46 | Kennedy | 113 | new | 54 |
| 47 | Madelyn | 113 | new | 60 |
| 48 | Annabelle | 108 | new | 57 |
| 49 | Zoe | 105 | ↓9 | 32 |
| 50 | Lydia | 104 | new | 84 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2013 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William | 548 | – | 5 |
| 2 | Mason | 438 | – | 3 |
| 3 | James | 430 | ↑2 | 9 |
| 4 | Elijah | 428 | ↓1 | 11 |
| 5 | Noah | 427 | ↓1 | 1 |
| 6 | Liam | 390 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 7 | Jackson | 359 | ↑2 | 18 |
| 8 | Jacob | 323 | ↓2 | 4 |
| 9 | John | 319 | ↑1 | 26 |
| 10 | Ethan | 290 | ↓2 | 6 |
| 11 | Samuel | 283 | ↑7 | 23 |
| 12 | Aiden | 280 | ↑1 | 14 |
| 13 | Carter | 272 | ↑12 | 27 |
| 14 | Christopher | 270 | ↑14 | 30 |
| 15 | Michael | 266 | ↓4 | 7 |
| 16 | Levi | 265 | ↓1 | 45 |
| 17 | Gabriel | 263 | – | 24 |
| 18 | Landon | 251 | ↑1 | 43 |
| 19 | Benjamin | 250 | ↓5 | 12 |
| 20 | Joshua | 250 | ↑1 | 25 |
| 21 | Luke | 250 | ↑3 | 28 |
| 22 | Lucas | 244 | ↑13 | 19 |
| 23 | Caleb | 242 | ↑6 | 35 |
| 24 | Alexander | 241 | ↓4 | 8 |
| 25 | Hunter | 240 | ↑6 | 40 |
| 26 | Joseph | 237 | ↓10 | 20 |
| 27 | Jayden | 236 | ↓15 | 15 |
| 28 | David | 230 | ↓2 | 17 |
| 29 | Jaxon | 228 | ↑8 | 46 |
| 30 | Andrew | 225 | ↑3 | 22 |
| 31 | Wyatt | 225 | ↑7 | 39 |
| 32 | Logan | 223 | ↑2 | 13 |
| 33 | Charles | 215 | ↓3 | 51 |
| 34 | Matthew | 211 | ↓2 | 16 |
| 35 | Henry | 209 | ↑8 | 33 |
| 36 | Eli | 206 | ↓9 | 49 |
| 37 | Christian | 200 | ↑9 | 42 |
| 38 | Daniel | 200 | ↑1 | 10 |
| 39 | Robert | 197 | ↑1 | 60 |
| 40 | Oliver | 196 | new | 32 |
| 41 | Grayson | 193 | ↑6 | 63 |
| 42 | Easton | 192 | ↑3 | 83 |
| 43 | Brayden | 190 | ↓7 | 62 |
| 44 | Dylan | 190 | new | 29 |
| 45 | Jeremiah | 188 | ↓3 | 56 |
| 46 | Thomas | 185 | ↑2 | 54 |
| 47 | Connor | 184 | new | 52 |
| 48 | Isaac | 176 | new | 31 |
| 49 | Cameron | 175 | new | 53 |
| 50 | Hudson | 175 | new | 80 |
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