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Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,547 Mississippi births in 1954 across 1,008 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#31Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#33Willieoutside the national top 200
#34Rosieoutside the national top 200
#38Jessieoutside the national top 200
#48Emmaoutside the national top 200
#56Lillieoutside the national top 200
#34Jimmie#171 nationally
#52Edna#189 nationally
#64Minnieoutside the national top 200
#14Annie#150 nationally
#66Georgia#200 nationally
#67Earnestoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,378US #1
#2Linda856US #2
#3Deborah665US #3
#4Patricia611US #4
#5Shirley546US #33
#6Dorothy538US #55
#7Barbara535US #7
#8Betty501US #36
#9Brenda476US #18
#10Gloria396US #42
#11Debra381US #6
#12Carolyn359US #27
#13Sandra357US #13
#14Annie355US #150
#15Martha319US #46
#16Pamela271US #12
#17Joyce258US #28
#18Susan248US #5
#19Judy247US #29
#20Donna242US #11
#21Elizabeth241US #20
#22Cynthia232US #10
#23Beverly229US #31
#24Rebecca221US #26
#25Nancy219US #9
#26Margaret217US #21
#27Kathy209US #23
#28Janice202US #25
#29Wanda201US #58
#30Doris198US #93
#31Bobbie197
#32Ruby196US #162
#33Willie196
#34Rosie193
#35Helen192US #72
#36Marilyn188US #35
#37Jo185US #53
#38Peggy181US #48
#39Sharon181US #16
#40Diane173US #17
#41Virginia172US #61
#42Sarah152US #103
#43Janet151US #19
#44Alice146US #81
#45Karen144US #8
#46Rose142US #54
#47Sherry142US #62
#48Emma140
#49Glenda136US #114
#50Catherine133US #32
#51Sheila129US #60
#52Edna127US #189
#53Rita127US #67
#54Carol126US #15
#55Teresa122US #34
#56Lillie118
#57Cathy115US #59
#58Bonnie108US #52
#59Charlotte106US #113
#60Dianne104US #116
#61Connie103US #39
#62Gwendolyn102US #122
#63Mildred102US #180
#64Minnie99
#65Rhonda99US #71
#66Georgia98US #200
#67Jacqueline97US #68
#68Patsy97US #155
#69Laura96US #45
#70Christine94US #43
#71Evelyn94US #109
#72Paula94US #38
#73Ruth94US #66
#74Frances92US #83
#75Vera91
#76Mattie90
#77Theresa89US #47
#78Katherine87US #64
#79Clara84
#80Ethel84
#81Vickie84US #69
#82Bertha83
#83Delores83US #177
#84Phyllis83US #75
#85Julia82US #127
#86Ella80
#87Marsha80US #86
#88Sylvia77US #101
#89Carrie75
#90Johnnie74
#91Ann72US #44
#92Thelma72
#93Bessie70
#94Geraldine69US #143
#95Mae68
#96Jessie67
#97Debbie66US #92
#98Vicki66US #50
#99Cheryl63US #22
#100Eva63US #187

Boys

#1James1,782US #3
#2Robert1,259US #2
#3John1,014US #4
#4Charles969US #10
#5Willie929US #53
#6William837US #6
#7Larry738US #19
#8David689US #5
#9Michael648US #1
#10Jerry485US #31
#11Thomas415US #8
#12Richard411US #7
#13George378US #24
#14Johnny363US #54
#15Billy351US #65
#16Donald322US #14
#17Henry313US #59
#18Kenneth310US #17
#19Eddie298US #91
#20Bobby295US #72
#21Gary282US #9
#22Joseph262US #13
#23Edward261US #22
#24Jimmy260US #74
#25Joe254US #67
#26Ronald252US #15
#27Terry233US #27
#28Danny227US #42
#29Tommy216US #100
#30Walter216US #49
#31Roy196US #56
#32Paul192US #16
#33Curtis188US #84
#34Jimmie173US #171
#35Melvin171US #92
#36Frank170US #36
#37Dennis162US #21
#38Jessie151
#39Arthur150US #52
#40Lee149US #96
#41Albert146US #73
#42Carl143US #47
#43Roger140US #34
#44Randy135US #33
#45Steven133US #11
#46Ricky129US #46
#47Eugene128US #77
#48Ronnie128US #78
#49Gregory127US #25
#50Mark127US #12
#51Clarence126US #108
#52Samuel125US #71
#53Anthony122US #32
#54Stephen122US #20
#55Daniel116US #18
#56Charlie115US #181
#57Johnnie113US #183
#58Stanley113US #58
#59Calvin107US #117
#60Jesse107US #119
#61Ray104US #118
#62Howard103US #80
#63Leroy103US #125
#64Ernest102US #87
#65Raymond102US #35
#66Andrew101US #70
#67Earnest99
#68Harold99US #60
#69Freddie98US #179
#70Leon97US #140
#71Phillip97US #75
#72Lawrence96US #39
#73Rickey92US #113
#74Micheal91US #88
#75Timothy91US #26
#76Louis90US #81
#77Allen88US #82
#78Douglas88US #29
#79Earl88US #98
#80Tommie88
#81Sammie86
#82Ralph85US #61
#83Lonnie84US #146
#84Steve84US #76
#85Marvin83US #97
#86Roosevelt82
#87Bennie78
#88Wayne77US #41
#89Gerald75US #44
#90Clifton74
#91Jack74US #57
#92Fred73US #93
#93Bruce71US #30
#94Glenn71US #63
#95Milton70US #175
#96Alvin69US #135
#97Herbert68US #128
#98Percy68
#99Don67US #120
#100Donnie65US #162

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑35Ray#61
↑32Ricky#46
↑31Ernest#64
↑30Anthony#53
↑27Rhonda#65
↑26Gregory#49
↑23Sheila#51
↑22Phillip#71

Falling

↓28Ethel#80
↓28Herbert#97
↓24Earl#79
↓21Frances#74
↓21Johnnie#57
↓19Jessie#96
↓19Tommie#80
↓18Katherine#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.