State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1956 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,339 Mississippi births in 1956 across 1,006 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#35Rosieoutside the national top 200
#39Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#41Willieoutside the national top 200
#13Annie#171 nationally
#50Jessieoutside the national top 200
#55Emmaoutside the national top 200
#56Lillieoutside the national top 200
#58Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#38Ruby#179 nationally
#49Jimmie#189 nationally
#64Mildred#200 nationally
#65Tommieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,226US #1
#2Linda822US #3
#3Patricia610US #6
#4Deborah551US #4
#5Brenda502US #19
#6Debra502US #2
#7Barbara474US #9
#8Shirley471US #41
#9Dorothy428US #72
#10Betty379US #44
#11Sandra375US #14
#12Carolyn343US #33
#13Annie328US #171
#14Cynthia310US #8
#15Gloria302US #53
#16Sharon278US #13
#17Pamela274US #12
#18Donna262US #10
#19Martha261US #59
#20Janice260US #26
#21Joyce246US #30
#22Wanda241US #61
#23Susan238US #5
#24Nancy228US #11
#25Elizabeth221US #22
#26Judy205US #35
#27Kathy202US #20
#28Beverly192US #40
#29Marilyn192US #70
#30Karen190US #7
#31Diane186US #15
#32Margaret184US #25
#33Rebecca182US #27
#34Janet180US #21
#35Rosie172
#36Doris168US #109
#37Helen166US #90
#38Ruby166US #179
#39Bobbie165
#40Teresa159US #24
#41Willie158
#42Alice155US #98
#43Cathy151US #36
#44Jo141US #69
#45Rose140US #64
#46Sherry140US #54
#47Catherine135US #28
#48Cheryl129US #18
#49Gwendolyn129US #128
#50Peggy127US #63
#51Sarah126US #115
#52Carol122US #16
#53Glenda121US #134
#54Virginia119US #75
#55Emma118
#56Lillie115
#57Rhonda114US #62
#58Sheila113US #55
#59Jacqueline108US #78
#60Connie106US #43
#61Laura106US #34
#62Debbie104US #39
#63Rita97US #79
#64Mildred96US #200
#65Charlotte95US #133
#66Theresa93US #32
#67Evelyn92US #120
#68Patsy90US #192
#69Paula89US #47
#70Vicki89US #57
#71Phyllis88US #82
#72Dianne86US #137
#73Katherine86US #67
#74Minnie86
#75Ethel85
#76Ella83
#77Frances82US #107
#78Bonnie81US #51
#79Christine81US #42
#80Edna81
#81Anita78US #83
#82Shelia77US #183
#83Sylvia73US #108
#84Vickie73US #68
#85Eva70US #185
#86Georgia70
#87Angela69US #93
#88Clara69
#89Johnnie69
#90Mattie69
#91Vivian68US #148
#92Annette66US #119
#93Lisa65US #31
#94Vera64
#95Velma63
#96Gail62US #49
#97Loretta62US #126
#98Ruth62US #77
#99Thelma62
#100Delores60US #188

Boys

#1James1,634US #2
#2Robert1,146US #3
#3John927US #5
#4Charles875US #11
#5Willie854US #58
#6William796US #6
#7Larry718US #21
#8David706US #4
#9Michael705US #1
#10Thomas434US #9
#11Jerry388US #35
#12Richard380US #7
#13Kenneth348US #16
#14Donald329US #14
#15Bobby325US #77
#16Johnny320US #55
#17George319US #27
#18Billy301US #68
#19Eddie298US #93
#20Joseph283US #12
#21Jimmy279US #78
#22Ronald257US #15
#23Terry245US #31
#24Edward243US #25
#25Henry243US #71
#26Joe243US #63
#27Gary222US #13
#28Walter213US #53
#29Danny202US #46
#30Randy188US #28
#31Carl183US #48
#32Paul182US #17
#33Roy169US #62
#34Mark165US #8
#35Tommy165US #115
#36Steven164US #10
#37Ricky163US #43
#38Ronnie162US #75
#39Melvin158US #101
#40Dennis157US #26
#41Frank154US #38
#42Gregory154US #24
#43Anthony146US #30
#44Albert144US #81
#45Roger144US #41
#46Curtis142US #80
#47Timothy141US #19
#48Arthur137US #60
#49Jimmie137US #189
#50Jessie136
#51Samuel135US #74
#52Stephen134US #23
#53Stanley131US #70
#54Andrew123US #56
#55Lee115US #104
#56Douglas114US #29
#57Charlie113US #185
#58Johnnie111
#59Ray111US #113
#60Calvin110US #109
#61Eugene107US #86
#62Daniel104US #18
#63Marvin104US #105
#64Howard100US #84
#65Tommie99
#66Louis94US #82
#67Micheal94US #83
#68Steve94US #59
#69Clarence93US #120
#70Rickey93US #112
#71Freddie92US #196
#72Harold92US #72
#73Leon89US #154
#74Leroy89US #140
#75Raymond88US #39
#76Fred87US #102
#77Earnest83
#78Roosevelt82
#79Alvin81US #134
#80Ralph81US #67
#81Wayne81US #45
#82Earl80US #110
#83Phillip79US #76
#84Tony79US #85
#85Bruce78US #33
#86Glenn78US #61
#87Bennie77
#88Milton76US #188
#89Allen75US #87
#90Lawrence72US #42
#91Jackie71US #164
#92Keith69US #36
#93Lonnie69US #155
#94Ernest68US #94
#95Barry67US #69
#96Jesse67US #126
#97Gerald65US #49
#98Harry64US #95
#99Jeffery64US #57
#100Don63US #123

On the move since 1955

Rising

↑21Theresa#66
↑21Tommie#65
↑18Sharon#16
↑17Fred#76
↑16Marvin#63
↑16Steve#68
↑15Rickey#70
↑15Phillip#83

Falling

↓29Gerald#97
↓24Ernest#94
↓18Sylvia#83
↓18Daniel#62
↓17Lawrence#90
↓14Calvin#60
↓14Jesse#96
↓13Johnnie#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1955 rankings.