Popular baby names in Tennessee, 2023

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 2023 were Charlotte for girls (346 babies) and Liam for boys (464). Charlotte ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 67,280 babies born in Tennessee in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 2023

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

Girls

Briley: 16 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Ansley: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Anniston: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ellison: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ruthie: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Landry: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Campbell: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Mollie: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Maylee: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Allie: 41 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Hendon: 22 babies, 32.9× the national rate
Neyland: 28 babies, 32.7× the national rate
Canaan: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Shepard: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Raylan: 37 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Houston: 33 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Langston: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cason: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cayson: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shepherd: 53 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 2023

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Charlotte	346	↑2	3
2	Olivia	334	↓1	1
3	Amelia	325	↓1	4
4	Emma	286	–	2
5	Ava	262	↑1	8
6	Evelyn	249	↑1	9
7	Harper	236	↓2	11
8	Isabella	224	↑2	7
9	Eleanor	211	↓1	14
10	Elizabeth	208	↓1	15
11	Sophia	206	↑2	5
12	Willow	205	↓1	41
13	Ellie	196	↓1	27
14	Mia	187	↑2	6
15	Luna	179	↑3	10
16	Nova	171	↑1	35
17	Lily	165	↑6	20
18	Hazel	161	↑3	18
19	Ivy	160	–	38
20	Lainey	159	new	54
21	Sadie	156	↑27	59
22	Scarlett	156	↓8	17
23	Chloe	154	↑9	26
24	Ella	153	↓9	32
25	Lillian	148	↑4	55
26	Caroline	146	↓4	83
27	Abigail	143	↓7	31
28	Nora	143	↓1	24
29	Paisley	143	↓5	56
30	Aurora	141	↑5	22
31	Violet	140	↓1	16
32	Lucy	137	↑5	40
33	Layla	133	↑1	30
34	Avery	131	↓9	29
35	Naomi	129	↓2	44
36	Sofia	122	new	12
37	Stella	122	↓11	46
38	Emily	121	–	19
39	Isla	121	↑4	33
40	Josie	119	new	>100
41	Addison	117	↓5	62
42	Millie	114	new	>100
43	Ruby	112	↑4	65
44	Mary	111	new	>100
45	Riley	109	↓14	43
46	Zoey	109	–	51
47	Hadley	108	new	>100
48	Mila	106	new	28
49	Kinsley	105	↓5	67
50	Zoe	105	new	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Liam	464	–	1
2	Oliver	404	↑1	3
3	James	383	↑2	4
4	William	379	↓2	10
5	Elijah	357	↑1	5
6	Noah	351	↓2	2
7	Henry	309	–	8
8	John	303	↑1	26
9	Waylon	286	↑2	63
10	Hudson	269	↓2	21
11	Asher	267	↓1	23
12	Levi	266	↑3	12
13	Theodore	245	↑8	7
14	Samuel	233	–	19
15	Jackson	229	↓3	28
16	Ezra	220	↑4	15
17	Jack	219	↑6	14
18	Maverick	217	↓5	37
19	Grayson	216	↓3	44
20	Benjamin	212	↑5	11
21	Cooper	201	↑6	52
22	Walker	200	–	85
23	Wyatt	196	↓5	47
24	Mason	190	↓7	30
25	Lucas	188	↓6	9
26	Thomas	186	↓2	41
27	Owen	184	↓1	20
28	Carter	182	↑1	48
29	Luke	181	↑1	31
30	Silas	180	↑6	80
31	Michael	178	↓3	16
32	David	176	↑6	27
33	Weston	173	↑10	75
34	Elias	164	new	36
35	Miles	162	new	43
36	Charles	159	↓4	54
37	Dylan	156	↑9	34
38	Daniel	152	↓7	17
39	Colton	150	–	94
40	Mateo	150	↑4	6
41	Alexander	148	↓6	22
42	Lincoln	146	–	64
43	Joseph	144	↓9	29
44	Beau	142	new	81
45	Rowan	142	new	76
46	Aiden	141	↓9	40
47	Easton	141	↓14	98
48	Gabriel	138	↓7	38
49	Sebastian	138	new	13
50	Luca	136	new	25

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