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Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,202 Mississippi births in 1949 across 1,002 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#16Rosieoutside the national top 200
#31Lillie#197 nationally
#23Bobbie#188 nationally
#39Mattieoutside the national top 200
#18Willie#179 nationally
#42Jessie#200 nationally
#54Tommieoutside the national top 200
#55Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#56Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#59Jessieoutside the national top 200
#60Minnieoutside the national top 200
#61Bessieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,766US #2
#2Linda1,123US #1
#3Betty652US #22
#4Dorothy646US #32
#5Barbara641US #4
#6Shirley586US #18
#7Patricia562US #3
#8Annie468US #103
#9Brenda441US #13
#10Sandra402US #6
#11Carolyn386US #17
#12Gloria382US #29
#13Martha357US #34
#14Judy320US #20
#15Margaret290US #14
#16Rosie268
#17Peggy261US #38
#18Willie255US #179
#19Nancy243US #7
#20Joyce240US #26
#21Ruby237US #123
#22Elizabeth215US #25
#23Bobbie214US #188
#24Doris206US #69
#25Sarah197US #84
#26Alice196US #53
#27Janice195US #24
#28Helen194US #46
#29Susan188US #5
#30Emma184US #147
#31Lillie183US #197
#32Ethel164US #164
#33Wanda162US #56
#34Donna159US #12
#35Virginia159US #39
#36Beverly158US #31
#37Frances148US #49
#38Patsy144US #106
#39Mattie143
#40Carol142US #8
#41Diane136US #19
#42Glenda135US #87
#43Charlotte132US #71
#44Ella130US #177
#45Mildred130US #120
#46Evelyn129US #80
#47Bertha128US #181
#48Catherine128US #37
#49Edna127US #142
#50Jo127US #60
#51Georgia126US #141
#52Deborah124US #15
#53Kathy124US #42
#54Sharon122US #10
#55Johnnie120
#56Katherine120US #59
#57Ruth120US #47
#58Rebecca118US #40
#59Jessie117
#60Minnie116
#61Bessie115
#62Bettye115
#63Laura113US #65
#64Clara112US #168
#65Bonnie107US #35
#66Christine104US #30
#67Rita104US #54
#68Cynthia103US #27
#69Pamela103US #21
#70Mae102
#71Judith100US #16
#72Lula100
#73Ann99US #44
#74Ida99
#75Carrie98
#76Earnestine98
#77Marilyn98US #33
#78Hattie96
#79Sherry95US #68
#80Thelma95US #172
#81Geraldine94US #90
#82Dianne92US #85
#83Bernice91US #198
#84Julia91US #112
#85Rose91US #66
#86Bettie86
#87Juanita85US #107
#88Louise85US #104
#89Gladys84US #178
#90Sylvia84US #94
#91Cheryl83US #28
#92Katie83
#93Gwendolyn80US #114
#94Delores78US #126
#95Lynda78US #93
#96Margie78US #169
#97Josephine77US #143
#98Marie75US #67
#99Hazel74
#100Janet73US #23

Boys

#1James1,997US #1
#2Robert1,322US #2
#3Willie1,130US #41
#4John1,106US #3
#5Charles1,014US #9
#6William975US #4
#7Larry641US #10
#8David542US #6
#9Jerry470US #23
#10Thomas468US #8
#11George464US #18
#12Johnny383US #49
#13Eddie377US #80
#14Henry372US #46
#15Richard359US #7
#16Michael353US #5
#17Jimmy351US #53
#18Billy340US #57
#19Joe335US #52
#20Bobby312US #67
#21Walter288US #37
#22Donald276US #13
#23Edward259US #21
#24Joseph256US #14
#25Kenneth245US #15
#26Ronald225US #11
#27Tommy213US #84
#28Frank203US #27
#29Roy203US #51
#30Jimmie202US #130
#31Albert198US #56
#32Gary194US #12
#33Johnnie189US #150
#34Paul188US #17
#35Danny184US #40
#36Lee177US #93
#37Charlie169US #146
#38Terry168US #28
#39Samuel159US #62
#40Curtis156US #97
#41Roger155US #25
#42Jessie152US #200
#43Arthur147US #44
#44Clarence139US #94
#45Jesse139US #110
#46Harold132US #42
#47Leroy125US #101
#48Louis125US #64
#49Melvin124US #82
#50Fred123US #72
#51Ronnie122US #65
#52Howard120US #63
#53Carl117US #43
#54Tommie116
#55Dennis115US #16
#56Roosevelt111
#57Andrew110US #75
#58Freddie106US #152
#59Eugene105US #58
#60Daniel103US #22
#61Earl103US #91
#62Earnest101
#63Wayne101US #35
#64Lawrence95US #32
#65Raymond95US #30
#66Jack94US #47
#67Harry93US #59
#68Leon93US #121
#69Gerald92US #33
#70Calvin91US #112
#71Sammie89
#72Stephen87US #19
#73Herman86US #157
#74Percy86
#75Marvin84US #89
#76Floyd82US #133
#77Douglas77US #29
#78Phillip77US #66
#79Bennie74
#80Allen73US #71
#81Ralph73US #50
#82Sam72US #188
#83Herbert71US #107
#84Ernest70US #76
#85Clifton69
#86Milton69US #160
#87Harvey68US #142
#88Nathaniel67US #179
#89Otis66
#90Alfred64US #96
#91Jackie64US #140
#92Clyde62US #131
#93Glenn60US #61
#94Stanley59US #60
#95Lewis58US #132
#96Gene57US #119
#97Lonnie57US #134
#98Sammy57
#99Sylvester56
#100Cecil54US #173

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑33Deborah#52
↑33Katherine#56
↑26Stephen#72
↑24Calvin#70
↑21Pamela#69
↑19Diane#41
↑19Lula#72
↑16Charlotte#43

Falling

↓34Louise#88
↓29Juanita#87
↓25Marie#98
↓20Bessie#61
↓17Minnie#60
↓17Sherry#79
↓17Ernest#84
↓17Clyde#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.