State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1958 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,340 Mississippi births in 1958 across 1,014 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#19Annie#196 nationally
#38Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#40Rubyoutside the national top 200
#46Rosieoutside the national top 200
#48Jimmieoutside the national top 200
#54Willieoutside the national top 200
#54Jessieoutside the national top 200
#57Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#61Charlie#195 nationally
#69Tommieoutside the national top 200
#77Miltonoutside the national top 200
#78Lillieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,005US #1
#2Linda744US #3
#3Patricia565US #5
#4Brenda543US #16
#5Barbara433US #9
#6Debra429US #6
#7Shirley425US #52
#8Deborah420US #7
#9Cynthia375US #8
#10Sandra344US #15
#11Dorothy335US #86
#12Betty318US #54
#13Pamela308US #11
#14Carolyn283US #37
#15Donna266US #10
#16Gloria262US #77
#17Kathy253US #14
#18Susan252US #2
#19Annie241US #196
#20Janice241US #35
#21Martha233US #69
#22Sharon221US #17
#23Karen209US #4
#24Joyce205US #46
#25Elizabeth196US #22
#26Lisa195US #19
#27Debbie183US #24
#28Wanda178US #66
#29Judy175US #36
#30Beverly174US #55
#31Diane170US #18
#32Cathy166US #34
#33Nancy162US #12
#34Teresa158US #26
#35Marilyn157US #96
#36Cheryl156US #13
#37Janet153US #28
#38Bobbie152
#39Margaret152US #31
#40Ruby150
#41Helen149US #100
#42Peggy144US #42
#43Rebecca144US #41
#44Doris143US #131
#45Sheila142US #59
#46Rosie141
#47Sherry141US #67
#48Annette133US #76
#49Vickie127US #75
#50Cindy124US #25
#51Carol123US #20
#52Sarah122US #117
#53Rose121US #78
#54Willie115
#55Alice113US #115
#56Glenda110US #141
#57Phyllis109US #94
#58Rhonda109US #48
#59Virginia107US #85
#60Rita105US #88
#61Tammy105US #44
#62Gwendolyn104US #151
#63Jo103US #91
#64Evelyn99US #134
#65Anita98US #82
#66Catherine97US #38
#67Darlene97US #49
#68Theresa97US #33
#69Laura96US #29
#70Dianne92US #143
#71Paula90US #53
#72Connie89US #50
#73Charlotte86US #140
#74Jacqueline86US #99
#75Shelia86US #180
#76Angela84US #83
#77Katherine84US #74
#78Lillie83
#79Emma80
#80Sylvia79US #114
#81Ann76US #47
#82Vicki76US #57
#83Mildred74
#84Bonnie73US #63
#85Frances73US #118
#86Regina72US #120
#87Julie71US #23
#88Denise70US #27
#89Gail69US #72
#90Vivian69US #172
#91Christine68US #43
#92Patsy68
#93Belinda67US #144
#94Ethel66
#95Ella65
#96Mattie65
#97Edna63
#98Robin62US #32
#99Jackie60US #152
#100Bertha58

Boys

#1James1,493US #3
#2Robert965US #4
#3John823US #5
#4David736US #2
#5William732US #6
#6Charles718US #11
#7Michael675US #1
#8Larry653US #22
#9Willie653US #70
#10Jerry423US #35
#11Richard396US #8
#12Kenneth381US #14
#13Thomas334US #9
#14Bobby330US #69
#15Terry320US #33
#16Johnny317US #61
#17Billy303US #64
#18George282US #31
#19Donald278US #18
#20Jimmy270US #73
#21Joseph240US #12
#22Ricky237US #34
#23Eddie231US #100
#24Gary224US #17
#25Mark224US #7
#26Ronald223US #19
#27Paul203US #15
#28Edward197US #28
#29Gregory196US #23
#30Joe195US #56
#31Timothy194US #13
#32Danny181US #45
#33Randy180US #32
#34Ronnie179US #66
#35Tommy179US #104
#36Henry178US #83
#37Anthony177US #27
#38Dennis171US #29
#39Curtis167US #82
#40Walter158US #63
#41Frank149US #38
#42Carl146US #51
#43Calvin139US #123
#44Tony138US #57
#45Rickey136US #106
#46Melvin135US #122
#47Steven135US #10
#48Jimmie128
#49Samuel127US #85
#50Albert125US #89
#51Roy125US #75
#52Stanley125US #88
#53Micheal124US #91
#54Jessie122
#55Lee122US #114
#56Roger122US #47
#57Johnnie121
#58Stephen118US #26
#59Steve117US #44
#60Daniel104US #16
#61Charlie101US #195
#62Douglas101US #30
#63Arthur98US #72
#64Andrew97US #55
#65Clarence94US #138
#66Ray91US #121
#67Jeffrey90US #21
#68Howard89US #95
#69Tommie89
#70Keith88US #37
#71Raymond88US #43
#72Jeffery85US #59
#73Mike85US #40
#74Marvin84US #119
#75Bruce82US #36
#76Harold77US #84
#77Milton77
#78Eugene76US #103
#79Louis76US #94
#80Alvin75US #154
#81Allen74US #92
#82Leroy74US #158
#83Phillip72US #81
#84Leon71US #163
#85Wayne70US #48
#86Glenn69US #76
#87Lawrence68US #52
#88Perry68US #132
#89Earl66US #130
#90Roosevelt66
#91Ernest65US #113
#92Freddie65
#93Mitchell65US #127
#94Don61US #112
#95Gerald61US #58
#96Harry61US #111
#97Ralph61US #78
#98Barry59US #79
#99Sammie59
#100Clyde58US #183

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑27Lisa#26
↑25Annette#48
↑24Phyllis#57
↑20Cheryl#36
↑20Bruce#75
↑19Anita#65
↑18Vickie#49
↑17Jeffrey#67

Falling

↓22Rose#53
↓22Bertha#100
↓19Lillie#78
↓19Phillip#83
↓18Emma#79
↓17Roy#51
↓16Virginia#59
↓16Roosevelt#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.