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Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,741 Mississippi births in 1953 across 997 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#29Rosieoutside the national top 200
#30Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#36Willieoutside the national top 200
#39Jessieoutside the national top 200
#49Lillieoutside the national top 200
#52Etheloutside the national top 200
#48Emma#195 nationally
#36Johnnie#180 nationally
#61Tommieoutside the national top 200
#11Annie#143 nationally
#69Mattieoutside the national top 200
#43Charlie#174 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,499US #1
#2Linda916US #2
#3Deborah600US #3
#4Patricia593US #4
#5Barbara582US #6
#6Dorothy565US #49
#7Shirley565US #29
#8Betty534US #33
#9Brenda465US #18
#10Carolyn349US #25
#11Annie340US #143
#12Gloria340US #38
#13Martha335US #41
#14Sandra324US #11
#15Debra297US #7
#16Judy272US #27
#17Elizabeth270US #21
#18Joyce267US #26
#19Pamela250US #10
#20Janice243US #22
#21Donna232US #13
#22Margaret225US #20
#23Nancy220US #8
#24Cynthia219US #12
#25Doris216US #87
#26Ruby212US #150
#27Susan212US #5
#28Kathy205US #23
#29Rosie200
#30Bobbie194
#31Beverly191US #34
#32Wanda188US #57
#33Sharon185US #15
#34Peggy184US #44
#35Rebecca183US #24
#36Willie183
#37Marilyn177US #36
#38Sarah171US #93
#39Alice166US #73
#40Virginia166US #53
#41Diane161US #17
#42Helen160US #65
#43Karen153US #9
#44Rose149US #59
#45Jo142US #54
#46Janet131US #19
#47Catherine130US #35
#48Emma128US #195
#49Lillie127
#50Carol125US #16
#51Gwendolyn122US #112
#52Ethel121
#53Frances117US #72
#54Glenda117US #105
#55Evelyn113US #94
#56Sherry111US #70
#57Paula109US #40
#58Georgia108US #181
#59Teresa105US #42
#60Katherine104US #63
#61Patsy104US #141
#62Rita103US #64
#63Cathy101US #56
#64Jacqueline101US #58
#65Mildred99US #166
#66Christine97US #32
#67Charlotte96US #100
#68Edna96US #190
#69Mattie96
#70Bonnie93US #45
#71Connie93US #47
#72Laura93US #51
#73Dianne92US #109
#74Sheila92US #60
#75Clara91
#76Ella87
#77Jessie87
#78Minnie86
#79Ruth85US #62
#80Johnnie84
#81Bessie80
#82Louise79US #125
#83Bertha78
#84Thelma78
#85Bernice77
#86Marsha75US #83
#87Vera75
#88Carrie73
#89Cheryl72US #28
#90Earnestine72
#91Hattie72
#92Rhonda72US #85
#93Bettye70
#94Ida69
#95Sylvia69US #101
#96Phyllis68US #69
#97Velma68
#98Josephine66US #172
#99Delores65US #156
#100Ruthie65

Boys

#1James1,844US #2
#2Robert1,202US #1
#3John1,049US #4
#4Willie981US #49
#5Charles971US #9
#6William887US #6
#7Larry785US #18
#8David669US #5
#9Michael594US #3
#10Thomas444US #8
#11Jerry436US #29
#12George418US #22
#13Richard412US #7
#14Johnny363US #52
#15Henry354US #54
#16Billy327US #65
#17Donald300US #14
#18Eddie300US #97
#19Joe287US #66
#20Walter280US #45
#21Joseph271US #13
#22Bobby270US #74
#23Jimmy269US #72
#24Kenneth263US #17
#25Edward260US #23
#26Gary235US #10
#27Ronald231US #15
#28Danny220US #41
#29Tommy205US #95
#30Paul198US #16
#31Terry195US #30
#32Frank178US #33
#33Melvin174US #91
#34Dennis171US #19
#35Lee170US #93
#36Johnnie169US #180
#37Roy167US #55
#38Carl161US #44
#39Jessie160
#40Jimmie157US #167
#41Roger156US #31
#42Albert152US #69
#43Charlie148US #174
#44Curtis136US #86
#45Samuel136US #70
#46Ronnie134US #79
#47Stephen131US #21
#48Steven131US #11
#49Arthur128US #50
#50Daniel121US #20
#51Leroy118US #126
#52Calvin114US #111
#53Leon111US #137
#54Andrew108US #68
#55Earl108US #96
#56Freddie108US #171
#57Clarence106US #108
#58Harold104US #56
#59Eugene103US #75
#60Randy103US #35
#61Tommie103
#62Douglas101US #27
#63Mark99US #12
#64Louis98US #78
#65Jesse97US #114
#66Harry91US #83
#67Allen89US #81
#68Stanley89US #62
#69Herbert87US #125
#70Ralph87US #59
#71Raymond86US #34
#72Lawrence85US #37
#73Clyde84US #154
#74Earnest83
#75Gregory81US #24
#76Bennie80
#77Marvin79US #94
#78Ricky79US #51
#79Roosevelt79
#80Howard78US #77
#81Milton78US #175
#82Fred76US #92
#83Anthony75US #32
#84Jack75US #57
#85Steve75US #84
#86Wayne75US #40
#87Jackie74US #145
#88Micheal74US #88
#89Timothy73US #26
#90Donnie72US #156
#91Sammie72
#92Percy71
#93Phillip70US #76
#94Gerald69US #42
#95Ernest68US #87
#96Ray68US #115
#97Rodney67US #58
#98Glenn65US #67
#99Sylvester65
#100Alfred64US #104

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑32Marilyn#37
↑31Rita#62
↑28Paula#57
↑28Teresa#59
↑24Jacqueline#64
↑23Connie#71
↑23Randy#60
↑23Clyde#73

Falling

↓31Gerald#94
↓28Glenn#98
↓27Sylvia#95
↓27Delores#99
↓26Ernest#95
↓23Minnie#78
↓23Howard#80
↓22Mattie#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.