Recorded 1880–2025 · United States
Tennessee was most popular in 2017, when 60 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,933 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,717, with 38 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,367 people named Tennessee.
Across the whole record Tennessee is a unisex name — 72.1% of the 1,367 Americans given it were girls and 27.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 2017 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 59% girls and 41% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org