Tennessee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ten-uh-SEE
- Origin
- Native American
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,877 for girls
Tennessee is a girls' name of Native American origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).
What does Tennessee mean?
Native American: from Tanasi, a Cherokee town
The US state is named after the Cherokee town of Tanasi; Tennessee Williams was the pen name of playwright Thomas Lanier Williams.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Tennessee a girl's or a boy's name?
Tennessee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 27 girls and 11 boys in the US.
How popular is Tennessee in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 600% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Tennessee, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 8 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Tennessee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
How popular is Tennessee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,877th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 60,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Tennessee, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 39 girls. 11 boys were also named Tennessee in 2025 (7,190th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Tennessee in the US since 1880 were born between 1911 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 71% of the babies named Tennessee in the US were girls.
Tennessee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,877 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,800 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 32 | #4,383 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,501 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,707 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,762 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,639 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,375 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,995 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,246 |
| 1915 | 15 | #2,049 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,718 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,656 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,634 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,369 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,439 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,638 |
| 1906 | 11 | #1,154 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 12 | #1,050 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 13 | #972 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,430 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,098 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,094 |
| 1896 | 11 | #999 |
| 1895 | 10 | #1,053 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,236 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1890 | 9 | #940 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1887 | 11 | #693 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 10 | #695 |
| 1884 | 14 | #556 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 10 | #596 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #836 |
Nicknames for Tennessee
- Tenn
Names like Tennessee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ottilie, Olive, Winnie, Lottie, Elsie, Hallie, Matilda, Millie, Elodie, Clementine, Nellie, Sadie
More Native American names
Dakota, Tallulah, Nayeli, Winona, Kenai, Cree, Xochitl, Xitlali, Citlali, Alaska, Talulah, Sequoia, Denali, Dakoda, Lakota, Wynonna
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tennessee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tennessee, updated 20 October 2026.