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Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,057 Mississippi births in 1942 across 936 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#19Rosie#189 nationally
#42Tommieoutside the national top 200
#38Johnnie#192 nationally
#47Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#52Percyoutside the national top 200
#53Lulaoutside the national top 200
#26Mattie#171 nationally
#33Bessie#176 nationally
#61Fannieoutside the national top 200
#62Sammieoutside the national top 200
#30Jessie#167 nationally
#66Maeoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,651US #1
#2Betty697US #9
#3Dorothy683US #17
#4Barbara570US #2
#5Annie512US #62
#6Shirley401US #12
#7Martha370US #29
#8Linda347US #4
#9Patricia328US #3
#10Willie315US #133
#11Carolyn312US #10
#12Ruby260US #77
#13Peggy247US #42
#14Sarah241US #67
#15Gloria233US #31
#16Margaret233US #14
#17Helen229US #26
#18Doris228US #41
#19Rosie211US #189
#20Bobbie203US #151
#21Alice193US #39
#22Emma193US #108
#23Sandra191US #6
#24Elizabeth189US #22
#25Joyce180US #13
#26Mattie176US #171
#27Lillie173US #150
#28Nancy173US #8
#29Frances172US #30
#30Minnie166US #161
#31Virginia162US #23
#32Mildred150US #71
#33Bessie148US #176
#34Clara145US #122
#35Jessie144US #167
#36Ethel140US #124
#37Ella135US #152
#38Johnnie134US #192
#39Ruth134US #33
#40Patsy133US #57
#41Louise127US #61
#42Edna125US #99
#43Brenda124US #40
#44Georgia119US #123
#45Bertha118US #147
#46Bernice116US #137
#47Carol110US #5
#48Marie110US #43
#49Thelma110US #121
#50Juanita109US #90
#51Ida107US #153
#52Laura107US #115
#53Lula107
#54Bonnie105US #34
#55Evelyn102US #53
#56Carrie96US #185
#57Sylvia96US #72
#58Jean95US #36
#59Catherine94US #49
#60Glenda94US #89
#61Fannie93
#62Charlotte92US #51
#63Eva92US #140
#64Ann91US #38
#65Rose91US #50
#66Mae90
#67Gladys87US #127
#68Maggie87
#69Janice86US #25
#70Margie86US #126
#71Bettie85
#72Geraldine85US #47
#73Bettye83
#74Christine83US #96
#75Joan83US #18
#76Hattie82
#77Katie80
#78Judy79US #15
#79Norma79US #52
#80Essie78
#81Hazel78US #139
#82Jo78US #65
#83Pearlie78
#84Lois75US #44
#85Lucille74US #118
#86Beatrice73US #146
#87Cora73
#88Katherine72US #81
#89Rebecca72US #85
#90Vera72US #174
#91Beverly71US #32
#92Daisy70
#93Earnestine70
#94Irene70US #80
#95Jimmie69
#96Julia69US #95
#97Josephine67US #100
#98Delores65US #86
#99Lillian64US #111
#100Ruthie64

Boys

#1James1,983US #1
#2Robert1,136US #2
#3John1,011US #3
#4Willie966US #37
#5Charles840US #7
#6William832US #4
#7George484US #14
#8Joe381US #33
#9Thomas367US #8
#10Billy366US #35
#11Henry335US #31
#12David333US #6
#13Bobby324US #43
#14Jerry319US #16
#15Jimmy285US #47
#16Richard250US #5
#17Larry236US #12
#18Walter236US #26
#19Johnny231US #55
#20Eddie223US #86
#21Edward207US #17
#22Joseph201US #11
#23Frank200US #21
#24Jimmie196US #94
#25Roy190US #42
#26Albert168US #40
#27Charlie168US #118
#28Douglas168US #23
#29Johnnie166US #138
#30Jessie158US #167
#31Paul157US #19
#32Donald151US #10
#33Lee151US #87
#34Kenneth146US #15
#35Tommy143US #73
#36Leroy140US #69
#37Samuel138US #59
#38Eugene133US #45
#39Clarence130US #67
#40Fred126US #46
#41Arthur125US #29
#42Tommie124
#43Curtis121US #98
#44Louis117US #51
#45Jesse113US #100
#46Harold112US #27
#47Roosevelt106
#48Gerald102US #22
#49Earl98US #62
#50Howard95US #49
#51Leon87US #93
#52Percy87
#53Andrew86US #80
#54Melvin86US #60
#55Wayne83US #41
#56Ernest82US #61
#57Raymond80US #24
#58Sam80US #152
#59Carl79US #36
#60Freddie79US #140
#61Michael79US #13
#62Sammie78
#63Earnest77US #192
#64Jack77US #34
#65Lawrence77US #30
#66Mack76US #190
#67Alfred73US #76
#68Herman73US #122
#69Harvey70US #107
#70Ronald70US #9
#71Bennie69US #177
#72Daniel64US #28
#73Lonnie64US #148
#74Ralph64US #38
#75Oscar63US #172
#76Otis61
#77Clyde60US #109
#78Harry60US #48
#79Floyd59US #113
#80Herbert59US #83
#81Claude56US #149
#82Milton55US #141
#83Gene54US #82
#84Luther54US #185
#85Chester52US #137
#86Don52US #72
#87Hugh52US #154
#88Sylvester52
#89Bill51US #65
#90Marvin50US #66
#91Clifton49US #198
#92Leonard49US #57
#93Tom49US #89
#94Cecil48US #131
#95Lewis48US #112
#96Nathaniel47US #188
#97Terry46US #52
#98Sammy45US #194
#99Calvin44US #136
#100Hubert44

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑47Douglas#28
↑27Janice#69
↑22Joan#75
↑20Charlotte#62
↑19Carol#47
↑18Ella#37
↑17Carrie#56
↑17Maggie#68

Falling

↓32Hattie#76
↓26Earnestine#93
↓26Marvin#90
↓25Julia#96
↓24Mae#66
↓22Jo#82
↓20Cecil#94
↓17Ann#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.