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Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,315 Mississippi births in 1946 across 949 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#24Rosieoutside the national top 200
#32Mattieoutside the national top 200
#34Minnieoutside the national top 200
#45Jessieoutside the national top 200
#47Tommieoutside the national top 200
#48Bessieoutside the national top 200
#54Hattieoutside the national top 200
#56Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#27Bobbie#171 nationally
#16Willie#159 nationally
#38Jessie#181 nationally
#37Lillie#178 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,621US #1
#2Linda803US #2
#3Betty691US #14
#4Barbara653US #4
#5Dorothy642US #23
#6Annie505US #97
#7Shirley486US #18
#8Patricia471US #3
#9Carolyn383US #12
#10Sandra372US #6
#11Martha368US #32
#12Brenda309US #24
#13Gloria307US #26
#14Margaret265US #17
#15Judy258US #11
#16Willie244US #159
#17Joyce240US #20
#18Helen239US #36
#19Nancy235US #7
#20Elizabeth232US #25
#21Doris228US #51
#22Peggy222US #43
#23Ruby217US #105
#24Rosie215
#25Alice213US #44
#26Sarah198US #92
#27Bobbie186US #171
#28Carol173US #5
#29Emma167US #131
#30Janice162US #22
#31Patsy155US #85
#32Mattie154
#33Virginia154US #31
#34Minnie149
#35Edna144US #126
#36Ethel139US #140
#37Lillie139US #178
#38Evelyn134US #65
#39Frances134US #39
#40Ruth134US #38
#41Jo132US #53
#42Mildred132US #103
#43Susan132US #8
#44Catherine131US #48
#45Jessie129
#46Glenda128US #99
#47Rebecca126US #68
#48Bessie119
#49Clara119US #145
#50Beverly114US #30
#51Wanda114US #59
#52Rose113US #60
#53Ann112US #40
#54Hattie111
#55Louise111US #91
#56Johnnie110
#57Sylvia107US #82
#58Judith106US #10
#59Ella105US #177
#60Bonnie104US #33
#61Bettye103
#62Charlotte102US #64
#63Donna102US #13
#64Jean102US #37
#65Georgia98US #123
#66Sharon98US #9
#67Marie97US #54
#68Marilyn97US #29
#69Bertha96US #173
#70Ida94US #184
#71Laura92US #75
#72Geraldine91US #66
#73Carrie89
#74Sherry88US #73
#75Thelma88US #150
#76Lynda86US #109
#77Katherine85US #78
#78Alma84
#79Earnestine80
#80Bernice79US #179
#81Lois79US #55
#82Cheryl78US #27
#83Gladys77US #157
#84Julia77US #114
#85Diane76US #19
#86Dianne76US #76
#87Eva75US #161
#88Fannie75
#89Janie75US #158
#90Bettie74
#91Christine74US #50
#92Norma74US #77
#93Lula73
#94Cynthia72US #46
#95Juanita72US #110
#96Vera72US #200
#97Janet71US #21
#98Mae70
#99Rita69US #56
#100Josephine68US #127

Boys

#1James2,138US #1
#2Robert1,279US #2
#3John1,171US #3
#4Willie1,043US #40
#5William1,004US #4
#6Charles954US #9
#7George472US #16
#8Larry434US #11
#9Thomas433US #8
#10David423US #6
#11Jerry422US #20
#12Billy404US #45
#13Richard375US #5
#14Joe362US #37
#15Johnny360US #47
#16Jimmy359US #42
#17Henry337US #41
#18Bobby318US #53
#19Walter285US #30
#20Eddie277US #85
#21Edward261US #19
#22Donald257US #13
#23Jimmie233US #104
#24Joseph229US #14
#25Michael222US #7
#26Frank217US #22
#27Tommy204US #77
#28Kenneth196US #15
#29Paul182US #18
#30Johnnie175US #141
#31Roy168US #43
#32Albert160US #52
#33Danny160US #46
#34Ronald159US #10
#35Charlie158US #135
#36Gary156US #12
#37Curtis152US #99
#38Jessie152US #181
#39Lee149US #91
#40Arthur139US #36
#41Harold139US #33
#42Leroy138US #90
#43Fred135US #51
#44Eugene129US #57
#45Clarence122US #89
#46Melvin120US #86
#47Tommie113
#48Earl109US #82
#49Samuel108US #70
#50Louis107US #63
#51Terry106US #26
#52Howard102US #55
#53Harry100US #50
#54Ernest99US #71
#55Jack98US #35
#56Carl96US #39
#57Freddie95US #151
#58Jesse95US #109
#59Raymond94US #25
#60Andrew93US #84
#61Roger91US #23
#62Earnest88
#63Lawrence86US #31
#64Leon86US #113
#65Ronnie85US #54
#66Gerald84US #27
#67Bennie79US #196
#68Percy78
#69Roosevelt78
#70Douglas77US #34
#71Allen75US #74
#72Ralph74US #48
#73Daniel73US #21
#74Don71US #79
#75Herman71US #152
#76Sammie71
#77Wayne71US #29
#78Calvin70US #128
#79Lonnie70US #136
#80Clifton68
#81Floyd68US #121
#82Sammy68US #170
#83Dennis67US #17
#84Clyde62US #122
#85Otis62
#86Sam60US #164
#87Sylvester58
#88Harvey57US #125
#89Marvin56US #88
#90Oscar56US #182
#91Alvin55US #126
#92Jackie55US #139
#93Alfred54US #94
#94Leonard53US #67
#95Phillip53US #83
#96Chester52US #149
#97Tom51US #87
#98Nathaniel50US #186
#99Herbert49US #97
#100Cecil48US #159

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑35Danny#33
↑32Rebecca#47
↑29Terry#51
↑28Allen#71
↑22Beverly#50
↑21Jo#41
↑20Wanda#51
↑20Marilyn#68

Falling

↓47Mae#98
↓34Lula#93
↓30Bertha#69
↓30Eva#87
↓30Christine#91
↓30Josephine#100
↓23Fannie#88
↓23Sam#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.