Popular baby names in Tennessee, 2019

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 2019 were Ava for girls (406 babies) and William for boys (474). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 65,805 babies born in Tennessee in 2019 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 2019

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: 24 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Anniston: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Bryleigh: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Mattie: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ansley: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Emory: 46 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kynlee: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Taliyah: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Scout: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brylee: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Raylan: 35 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Brentley: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Houston: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Kylan: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Korbin: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Baylor: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Harlan: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Canaan: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sutton: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Peyton: 45 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 2019

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Ava	406	↑1	3
2	Olivia	378	↑1	1
3	Harper	341	↑1	9
4	Emma	340	↓3	2
5	Amelia	331	–	7
6	Charlotte	313	–	6
7	Evelyn	241	↑2	10
8	Elizabeth	226	↓1	14
9	Isabella	223	↓1	5
10	Ella	221	↑3	13
11	Abigail	206	↓1	11
12	Sophia	205	↓1	4
13	Willow	194	↑13	45
14	Mia	190	↓2	8
15	Layla	187	↑3	23
16	Chloe	174	↑7	24
17	Avery	173	↓3	18
18	Scarlett	170	↑2	21
19	Eleanor	157	↓3	27
20	Emily	156	↑4	12
21	Hazel	156	new	33
22	Ellie	151	↑5	35
23	Caroline	148	↓8	61
24	Luna	143	↑19	16
25	Everly	142	↑5	42
26	Lillian	142	↑7	37
27	Lily	142	↑1	34
28	Nora	139	↑1	29
29	Everleigh	134	new	>100
30	Madison	134	↓11	26
31	Paisley	133	↓9	53
32	Addison	132	↓15	47
33	Riley	129	↓2	30
34	Mila	127	–	19
35	Aria	125	–	20
36	Hannah	122	↑8	32
37	Nova	120	↑10	51
38	Zoey	120	↓6	31
39	Lucy	117	↑7	48
40	Brooklyn	115	↓3	52
41	Penelope	115	new	22
42	Savannah	113	↓3	54
43	Bella	111	↓3	50
44	Piper	111	new	84
45	Aubrey	109	↓24	46
46	Ivy	109	new	67
47	Anna	108	↓2	63
48	Nevaeh	107	new	89
49	Stella	107	↑1	40
50	Grace	106	new	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	William	474	–	4
2	Liam	456	↑1	1
3	Noah	406	↑1	2
4	Elijah	385	↑1	5
5	James	379	↓3	6
6	Mason	316	–	9
7	Oliver	312	↑2	3
8	John	295	↑4	28
9	Wyatt	282	↑12	29
10	Jackson	265	↓3	17
11	Henry	254	↑6	13
12	Levi	252	↑4	25
13	Carter	247	↓2	30
14	Samuel	244	↓1	22
15	Grayson	243	↓7	33
16	Asher	242	↑11	43
17	Benjamin	240	↓7	7
18	Michael	222	↓4	14
19	Hudson	221	↑11	50
20	Owen	219	↑6	21
21	Lucas	218	↓2	8
22	Jaxon	213	↓4	42
23	Luke	211	–	32
24	Jacob	207	↑1	12
25	Lincoln	199	↑8	41
26	Jack	196	↑21	19
27	Alexander	195	↑2	10
28	Daniel	194	↑16	15
29	David	193	↓9	27
30	Charles	192	↑11	52
31	Easton	192	↓16	74
32	Maverick	191	new	58
33	Waylon	191	↑12	>100
34	Aiden	185	–	20
35	Colton	185	↑14	59
36	Logan	183	↓5	16
37	Joseph	177	↓15	24
38	Gabriel	172	↓10	37
39	Thomas	172	↑3	47
40	Christopher	171	↓8	44
41	Ethan	165	↓17	11
42	Josiah	164	new	45
43	Isaac	161	↓6	34
44	Carson	159	↓9	82
45	Kingston	159	↑3	>100
46	Isaiah	156	↓3	53
47	Greyson	155	new	79
48	Joshua	155	↓8	48
49	Cooper	154	↑1	80
50	Matthew	150	new	23

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