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Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,203 Mississippi births in 1941 across 878 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#35Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#14Rosie#177 nationally
#40Tommieoutside the national top 200
#44Hattieoutside the national top 200
#40Johnnie#192 nationally
#42Mae#191 nationally
#59Percyoutside the national top 200
#23Jessie#162 nationally
#62Fannieoutside the national top 200
#26Mattie#164 nationally
#63Lulaoutside the national top 200
#31Minnie#166 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,631US #1
#2Betty634US #7
#3Dorothy621US #14
#4Annie509US #59
#5Barbara494US #2
#6Shirley392US #10
#7Martha376US #25
#8Linda312US #5
#9Patricia294US #3
#10Willie280US #136
#11Carolyn239US #11
#12Helen233US #24
#13Margaret226US #12
#14Rosie222US #177
#15Doris221US #38
#16Elizabeth218US #21
#17Gloria217US #26
#18Peggy216US #39
#19Ruby215US #69
#20Bobbie204US #145
#21Emma198US #99
#22Sarah189US #60
#23Lillie185US #144
#24Alice180US #34
#25Nancy176US #8
#26Mattie175US #164
#27Frances169US #31
#28Virginia166US #23
#29Joyce159US #13
#30Patsy153US #52
#31Minnie152US #166
#32Ethel143US #116
#33Edna140US #89
#34Bertha139US #140
#35Brenda138US #41
#36Jessie135US #165
#37Sandra135US #9
#38Louise129US #62
#39Ruth126US #28
#40Johnnie124US #192
#41Mildred122US #64
#42Mae121US #191
#43Bessie115US #173
#44Hattie114
#45Evelyn113US #50
#46Clara110US #111
#47Ann109US #37
#48Ida107US #148
#49Bonnie106US #33
#50Bernice105US #133
#51Catherine104US #51
#52Georgia100US #127
#53Jean100US #32
#54Marie100US #42
#55Ella99US #141
#56Thelma96US #108
#57Christine94US #101
#58Glenda94US #96
#59Sylvia94US #65
#60Jo93US #66
#61Juanita93US #84
#62Fannie91
#63Lula90
#64Eva89US #135
#65Margie87US #122
#66Carol86US #4
#67Earnestine86
#68Laura84US #115
#69Hazel83US #131
#70Rose81US #49
#71Julia80US #88
#72Rebecca80US #86
#73Carrie79US #183
#74Judy79US #16
#75Lucille79US #119
#76Bettye78
#77Katie78
#78Billie77US #149
#79Geraldine77US #45
#80Josephine74US #92
#81Katherine73US #85
#82Charlotte72US #55
#83Gladys72US #118
#84Bettie71
#85Maggie71
#86Ora70
#87Beatrice69US #143
#88Lois69US #43
#89Essie68
#90Irene67US #74
#91Vera67US #170
#92Sara65US #124
#93Ruthie64
#94Velma64US #188
#95Annette63US #128
#96Janice63US #22
#97Joan63US #17
#98Anna62US #56
#99Alma61US #163
#100Geneva61US #180

Boys

#1James1,879US #1
#2Robert1,075US #2
#3John974US #3
#4Willie894US #36
#5William868US #4
#6Charles789US #6
#7George433US #13
#8Thomas410US #8
#9Billy396US #27
#10Joe363US #30
#11Jerry350US #14
#12Bobby302US #35
#13Henry295US #28
#14Walter267US #26
#15David263US #7
#16Jimmy256US #45
#17Eddie245US #78
#18Edward223US #17
#19Jimmie206US #89
#20Richard197US #5
#21Larry194US #11
#22Joseph189US #12
#23Jessie176US #162
#24Charlie166US #115
#25Tommy165US #71
#26Johnny163US #55
#27Albert162US #40
#28Paul159US #18
#29Donald158US #10
#30Roy156US #39
#31Frank155US #21
#32Fred142US #43
#33Kenneth142US #15
#34Leroy136US #67
#35Roosevelt131
#36Lee126US #81
#37Eugene123US #42
#38Johnnie123US #131
#39Arthur114US #33
#40Tommie113
#41Howard112US #47
#42Jesse110US #99
#43Melvin110US #56
#44Samuel109US #65
#45Harold108US #24
#46Carl106US #29
#47Louis106US #50
#48Clarence103US #62
#49Earl101US #58
#50Curtis97US #100
#51Earnest87US #185
#52Freddie86US #138
#53Gerald86US #20
#54Bennie83US #180
#55Andrew80US #82
#56Ernest78US #61
#57Jack77US #32
#58Leon76US #93
#59Percy75
#60Raymond75US #22
#61Sam75US #150
#62Wayne75US #37
#63Floyd68US #102
#64Marvin65US #63
#65Ralph65US #38
#66Sammie65
#67Herbert64US #76
#68Herman64US #114
#69Gene63US #72
#70Clyde62US #113
#71Daniel61US #31
#72Lawrence61US #34
#73Otis58US #195
#74Cecil56US #132
#75Douglas53US #53
#76Lonnie53US #148
#77Harry52US #48
#78Alfred51US #74
#79Dennis48US #23
#80Franklin48US #98
#81Luther48US #179
#82Mack48
#83Oscar47US #165
#84Ray47US #83
#85Ronald47US #9
#86Sidney47US #172
#87Claude46US #151
#88Sylvester46
#89Nathaniel44US #182
#90Calvin43US #133
#91Don43US #66
#92Chester42US #136
#93Leonard42US #54
#94Bill41US #68
#95Edwin41US #97
#96Vernon41US #108
#97Milton40US #140
#98Will40
#99Allen39US #73
#100Ben39US #190

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑25Lucille#75
↑25Cecil#74
↑23Brenda#35
↑23Marvin#64
↑21Eva#64
↑20Glenda#58
↑20Harry#77
↑18Mae#42

Falling

↓29Ben#100
↓28Carrie#73
↓28Milton#97
↓27Vera#91
↓20Gladys#83
↓19Allen#99
↓17Mildred#41
↓17Oscar#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.