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Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,974 Mississippi births in 1948 across 976 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#23Rosieoutside the national top 200
#41Bessieoutside the national top 200
#20Bobbie#179 nationally
#30Lillie#189 nationally
#42Mattieoutside the national top 200
#43Minnieoutside the national top 200
#16Willie#168 nationally
#36Jessie#185 nationally
#54Earnestoutside the national top 200
#56Jessieoutside the national top 200
#39Bertha#183 nationally
#57Maeoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,714US #2
#2Linda1,095US #1
#3Barbara724US #3
#4Dorothy712US #29
#5Betty699US #18
#6Patricia523US #4
#7Shirley519US #20
#8Annie486US #97
#9Brenda426US #17
#10Carolyn398US #14
#11Martha377US #32
#12Gloria356US #28
#13Sandra350US #6
#14Margaret279US #13
#15Judy274US #16
#16Willie267US #168
#17Helen256US #40
#18Peggy252US #38
#19Nancy248US #7
#20Bobbie241US #179
#21Joyce238US #21
#22Ruby237US #114
#23Rosie222
#24Elizabeth214US #26
#25Alice206US #49
#26Janice204US #23
#27Sarah204US #85
#28Doris197US #64
#29Emma191US #138
#30Lillie177US #189
#31Ethel167US #152
#32Glenda166US #92
#33Virginia164US #36
#34Susan159US #5
#35Patsy158US #98
#36Beverly149US #31
#37Frances145US #42
#38Donna143US #11
#39Bertha142US #183
#40Wanda140US #57
#41Bessie136
#42Mattie135
#43Minnie135
#44Rebecca134US #50
#45Catherine132US #41
#46Carol128US #8
#47Mildred128US #120
#48Evelyn127US #74
#49Clara126US #160
#50Edna124US #139
#51Ella124US #177
#52Ruth120US #45
#53Sharon119US #9
#54Louise118US #99
#55Jo117US #56
#56Jessie114
#57Mae114
#58Juanita113US #107
#59Charlotte112US #69
#60Diane111US #19
#61Georgia107US #130
#62Sherry106US #61
#63Ann104US #44
#64Johnnie104
#65Judith103US #15
#66Bonnie102US #34
#67Christine99US #35
#68Hattie99
#69Rose99US #62
#70Cynthia98US #27
#71Geraldine97US #83
#72Marilyn96US #33
#73Marie93US #60
#74Bettye92
#75Earnestine92
#76Thelma92US #163
#77Laura91US #73
#78Bernice90US #185
#79Cheryl90US #25
#80Connie90US #43
#81Carrie89
#82Delores88US #116
#83Dianne88US #86
#84Bettie87
#85Deborah87US #30
#86Vera87
#87Maggie86
#88Eva83US #162
#89Katherine83US #68
#90Pamela81US #22
#91Lula80
#92Gladys78US #173
#93Margie78US #148
#94Lynda76US #84
#95Alma74
#96Joan74US #37
#97Julia74US #118
#98Charlene73US #105
#99Jane73US #39
#100Janet73US #24

Boys

#1James2,138US #1
#2Robert1,264US #2
#3John1,147US #3
#4Willie1,090US #40
#5Charles966US #9
#6William941US #4
#7Larry569US #11
#8David541US #5
#9Jerry507US #21
#10Thomas495US #8
#11George482US #16
#12Jimmy402US #50
#13Richard360US #7
#14Johnny359US #52
#15Joe352US #47
#16Billy340US #53
#17Eddie323US #78
#18Henry318US #45
#19Bobby317US #62
#20Michael307US #6
#21Walter275US #35
#22Donald258US #14
#23Edward258US #19
#24Joseph256US #13
#25Ronald249US #10
#26Jimmie232US #120
#27Kenneth204US #15
#28Frank203US #25
#29Danny199US #39
#30Roy189US #49
#31Tommy186US #79
#32Paul185US #18
#33Albert165US #55
#34Johnnie159US #150
#35Charlie158US #144
#36Jessie154US #185
#37Arthur152US #44
#38Samuel151US #70
#39Terry151US #26
#40Curtis149US #101
#41Clarence147US #87
#42Lee147US #93
#43Gary146US #12
#44Leroy145US #97
#45Eugene141US #61
#46Howard131US #63
#47Louis130US #64
#48Harold127US #36
#49Carl124US #42
#50Roger124US #24
#51Dennis120US #17
#52Ronnie118US #59
#53Fred114US #66
#54Earnest110
#55Jesse110US #108
#56Melvin106US #81
#57Tommie106
#58Freddie102US #152
#59Earl101US #83
#60Harry99US #57
#61Jack95US #43
#62Daniel94US #22
#63Raymond94US #27
#64Leon93US #119
#65Andrew92US #77
#66Roosevelt92
#67Ernest90US #76
#68Bennie87
#69Douglas83US #33
#70Sammie82
#71Allen81US #72
#72Wayne81US #34
#73Phillip80US #69
#74Gerald79US #30
#75Clyde76US #131
#76Lawrence76US #31
#77Nathaniel73US #180
#78Percy73
#79Milton72US #160
#80Otis72
#81Herman71US #146
#82Ralph71US #51
#83Alfred69US #96
#84Clifton69
#85Lonnie69US #135
#86Lewis68US #130
#87Sam65US #176
#88Harvey63US #138
#89Marvin61US #90
#90Sylvester61
#91Floyd60US #134
#92Ray59US #100
#93Alvin58US #124
#94Calvin58US #117
#95Don57US #91
#96Leonard57US #71
#97Stanley57US #65
#98Stephen57US #20
#99Sammy56US #186
#100Mack55

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑36Juanita#58
↑25Beverly#36
↑24Clyde#75
↑21Howard#46
↑19Dennis#51
↑19Allen#71
↑17Clara#49
↑16Delores#82

Falling

↓24Lynda#94
↓21Jo#55
↓19Charlotte#59
↓18Joan#96
↓17Wayne#72
↓17Lawrence#76
↓16Cheryl#79
↓16Carrie#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.