Popular baby names in Tennessee, 2022

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 2022 were Olivia for girls (393 babies) and Liam for boys (435). Social Security records list 67,464 babies born in Tennessee in 2022 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 2022

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: 30 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Henley: 33 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brylee: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Mattie: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Baylor: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ansley: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ensley: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Hadleigh: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Justice: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lakelynn: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Neyland: 22 babies, 36.9× the national rate
Tylan: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Houston: 37 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Campbell: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Raylan: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Baylor: 65 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shepherd: 44 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sutton: 40 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Boone: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wilder: 54 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 2022

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Olivia	393	–	1
2	Amelia	329	↑3	4
3	Charlotte	301	↓1	3
4	Emma	301	–	2
5	Harper	299	↑1	11
6	Ava	264	↓3	7
7	Evelyn	238	–	9
8	Eleanor	211	↑2	16
9	Elizabeth	210	↓1	15
10	Isabella	208	↑1	6
11	Willow	207	↑2	37
12	Ellie	203	↑4	33
13	Sophia	200	↓4	5
14	Scarlett	192	↑3	14
15	Ella	187	↓3	25
16	Mia	183	↑5	8
17	Nova	174	↓2	32
18	Luna	166	↑4	10
19	Ivy	165	↑14	42
20	Abigail	159	↓2	24
21	Hazel	159	↓7	27
22	Caroline	158	↑3	77
23	Lily	157	↑3	30
24	Paisley	153	↓5	53
25	Avery	152	↑3	26
26	Stella	143	↑4	40
27	Nora	141	↓4	28
28	Everleigh	138	↑18	100
29	Lillian	137	↑10	50
30	Violet	135	↑14	20
31	Riley	134	–	39
32	Chloe	131	↓12	19
33	Naomi	130	↑2	46
34	Layla	128	↓10	29
35	Aurora	126	↑7	31
36	Addison	123	↓9	54
37	Lucy	122	↓5	48
38	Emily	118	↓2	17
39	Everly	117	↑6	56
40	Grace	117	new	35
41	Aria	116	–	23
42	Madison	116	↓8	34
43	Isla	115	↓6	36
44	Kinsley	115	↓6	61
45	Raelynn	113	↓5	99
46	Zoey	112	↓3	45
47	Ruby	108	new	62
48	Sadie	108	↓19	68
49	Madelyn	105	new	60
50	Hannah	103	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Liam	435	↑1	1
2	William	418	↓1	6
3	Oliver	404	↑3	3
4	Noah	395	–	2
5	James	388	↓2	4
6	Elijah	338	↓1	5
7	Henry	314	–	7
8	Hudson	295	–	27
9	John	277	↑3	26
10	Asher	274	↓1	20
11	Waylon	271	↑7	66
12	Jackson	266	↓2	23
13	Maverick	257	↑12	40
14	Samuel	257	↑1	19
15	Levi	244	↓4	12
16	Grayson	229	↓3	37
17	Mason	219	↑2	24
18	Wyatt	216	↓4	38
19	Lucas	215	↓2	8
20	Ezra	212	↑22	25
21	Theodore	205	↑8	10
22	Walker	202	new	78
23	Jack	200	↓2	15
24	Thomas	199	↑2	45
25	Benjamin	197	↓9	9
26	Owen	195	↑2	18
27	Cooper	192	↑5	53
28	Michael	190	↑3	16
29	Carter	179	↓9	47
30	Luke	177	↓6	34
31	Daniel	173	↑2	14
32	Charles	172	↓2	50
33	Easton	170	↓6	80
34	Joseph	169	new	30
35	Alexander	166	↑9	17
36	Silas	165	↑14	87
37	Aiden	164	↓2	29
38	David	160	↓15	31
39	Colton	159	↑8	91
40	Jaxon	157	↓2	67
41	Gabriel	153	↓5	36
42	Lincoln	151	↓20	54
43	Weston	149	new	82
44	Mateo	146	new	11
45	Kingston	145	↓11	>100
46	Dylan	144	new	42
47	Jacob	142	↓7	32
48	Josiah	137	new	51
49	River	136	↓4	>100
50	Christopher	134	↓7	55

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