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Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,753 Mississippi births in 1944 across 905 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#24Rosie#193 nationally
#37Johnnie#192 nationally
#48Tommieoutside the national top 200
#35Mattie#185 nationally
#40Bessie#189 nationally
#53Earnestineoutside the national top 200
#53Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#29Minnie#175 nationally
#57Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#61Hattieoutside the national top 200
#62Maeoutside the national top 200
#63Bettieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,544US #1
#2Betty678US #10
#3Dorothy626US #19
#4Barbara578US #2
#5Linda544US #3
#6Annie485US #71
#7Patricia390US #4
#8Shirley387US #15
#9Martha346US #29
#10Carolyn310US #11
#11Willie292US #138
#12Sandra255US #6
#13Margaret248US #14
#14Ruby226US #87
#15Gloria221US #25
#16Sarah213US #67
#17Doris210US #42
#18Nancy208US #7
#19Bobbie207US #144
#20Helen205US #31
#21Emma198US #118
#22Lillie196US #159
#23Peggy196US #45
#24Rosie193US #193
#25Alice187US #38
#26Elizabeth170US #23
#27Brenda164US #30
#28Joyce164US #18
#29Minnie157US #175
#30Judy151US #12
#31Mildred150US #81
#32Ethel147US #127
#33Virginia147US #26
#34Patsy146US #72
#35Mattie143US #185
#36Frances141US #33
#37Johnnie141US #192
#38Clara137US #134
#39Ella131US #158
#40Bessie130US #189
#41Edna129US #112
#42Ruth128US #32
#43Bertha125US #151
#44Louise125US #69
#45Carol123US #5
#46Evelyn122US #57
#47Jessie119US #177
#48Bonnie114US #34
#49Catherine110US #49
#50Ann108US #39
#51Glenda106US #79
#52Georgia103US #114
#53Earnestine101
#54Janice101US #28
#55Judith100US #9
#56Laura98US #119
#57Bettye97
#58Jean97US #37
#59Rose96US #52
#60Carrie94US #197
#61Hattie93
#62Mae93
#63Bettie90
#64Rebecca90US #84
#65Gladys89US #137
#66Charlotte88US #50
#67Eva88US #148
#68Ida88US #166
#69Juanita87US #94
#70Julia87US #102
#71Marie87US #48
#72Fannie86
#73Bernice84US #149
#74Thelma84US #131
#75Lula81
#76Wanda81US #58
#77Jo79US #61
#78Margie79US #130
#79Sylvia78US #83
#80Diane74US #24
#81Geraldine74US #53
#82Beverly73US #35
#83Daisy73
#84Maggie71
#85Susan69US #13
#86Marilyn68US #27
#87Alma67US #176
#88Anna67US #74
#89Hazel66US #147
#90Janie66US #186
#91Lucille66US #132
#92Susie66
#93Vera66US #184
#94Christine65US #75
#95Janet65US #21
#96Pearlie64
#97Cora63
#98Lynda63US #113
#99Essie62
#100Katherine61US #77

Boys

#1James1,915US #1
#2Robert1,147US #2
#3John1,087US #3
#4Willie1,003US #31
#5William848US #4
#6Charles823US #7
#7George470US #14
#8Thomas398US #8
#9Jerry376US #19
#10Billy351US #38
#11David334US #6
#12Joe333US #33
#13Jimmy317US #41
#14Henry312US #35
#15Richard280US #5
#16Larry270US #12
#17Johnny269US #45
#18Walter268US #26
#19Eddie263US #79
#20Bobby256US #50
#21Edward214US #18
#22Joseph213US #13
#23Albert194US #44
#24Jimmie193US #98
#25Frank191US #21
#26Donald176US #11
#27Roy176US #39
#28Johnnie174US #131
#29Charlie169US #120
#30Kenneth165US #16
#31Jessie162US #167
#32Lee151US #85
#33Tommy151US #70
#34Paul150US #17
#35Curtis139US #97
#36Leroy135US #78
#37Arthur129US #29
#38Clarence128US #74
#39Louis125US #54
#40Samuel118US #62
#41Fred116US #47
#42Michael114US #9
#43Ronald114US #10
#44Andrew108US #81
#45Ernest104US #59
#46Eugene104US #48
#47Harold104US #27
#48Tommie103
#49Gary102US #15
#50Roger98US #23
#51Carl97US #36
#52Jack97US #30
#53Roosevelt97
#54Douglas95US #34
#55Jesse94US #103
#56Howard91US #53
#57Raymond90US #22
#58Earnest89US #182
#59Earl88US #65
#60Melvin86US #67
#61Clyde83US #111
#62Gerald83US #24
#63Leon81US #108
#64Harry76US #49
#65Danny74US #76
#66Herman74US #129
#67Sam72US #157
#68Sammie72
#69Allen68US #77
#70Lawrence68US #32
#71Freddie66US #138
#72Wayne66US #37
#73Daniel65US #25
#74Terry64US #43
#75Percy63
#76Marvin62US #75
#77Oscar62US #178
#78Herbert61US #90
#79Luther60US #185
#80Bennie59US #188
#81Lewis58US #112
#82Ralph57US #42
#83Lonnie55US #148
#84Milton55US #146
#85Clifton54US #195
#86Bill53US #66
#87Sylvester53
#88Claude52US #154
#89Dennis52US #20
#90Floyd52US #110
#91Otis52US #198
#92Chester51US #137
#93Don51US #72
#94Gene51US #95
#95Mack50
#96Nathaniel50US #184
#97Calvin49US #124
#98Leonard48US #56
#99Ray48US #86
#100Ronnie48US #69

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑32Earnestine#53
↑28Gary#49
↑26Judith#55
↑24Terry#74
↑21Ronald#43
↑21Allen#69
↑19Juanita#69
↑18Judy#30

Falling

↓34Bernice#73
↓31Christine#94
↓30Jo#77
↓24Thelma#74
↓22Lula#75
↓17Katherine#100
↓17Dennis#89
↓17Ray#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.