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Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,015 Mississippi births in 1952 across 991 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#21Rosieoutside the national top 200
#27Willieoutside the national top 200
#31Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#42Lillieoutside the national top 200
#44Jessieoutside the national top 200
#47Mattieoutside the national top 200
#48Etheloutside the national top 200
#55Minnieoutside the national top 200
#58Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#60Tommieoutside the national top 200
#40Emma#180 nationally
#63Ellaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,530US #2
#2Linda1,000US #1
#3Patricia649US #3
#4Barbara582US #6
#5Betty573US #32
#6Dorothy561US #46
#7Deborah530US #4
#8Brenda522US #15
#9Shirley514US #28
#10Annie422US #127
#11Sandra360US #10
#12Carolyn349US #24
#13Gloria336US #36
#14Martha291US #40
#15Judy266US #26
#16Elizabeth262US #22
#17Joyce244US #27
#18Margaret236US #21
#19Nancy236US #7
#20Janice222US #23
#21Rosie213
#22Peggy210US #43
#23Cynthia203US #18
#24Doris203US #83
#25Donna197US #13
#26Debra195US #9
#27Willie194
#28Alice193US #69
#29Helen189US #63
#30Susan188US #5
#31Bobbie185
#32Ruby182US #145
#33Kathy180US #29
#34Beverly179US #35
#35Pamela178US #17
#36Sarah178US #93
#37Wanda178US #54
#38Rebecca176US #30
#39Sharon176US #14
#40Emma175US #180
#41Diane158US #16
#42Lillie150
#43Jo144US #55
#44Carol143US #12
#45Virginia143US #49
#46Rose141US #62
#47Mattie136
#48Ethel129
#49Janet129US #19
#50Catherine128US #34
#51Evelyn121US #90
#52Karen121US #8
#53Bonnie116US #41
#54Mildred116US #159
#55Minnie115
#56Patsy114US #128
#57Glenda113US #97
#58Charlotte112US #89
#59Frances112US #67
#60Georgia108US #176
#61Laura107US #53
#62Christine106US #20
#63Ella104
#64Gwendolyn103US #114
#65Edna102US #177
#66Katherine100US #59
#67Johnnie98
#68Sylvia98US #99
#69Marilyn96US #38
#70Ruth96US #57
#71Clara93US #196
#72Delores90US #152
#73Bessie89
#74Earnestine88
#75Sherry88US #68
#76Hattie87
#77Cheryl86US #31
#78Dianne86US #96
#79Cathy85US #56
#80Bertha83
#81Julia83US #131
#82Thelma83
#83Louise82US #122
#84Jessie80
#85Paula78US #47
#86Ruthie78
#87Teresa78US #52
#88Jacqueline77US #58
#89Judith76US #25
#90Bettye75
#91Carrie75
#92Mae75
#93Rita75US #66
#94Connie74US #44
#95Juanita74US #125
#96Ann73US #45
#97Belinda71US #172
#98Bernice71
#99Geraldine70US #119
#100Ida70

Boys

#1James1,838US #1
#2Robert1,204US #2
#3Charles1,029US #9
#4John1,012US #3
#5Willie961US #48
#6William846US #6
#7Larry828US #14
#8David689US #5
#9Michael480US #4
#10Jerry465US #26
#11Thomas437US #8
#12Richard419US #7
#13George410US #22
#14Johnny387US #53
#15Eddie332US #93
#16Henry329US #50
#17Joe302US #62
#18Billy286US #65
#19Donald285US #13
#20Jimmy285US #72
#21Edward278US #23
#22Joseph276US #12
#23Kenneth275US #16
#24Bobby269US #77
#25Walter244US #44
#26Ronald232US #15
#27Danny220US #40
#28Gary199US #10
#29Terry199US #29
#30Jimmie194US #163
#31Paul185US #19
#32Lee184US #92
#33Roy179US #55
#34Tommy178US #97
#35Curtis171US #86
#36Albert165US #66
#37Frank163US #32
#38Johnnie163US #173
#39Arthur160US #47
#40Charlie157US #161
#41Samuel153US #67
#42Carl149US #45
#43Dennis146US #18
#44Jessie142
#45Ronnie134US #82
#46Roger129US #30
#47Melvin128US #91
#48Clarence126US #102
#49Andrew123US #68
#50Eugene123US #71
#51Harold123US #51
#52Daniel120US #20
#53Stephen119US #21
#54Leon117US #124
#55Leroy117US #116
#56Freddie105US #177
#57Howard104US #73
#58Roosevelt101
#59Steven99US #11
#60Tommie99
#61Earl93US #98
#62Calvin92US #108
#63Gerald91US #39
#64Fred89US #90
#65Louis89US #79
#66Jesse88US #112
#67Stanley88US #58
#68Douglas87US #28
#69Ernest86US #87
#70Glenn86US #61
#71Mark86US #17
#72Phillip86US #74
#73Ralph86US #56
#74Anthony85US #34
#75Percy84
#76Harry82US #75
#77Jack82US #52
#78Raymond81US #33
#79Milton80US #169
#80Gregory79US #24
#81Herbert79US #115
#82Lawrence79US #35
#83Randy77US #41
#84Sylvester77
#85Earnest76
#86Alfred75US #104
#87Herman75US #175
#88Ricky74US #81
#89Bennie73
#90Alvin71US #128
#91Lonnie71US #148
#92Bruce70US #25
#93Lewis70US #145
#94Sammie70
#95Jackie69US #144
#96Clyde68US #143
#97Wayne68US #38
#98Marvin67US #95
#99Steve64US #85
#100Floyd61US #149

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑34Debra#26
↑29Mark#71
↑27Stanley#67
↑27Glenn#70
↑24Earnestine#74
↑23Cheryl#77
↑23Gerald#63
↑18Hattie#76

Falling

↓30Geraldine#99
↓26Clyde#96
↓23Bernice#98
↓22Douglas#68
↓22Earnest#85
↓21Louis#65
↓20Harry#76
↓19Jackie#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.