Name Legacy

Baby names in Tennessee, 2010s

2010–2019 · 661,582 recorded births

William was the most common name given in Tennessee across the 2010s, with 5,482 births in the decade. The state recorded 661,582 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Tennessee in the 2010s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Neyland22032×
Ryman4114×
Kerolos2414×
Karas12812×
Holston18
Mabry74
Briley358
Lakelynn60

Top 25 in the 2010s

RankNameBirths
#1William5,482
#2Emma4,425
#3Elijah4,268
#4James4,110
#5Mason3,972
#6Ava3,918
#7Noah3,879
#8Olivia3,819
#9Jackson3,403
#10Liam3,319
#11Jacob3,234
#12Isabella3,146
#13John3,118
#14Aiden2,814
#15Michael2,808
#16Sophia2,779
#17Abigail2,771
#18Ethan2,766
#19Samuel2,759
#20Harper2,686
#21Jayden2,620
#22Benjamin2,588
#22Carter2,588
#24Elizabeth2,510
#25Levi2,502

Other decades in Tennessee

All Tennessee names, 2025

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