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Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,158 Mississippi births in 1947 across 1,004 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#25Rosieoutside the national top 200
#37Mattieoutside the national top 200
#38Minnieoutside the national top 200
#30Lillie#191 nationally
#37Jessie#195 nationally
#23Bobbie#178 nationally
#19Willie#173 nationally
#52Bessieoutside the national top 200
#55Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#57Hattieoutside the national top 200
#58Tommieoutside the national top 200
#59Jessieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,742US #2
#2Linda1,233US #1
#3Betty731US #17
#4Dorothy730US #26
#5Barbara727US #4
#6Patricia578US #3
#7Shirley493US #19
#8Annie484US #103
#9Carolyn428US #15
#10Sandra414US #5
#11Martha395US #32
#12Brenda351US #21
#13Gloria301US #27
#14Margaret292US #16
#15Elizabeth275US #25
#16Judy275US #14
#17Helen270US #38
#18Ruby264US #112
#19Willie247US #173
#20Nancy245US #7
#21Peggy239US #42
#22Joyce233US #20
#23Bobbie218US #178
#24Doris216US #58
#25Rosie212
#26Sarah210US #93
#27Alice206US #47
#28Janice187US #22
#29Frances182US #39
#30Lillie180US #191
#31Patsy178US #87
#32Carol174US #6
#33Ethel169US #144
#34Jo165US #51
#35Emma162US #141
#36Virginia161US #34
#37Mattie159
#38Minnie152
#39Mildred149US #109
#40Charlotte139US #68
#41Evelyn139US #72
#42Catherine136US #46
#43Wanda134US #66
#44Donna133US #10
#45Edna132US #131
#46Rebecca131US #52
#47Glenda130US #96
#48Ruth128US #44
#49Susan128US #8
#50Judith125US #12
#51Bertha116US #180
#52Bessie116
#53Georgia116US #129
#54Bonnie115US #35
#55Johnnie115
#56Ella114US #177
#57Hattie113
#58Sharon112US #9
#59Jessie111
#60Bettye109
#61Beverly108US #31
#62Diane108US #18
#63Cheryl106US #24
#64Louise105US #99
#65Carrie103
#66Clara102US #150
#67Mae102
#68Ann101US #41
#69Christine101US #45
#70Lynda101US #77
#71Sherry100US #67
#72Sylvia99US #97
#73Marilyn98US #29
#74Laura95US #74
#75Marie92US #57
#76Rose92US #65
#77Geraldine91US #78
#78Joan90US #30
#79Maggie90
#80Bettie89
#81Thelma88US #153
#82Bernice87US #172
#83Cynthia86US #33
#84Earnestine85
#85Julia84US #116
#86Lula83
#87Katherine82US #76
#88Dianne81US #83
#89Phyllis81US #37
#90Rita80US #60
#91Eva79US #168
#92Jean79US #40
#93Norma79US #82
#94Juanita78US #110
#95Margie77US #139
#96Ida76US #199
#97Vera75
#98Delores73US #115
#99Janet73US #23
#100Ruthie73

Boys

#1James2,276US #1
#2Robert1,322US #2
#3John1,219US #3
#4Willie1,091US #42
#5William1,055US #4
#6Charles1,024US #9
#7Larry586US #10
#8David530US #6
#9Jerry500US #20
#10Thomas498US #8
#11George489US #16
#12Jimmy430US #44
#13Billy420US #51
#14Richard397US #5
#15Johnny372US #49
#16Joe355US #43
#17Henry354US #46
#18Bobby328US #60
#19Eddie325US #80
#20Donald284US #13
#21Walter278US #34
#22Edward258US #19
#23Joseph246US #14
#24Michael242US #7
#25Ronald236US #11
#26Frank227US #23
#27Kenneth225US #15
#28Roy214US #48
#29Danny205US #39
#30Jimmie205US #113
#31Tommy205US #79
#32Paul203US #18
#33Albert181US #55
#34Charlie171US #145
#35Lee167US #92
#36Johnnie163US #148
#37Jessie158US #195
#38Arthur149US #38
#39Samuel149US #72
#40Gary146US #12
#41Harold137US #35
#42Leroy132US #98
#43Eugene129US #59
#44Clarence126US #88
#45Melvin125US #85
#46Fred124US #56
#47Curtis120US #99
#48Louis120US #64
#49Terry117US #26
#50Earl112US #83
#51Raymond112US #27
#52Ernest109US #75
#53Harry109US #54
#54Ronnie108US #61
#55Wayne107US #30
#56Carl106US #40
#57Andrew105US #82
#58Tommie105
#59Lawrence104US #32
#60Roosevelt103
#61Jack102US #37
#62Jesse101US #107
#63Roger101US #25
#64Freddie99US #153
#65Sammie99
#66Gerald98US #28
#67Howard97US #62
#68Daniel95US #22
#69Earnest94
#70Dennis92US #17
#71Leon92US #117
#72Douglas91US #31
#73Lonnie89US #137
#74Bennie79
#75Ralph79US #50
#76Marvin73US #89
#77Herman71US #150
#78Calvin70US #120
#79Floyd69US #130
#80Percy69
#81Phillip68US #74
#82Herbert67US #104
#83Milton65US #158
#84Glenn64US #70
#85Otis64
#86Ray64US #97
#87Sam62US #169
#88Steve62US #58
#89Clifton60
#90Allen59US #73
#91Lewis59US #118
#92Sammy59US #175
#93Stanley59US #67
#94Stephen59US #21
#95Alvin57US #129
#96Harvey56US #131
#97Luther56
#98Sylvester56
#99Clyde55US #128
#100Don55US #86

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑31Mae#67
↑23Diane#62
↑22Charlotte#40
↑22Christine#69
↑22Wayne#55
↑19Donna#44
↑19Cheryl#63
↑18Bertha#51

Falling

↓28Jean#92
↓26Ida#96
↓26Don#100
↓24Rose#76
↓19Allen#90
↓17Clara#66
↓15Ann#68
↓15Sylvia#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.