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Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,147 Mississippi births in 1945 across 882 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#15Rosie#186 nationally
#45Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#46Tommieoutside the national top 200
#38Mattie#191 nationally
#34Jessie#185 nationally
#37Minnie#187 nationally
#51Maeoutside the national top 200
#53Hattieoutside the national top 200
#44Bessie#190 nationally
#56Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#59Lulaoutside the national top 200
#35Jessie#175 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,500US #1
#2Betty625US #11
#3Dorothy608US #21
#4Barbara568US #3
#5Linda542US #2
#6Annie464US #69
#7Shirley437US #14
#8Patricia366US #4
#9Carolyn318US #12
#10Martha308US #30
#11Gloria273US #23
#12Willie263US #137
#13Sandra260US #6
#14Ruby230US #95
#15Rosie229US #186
#16Margaret226US #15
#17Bobbie224US #150
#18Brenda218US #29
#19Helen214US #31
#20Elizabeth209US #26
#21Doris204US #46
#22Sarah194US #76
#23Joyce188US #18
#24Peggy173US #45
#25Alice172US #41
#26Nancy172US #7
#27Judy169US #13
#28Frances164US #34
#29Lillie155US #167
#30Emma149US #123
#31Carol137US #5
#32Ethel135US #134
#33Virginia134US #28
#34Jessie133US #185
#35Patsy133US #84
#36Edna131US #119
#37Minnie128US #187
#38Mattie126US #191
#39Bertha124US #165
#40Ruth123US #33
#41Catherine122US #50
#42Mildred122US #93
#43Janice120US #24
#44Bessie119US #190
#45Johnnie114
#46Ella113US #158
#47Rose109US #54
#48Evelyn107US #57
#49Louise106US #78
#50Geraldine105US #56
#51Mae105
#52Ann104US #39
#53Hattie102
#54Georgia100US #116
#55Clara98US #136
#56Glenda98US #92
#57Eva94US #146
#58Sylvia94US #83
#59Lula93
#60Judith92US #9
#61Christine89US #62
#62Jo89US #60
#63Thelma89US #131
#64Ida87US #173
#65Fannie86
#66Laura86US #77
#67Bernice85US #157
#68Bettie84
#69Gladys83US #141
#70Josephine82US #120
#71Wanda82US #58
#72Beverly80US #37
#73Bonnie80US #35
#74Bettye79
#75Charlotte79US #55
#76Earnestine79
#77Donna77US #17
#78Carrie75US #199
#79Rebecca75US #85
#80Jean74US #38
#81Vera74US #179
#82Katherine72US #82
#83Billie70US #152
#84Sharon70US #8
#85Jane68US #36
#86Lynda68US #111
#87Margie68US #138
#88Marilyn68US #27
#89Maggie67
#90Anna65US #73
#91Essie65
#92Joan65US #25
#93Velma64
#94Lois63US #48
#95Mamie63
#96Lucille62US #129
#97Delores61US #112
#98Rita61US #59
#99Juanita58US #108
#100Ruthie58

Boys

#1James1,908US #1
#2Robert1,106US #2
#3Willie973US #31
#4John921US #3
#5William809US #4
#6Charles807US #7
#7George433US #15
#8Thomas404US #8
#9Jerry358US #20
#10Henry320US #37
#11Johnny317US #45
#12David311US #6
#13Jimmy307US #41
#14Larry297US #11
#15Joe294US #36
#16Billy285US #42
#17Richard275US #5
#18Bobby256US #53
#19Eddie249US #81
#20Walter233US #27
#21Joseph222US #14
#22Edward220US #18
#23Jimmie206US #102
#24Frank191US #21
#25Roy178US #40
#26Donald168US #12
#27Kenneth160US #16
#28Lee160US #87
#29Paul159US #17
#30Albert157US #49
#31Johnnie156US #133
#32Michael155US #9
#33Charlie145US #128
#34Tommy144US #75
#35Jessie137US #175
#36Arthur136US #34
#37Ronald125US #10
#38Eugene122US #50
#39Louis122US #55
#40Samuel116US #62
#41Curtis113US #97
#42Harold113US #28
#43Clarence112US #82
#44Howard111US #54
#45Leroy110US #83
#46Tommie109
#47Ernest108US #60
#48Fred108US #51
#49Gary107US #13
#50Jesse104US #104
#51Douglas98US #29
#52Melvin96US #78
#53Harry93US #47
#54Earnest89US #188
#55Earl88US #71
#56Roosevelt88
#57Carl87US #39
#58Roger87US #22
#59Jack86US #32
#60Andrew84US #86
#61Raymond83US #23
#62Gerald78US #25
#63Sam78US #161
#64Freddie77US #145
#65Leon76US #111
#66Daniel75US #24
#67Sammie74
#68Danny71US #56
#69Herman71US #146
#70Lawrence70US #30
#71Wayne70US #35
#72Marvin67US #80
#73Percy67
#74Bennie64US #190
#75Clyde64US #121
#76Lonnie63US #143
#77Ray62US #92
#78Ralph60US #44
#79Floyd56US #114
#80Terry56US #33
#81Calvin55US #124
#82Sylvester55
#83Clifton54US #199
#84Herbert54US #94
#85Ronnie54US #67
#86Leonard53US #57
#87Dennis52US #19
#88Don51US #73
#89Alfred50US #88
#90Harvey50US #116
#91Nathaniel50US #181
#92Oscar48US #176
#93Lester47US #131
#94Milton47US #154
#95Sammy47US #174
#96Otis46
#97Chester45US #144
#98Cecil43US #152
#99Allen42US #74
#100Lewis42US #123

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑33Christine#61
↑31Geraldine#50
↑22Ray#77
↑21Sylvia#58
↑18Katherine#82
↑16Lula#59
↑16Calvin#81
↑15Jo#62

Falling

↓30Juanita#99
↓30Allen#99
↓25Bonnie#73
↓23Earnestine#76
↓22Jean#80
↓19Lewis#100
↓18Carrie#78
↓17Clara#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.