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Baby-naming experts discuss the latest trends in baby names

Staff photo by Olivia Ross / Machelle Hall in her classroom at Snow Hill Elementary
Staff photo by Olivia Ross / Machelle Hall in her classroom at Snow Hill Elementary Staff photo by Olivia Ross / Machelle Hall in her classroom at Snow Hill Elementary


First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a seemingly endless list of names you could give your new baby.

Each year, the Social Security Administration releases the most popular baby names in each state. The website CouponBirds.com compiled the top names of 2022 into one article, so readers could easily compare and contrast the different name trends in different states.

The top names in Tennessee in 2022 were Liam, given to 433 boys, and Olivia, to 392 girls.

Machelle Hall, a kindergarten teacher at Snow Hill Elementary School in Ooltewah, Tennessee, has taught for nearly 35 years, meaning she has had to learn around 700 names in her career.