State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,435 Mississippi births in 1950 across 973 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#19Willieoutside the national top 200
#23Rosieoutside the national top 200
#20Bobbie#195 nationally
#33Lillieoutside the national top 200
#36Jessieoutside the national top 200
#50Tommieoutside the national top 200
#52Mattieoutside the national top 200
#50Ella#198 nationally
#55Minnieoutside the national top 200
#56Bessieoutside the national top 200
#49Bertha#193 nationally
#57Rooseveltoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,637US #2
#2Linda1,078US #1
#3Barbara628US #4
#4Patricia613US #3
#5Betty579US #26
#6Dorothy570US #35
#7Shirley567US #19
#8Brenda532US #14
#9Annie472US #106
#10Sandra403US #8
#11Gloria397US #30
#12Martha356US #32
#13Carolyn352US #20
#14Judy284US #25
#15Margaret267US #15
#16Joyce266US #27
#17Deborah260US #7
#18Elizabeth237US #24
#19Willie231
#20Bobbie229US #195
#21Nancy227US #6
#22Doris214US #74
#23Rosie210
#24Emma209US #154
#25Ruby205US #130
#26Peggy200US #41
#27Susan196US #5
#28Sarah191US #88
#29Janice188US #22
#30Helen186US #50
#31Wanda185US #52
#32Alice183US #57
#33Lillie183
#34Rebecca177US #36
#35Beverly173US #31
#36Donna165US #13
#37Carol159US #9
#38Virginia159US #43
#39Ethel150US #176
#40Glenda148US #87
#41Sharon137US #11
#42Jo134US #64
#43Cynthia130US #23
#44Evelyn130US #86
#45Catherine128US #34
#46Diane123US #16
#47Rose123US #69
#48Frances120US #51
#49Bertha116US #193
#50Ella115US #198
#51Judith115US #21
#52Mattie114
#53Bonnie113US #33
#54Charlotte113US #80
#55Minnie113
#56Bessie112
#57Mildred112US #135
#58Clara111US #178
#59Kathy109US #38
#60Patsy109US #117
#61Johnnie107
#62Mae107
#63Christine106US #28
#64Marilyn105US #37
#65Ruth105US #49
#66Geraldine103US #102
#67Rita103US #56
#68Janet102US #18
#69Georgia101US #152
#70Pamela101US #17
#71Bernice97
#72Gladys97US #182
#73Jessie97
#74Edna94US #157
#75Ann91US #45
#76Katherine91US #58
#77Laura91US #63
#78Sherry90US #62
#79Thelma89US #187
#80Gwendolyn88US #113
#81Jacqueline87US #55
#82Karen86US #12
#83Jean82US #48
#84Margie81US #184
#85Sylvia81US #97
#86Hattie80
#87Louise78US #109
#88Vera78
#89Eva77US #175
#90Alma76
#91Cheryl76US #29
#92Bettye75
#93Delores75US #129
#94Earnestine75
#95Ida75
#96Juanita75US #115
#97Julia75US #119
#98Josephine73US #146
#99Marie73US #72
#100Lula72

Boys

#1James1,978US #1
#2Robert1,392US #2
#3Willie1,143US #42
#4John1,090US #3
#5Charles1,012US #9
#6William969US #6
#7Larry813US #11
#8David605US #5
#9George476US #20
#10Jerry474US #24
#11Thomas453US #8
#12Michael407US #4
#13Johnny390US #50
#14Billy374US #57
#15Eddie358US #89
#16Jimmy356US #55
#17Richard343US #7
#18Henry331US #47
#19Joe310US #54
#20Bobby304US #65
#21Kenneth271US #15
#22Donald265US #14
#23Walter262US #40
#24Edward242US #22
#25Joseph240US #13
#26Ronald238US #12
#27Tommy205US #94
#28Roy198US #51
#29Frank196US #29
#30Jimmie189US #141
#31Danny181US #39
#32Albert180US #56
#33Gary174US #10
#34Paul174US #18
#35Lee173US #91
#36Jessie166
#37Johnnie166US #157
#38Melvin160US #87
#39Charlie159US #151
#40Arthur158US #46
#41Curtis155US #97
#42Terry149US #30
#43Samuel147US #62
#44Roger133US #27
#45Carl129US #44
#46Leroy127US #102
#47Clarence125US #95
#48Dennis124US #17
#49Eugene124US #58
#50Tommie117
#51Andrew116US #68
#52Harry116US #61
#53Howard111US #63
#54Douglas108US #28
#55Fred107US #84
#56Harold107US #45
#57Roosevelt107
#58Ronnie106US #76
#59Ernest105US #81
#60Leon104US #119
#61Daniel103US #21
#62Louis101US #66
#63Earnest98
#64Raymond95US #31
#65Freddie92US #155
#66Calvin89US #105
#67Jesse88US #114
#68Lawrence88US #33
#69Percy87
#70Earl84US #92
#71Marvin83US #93
#72Sammie83
#73Stephen82US #19
#74Gerald78US #34
#75Herman78US #159
#76Milton78US #161
#77Lonnie77US #135
#78Jack76US #48
#79Phillip76US #64
#80Bennie75
#81Jackie75US #140
#82Sylvester75
#83Allen72US #71
#84Wayne72US #35
#85Ray70US #111
#86Anthony69US #36
#87Clyde69US #136
#88Glenn68US #59
#89Nathaniel68US #182
#90Alfred66US #96
#91Floyd65US #143
#92Herbert64US #112
#93Alvin62US #121
#94Ralph62US #52
#95Mark61US #23
#96Sam60
#97Gene59US #122
#98Otis59
#99Sammy59
#100Clifton58

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑38Rose#47
↑35Deborah#17
↑32Janet#68
↑25Cynthia#43
↑25Ernest#59
↑24Rebecca#34
↑23Douglas#54
↑20Judith#51

Falling

↓30Bettye#92
↓28Lula#100
↓25Edna#74
↓22Patsy#60
↓22Jesse#67
↓21Ida#95
↓21Wayne#84
↓20Katherine#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.