Southern charm: names the South loves best
Naming has a geography, and nowhere is it warmer than the South. Some names are practically a regional handshake.
Each name below ranks in the current top-100 of at least three Southern states yet stays outside the national top-150 — beloved at home, distinctive everywhere else.
Girls
- Oaklynntop-100 in 8 states of the South · #153 nationally
- Annietop-100 in 6 states of the South · #182 nationally
- Wrenleytop-100 in 5 states of the South · #158 nationally
- Blakelytop-100 in 5 states of the South · #191 nationally
- Oakleytop-100 in 4 states of the South · #156 nationally
- Suttontop-100 in 4 states of the South · #181 nationally
- Everleightop-100 in 4 states of the South · #194 nationally
- Pipertop-100 in 3 states of the South · #155 nationally
- Alanitop-100 in 3 states of the South · #161 nationally
- Nevaehtop-100 in 3 states of the South · #165 nationally
- Saylortop-100 in 3 states of the South · #217 nationally
- Collinstop-100 in 3 states of the South · #241 nationally
- Journeetop-100 in 3 states of the South · #258 nationally
Boys
- Kingstontop-100 in 6 states of the South · #204 nationally
- Legendtop-100 in 5 states of the South · #193 nationally
- Beckhamtop-100 in 4 states of the South · #168 nationally
- Brysontop-100 in 3 states of the South · #152 nationally
- Coltertop-100 in 3 states of the South · #157 nationally
- Hayestop-100 in 3 states of the South · #162 nationally
- Barretttop-100 in 3 states of the South · #171 nationally
- Braxtontop-100 in 3 states of the South · #172 nationally
- Tuckertop-100 in 3 states of the South · #181 nationally
- Rykertop-100 in 3 states of the South · #182 nationally
- Messiahtop-100 in 3 states of the South · #207 nationally
- Dallastop-100 in 3 states of the South · #238 nationally
How this list is built: Top-100 in 3+ of AL, MS, GA, LA, TN, SC, AR, KY while outside the national top-150 (or unranked). Source: US Social Security birth records, refreshed yearly.
Found two you love?
Put them side by side — full stats, history and a verdict.
Compare two names