Popular baby names in Tennessee, 2018

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 2018 were Emma for girls (422 babies) and William for boys (506). William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 66,682 babies born in Tennessee in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 2018

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

Girls

Lakelyn: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Briley: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Oakleigh: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Campbell: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kaisley: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ellison: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Whitley: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Anniston: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Addilynn: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bryleigh: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Neyland: 26 babies, 39.1× the national rate
Unknown: 20 babies, 12× the national rate
Raylan: 45 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Benton: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Houston: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Braylon: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Baker: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Baylor: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kamryn: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Briar: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Emma	422	↑2	1
2	Ava	401	↓1	3
3	Olivia	375	↓1	2
4	Harper	317	↑1	9
5	Amelia	313	↓1	8
6	Charlotte	298	↑2	6
7	Elizabeth	246	–	13
8	Isabella	245	↓2	4
9	Evelyn	234	↑3	10
10	Abigail	229	–	11
11	Sophia	210	↓2	5
12	Mia	207	↑2	7
13	Ella	192	↓2	15
14	Avery	187	↓1	16
15	Caroline	184	↑1	56
16	Eleanor	175	↓1	32
17	Addison	170	↑4	35
18	Layla	168	↑1	27
19	Madison	168	↓2	22
20	Scarlett	166	↓2	20
21	Aubrey	164	↑5	37
22	Paisley	164	↑1	52
23	Chloe	158	↑1	25
24	Emily	152	↓4	12
25	Kinsley	152	–	63
26	Willow	152	↑8	60
27	Ellie	151	↑16	36
28	Lily	150	↓1	31
29	Nora	150	–	30
30	Everly	147	new	53
31	Riley	143	↓1	28
32	Zoey	142	↑5	29
33	Lillian	133	↓11	34
34	Mila	133	new	14
35	Aria	129	↑6	19
36	Mary	128	new	>100
37	Brooklyn	127	↓5	47
38	Aurora	123	new	44
39	Savannah	122	↑7	45
40	Bella	119	new	48
41	Hadley	119	new	>100
42	Kennedy	118	↑2	59
43	Luna	117	new	23
44	Hannah	116	↓6	33
45	Anna	115	↓10	54
46	Lucy	114	↓1	51
47	Nova	114	new	55
48	Serenity	109	↓17	75
49	Skylar	109	↓16	49
50	Stella	109	↓14	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	William	506	–	3
2	James	407	↑1	4
3	Liam	390	↑4	1
4	Noah	389	–	2
5	Elijah	383	↓3	7
6	Mason	309	–	9
7	Jackson	307	↓2	17
8	Grayson	286	↑2	32
9	Oliver	275	↑2	5
10	Benjamin	268	↑3	6
11	Carter	267	↑1	24
12	John	265	↓4	26
13	Samuel	260	↓4	21
14	Michael	245	↑6	14
15	Easton	240	↑10	66
16	Levi	240	↓2	33
17	Henry	238	↑2	16
18	Jaxon	234	↑3	39
19	Lucas	234	↓4	8
20	David	233	↑15	22
21	Wyatt	223	↑2	27
22	Joseph	222	↑9	23
23	Luke	221	↓1	30
24	Ethan	216	↑16	12
25	Jacob	214	↓8	13
26	Owen	210	↑1	25
27	Asher	207	↑15	47
28	Gabriel	206	↑4	35
29	Alexander	203	↓1	11
30	Hudson	203	↑15	55
31	Logan	197	↓13	10
32	Christopher	193	↓2	42
33	Lincoln	193	↓4	41
34	Aiden	191	↓18	19
35	Carson	189	↓2	70
36	Bryson	187	–	92
37	Isaac	184	new	34
38	Andrew	180	new	43
39	Jayden	174	↓2	29
40	Joshua	173	↑3	40
41	Charles	172	↓15	53
42	Thomas	171	↑2	49
43	Isaiah	169	↓19	51
44	Daniel	167	↓10	15
45	Waylon	166	new	>100
46	Eli	165	new	57
47	Jack	165	↑1	28
48	Kingston	164	↑1	>100
49	Colton	163	new	68
50	Cooper	159	new	83

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