State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,075 Mississippi births in 1936 across 893 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#16Rosie#173 nationally
#37Hattie#192 nationally
#49Percyoutside the national top 200
#55Maggieoutside the national top 200
#35Roosevelt#180 nationally
#56Tommieoutside the national top 200
#49Johnnie#193 nationally
#62Fannieoutside the national top 200
#45Lula#175 nationally
#71Bettieoutside the national top 200
#73Oraoutside the national top 200
#44Mae#170 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,549US #1
#2Dorothy591US #6
#3Betty558US #4
#4Annie528US #45
#5Shirley443US #2
#6Willie311US #108
#7Barbara303US #3
#8Martha280US #24
#9Helen248US #11
#10Ruby244US #51
#11Doris236US #15
#12Lillie231US #124
#13Frances201US #19
#14Louise198US #46
#15Mildred198US #40
#16Rosie197US #173
#17Peggy195US #35
#18Sarah195US #63
#19Margaret191US #9
#20Bobbie185US #119
#21Elizabeth181US #18
#22Virginia178US #14
#23Mattie168US #143
#24Minnie165US #148
#25Ruth165US #16
#26Emma164US #85
#27Alice154US #27
#28Jessie152US #140
#29Ella148US #126
#30Thelma145US #74
#31Ethel142US #90
#32Carolyn139US #23
#33Nancy135US #8
#34Patricia134US #5
#35Bertha129US #122
#36Edna129US #71
#37Hattie127US #192
#38Bessie124US #136
#39Bernice123US #95
#40Joyce123US #12
#41Hazel118US #96
#42Evelyn115US #34
#43Gladys114US #84
#44Mae114US #170
#45Lula109US #175
#46Bonnie108US #65
#47Catherine106US #44
#48Marie106US #33
#49Johnnie105US #193
#50Christine104US #131
#51Clara101US #91
#52Juanita101US #75
#53Carrie100US #166
#54Ida100US #130
#55Maggie96
#56Laura94US #106
#57Patsy91US #52
#58Billie90US #117
#59Georgia90US #128
#60Gloria90US #32
#61Jo90US #72
#62Fannie88
#63Yvonne88US #81
#64Ann86US #28
#65Jean84US #20
#66Joan81US #7
#67Eva78US #116
#68Lucille78US #92
#69Norma77US #29
#70Rose76US #37
#71Bettie74
#72Julia73US #105
#73Ora72
#74Anna71US #36
#75Essie71
#76Lillian71US #79
#77Nellie71US #135
#78Velma70US #167
#79Josephine69US #77
#80Lois69US #26
#81Sara69US #129
#82Geraldine68US #41
#83Earnestine67
#84Alma66US #137
#85Geneva66US #153
#86Irene66US #57
#87Margie66US #102
#88Katherine63US #100
#89Daisy62
#90Dorthy62
#91Katie62
#92Mamie62
#93Ollie61
#94Ruthie60
#95Sylvia60US #53
#96Vera60US #142
#97Beatrice59US #121
#98Bettye58
#99Lena58US #195
#100Dora57US #168

Boys

#1James1,583US #2
#2John945US #3
#3Robert861US #1
#4Willie790US #32
#5William778US #4
#6Charles655US #6
#7Joe427US #23
#8George421US #9
#9Billy420US #22
#10Bobby329US #24
#11Thomas292US #8
#12Henry281US #28
#13Walter228US #26
#14Eddie200US #79
#15Jimmie199US #71
#16Joseph190US #11
#17Edward184US #13
#18Frank184US #16
#19Charlie179US #103
#20Richard176US #5
#21David172US #10
#22Jimmy171US #46
#23Jerry170US #18
#24Albert159US #34
#25Lee152US #76
#26Donald146US #7
#27Jessie136US #151
#28Johnny128US #72
#29Johnnie124US #117
#30Louis124US #44
#31Roy121US #42
#32Leroy118US #57
#33Curtis116US #107
#34Fred116US #36
#35Roosevelt115US #180
#36Paul114US #15
#37Eugene113US #29
#38Clarence111US #52
#39Jack104US #20
#40Harold102US #21
#41Sam102US #131
#42Earl101US #47
#43Carl98US #27
#44Howard95US #40
#45Arthur94US #30
#46Kenneth92US #14
#47Melvin90US #53
#48Andrew80US #83
#49Percy79
#50Samuel79US #67
#51Clyde76US #89
#52Tommy76US #91
#53Gerald74US #19
#54Bennie73US #162
#55Earnest73US #170
#56Tommie73
#57Ernest71US #55
#58Freddie71US #134
#59Leon71US #82
#60Jesse70US #104
#61Raymond68US #17
#62Marvin66US #49
#63Cecil63US #114
#64Larry63US #25
#65Lawrence61US #37
#66Otis59US #187
#67Allen58US #81
#68Harry58US #39
#69Herman58US #105
#70Floyd56US #86
#71Luther56US #171
#72Wayne54US #45
#73Hugh52US #142
#74Ralph52US #31
#75Herbert51US #62
#76Sammie51
#77Ben50US #169
#78Clifton49US #193
#79Gene49US #66
#80Mack49
#81Oscar49US #153
#82Alfred48US #60
#83Calvin48US #124
#84Daniel48US #41
#85Franklin47US #64
#86Lonnie47US #177
#87Harvey46US #97
#88Archie45US #191
#89Billie45US #167
#90Edgar45US #143
#91Johnie45
#92Hubert43US #161
#93Sidney43US #156
#94Milton42US #120
#95Ray42US #65
#96Vernon41US #93
#97Douglas39US #78
#98Huey39
#99Lewis39US #101
#100Roger39US #35

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑25Nancy#33
↑24Melvin#47
↑21Hazel#41
↑21Norma#69
↑20Mack#80
↑19Ella#29
↑18Anna#74
↑17Hattie#37

Falling

↓42Ray#95
↓36Vera#96
↓33Beatrice#97
↓24Clara#51
↓21Fannie#62
↓18Hugh#73
↓18Huey#98
↓17Oscar#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.