Popular baby names in Tennessee, 2021
The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 2021 were Olivia for girls (381 babies) and William for boys (430). William ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 67,059 babies born in Tennessee in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Tennessee in 2021
Names given at least 15 times in Tennessee that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Juana: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
- Lakelynn: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
- Anniston: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
- Lakelyn: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
- Oaklyn: 38 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Oakleigh: 36 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Dixie: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Henley: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Ansley: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Malaysia: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Boys
- Houston: 45 babies, 5× the national rate
- Landry: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
- Ridge: 38 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Raylan: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Langston: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Peyton: 44 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Kylan: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Braylon: 42 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Kyree: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Miller: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 2021
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2020 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 381 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Charlotte | 359 | ↑4 | 3 |
| 3 | Ava | 357 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 4 | Emma | 341 | – | 2 |
| 5 | Amelia | 303 | ↓2 | 4 |
| 6 | Harper | 298 | ↓1 | 10 |
| 7 | Evelyn | 262 | – | 9 |
| 8 | Elizabeth | 227 | ↑2 | 14 |
| 9 | Sophia | 213 | – | 6 |
| 10 | Eleanor | 199 | ↑1 | 15 |
| 11 | Isabella | 199 | ↓3 | 7 |
| 12 | Ella | 193 | ↑1 | 16 |
| 13 | Willow | 185 | ↑3 | 39 |
| 14 | Hazel | 176 | ↑3 | 28 |
| 15 | Nova | 171 | ↑12 | 32 |
| 16 | Ellie | 165 | ↑3 | 30 |
| 17 | Scarlett | 165 | ↑3 | 20 |
| 18 | Abigail | 161 | ↓6 | 17 |
| 19 | Paisley | 158 | ↓5 | 52 |
| 20 | Chloe | 154 | ↑4 | 25 |
| 21 | Mia | 150 | ↓6 | 8 |
| 22 | Luna | 149 | ↑4 | 11 |
| 23 | Nora | 149 | – | 27 |
| 24 | Layla | 148 | ↑1 | 24 |
| 25 | Caroline | 147 | ↑5 | 80 |
| 26 | Lily | 147 | ↑6 | 31 |
| 27 | Addison | 139 | ↓6 | 45 |
| 28 | Avery | 137 | ↓10 | 19 |
| 29 | Sadie | 136 | ↑2 | 78 |
| 30 | Stella | 136 | ↑6 | 41 |
| 31 | Riley | 135 | ↓9 | 37 |
| 32 | Lucy | 134 | ↑5 | 48 |
| 33 | Ivy | 131 | ↑10 | 49 |
| 34 | Madison | 128 | – | 29 |
| 35 | Naomi | 127 | ↑11 | 54 |
| 36 | Emily | 126 | ↓1 | 21 |
| 37 | Isla | 126 | ↑11 | 34 |
| 38 | Kinsley | 125 | ↑4 | 57 |
| 39 | Lillian | 125 | ↑1 | 51 |
| 40 | Raelynn | 122 | new | >100 |
| 41 | Aria | 120 | ↓2 | 22 |
| 42 | Aurora | 119 | ↓1 | 35 |
| 43 | Zoey | 117 | ↑1 | 38 |
| 44 | Violet | 113 | ↑6 | 36 |
| 45 | Everly | 111 | ↓16 | 50 |
| 46 | Everleigh | 104 | ↓13 | 99 |
| 47 | Kennedy | 102 | new | 70 |
| 48 | Brooklyn | 101 | new | 63 |
| 49 | Skylar | 101 | new | 74 |
| 50 | Natalie | 98 | new | 56 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2020 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William | 430 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 2 | Liam | 402 | ↓1 | 1 |
| 3 | James | 389 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 4 | Noah | 388 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 5 | Elijah | 382 | ↓2 | 4 |
| 6 | Oliver | 367 | – | 3 |
| 7 | Henry | 310 | – | 9 |
| 8 | Hudson | 298 | ↑5 | 34 |
| 9 | Asher | 294 | ↑7 | 25 |
| 10 | Jackson | 286 | ↑1 | 14 |
| 11 | Levi | 270 | ↓3 | 12 |
| 12 | John | 266 | ↓2 | 27 |
| 13 | Grayson | 255 | ↓4 | 35 |
| 14 | Wyatt | 243 | ↑1 | 29 |
| 15 | Samuel | 236 | ↓3 | 23 |
| 16 | Benjamin | 234 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 17 | Lucas | 234 | ↑4 | 8 |
| 18 | Waylon | 234 | ↑1 | 69 |
| 19 | Mason | 229 | ↓5 | 18 |
| 20 | Carter | 221 | – | 39 |
| 21 | Jack | 221 | ↑3 | 11 |
| 22 | Lincoln | 213 | ↑1 | 45 |
| 23 | David | 210 | ↑5 | 30 |
| 24 | Luke | 207 | ↑7 | 32 |
| 25 | Maverick | 203 | ↑1 | 47 |
| 26 | Thomas | 197 | ↑10 | 46 |
| 27 | Easton | 193 | ↑2 | 72 |
| 28 | Owen | 192 | ↓10 | 22 |
| 29 | Theodore | 184 | ↑14 | 10 |
| 30 | Charles | 181 | ↓3 | 50 |
| 31 | Michael | 178 | ↓9 | 17 |
| 32 | Cooper | 173 | ↑6 | 68 |
| 33 | Daniel | 169 | ↑6 | 16 |
| 34 | Kingston | 167 | ↑15 | >100 |
| 35 | Aiden | 164 | ↓1 | 26 |
| 36 | Gabriel | 160 | ↑1 | 38 |
| 37 | Logan | 160 | new | 21 |
| 38 | Jaxon | 159 | ↑2 | 54 |
| 39 | Greyson | 153 | new | 84 |
| 40 | Jacob | 153 | ↓15 | 24 |
| 41 | Ethan | 152 | ↑4 | 20 |
| 42 | Ezra | 151 | new | 37 |
| 43 | Christopher | 150 | ↓11 | 52 |
| 44 | Alexander | 148 | ↓11 | 13 |
| 45 | River | 144 | new | >100 |
| 46 | Caleb | 143 | new | 51 |
| 47 | Colton | 143 | ↓12 | 75 |
| 48 | Everett | 142 | new | 83 |
| 49 | Sawyer | 142 | new | >100 |
| 50 | Silas | 141 | new | 91 |
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