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Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,808 Mississippi births in 1951 across 1,005 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
#24Rosieoutside the national top 200
#21Bobbie#192 nationally
#38Jessieoutside the national top 200
#47Lillieoutside the national top 200
#28Emma#174 nationally
#55Mattieoutside the national top 200
#55Tommieoutside the national top 200
#58Minnieoutside the national top 200
#62Berthaoutside the national top 200
#63Earnestoutside the national top 200
#54Ethel#191 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,593US #2
#2Linda1,049US #1
#3Patricia676US #3
#4Betty649US #29
#5Barbara621US #5
#6Dorothy593US #42
#7Shirley544US #27
#8Brenda532US #14
#9Deborah437US #4
#10Annie409US #113
#11Gloria372US #31
#12Martha358US #38
#13Sandra357US #9
#14Carolyn346US #22
#15Judy321US #26
#16Joyce269US #28
#17Nancy269US #7
#18Margaret252US #17
#19Willie234
#20Janice231US #21
#21Bobbie221US #192
#22Helen221US #54
#23Elizabeth216US #23
#24Rosie214
#25Donna213US #12
#26Ruby208US #140
#27Peggy207US #40
#28Emma203US #174
#29Susan198US #6
#30Wanda197US #52
#31Sarah189US #91
#32Beverly184US #33
#33Doris182US #80
#34Virginia168US #47
#35Pamela163US #16
#36Rebecca162US #32
#37Alice161US #62
#38Cynthia160US #20
#39Sharon153US #13
#40Evelyn151US #88
#41Rose148US #65
#42Catherine147US #34
#43Kathy147US #35
#44Carol140US #11
#45Glenda137US #89
#46Jo137US #67
#47Lillie136
#48Frances134US #59
#49Diane130US #15
#50Patsy130US #121
#51Mildred124US #146
#52Marilyn123US #41
#53Charlotte121US #84
#54Ethel117US #191
#55Mattie116
#56Bonnie115US #37
#57Edna115US #170
#58Minnie114
#59Janet113US #19
#60Debra111US #18
#61Clara109US #186
#62Bertha105
#63Karen105US #8
#64Georgia104US #162
#65Sherry103US #70
#66Dianne102US #90
#67Jessie102
#68Johnnie101
#69Geraldine99US #108
#70Laura99US #60
#71Gwendolyn96US #112
#72Christine95US #24
#73Jacqueline95US #56
#74Katherine95US #55
#75Bernice94
#76Ruth94US #53
#77Thelma93US #189
#78Ella92
#79Bessie86
#80Carrie85
#81Judith85US #25
#82Sylvia84US #97
#83Bettye83
#84Delores81US #141
#85Josephine81US #157
#86Cathy80US #71
#87Jean80US #49
#88Juanita79US #126
#89Mae78
#90Rita77US #61
#91Vera77
#92Ida76
#93Marie76US #78
#94Hattie75
#95Phyllis73US #57
#96Sheila73US #69
#97Louise72US #117
#98Earnestine71
#99Teresa71US #63
#100Cheryl69US #30

Boys

#1James1,986US #1
#2Robert1,302US #2
#3John1,088US #3
#4Willie1,037US #45
#5Charles1,033US #9
#6William898US #6
#7Larry778US #11
#8David625US #5
#9Jerry523US #24
#10George464US #22
#11Michael448US #4
#12Johnny429US #50
#13Thomas415US #8
#14Richard375US #7
#15Billy364US #64
#16Henry343US #47
#17Eddie316US #89
#18Jimmy313US #62
#19Joe299US #57
#20Edward296US #23
#21Donald293US #15
#22Kenneth283US #16
#23Joseph279US #14
#24Bobby273US #77
#25Ronald247US #12
#26Walter239US #42
#27Gary220US #10
#28Roy208US #52
#29Jimmie198US #145
#30Frank196US #31
#31Albert193US #60
#32Danny191US #41
#33Tommy189US #94
#34Johnnie177US #162
#35Curtis173US #91
#36Paul166US #18
#37Arthur164US #44
#38Jessie159
#39Lee157US #92
#40Charlie156US #153
#41Dennis140US #17
#42Clarence133US #98
#43Terry133US #30
#44Louis131US #76
#45Carl127US #43
#46Douglas124US #27
#47Leroy124US #111
#48Roger124US #29
#49Harold123US #46
#50Andrew120US #69
#51Daniel115US #21
#52Eugene114US #65
#53Samuel114US #67
#54Melvin110US #88
#55Tommie107
#56Harry106US #70
#57Jesse104US #115
#58Calvin103US #106
#59Freddie102US #165
#60Ronnie101US #82
#61Ernest99US #83
#62Leon98US #122
#63Earnest96
#64Howard94US #74
#65Earl93US #95
#66Fred93US #87
#67Stephen91US #19
#68Raymond87US #32
#69Allen86US #72
#70Clyde86US #132
#71Steven86US #13
#72Roosevelt85
#73Gregory83US #25
#74Lawrence83US #33
#75Ralph81US #51
#76Jackie80US #133
#77Phillip80US #79
#78Wayne79US #37
#79Jack76US #48
#80Anthony74US #34
#81Percy74
#82Bennie73
#83Sammie73
#84Lonnie72US #139
#85Marvin72US #96
#86Gerald71US #36
#87Herman71US #167
#88Milton71US #169
#89Herbert70US #112
#90Otis69
#91Sylvester69
#92Bruce66US #26
#93Timothy65US #28
#94Stanley64US #54
#95Alvin63US #121
#96Floyd63US #140
#97Glenn61US #58
#98Ricky61US #102
#99Alfred60US #100
#100Mark60US #20

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑35Pamela#35
↑19Karen#63
↑19Ralph#75
↑18Louis#44
↑17Edna#57
↑17Clyde#70
↑16Kathy#43
↑14Allen#69

Falling

↓30Judith#81
↓28Ella#78
↓27Mae#89
↓23Bessie#79
↓23Rita#90
↓16Melvin#54
↓15Ethel#54
↓15Roosevelt#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.