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Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,898 Mississippi births in 1943 across 937 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#193 nationally
#40Johnnie#196 nationally
#45Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#37Bessie#190 nationally
#49Tommieoutside the national top 200
#32Mattie#183 nationally
#53Lulaoutside the national top 200
#56Hattieoutside the national top 200
#30Minnie#173 nationally
#59Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#60Sammieoutside the national top 200
#67Percyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,716US #1
#2Dorothy687US #19
#3Betty685US #10
#4Barbara653US #2
#5Linda515US #4
#6Annie485US #69
#7Martha391US #29
#8Shirley384US #12
#9Patricia332US #3
#10Carolyn330US #11
#11Willie296US #139
#12Ruby255US #82
#13Doris249US #40
#14Margaret246US #14
#15Bobbie230US #147
#16Helen230US #28
#17Sandra228US #6
#18Elizabeth224US #23
#19Rosie210US #193
#20Sarah207US #71
#21Gloria204US #30
#22Nancy196US #9
#23Peggy190US #41
#24Frances189US #31
#25Lillie186US #158
#26Emma182US #114
#27Alice181US #38
#28Virginia180US #25
#29Joyce179US #16
#30Minnie173US #173
#31Brenda169US #35
#32Mattie168US #183
#33Patsy161US #61
#34Ethel143US #126
#35Mildred141US #76
#36Edna136US #106
#37Bessie133US #190
#38Bonnie129US #34
#39Bernice127US #143
#40Johnnie127US #196
#41Bertha126US #150
#42Carol125US #5
#43Clara123US #133
#44Georgia123US #119
#45Ruth120US #33
#46Jessie119US #177
#47Jo117US #63
#48Judy115US #13
#49Louise115US #70
#50Thelma114US #127
#51Glenda113US #83
#52Ida113US #162
#53Lula112
#54Catherine110US #48
#55Evelyn110US #53
#56Hattie110
#57Ella106US #155
#58Janice103US #26
#59Bettye102
#60Ann101US #37
#61Jean96US #36
#62Charlotte94US #47
#63Christine93US #84
#64Julia92US #95
#65Margie92US #128
#66Rebecca92US #87
#67Carrie89US #192
#68Bettie88
#69Geraldine88US #51
#70Mae88
#71Rose88US #50
#72Laura86US #117
#73Gladys85US #131
#74Josephine85US #108
#75Marie85US #45
#76Billie81US #138
#77Eva81US #148
#78Hazel81US #144
#79Velma80
#80Beverly78US #32
#81Judith78US #7
#82Ora78
#83Katherine77US #78
#84Wanda77US #56
#85Earnestine75
#86Sylvia75US #77
#87Maggie74
#88Juanita73US #91
#89Lucille71US #125
#90Fannie70
#91Joan69US #21
#92Lois69US #43
#93Ruthie67
#94Katie66
#95Beatrice65US #152
#96Maxine65US #153
#97Alma63US #174
#98Norma63US #58
#99Vera63US #180
#100Wilma63US #120

Boys

#1James2,073US #1
#2Robert1,145US #2
#3John1,086US #3
#4Willie1,006US #36
#5Charles933US #7
#6William930US #4
#7George547US #14
#8Thomas414US #8
#9Billy399US #37
#10David359US #6
#11Jerry355US #17
#12Joe342US #35
#13Henry340US #31
#14Jimmy329US #42
#15Bobby307US #46
#16Richard267US #5
#17Eddie260US #80
#18Larry255US #12
#19Walter253US #26
#20Joseph249US #13
#21Edward238US #18
#22Johnny233US #52
#23Jimmie213US #95
#24Frank210US #21
#25Charlie190US #122
#26Donald188US #11
#27Johnnie185US #135
#28Albert180US #43
#29Roy177US #38
#30Paul172US #19
#31Kenneth170US #15
#32Lee161US #91
#33Jessie154US #166
#34Leroy149US #74
#35Tommy145US #77
#36Fred143US #45
#37Samuel136US #62
#38Douglas133US #28
#39Clarence132US #68
#40Eugene131US #47
#41Howard125US #48
#42Curtis123US #100
#43Arthur116US #30
#44Harold114US #27
#45Roosevelt113
#46Louis111US #53
#47Jesse110US #105
#48Earl106US #60
#49Tommie102
#50Ernest100US #61
#51Andrew98US #79
#52Carl98US #33
#53Melvin97US #63
#54Michael94US #10
#55Freddie93US #143
#56Earnest92US #177
#57Raymond89US #22
#58Jack85US #34
#59Wayne84US #41
#60Sammie83
#61Leon81US #103
#62Sam81US #153
#63Roger80US #24
#64Ronald80US #9
#65Gerald79US #23
#66Harry78US #50
#67Percy78
#68Clyde75US #114
#69Herman75US #129
#70Bennie74US #189
#71Daniel71US #25
#72Dennis69US #20
#73Lawrence69US #32
#74Marvin69US #66
#75Ralph67US #40
#76Alfred65US #78
#77Gary63US #16
#78Lonnie63US #144
#79Herbert62US #86
#80Mack60
#81Oscar58US #169
#82Ray58US #84
#83Sylvester58
#84Otis57
#85Claude54US #152
#86Leonard54US #55
#87Luther54US #190
#88Floyd53US #112
#89Lewis53US #115
#90Allen51US #76
#91Bill51US #65
#92Gene51US #89
#93Cecil50US #132
#94Clifton50US #187
#95Archie49
#96Don47US #72
#97Milton47US #141
#98Terry47US #49
#99Sammy46US #183
#100Harvey44US #111

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑35Jo#47
↑32Julia#64
↑30Judy#48
↑23Rebecca#66
↑23Josephine#74
↑20Hattie#56
↑16Bonnie#38
↑16Marvin#74

Falling

↓38Juanita#88
↓31Harvey#100
↓29Sylvia#86
↓29Fannie#90
↓27Marie#75
↓20Ella#57
↓20Laura#72
↓19Maggie#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.