Tennessee
- #4,878 for girls in 2025, 27 births
- #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
- Given to girls 72.1% of the time
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- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 14 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 986since 1880
Tennessee over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,878 | 27 | #7,194 | 11 |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 | #7,257 | 11 |
| 2023 | #5,752 | 21 | #5,666 | 16 |
| 2022 | #5,028 | 26 | #5,215 | 18 |
| 2021 | #3,801 | 39 | #4,780 | 20 |
| 2020 | #5,667 | 21 | #5,235 | 17 |
| 2019 | #4,162 | 34 | #5,153 | 18 |
| 2018 | #4,562 | 30 | #3,993 | 26 |
| 2017 | #4,384 | 32 | #3,781 | 28 |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 | #4,199 | 24 |
| 2015 | #4,981 | 27 | #3,775 | 28 |
| 2014 | #5,456 | 24 | #4,866 | 19 |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 | #5,171 | 17 |
| 2012 | #7,456 | 16 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | #4,996 | 18 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | #6,094 | 13 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | — | |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | — | |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | — | |
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| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #7,792 | 6 |
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| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
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| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
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| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | — | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | — | |
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| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | — | |
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| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | — | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
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| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,050 | 15 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,050 | 12 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 | — | |
| 1902 | #972 | 13 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,094 | 9 | — | |
| 1896 | #999 | 11 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,053 | 10 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | #693 | 11 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | #695 | 10 | — | |
| 1884 | #556 | 14 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #596 | 10 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | #836 | 5 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Tennessee was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Tennessee is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Florida | #2,151 | 5 | 1 in 17,352 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Tennessee
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 789 spots since 2020 (#5,667 → #4,878)
- Biggest jump: 494 spots in 1902
- Biggest drop: 583 spots in 1888
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #556 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1884–1885
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,216
- Highest: 1 in 9,216 girls born in 1884 were named Tennessee (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 59,528 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 23.1% of all girls named Tennessee (228) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2016
- Mostly boys until 2015, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 60 | #556 (1884) | #847 |
| 1890s | 79 | #940 (1890) | #1,184 |
| 1900s | 90 | #972 (1902) | #1,350 |
| 1910s | 119 | #1,634 (1910) | #2,115 |
| 1920s | 79 | #2,708 (1926) | #3,812 |
| 1930s | 35 | #3,658 (1930) | #3,929 |
| 1940s | 23 | #3,503 (1940) | #4,155 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 38 | #8,334 (1997) | #10,700 |
| 2000s | 81 | #9,892 (2004) | #12,085 |
| 2010s | 228 | #4,162 (2019) | #6,251 |
| 2020s | 154 | #3,801 (2021) | #5,181 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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