State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,150 Mississippi births in 1939 across 883 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#38Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#13Rosie#171 nationally
#38Hattie#195 nationally
#49Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#54Tommieoutside the national top 200
#60Fannieoutside the national top 200
#62Bettieoutside the national top 200
#63Percyoutside the national top 200
#56Lula#193 nationally
#44Mae#180 nationally
#70Katieoutside the national top 200
#34Mattie#164 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,562US #1
#2Betty659US #4
#3Dorothy586US #9
#4Barbara466US #2
#5Annie456US #54
#6Shirley390US #5
#7Martha341US #27
#8Willie271US #126
#9Ruby239US #67
#10Doris226US #29
#11Margaret225US #10
#12Patricia218US #3
#13Rosie210US #171
#14Peggy209US #34
#15Carolyn206US #14
#16Helen205US #16
#17Bobbie201US #141
#18Sarah195US #68
#19Alice187US #31
#20Mildred185US #55
#21Frances184US #26
#22Lillie178US #143
#23Nancy176US #7
#24Emma174US #89
#25Virginia174US #21
#26Louise172US #59
#27Elizabeth166US #18
#28Linda150US #15
#29Bessie145US #158
#30Ethel142US #100
#31Joyce142US #12
#32Bernice141US #116
#33Clara139US #103
#34Mattie139US #164
#35Minnie138US #165
#36Ruth136US #22
#37Thelma130US #88
#38Hattie122US #195
#39Jessie119US #155
#40Edna116US #81
#41Ella116US #132
#42Ida115US #145
#43Gloria114US #36
#44Mae114US #180
#45Jo111US #70
#46Marie108US #37
#47Ann107US #33
#48Bertha106US #135
#49Johnnie103
#50Juanita103US #77
#51Bonnie102US #61
#52Catherine102US #49
#53Evelyn102US #40
#54Georgia102US #131
#55Hazel102US #118
#56Lula101US #193
#57Carrie99US #176
#58Patsy97US #56
#59Rose92US #42
#60Fannie91
#61Gladys91US #104
#62Bettie90
#63Vera88US #153
#64Billie87US #149
#65Margie86US #113
#66Lucille79US #110
#67Christine78US #124
#68Laura75US #107
#69Eva74US #129
#70Katie74
#71Sylvia74US #62
#72Geraldine73US #41
#73Norma73US #38
#74Sandra73US #13
#75Ora71
#76Julia70US #91
#77Yvonne70US #90
#78Essie69
#79Jean69US #32
#80Bettye68
#81Velma68US #178
#82Earnestine67
#83Nellie67US #157
#84Geneva66US #172
#85Jimmie65
#86Lillian65US #99
#87Maggie65
#88Cora64US #183
#89Pearlie64
#90Joan63US #11
#91Charlotte62US #66
#92Ernestine62
#93Alberta60US #191
#94Alma59US #150
#95Carol59US #6
#96Faye59US #161
#97Flora59
#98Annette58US #121
#99Maxine58US #137
#100Anna57US #43

Boys

#1James1,758US #2
#2Robert1,011US #1
#3John932US #3
#4Willie860US #33
#5William805US #4
#6Charles802US #6
#7Joe425US #27
#8George413US #11
#9Billy404US #24
#10Bobby356US #29
#11Thomas344US #9
#12Henry330US #31
#13Jimmy256US #43
#14David238US #7
#15Walter234US #25
#16Jerry220US #16
#17Eddie218US #81
#18Frank206US #20
#19Edward199US #15
#20Jimmie197US #80
#21Richard196US #5
#22Joseph177US #12
#23Paul164US #17
#24Donald156US #8
#25Albert155US #41
#26Charlie149US #112
#27Jessie148US #154
#28Roy145US #42
#29Johnny143US #62
#30Arthur138US #32
#31Johnnie131US #120
#32Fred127US #40
#33Kenneth127US #13
#34Larry120US #14
#35Lee120US #78
#36Harold115US #23
#37Eugene113US #37
#38Roosevelt112
#39Carl109US #30
#40Samuel108US #63
#41Howard106US #47
#42Leroy103US #61
#43Jack102US #26
#44Louis101US #49
#45Clarence99US #60
#46Tommy96US #77
#47Earl95US #50
#48Gerald95US #19
#49Curtis89US #98
#50Sam89US #145
#51Jesse88US #99
#52Bennie83US #168
#53Melvin82US #51
#54Tommie82
#55Marvin75US #52
#56Lawrence74US #36
#57Ernest73US #55
#58Andrew72US #84
#59Earnest71US #177
#60Floyd71US #94
#61Leon71US #86
#62Herman68US #111
#63Percy68
#64Raymond67US #22
#65Wayne67US #39
#66Ralph65US #35
#67Gene62US #69
#68Allen61US #72
#69Herbert60US #68
#70Clyde59US #101
#71Sammie59
#72Lewis58US #107
#73Freddie57US #138
#74Alfred55US #70
#75Harry55US #45
#76Luther54US #184
#77Milton54US #128
#78Oscar54US #159
#79Clifton52US #194
#80Otis52US #185
#81Calvin49US #126
#82Nathaniel49US #183
#83Daniel48US #38
#84Ray48US #74
#85Cecil47US #114
#86Bobbie45
#87Alvin43US #103
#88Ronald43US #10
#89Don41US #56
#90Douglas41US #58
#91Harvey41US #102
#92Lester41US #116
#93Lonnie41US #150
#94Chester40US #133
#95Archie39
#96Oliver39
#97Troy39
#98Will39
#99Johnie38
#100Sidney38US #173

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑48Linda#28
↑20Floyd#60
↑17Marvin#55
↑15Ida#42
↑15Julia#76
↑15Velma#81
↑15Earnestine#82
↑14Patricia#12

Falling

↓20Pearlie#89
↓17Annette#98
↓16Harvey#91
↓15Lula#56
↓15Margie#65
↓15Bettye#80
↓15Maxine#99
↓15Leroy#42

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.