Popular baby names in Tennessee, 2024

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 2024 were Amelia for girls (354 babies) and Liam for boys (532). Amelia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 68,281 babies born in Tennessee in 2024 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 2024

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

Girls

Anniston: 21 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Madalynn: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Whitley: 34 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Darcy: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Hadleigh: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Henley: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ensley: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Campbell: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ruthie: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kimber: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Neyland: 28 babies, 30.9× the national rate
Colsen: 38 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Houston: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Deacon: 43 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Campbell: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cason: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Raylan: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shepherd: 77 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sutton: 45 babies, 3× the national rate
Jamir: 34 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Tennessee, 2024

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Amelia	354	↑2	3
2	Charlotte	343	↓1	4
3	Olivia	305	↓1	1
4	Evelyn	278	↑2	8
5	Emma	275	↓1	2
6	Harper	257	↑1	12
7	Ava	233	↓2	9
8	Eleanor	231	↑1	14
9	Elizabeth	216	↑1	17
10	Hazel	216	↑8	19
11	Sophia	215	–	6
12	Mia	203	↑2	5
13	Lainey	202	↑7	38
14	Willow	190	↓2	41
15	Isabella	184	↓7	7
16	Ellie	182	↓3	21
17	Violet	173	↑14	15
18	Lily	172	↓1	24
19	Ivy	164	–	36
20	Nova	159	↓4	39
21	Lucy	158	↑11	34
22	Aurora	157	↑8	16
23	Scarlett	157	↓1	27
24	Emily	154	↑14	25
25	Ella	146	↓1	30
26	Layla	144	↑7	37
27	Paisley	143	↑2	61
28	Sadie	142	↓7	57
29	Avery	141	↑5	31
30	Riley	140	↑15	42
31	Chloe	136	↓8	20
32	Luna	135	↓17	13
33	Nora	135	↓5	22
34	Naomi	130	↑1	44
35	Zoe	130	↑15	29
36	Lillian	128	↓11	54
37	Sofia	128	↓1	10
38	Stella	126	↓1	49
39	Eliana	125	new	18
40	Abigail	123	↓13	32
41	Isla	117	↓2	35
42	Genesis	114	new	55
43	Addison	113	↓2	68
44	Caroline	111	↓18	92
45	Wrenley	111	new	>100
46	Eden	109	new	71
47	Adeline	107	new	58
48	Alice	107	new	63
49	Josie	106	↓9	88
50	Kinsley	106	↓1	85

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Liam	532	–	1
2	Oliver	428	–	3
3	William	421	↑1	10
4	Noah	387	↑2	2
5	James	367	↓2	5
6	Elijah	323	↓1	8
7	Henry	323	–	6
8	John	306	–	21
9	Hudson	300	↑1	22
10	Waylon	273	↓1	65
11	Asher	269	–	20
12	Theodore	268	↑1	4
13	Levi	265	↓1	12
14	Samuel	265	–	17
15	Grayson	238	↑4	48
16	Jack	222	↑1	15
17	Wyatt	222	↑6	38
18	Lucas	221	↑7	9
19	Jackson	210	↓4	35
20	Maverick	209	↓2	36
21	Cooper	205	–	50
22	Benjamin	200	↓2	11
23	Walker	193	↓1	82
24	Thomas	192	↑2	39
25	Owen	190	↑2	26
26	Luke	189	↑3	34
27	Carter	187	↑1	46
28	Ezra	182	↓12	13
29	Charles	180	↑7	51
30	Michael	180	↑1	18
31	Bennett	173	new	60
32	David	171	–	31
33	Weston	166	–	70
34	Mateo	164	↑6	7
35	Miles	164	–	37
36	Daniel	163	↑2	16
37	Mason	162	↓13	42
38	Joseph	161	↑5	32
39	Dylan	157	↓2	28
40	Elias	154	↓6	25
41	Silas	154	↓11	81
42	Rowan	151	↑3	71
43	Matthew	148	new	33
44	Lincoln	147	↓2	73
45	Joshua	143	new	57
46	Easton	142	↑1	>100
47	Alexander	141	↓6	27
48	Beau	140	↓4	69
49	Isaac	140	new	41
50	Leo	138	new	24

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