Popular baby names in Tennessee, 2020

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 2020 were Olivia for girls (403 babies) and Liam for boys (456). Social Security records list 64,440 babies born in Tennessee in 2020 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 2020

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

Girls

Lakelynn: 18 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lakelyn: 23 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Anniston: 18 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Bryleigh: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Campbell: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ansley: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mattie: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Addilynn: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Hadleigh: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jewel: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Neyland: 24 babies, 35.8× the national rate
Houston: 33 babies, 5× the national rate
Raylan: 38 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jakobe: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Wilder: 51 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cason: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kylan: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Briar: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cannon: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Asa: 36 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 2020

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Olivia	403	↑1	1
2	Ava	368	↓1	3
3	Amelia	346	↑2	6
4	Emma	345	–	2
5	Harper	284	↓2	10
6	Charlotte	265	–	5
7	Evelyn	226	–	9
8	Isabella	219	↑1	7
9	Sophia	217	↑3	4
10	Elizabeth	203	↓2	16
11	Eleanor	201	↑8	22
12	Abigail	197	↓1	12
13	Ella	195	↓3	15
14	Paisley	191	↑17	49
15	Mia	180	↓1	8
16	Willow	173	↓3	48
17	Hazel	166	↑4	31
18	Avery	162	↓1	19
19	Ellie	157	↑3	29
20	Scarlett	155	↓2	21
21	Addison	150	↑11	47
22	Riley	150	↑11	33
23	Nora	147	↑5	30
24	Chloe	146	↓8	25
25	Layla	143	↓10	24
26	Luna	141	↓2	14
27	Nova	141	↑10	38
28	Serenity	140	new	69
29	Everly	135	↓4	43
30	Caroline	133	↓7	71
31	Sadie	133	new	78
32	Lily	132	↓5	35
33	Everleigh	127	↓4	94
34	Madison	126	↓4	23
35	Emily	124	↓15	18
36	Stella	124	↑13	42
37	Lucy	123	↑2	50
38	Ruby	123	new	74
39	Aria	122	↓4	27
40	Lillian	121	↓14	46
41	Aurora	120	new	36
42	Kinsley	120	new	59
43	Ivy	119	↑3	57
44	Zoey	118	↓6	32
45	Aubrey	108	–	56
46	Naomi	108	new	52
47	Penelope	108	↓6	26
48	Isla	107	new	44
49	Anna	106	↓2	68
50	Violet	105	new	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Liam	456	↑1	1
2	William	452	↓1	5
3	Elijah	374	↑1	4
4	James	372	↑1	6
5	Noah	346	↓2	2
6	Oliver	295	↑1	3
7	Henry	284	↑4	9
8	Levi	276	↑4	18
9	Grayson	266	↑6	35
10	John	258	↓2	27
11	Jackson	256	↓1	17
12	Samuel	251	↑2	25
13	Hudson	246	↑6	43
14	Mason	236	↓8	11
15	Wyatt	230	↓6	29
16	Asher	228	–	32
17	Benjamin	222	–	7
18	Owen	210	↑2	22
19	Waylon	205	↑14	>100
20	Carter	200	↓7	33
21	Lucas	194	–	8
22	Michael	194	↓4	12
23	Lincoln	190	↑2	40
24	Jack	189	↑2	21
25	Jacob	186	↓1	15
26	Maverick	186	↑6	50
27	Charles	182	↑3	46
28	David	182	↑1	28
29	Easton	182	↑2	73
30	Joseph	181	↑7	26
31	Luke	181	↓8	31
32	Christopher	176	↑8	47
33	Alexander	172	↓6	10
34	Aiden	169	–	24
35	Colton	165	–	66
36	Thomas	163	↑3	45
37	Gabriel	162	↑1	38
38	Cooper	161	↑11	75
39	Daniel	160	↓11	14
40	Jaxon	160	↓18	48
41	Carson	146	↑3	84
42	Jameson	146	new	79
43	Theodore	146	new	23
44	Joshua	145	↑4	53
45	Ethan	143	↓4	13
46	Josiah	140	↓4	49
47	Matthew	137	↑3	30
48	Isaac	136	↓5	39
49	Kingston	135	↓4	>100
50	Sebastian	135	new	19

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