Most popular boys’ names in Tennessee, 2012

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	582
2	Mason	485
3	Elijah	458
4	James	414
5	Jacob	388
6	Jackson	381
7	Ethan	364
8	Noah	344
9	Liam	334
10	Landon	333
11	Michael	330
12	Aiden	328
13	John	307
14	Samuel	306
15	Jayden	294
16	Brayden	291
17	Joshua	287
18	Andrew	282
19	Joseph	271
20	Bentley	263
21	Caleb	257
22	Benjamin	252
23	Christopher	250
24	Alexander	249
24	Eli	249

Rank	Name	Babies
26	David	246
27	Logan	227
28	Daniel	225
28	Gabriel	225
30	Hunter	224
31	Isaiah	223
32	Robert	222
33	Matthew	221
34	Luke	220
35	Colton	214
36	Levi	213
37	Bryson	210
38	Charles	209
39	Lucas	206
40	Carter	201
41	Cameron	197
41	Gavin	197
43	Christian	195
43	Tyler	195
45	Jaxon	191
46	Carson	190
46	Wyatt	190
48	Jonathan	182
49	Jeremiah	179
49	Jordan	179
49	Thomas	179
52	Owen	175
53	Anthony	172
54	Isaac	169
55	Austin	167
55	Henry	167
57	Easton	158
58	Ayden	156
59	Braxton	153
60	Parker	149
61	Dylan	148
61	Ryan	148
63	Brantley	145
63	Hayden	145
63	Nathan	145
66	Evan	144
67	Connor	143
68	Cooper	141
69	Hudson	139
70	Jack	137
71	Grayson	132
72	Brandon	131
73	Kayden	130
74	Jace	124
75	Tristan	120
76	Justin	119
77	Brody	117
78	Aaron	109
79	Zachary	108
80	Micah	106
81	Blake	104
82	Ian	102
83	Kevin	101
83	Timothy	101
85	Nicholas	100
86	Oliver	99
87	Jason	98
88	Cayden	97
89	Jaxson	96
90	Caden	95
90	Chase	95
90	Josiah	95
93	Nathaniel	94
94	Preston	92
94	Sawyer	92
96	Asher	91
97	Nolan	90
97	Tucker	90
99	Kaden	89
99	Maddox	89