State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,995 Mississippi births in 1938 across 898 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#37Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#32Roosevelt#195 nationally
#14Rosie#170 nationally
#47Tommieoutside the national top 200
#41Lula#191 nationally
#48Hattie#198 nationally
#54Fannieoutside the national top 200
#59Percyoutside the national top 200
#62Bettieoutside the national top 200
#46Mae#183 nationally
#65Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#21Mattie#153 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,539US #1
#2Betty663US #4
#3Dorothy635US #8
#4Annie527US #47
#5Shirley449US #5
#6Barbara431US #2
#7Martha324US #26
#8Willie288US #121
#9Ruby266US #61
#10Doris254US #25
#11Margaret236US #9
#12Peggy214US #35
#13Lillie210US #132
#14Rosie206US #170
#15Elizabeth205US #17
#16Helen205US #13
#17Sarah204US #67
#18Carolyn191US #15
#19Ethel191US #94
#20Emma190US #96
#21Mattie189US #153
#22Bobbie187US #127
#23Alice186US #29
#24Frances186US #23
#25Mildred185US #52
#26Patricia179US #3
#27Joyce171US #11
#28Virginia163US #22
#29Jessie159US #150
#30Louise156US #59
#31Ruth152US #21
#32Clara146US #98
#33Ella144US #140
#34Edna143US #82
#35Minnie142US #161
#36Nancy132US #7
#37Johnnie130
#38Bernice124US #112
#39Catherine121US #48
#40Bessie119US #155
#41Lula119US #191
#42Evelyn118US #38
#43Bertha117US #131
#44Juanita115US #80
#45Thelma115US #86
#46Mae111US #183
#47Bonnie109US #65
#48Hattie106US #198
#49Marie104US #37
#50Margie102US #109
#51Gloria100US #36
#52Patsy96US #55
#53Ann95US #32
#54Fannie94
#55Laura94US #108
#56Gladys93US #103
#57Ida92US #141
#58Jo90US #78
#59Josephine87US #83
#60Rose87US #39
#61Billie85US #139
#62Bettie84
#63Hazel84US #111
#64Sylvia84US #56
#65Bettye83
#66Christine81US #129
#67Lucille81US #106
#68Georgia80US #138
#69Pearlie80
#70Carrie79US #179
#71Katie79
#72Jean78US #27
#73Nellie78US #152
#74Ora78
#75Vera77US #156
#76Linda76US #31
#77Essie75
#78Eva75US #126
#79Geneva75US #171
#80Norma74US #34
#81Annette73US #119
#82Maggie73
#83Katherine71US #105
#84Maxine70US #130
#85Cora69US #178
#86Geraldine69US #45
#87Jimmie68
#88Yvonne68US #101
#89Flora66
#90Beatrice65US #125
#91Julia65US #107
#92Mamie65
#93Ruthie63
#94Janice61US #24
#95Pauline61US #97
#96Velma61US #174
#97Earnestine60
#98Irene60US #72
#99Alma59US #147
#100Ernestine59

Boys

#1James1,720US #2
#2Robert996US #1
#3John947US #3
#4Willie878US #34
#5Charles771US #6
#6William752US #4
#7Billy437US #24
#8George393US #11
#9Joe393US #28
#10Thomas354US #9
#11Bobby351US #27
#12Henry268US #30
#13Jimmy259US #45
#14Walter253US #26
#15David242US #8
#16Jerry229US #17
#17Edward223US #13
#18Eddie218US #79
#19Jimmie216US #76
#20Richard198US #5
#21Charlie185US #112
#22Joseph185US #12
#23Frank168US #18
#24Albert166US #37
#25Johnnie154US #123
#26Lee151US #80
#27Leroy147US #61
#28Donald146US #7
#29Paul144US #15
#30Johnny140US #63
#31Fred139US #38
#32Roosevelt135US #195
#33Arthur130US #32
#34Louis127US #47
#35Harold123US #23
#36Samuel122US #62
#37Roy121US #41
#38Kenneth120US #14
#39Clarence119US #58
#40Jessie119US #163
#41Tommy119US #77
#42Curtis116US #101
#43Eugene108US #33
#44Earl106US #50
#45Larry103US #16
#46Howard101US #42
#47Tommie96
#48Carl92US #29
#49Raymond89US #20
#50Jack88US #25
#51Bennie86US #170
#52Earnest85US #176
#53Jesse85US #107
#54Melvin84US #54
#55Ernest82US #55
#56Andrew80US #82
#57Clyde78US #97
#58Leon75US #85
#59Percy75
#60Freddie72US #132
#61Sam72US #141
#62Gerald71US #19
#63Ralph69US #35
#64Wayne68US #40
#65Gene66US #65
#66Herman66US #108
#67Harry61US #44
#68Lawrence60US #36
#69Ray59US #72
#70Luther58US #177
#71Otis57US #190
#72Marvin56US #53
#73Oscar56US #158
#74Allen55US #73
#75Harvey55US #99
#76Lewis53US #109
#77Alfred52US #69
#78Claude52US #131
#79Herbert52US #68
#80Floyd51US #96
#81Mack51
#82Lonnie49US #160
#83Milton49US #127
#84Nathaniel48US #186
#85Sammie48
#86Alvin46US #98
#87Sylvester46
#88Calvin45US #122
#89Clifton45US #197
#90Daniel45US #39
#91Sidney45US #168
#92Billie43US #191
#93Jim43US #81
#94Leonard43US #57
#95Cecil42US #118
#96Edwin42US #90
#97Tom42US #106
#98Will42
#99Ben41US #172
#100Don40US #52

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑31Earnest#52
↑26Josephine#59
↑25Bettie#62
↑23Catherine#39
↑23Margie#50
↑22Rose#60
↑22Katie#71
↑22Gene#65

Falling

↓41Cecil#95
↓37Irene#98
↓29Yvonne#88
↓29Earnestine#97
↓29Alma#99
↓28Floyd#80
↓22Jean#72
↓19Katherine#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.