Most Popular Baby Names in Tennessee (2025)

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 2025 were Charlotte for girls and Noah for boys, based on Social Security data for babies born in the state.

Names that rank much higher in Tennessee than in the country as a whole include Caroline, Millie, Magnolia, Waylon, Walker, and Everett.

State data is published a year behind the national list, and it only includes names given to at least five babies of one sex in the state.

Top 100 baby names in Tennessee

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Charlotte	423	↑ 1
2	Amelia	342	↓ 1
3	Olivia	276	–
4	Emma	270	↑ 1
5	Sophia	244	↑ 6
6	Eleanor	242	↑ 2
7	Evelyn	242	↓ 3
8	Harper	220	↓ 2
9	Elizabeth	218	–
10	Willow	197	↑ 4
11	Ailany	192	↑ 80
12	Isabella	191	↑ 3
13	Ellie	189	↑ 3
14	Lily	188	↑ 4
15	Mia	187	↓ 3
16	Sadie	186	↑ 12
17	Ivy	180	↑ 2
18	Lucy	180	↑ 3
19	Ava	178	↓ 12
20	Hazel	178	↓ 10
21	Lainey	177	↓ 8
22	Ella	176	↑ 3
23	Eliana	170	↑ 16
24	Violet	166	↓ 7
25	Scarlett	159	↓ 2
26	Aurora	155	↓ 4
27	Isla	154	↑ 14
28	Nora	150	↑ 5
29	Nova	149	↓ 9
30	Penelope	143	↑ 30
31	Caroline	139	↑ 13
32	Lillian	135	↑ 4
33	Millie	132	↑ 33
34	Paisley	131	↓ 7
35	Riley	130	↓ 5
36	Naomi	125	↓ 2
37	Adeline	121	↑ 10
38	Layla	121	↓ 12
39	Ruby	121	↑ 19
40	Avery	116	↓ 11
41	Eloise	116	↑ 23
42	Grace	115	↑ 30
43	Delilah	114	↑ 25
44	Luna	114	↓ 12
45	Zoe	113	↓ 10
46	Magnolia	111	↑ 11
47	Sofia	111	↓ 10
48	Hallie	110	↑ 27
49	Chloe	107	↓ 18
50	Abigail	106	↓ 10
51	Aria	106	↑ 3
52	Iris	106	↑ 9
53	Eden	105	↓ 7
54	Madelyn	105	↑ 1
55	Daisy	103	↓ 2
56	Josie	103	↓ 7
57	Sophie	103	↑ 27
58	Stella	103	↓ 20
59	Alice	102	↓ 11
60	Elena	102	↑ 34
61	Josephine	102	↑ 2
62	Raelynn	101	↓ 10
63	Hannah	99	↓ 7
64	Madison	99	↑ 6
65	Mary	99	↓ 14
66	Emily	98	↓ 42
67	Clara	97	–
68	Georgia	96	↑ 10
69	Genesis	95	↓ 27
70	Addison	93	↓ 27
71	Kinsley	93	↓ 21
72	Camila	90	↑ 7
73	Hadley	90	↓ 8
74	Lyla	89	↓ 1
75	Wrenley	86	↓ 30
76	Anna	84	↓ 7
77	Emerson	84	new
78	Emery	84	↓ 19
79	Oakley	84	↑ 10
80	Oaklynn	84	↓ 18
81	Serenity	84	↑ 14
82	Everly	83	↓ 5
83	Parker	83	↑ 10
84	Juniper	82	new
85	Rylee	81	↑ 12
86	Allison	80	↑ 6
87	Kennedy	80	↓ 1
88	Madeline	80	↓ 1
89	Autumn	79	↑ 9
90	Eliza	79	↓ 14
91	Emilia	79	↓ 1
92	Margaret	79	↓ 18
93	Lydia	78	↑ 3
94	Elsie	77	new
95	Gianna	77	↓ 13
96	Zoey	77	new
97	Audrey	74	new
98	Charlie	74	↓ 10
99	Scottie	74	new
100	Annie	72	new

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Noah	444	↑ 3
2	Liam	425	↓ 1
3	Oliver	411	↓ 1
4	James	385	↑ 1
5	Henry	376	↑ 2
6	William	374	↓ 3
7	Hudson	323	↑ 2
8	Theodore	323	↑ 4
9	Waylon	299	↑ 1
10	John	297	↓ 2
11	Elijah	270	↓ 5
12	Levi	263	↑ 1
13	Asher	253	↓ 2
14	Samuel	249	–
15	Wyatt	242	↑ 2
16	Jack	237	–
17	Cooper	229	↑ 4
18	Grayson	225	↓ 3
19	Benjamin	214	↑ 3
20	Walker	213	↑ 3
21	Lucas	209	↓ 3
22	Jackson	208	↓ 3
23	Ezra	204	↑ 5
24	Weston	203	↑ 9
25	Maverick	198	↓ 5
26	Elias	193	↑ 14
27	Charles	191	↑ 2
28	Michael	188	↑ 2
29	Carter	177	↓ 2
30	Bennett	170	↑ 1
31	Beau	167	↑ 17
32	Luke	166	↓ 6
33	Daniel	165	↑ 3
34	Thomas	165	↓ 10
35	Dylan	159	↑ 4
36	Everett	157	↑ 17
37	Rowan	156	↑ 5
38	Silas	156	↑ 3
39	Owen	154	↓ 14
40	Roman	154	↑ 24
41	Mason	153	↓ 4
42	David	152	↓ 10
43	Stetson	151	↑ 16
44	Gabriel	150	↑ 25
45	Joseph	148	↓ 7
46	Mateo	147	↓ 12
47	Miles	146	↓ 12
48	Ethan	145	↑ 4
49	Brooks	144	↑ 2
50	Eithan	144	new
51	Christopher	143	↑ 24
52	Lincoln	142	↓ 8
53	Colton	139	↑ 1
54	Matthew	137	↓ 11
55	Thiago	133	↑ 25
56	Nolan	132	↑ 1
57	River	131	↑ 1
58	Atlas	130	↑ 4
59	Archer	128	↑ 36
60	Andrew	127	↑ 14
61	Jacob	127	↓ 6
62	Joshua	126	↓ 17
63	Josiah	126	↓ 7
64	Leo	126	↓ 14
65	Isaac	124	↓ 16
66	Isaiah	124	↑ 4
67	Luca	124	–
68	Alexander	123	↓ 21
69	Wesley	123	↓ 3
70	Sebastian	122	↑ 8
71	Easton	119	↓ 25
72	Barrett	117	↑ 26
73	Aiden	111	↓ 13
74	Axel	111	↓ 2
75	Colter	110	new
76	Ezekiel	109	↑ 10
77	Caleb	106	↓ 16
78	Sawyer	106	↓ 13
79	Beckett	105	new
80	Julian	105	new
81	Tucker	105	new
82	Robert	103	↓ 14
83	Harrison	102	↑ 16
84	August	101	↓ 3
85	Jaxon	101	↑ 7
86	Carson	98	↓ 2
87	Judah	96	–
88	Arthur	95	new
89	Greyson	95	new
90	Parker	95	↓ 19
91	Ryder	95	↓ 2
92	Shepherd	95	new
93	Dawson	94	↑ 1
94	Jayden	94	↓ 6
95	Nathan	93	new
96	Emmett	91	new
97	Micah	90	↓ 18
98	Jace	89	new
99	Logan	89	↓ 22
100	Hayes	88	new

Names more popular in Tennessee

Names in the state's top 50 that rank far higher in Tennessee than across the US.

Girls

Name	Tennessee	US
Caroline	#31	#96
Millie	#33	#73
Magnolia	#46	#124
Hallie	#48	#120

Boys

Name	Tennessee	US
Waylon	#9	#56
Walker	#20	#78
Everett	#36	#77
Stetson	#43	#136
Eithan	#50	#97

Number-one names in Tennessee by year

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Charlotte (423)	Noah (444)
2024	Amelia (354)	Liam (532)
2023	Charlotte (346)	Liam (464)
2022	Olivia (393)	Liam (435)
2021	Olivia (381)	William (430)
2020	Olivia (403)	Liam (456)
2019	Ava (406)	William (474)
2018	Emma (422)	William (506)
2017	Ava (439)	William (538)
2016	Emma (414)	William (563)
2015	Emma (481)	William (529)
2014	Emma (495)	William (548)

Source: US Social Security Administration state files. A name only appears in a state list if at least five babies of one sex received it there that year.

Top 100 baby names in Tennessee

Girls

Boys

Names more popular in Tennessee

Girls

Boys

Number-one names in Tennessee by year

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