Popular baby names in Tennessee, 2016

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 2016 were Emma for girls (414 babies) and William for boys (563). William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 67,241 babies born in Tennessee in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 2016

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

Girls

Hensley: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Briley: 29 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Bryleigh: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Anniston: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dixie: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Ansley: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Adley: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Braylee: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Hadleigh: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mattie: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Neyland: 34 babies, 41.5× the national rate
Houston: 26 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Sutton: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bentlee: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Denver: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Boone: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Kylan: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Baylor: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Branson: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Oakley: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Emma	414	–	1
2	Olivia	383	↑1	2
3	Ava	381	↓1	3
4	Harper	322	–	11
5	Isabella	282	–	5
6	Amelia	264	↑4	10
7	Ella	249	↑9	17
8	Elizabeth	247	–	13
9	Sophia	236	↓3	4
10	Abigail	230	↓3	8
11	Charlotte	230	↑7	7
12	Chloe	221	↓1	20
13	Evelyn	214	↑8	12
14	Paisley	210	↓2	46
15	Addison	209	↓1	29
16	Madison	203	↓7	15
17	Avery	198	↓2	16
18	Mia	193	↓1	6
19	Lillian	188	–	28
20	Emily	181	↓7	9
21	Aubrey	179	↑3	25
22	Lily	176	↑5	24
23	Zoey	172	↓1	26
24	Scarlett	161	↑10	18
25	Savannah	156	↑16	38
26	Anna	155	↑2	49
27	Sadie	152	↓2	60
28	Hannah	150	↑3	33
29	Brooklyn	149	↓9	34
30	Eleanor	148	↑18	41
31	Caroline	147	↓5	56
32	Piper	147	new	67
33	Riley	145	↓1	22
34	Layla	141	↓11	30
35	Madelyn	139	–	62
36	Aria	138	new	23
37	Nora	137	↑2	36
38	Sofia	135	new	14
39	Nevaeh	131	↑6	73
40	Ellie	127	↓7	43
41	Skylar	127	↓11	42
42	Hadley	126	↑4	>100
43	Grace	122	new	19
44	Serenity	119	↓15	70
45	Willow	119	new	96
46	Kennedy	118	↓2	59
47	Aubree	116	↓10	84
48	Kinsley	113	↑1	86
49	Mary	112	↓11	>100
50	Autumn	111	↓10	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	William	563	–	3
2	Elijah	426	↑2	9
3	James	423	↓1	5
4	Mason	390	↓1	4
5	Noah	373	–	1
6	Liam	335	↑1	2
7	Jackson	330	↓1	17
8	Benjamin	295	↑12	6
9	Aiden	289	↑1	16
10	John	286	↓2	28
11	Michael	280	↑3	8
12	Carter	278	↓1	26
13	Levi	267	–	42
14	Samuel	262	↑1	21
15	Jacob	260	↓6	7
16	Oliver	259	↑10	12
17	Gabriel	243	↑5	25
18	Grayson	241	↑12	37
19	Lucas	236	↑14	14
20	Wyatt	236	↓4	33
21	Luke	234	–	29
22	Ethan	230	↓10	10
23	Joseph	229	↑5	20
24	Easton	226	↓6	66
25	Daniel	222	↑7	13
26	Henry	220	↑15	22
27	Christopher	217	↓2	36
28	David	214	↓1	19
29	Jaxon	213	↓12	41
30	Joshua	213	↓7	35
31	Eli	209	↑6	50
32	Jayden	208	↑7	27
33	Owen	207	↑12	24
34	Matthew	203	↑8	15
35	Charles	202	↑1	52
36	Hunter	198	↓2	45
37	Landon	198	↓8	53
38	Isaac	194	–	31
39	Alexander	193	↓20	11
40	Isaiah	184	↑3	47
41	Caleb	183	↓6	44
42	Lincoln	183	new	51
43	Colton	178	↓12	68
44	Logan	175	↓20	18
45	Thomas	175	↑5	48
46	Andrew	174	↓6	34
47	Brayden	174	new	64
48	Hudson	174	↓2	61
49	Robert	171	↓2	62
50	Josiah	164	new	55

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