Popular baby names in Tennessee, 2015

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 2015 were Emma for girls (481 babies) and William for boys (529). William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 67,697 babies born in Tennessee in 2015 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 2015

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: 30 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Anniston: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Hadleigh: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Addie: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tinsley: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ansley: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Emory: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bryleigh: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Emmaline: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dixie: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Neyland: 29 babies, 42.3× the national rate
Houston: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Miller: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Brentley: 34 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Denver: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kylan: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Brantlee: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Branson: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Oakley: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bo: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 2015

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Emma	481	–	1
2	Ava	419	↑1	4
3	Olivia	417	↓1	2
4	Harper	300	↑3	10
5	Isabella	286	↑1	5
6	Sophia	281	↓2	3
7	Abigail	270	↓2	7
8	Elizabeth	266	↑1	13
9	Madison	246	↓1	11
10	Amelia	235	↑8	12
11	Chloe	225	↑5	17
12	Paisley	219	↑9	45
13	Emily	218	↑4	8
14	Addison	213	↓2	24
15	Avery	209	↓4	16
16	Ella	206	↓6	18
17	Mia	200	↑6	6
18	Charlotte	195	↓3	9
19	Lillian	190	↑9	26
20	Brooklyn	182	↓6	31
21	Evelyn	178	↑3	15
22	Zoey	178	–	23
23	Layla	176	↑3	30
24	Aubrey	174	↓11	21
25	Sadie	174	↓6	52
26	Caroline	173	↓1	62
27	Lily	168	↓7	25
28	Anna	166	↓1	44
29	Serenity	166	–	71
30	Skylar	150	↑4	42
31	Hannah	148	↓1	28
32	Riley	146	↑7	35
33	Ellie	145	↑11	48
34	Scarlett	142	↓2	22
35	Madelyn	131	↑12	59
36	Kaylee	129	↓3	61
37	Aubree	124	↓6	79
38	Mary	124	new	>100
39	Nora	124	new	41
40	Autumn	123	↓4	69
41	Savannah	122	↓3	38
42	Lucy	118	new	55
43	Natalie	118	↓8	27
44	Kennedy	117	↑2	58
45	Nevaeh	117	↓5	70
46	Hadley	115	↓5	>100
47	Audrey	114	↓5	37
48	Eleanor	114	new	60
49	Kinsley	114	new	>100
50	Taylor	109	new	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	William	529	–	5
2	James	441	↑1	7
3	Mason	420	↓1	3
4	Elijah	419	–	11
5	Noah	402	–	1
6	Jackson	338	↑1	17
7	Liam	329	↓1	2
8	John	321	↑1	26
9	Jacob	314	↓1	4
10	Aiden	306	↑2	13
11	Carter	304	↑2	24
12	Ethan	286	↓2	6
13	Levi	271	↑3	42
14	Michael	271	↑1	9
15	Samuel	258	↓4	23
16	Wyatt	251	↑15	34
17	Jaxon	249	↑12	44
18	Easton	245	↑24	78
19	Alexander	242	↑5	8
20	Benjamin	241	↓1	10
21	Luke	240	–	28
22	Gabriel	239	↓5	22
23	Joshua	238	↓3	33
24	Logan	237	↑8	14
25	Christopher	233	↓11	32
26	Oliver	232	↑14	19
27	David	231	↑1	18
28	Joseph	217	↓2	21
29	Landon	217	↓11	46
30	Grayson	215	↑11	47
31	Colton	214	new	60
32	Daniel	212	↑6	12
33	Lucas	210	↓11	16
34	Hunter	206	↓9	41
35	Caleb	205	↓12	37
36	Charles	204	↓3	50
37	Eli	202	↓1	53
38	Isaac	201	↑10	31
39	Jayden	196	↓12	20
40	Andrew	193	↓10	30
41	Henry	193	↓6	29
42	Matthew	193	↓8	15
43	Isaiah	191	new	49
44	Cooper	190	new	77
45	Owen	190	new	36
46	Hudson	187	↑4	65
47	Robert	185	↓8	63
48	Bentley	178	new	92
49	Braxton	178	new	>100
50	Thomas	171	↓4	51

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