Popular Names in Tennessee
Popular names in Tennessee for 2024 are headed by Amelia and Liam. These names are also among the popular baby names 2024 nationally.
However, several of the names among Tennessee's Top 10 list rank lower on the national charts. On the girls' side, this includes Harper, Eleanor, and Elizabeth, and for boys, John, Hudson, and Waylon rank higher than average in the Volunteer State.
Other names that are especially common in Tennessee include unisex names for girls such as Palmer and Saylor, as well as classics like Mary and Margaret, and boy names ending in -er such as River, Sawyer, Ryder, Jasper, and Hunter. Many alternative spellings are favored over the original for baby girls in Tennessee. Everleigh is more popular than Everly, and Emersyn reigns over Emerson.
To browse popular names lists from the US and around the world, visit our main Popular Names page. You might also want to browse Nameberry's real-time lists of Popular Girl Names 2025 and Popular Boy Names 2025.
For more local data, search the full lists of Popular Names by State.
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