Popular baby names in Tennessee, 2017

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 2017 were Ava for girls (439 babies) and William for boys (538). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 66,870 babies born in Tennessee in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 2017

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: 23 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ansley: 33 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Anniston: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Cambrie: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Hadleigh: 26 babies, 5× the national rate
Charity: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Harleigh: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bryleigh: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Emory: 33 babies, 4× the national rate
Landry: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Neyland: 41 babies, 38.7× the national rate
Karas: 20 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Raylan: 36 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Skylar: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Houston: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Canaan: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Denver: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Oakley: 43 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Baylor: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lawson: 45 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Ava	439	↑2	3
2	Olivia	399	–	2
3	Emma	380	↓2	1
4	Amelia	313	↑2	8
5	Harper	310	↓1	11
6	Isabella	279	↓1	4
7	Elizabeth	253	↑1	13
8	Charlotte	246	↑3	7
9	Sophia	235	–	5
10	Abigail	234	–	10
11	Ella	229	↓4	16
12	Evelyn	213	↑1	9
13	Avery	209	↑4	14
14	Mia	191	↑4	6
15	Eleanor	183	↑15	36
16	Caroline	181	↑15	55
17	Madison	174	↓1	17
18	Scarlett	174	↑6	18
19	Layla	172	↑15	26
20	Emily	170	–	12
21	Addison	167	↓6	34
22	Lillian	163	↓3	27
23	Paisley	156	↓9	45
24	Chloe	152	↓12	22
25	Kinsley	148	↑23	59
26	Aubrey	147	↓5	31
27	Lily	147	↓5	33
28	Sadie	143	↓1	71
29	Nora	141	↑8	29
30	Riley	140	↑3	25
31	Serenity	140	↑13	78
32	Brooklyn	138	↓3	39
33	Skylar	136	↑8	48
34	Willow	136	↑11	80
35	Anna	134	↓9	53
36	Stella	128	new	42
37	Zoey	126	↓14	28
38	Hannah	124	↓10	32
39	Hazel	124	new	43
40	Piper	123	↓8	81
41	Aria	122	↓5	20
42	Aubree	122	↑5	86
43	Ellie	122	↓3	44
44	Kennedy	121	↑2	58
45	Lucy	121	new	52
46	Savannah	116	↓21	38
47	Sofia	110	↓9	15
48	Natalie	108	new	35
49	Nevaeh	108	↓10	74
50	Kaylee	106	new	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	William	538	–	3
2	Elijah	441	–	8
3	James	405	–	4
4	Noah	374	↑1	2
5	Jackson	344	↑2	20
6	Mason	343	↓2	7
7	Liam	338	↓1	1
8	John	332	↑2	27
9	Samuel	322	↑5	21
10	Grayson	292	↑8	34
11	Oliver	277	↑5	10
12	Carter	264	–	24
13	Benjamin	262	↓5	6
14	Levi	256	↓1	35
15	Lucas	251	↑4	11
16	Aiden	250	↓7	17
17	Jacob	244	↓2	9
18	Logan	244	↑26	5
19	Henry	240	↑7	19
20	Michael	233	↓9	12
21	Jaxon	229	↑8	43
22	Luke	226	↓1	30
23	Wyatt	224	↓3	25
24	Isaiah	221	↑16	46
25	Easton	218	↓1	66
26	Charles	215	↑9	48
27	Owen	215	↑6	28
28	Alexander	213	↑11	13
29	Lincoln	212	↑13	41
30	Christopher	208	↓3	39
31	Joseph	206	↓8	18
32	Gabriel	203	↓15	31
33	Carson	196	new	83
34	Daniel	196	↓9	15
35	David	195	↓7	22
36	Bryson	194	new	86
37	Jayden	194	↓5	26
38	Landon	184	↓1	57
39	Matthew	184	↓5	16
40	Ethan	183	↓18	14
41	Josiah	181	↑9	51
42	Asher	180	new	59
43	Joshua	180	↓13	38
44	Thomas	178	↑1	49
45	Hudson	177	↑3	64
46	Sawyer	177	new	95
47	Hunter	168	↓11	53
48	Jack	167	new	36
49	Kingston	167	new	>100
50	Robert	166	↓1	65

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