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Tennessee: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 27 in 2025. Its best rank was #579 in 1884.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #579 in 1884; #4,974 in 2025. About 71% of babies named Tennessee in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,974 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1884, at #579.
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Tennessee: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 27 girls in 2025. Peak: #579 in 1884 · most girls in one year: 39 (2021).
In 2025, 27 US girls were named Tennessee, making it the 4,974th most common girls’ name of the year, up 1,166 places from #6,140 in 2024. That is 7 more than the 20 girls named Tennessee in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #579, reached in 1884. The most girls given the name in a single year was 39, in 2021. For comparison, it was #5,113 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 11 US boys were named Tennessee, making it the 7,630th most common boys’ name of the year, up 74 places from #7,704 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 11 boys named Tennessee in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #3,868, reached in 2015. The most boys given the name in a single year was 28, in 2017. For comparison, it was #3,868 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Tennessee in 88 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 5 babies. In all, 1,367 US babies have been given the name, 72% of them girls and 28% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 421 babies named Tennessee.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 274 US girls were named Tennessee; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 39. In 2025 that was about 1 in 59,528 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,974 | 11 | #7,630 |
| 2024 | 20 | #6,140 | 11 | #7,704 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,935 | 16 | #5,892 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,161 | 18 | #5,414 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,874 | 20 | #4,915 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,833 | 17 | #5,428 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,257 | 18 | #5,320 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,652 | 26 | #4,087 |
| 2017 | 32 | #4,472 | 28 | #3,877 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,598 | 24 | #4,310 |
| 2015 | 27 | #5,113 | 28 | #3,868 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,615 | 19 | #5,043 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,703 | 17 | #5,373 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,769 | 11 | #7,498 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,674 | 10 | #8,000 |
| 2010 | 10 | #11,181 | 12 | #7,037 |
| 2009 | 7 | #15,100 | 6 | #12,320 |
| 2008 | 6 | #17,316 | 6 | #12,386 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,764 | 18 | #5,186 |
| 2006 | 10 | #11,352 | 13 | #6,420 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,851 | 9 | #8,229 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,622 | 11 | #6,927 |
| 2003 | 8 | #12,319 | — | — |
| 2002 | 8 | #12,102 | 5 | #12,306 |
| 2001 | 6 | #15,185 | 9 | #7,449 |
| 2000 | 5 | #17,406 | 5 | #11,956 |
| 1999 | 10 | #9,414 | 7 | #8,619 |
| 1998 | 7 | #12,321 | — | — |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,972 | — | — |
| 1995 | 6 | #13,252 | 6 | #8,773 |
| 1993 | 5 | #15,596 | — | — |
| 1944 | 5 | #5,179 | — | — |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,590 | — | — |
| 1941 | 5 | #5,017 | — | — |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,830 | — | — |
| 1939 | 6 | #4,203 | — | — |
| 1936 | 6 | #4,127 | — | — |
| 1934 | 6 | #4,238 | — | — |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,790 | — | — |
| 1932 | 5 | #5,014 | — | — |
| 1930 | 7 | #4,005 | — | — |
| 1929 | 7 | #4,009 | — | — |
| 1928 | 5 | #5,357 | — | — |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,529 | — | — |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,858 | — | — |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,627 | — | — |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,397 | — | — |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,642 | — | — |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,350 | — | — |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,918 | — | — |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,345 | — | — |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,792 | — | — |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,501 | — | — |
| 1917 | 17 | #2,088 | — | — |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,356 | — | — |
| 1915 | 15 | #2,129 | — | — |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,115 | — | — |
| 1913 | 6 | #3,143 | — | — |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,824 | — | — |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,778 | — | — |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,757 | — | — |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,460 | — | — |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,532 | — | — |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,796 | — | — |
| 1906 | 11 | #1,221 | — | — |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,678 | — | — |
| 1904 | 12 | #1,088 | — | — |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,575 | — | — |
| 1902 | 13 | #1,015 | — | — |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,651 | — | — |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,550 | — | — |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,172 | — | — |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,944 | — | — |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,157 | — | — |
| 1896 | 11 | #1,039 | — | — |
| 1895 | 10 | #1,113 | — | — |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,340 | — | — |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,630 | — | — |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,433 | — | — |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,086 | — | — |
| 1890 | 9 | #999 | — | — |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,462 | — | — |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,454 | — | — |
| 1887 | 11 | #726 | — | — |
| 1885 | 10 | #739 | — | — |
| 1884 | 14 | #579 | — | — |
| 1882 | 10 | #630 | — | — |
| 1880 | 5 | #932 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).