State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,451 Mississippi births in 1935 across 914 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Mississippi more than they say America.

#41Fannie#198 nationally
#11Rosie#166 nationally
#51Tommieoutside the national top 200
#44Johnnie#193 nationally
#34Roosevelt#179 nationally
#59Percyoutside the national top 200
#65Maggieoutside the national top 200
#69Sylvesteroutside the national top 200
#54Hattie#182 nationally
#75Katieoutside the national top 200
#50Lula#174 nationally
#77Sammieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,505US #1
#2Dorothy651US #6
#3Betty598US #4
#4Annie563US #38
#5Shirley455US #2
#6Willie310US #99
#7Barbara279US #3
#8Ruby277US #41
#9Martha276US #24
#10Helen241US #10
#11Rosie232US #166
#12Doris217US #13
#13Margaret217US #8
#14Mildred210US #35
#15Lillie206US #118
#16Elizabeth205US #17
#17Sarah195US #61
#18Bobbie188US #116
#19Frances188US #19
#20Mattie188US #136
#21Louise178US #45
#22Ruth175US #15
#23Emma164US #89
#24Virginia163US #16
#25Jessie151US #135
#26Bessie150US #129
#27Clara150US #81
#28Minnie144US #139
#29Peggy141US #36
#30Alice138US #25
#31Bernice133US #90
#32Thelma133US #76
#33Evelyn132US #31
#34Joyce132US #12
#35Carolyn130US #28
#36Ethel130US #82
#37Edna126US #67
#38Patricia124US #5
#39Marie123US #33
#40Catherine122US #42
#41Fannie120US #198
#42Bertha118US #114
#43Billie117US #106
#44Johnnie117US #193
#45Gladys116US #78
#46Georgia110US #123
#47Juanita110US #72
#48Ella109US #122
#49Ida108US #121
#50Lula107US #174
#51Mae105US #160
#52Bonnie104US #62
#53Christine104US #130
#54Hattie104US #182
#55Lucille101US #85
#56Carrie99US #158
#57Eva96US #110
#58Nancy93US #9
#59Jean91US #18
#60Vera91US #124
#61Gloria88US #32
#62Hazel87US #92
#63Joan87US #7
#64Beatrice86US #107
#65Maggie85
#66Ann84US #30
#67Josephine84US #75
#68Julia83US #102
#69Laura83US #101
#70Patsy83US #56
#71Jo78US #73
#72Katherine78US #103
#73Nellie78US #131
#74Geneva75US #156
#75Katie75
#76Irene74US #52
#77Lillian73US #66
#78Sara73US #128
#79Ora72
#80Mamie70
#81Rose70US #37
#82Velma70US #147
#83Essie69
#84Margie69US #100
#85Lois67US #21
#86Bettie65
#87Earnestine65
#88Geraldine65US #40
#89Jimmie65
#90Norma64US #29
#91Ollie64
#92Anna63US #34
#93Daisy63US #194
#94Sylvia63US #60
#95Flora61
#96Mable61
#97Rebecca61US #163
#98Alberta60US #177
#99Susie60
#100Bettye59

Boys

#1James1,638US #2
#2Robert935US #1
#3Willie893US #30
#4John885US #3
#5William769US #4
#6Charles744US #6
#7George451US #8
#8Billy421US #19
#9Joe385US #25
#10Bobby359US #24
#11Henry297US #27
#12Thomas282US #9
#13Walter233US #23
#14Eddie205US #87
#15David201US #11
#16Frank185US #16
#17Edward184US #13
#18Jimmie184US #69
#19Charlie176US #100
#20Albert173US #31
#21Richard172US #5
#22Paul171US #14
#23Jerry170US #22
#24Joseph169US #10
#25Johnnie161US #118
#26Fred144US #34
#27Jessie142US #140
#28Jimmy133US #47
#29Donald127US #7
#30Leroy127US #50
#31Johnny125US #74
#32Lee125US #80
#33Eugene122US #26
#34Roosevelt119US #179
#35Arthur115US #29
#36Clarence113US #48
#37Earl113US #46
#38Jack112US #18
#39Roy112US #40
#40Howard105US #39
#41Harold104US #20
#42Curtis103US #108
#43Samuel101US #62
#44Sam94US #126
#45Kenneth93US #15
#46Louis93US #42
#47Carl90US #28
#48Ernest87US #55
#49Andrew84US #85
#50Jesse81US #104
#51Tommie80
#52Earnest78US #163
#53Ray77US #64
#54Harry69US #37
#55Hugh69US #139
#56Tommy69US #95
#57Bennie68US #155
#58Clyde68US #82
#59Percy68
#60Floyd66US #76
#61Leon66US #86
#62Gerald65US #21
#63Herbert65US #58
#64Oscar64US #143
#65Ralph62US #32
#66Luther61US #169
#67Cecil60US #109
#68Raymond60US #17
#69Sylvester60
#70Lawrence59US #35
#71Melvin57US #57
#72Freddie56US #145
#73Marvin56US #45
#74Calvin55US #127
#75Harvey55US #99
#76Larry55US #33
#77Sammie55
#78Ben54US #161
#79Otis53US #182
#80Huey52
#81Dan51US #151
#82Jim51US #90
#83Herman50US #101
#84Wayne50US #49
#85Will50
#86Alfred48US #63
#87Sidney48US #153
#88Daniel47US #43
#89Lonnie47US #178
#90Milton47US #117
#91Franklin46US #71
#92Nathaniel46US #180
#93Hubert45US #160
#94Tom45US #110
#95Elbert43
#96Lewis42US #98
#97Alvin41US #91
#98Bill41US #60
#99Billie41US #168
#100Mack41

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑29Patricia#38
↑23Shirley#5
↑22Harry#54
↑20Joan#63
↑20Ben#78
↑19Larry#76
↑18Ralph#65
↑18Sylvester#69

Falling

↓34Anna#92
↓23Melvin#71
↓23Herman#83
↓23Franklin#91
↓21Daniel#88
↓21Billie#99
↓20Nathaniel#92
↓19Alberta#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.