State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1955 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,412 Mississippi births in 1955 across 1,003 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#33Rosieoutside the national top 200
#37Willieoutside the national top 200
#47Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#48Jessieoutside the national top 200
#13Annie#160 nationally
#54Emmaoutside the national top 200
#47Jimmie#192 nationally
#58Lillieoutside the national top 200
#35Ruby#173 nationally
#52Johnnie#190 nationally
#65Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#70Ednaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,310US #1
#2Linda845US #3
#3Deborah612US #2
#4Patricia597US #6
#5Barbara530US #7
#6Brenda517US #18
#7Shirley505US #37
#8Betty454US #36
#9Dorothy451US #64
#10Debra439US #4
#11Carolyn364US #30
#12Sandra352US #13
#13Annie344US #160
#14Gloria314US #47
#15Joyce272US #29
#16Susan270US #5
#17Cynthia265US #11
#18Donna250US #10
#19Martha250US #53
#20Janice243US #25
#21Pamela240US #12
#22Kathy218US #22
#23Judy217US #32
#24Margaret217US #24
#25Rebecca216US #27
#26Elizabeth208US #21
#27Marilyn207US #49
#28Nancy204US #9
#29Wanda200US #61
#30Doris198US #101
#31Diane195US #14
#32Beverly192US #34
#33Rosie190
#34Sharon184US #16
#35Ruby183US #173
#36Karen180US #8
#37Willie180
#38Sherry177US #56
#39Alice161US #87
#40Peggy158US #51
#41Teresa157US #26
#42Jo156US #58
#43Rose155US #54
#44Janet151US #20
#45Catherine146US #28
#46Sarah146US #108
#47Bobbie143
#48Cathy140US #44
#49Glenda139US #128
#50Gwendolyn139US #122
#51Helen138US #78
#52Carol134US #15
#53Virginia133US #66
#54Emma125
#55Cheryl123US #19
#56Evelyn121US #112
#57Laura119US #41
#58Lillie114
#59Sheila114US #57
#60Connie113US #35
#61Rhonda111US #71
#62Rita111US #72
#63Dianne108US #121
#64Jacqueline108US #73
#65Sylvia106US #107
#66Paula105US #39
#67Katherine104US #65
#68Bonnie96US #45
#69Mildred95US #197
#70Edna94
#71Charlotte92US #129
#72Vicki92US #52
#73Debbie89US #63
#74Christine88US #40
#75Frances86US #96
#76Johnnie86
#77Ella84
#78Patsy83US #172
#79Ethel82
#80Clara81
#81Mattie81
#82Minnie80
#83Vera79
#84Phyllis78US #74
#85Vickie76US #68
#86Anita74US #94
#87Theresa74US #38
#88Ann73US #43
#89Bertha73
#90Georgia73
#91Marsha73US #106
#92Ruth72US #70
#93Shelia72US #181
#94Mae70
#95Thelma70
#96Diana67US #55
#97Bessie64
#98Earnestine64
#99Vivian64US #154
#100Ida63

Boys

#1James1,743US #3
#2Robert1,143US #4
#3John981US #5
#4Charles881US #11
#5Willie876US #54
#6William826US #6
#7Larry797US #19
#8David780US #2
#9Michael616US #1
#10Jerry432US #33
#11George413US #26
#12Richard400US #7
#13Thomas374US #8
#14Johnny350US #55
#15Kenneth323US #15
#16Billy314US #69
#17Eddie298US #92
#18Donald294US #14
#19Henry275US #61
#20Terry274US #28
#21Joseph263US #13
#22Joe255US #68
#23Bobby250US #75
#24Gary238US #12
#25Jimmy238US #78
#26Edward236US #25
#27Paul233US #16
#28Walter231US #51
#29Danny229US #45
#30Ronald213US #18
#31Randy188US #30
#32Roy182US #58
#33Melvin181US #95
#34Dennis175US #23
#35Carl171US #47
#36Curtis167US #79
#37Frank164US #34
#38Ricky163US #46
#39Tommy160US #108
#40Mark159US #9
#41Arthur157US #56
#42Lee152US #96
#43Albert142US #76
#44Daniel141US #17
#45Stanley141US #64
#46Calvin140US #110
#47Jimmie136US #192
#48Jessie135
#49Ronnie134US #80
#50Steven134US #10
#51Anthony133US #31
#52Johnnie130US #190
#53Roger129US #37
#54Stephen129US #21
#55Gregory128US #24
#56Samuel128US #71
#57Clarence126US #117
#58Howard126US #83
#59Ray122US #113
#60Andrew115US #66
#61Timothy115US #22
#62Charlie109US #184
#63Leroy109US #133
#64Harold108US #63
#65Roosevelt105
#66Freddie101US #186
#67Eugene100US #81
#68Gerald98US #48
#69Douglas97US #29
#70Ernest97US #90
#71Earnest96
#72Louis95US #82
#73Lawrence94US #42
#74Raymond92US #36
#75Earl88US #106
#76Herbert87US #129
#77Leon87US #143
#78Micheal86US #87
#79Marvin83US #94
#80Wayne83US #44
#81Glenn82US #59
#82Jesse82US #122
#83Allen81US #84
#84Steve81US #72
#85Rickey80US #114
#86Tommie79
#87Alvin77US #134
#88Harry75US #89
#89Bruce74US #32
#90Lonnie72US #155
#91Herman71US #194
#92Sammie71
#93Fred70US #97
#94Ralph70US #67
#95Milton68US #185
#96Rodney67US #65
#97Jackie66US #148
#98Phillip66US #74
#99Tony64US #93
#100Barry63US #70

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑44Cheryl#55
↑26Vicki#72
↑24Debbie#73
↑23Sylvia#65
↑21Roosevelt#65
↑21Gerald#68
↑21Herbert#76
↑15Evelyn#56

Falling

↓27Phillip#98
↓24Georgia#90
↓22Jesse#82
↓20Eugene#67
↓19Ruth#92
↓18Edna#70
↓18Minnie#82
↓16Bobbie#47

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.