2025 · 68,842 recorded births
Noah was the most common name given in Tennessee in 2025, with 459 births. The state recorded 68,842 births across 2,377 distinct names that year.
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Names given far more often here than nationally. The multiplier is how much more common the name is in Tennessee than in the country as a whole.
| Name | Births | vs national |
|---|---|---|
| Neyland | 28 | 34.1× |
| Ivey | 25 | 4.0× |
| Merritt | 40 | 3.7× |
| Hollis | 33 | 3.6× |
| Ruthie | 28 | 3.6× |
| Lottie | 44 | 3.3× |
| Holland | 48 | 3.3× |
| Houston | 28 | 3.2× |
| Rank | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Noah | 459 |
| #2 | Liam | 425 |
| #3 | Charlotte | 423 |
| #4 | Oliver | 411 |
| #5 | James | 385 |
| #6 | Henry | 376 |
| #7 | William | 374 |
| #8 | Amelia | 342 |
| #9 | Hudson | 323 |
| #9 | Theodore | 323 |
| #11 | Waylon | 299 |
| #12 | John | 297 |
| #13 | Olivia | 276 |
| #14 | Elijah | 270 |
| #14 | Emma | 270 |
| #16 | Levi | 263 |
| #17 | Asher | 253 |
| #18 | Wyatt | 250 |
| #19 | Samuel | 249 |
| #20 | Sophia | 244 |
| #21 | Eleanor | 242 |
| #21 | Evelyn | 242 |
| #23 | Jack | 237 |
| #24 | Cooper | 229 |
| #25 | Grayson | 225 |
| #26 | Harper | 220 |
| #27 | Elizabeth | 218 |
| #27 | Walker | 218 |
| #29 | Ezra | 216 |
| #30 | Benjamin | 214 |
| #31 | Lucas | 209 |
| #32 | Jackson | 208 |
| #33 | Weston | 203 |
| #34 | Carter | 202 |
| #35 | Maverick | 198 |
| #36 | Willow | 197 |
| #37 | Elias | 193 |
| #38 | Ailany | 192 |
| #39 | Charles | 191 |
| #39 | Isabella | 191 |
| #41 | Riley | 190 |
| #42 | Ellie | 189 |
| #43 | Lily | 188 |
| #43 | Michael | 188 |
| #45 | Mia | 187 |
| #46 | Sadie | 186 |
| #47 | Rowan | 181 |
| #48 | Ivy | 180 |
| #48 | Lucy | 180 |
| #50 | Ava | 178 |
Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org