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Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,649 Mississippi births in 1959 across 1,032 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#22Annieoutside the national top 200
#49Rubyoutside the national top 200
#53Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#56Jessieoutside the national top 200
#57Willieoutside the national top 200
#61Rosieoutside the national top 200
#62Jimmieoutside the national top 200
#65Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#66Charlieoutside the national top 200
#76Emmaoutside the national top 200
#79Lillieoutside the national top 200
#84Rooseveltoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,009US #1
#2Linda806US #3
#3Patricia551US #6
#4Brenda538US #16
#5Cynthia434US #8
#6Debra421US #7
#7Barbara411US #11
#8Deborah402US #9
#9Shirley400US #61
#10Sandra397US #13
#11Donna386US #5
#12Carolyn308US #42
#13Betty290US #59
#14Dorothy288US #94
#15Kathy277US #15
#16Pamela274US #12
#17Gloria269US #81
#18Sharon258US #17
#19Lisa255US #10
#20Susan247US #2
#21Karen246US #4
#22Annie219
#23Janice217US #37
#24Teresa217US #24
#25Debbie208US #20
#26Martha208US #72
#27Elizabeth201US #21
#28Wanda192US #65
#29Tammy188US #31
#30Nancy184US #14
#31Joyce182US #50
#32Beverly181US #55
#33Diane180US #19
#34Margaret172US #36
#35Judy163US #41
#36Sherry163US #58
#37Janet162US #28
#38Sheila154US #52
#39Doris150US #138
#40Cindy148US #25
#41Angela139US #68
#42Cheryl136US #18
#43Rebecca135US #38
#44Annette134US #64
#45Gwendolyn134US #159
#46Alice133US #112
#47Carol124US #22
#48Rose121US #88
#49Ruby120
#50Cathy116US #39
#51Rhonda116US #45
#52Sarah115US #119
#53Bobbie114
#54Connie113US #48
#55Peggy113US #57
#56Shelia112US #170
#57Willie112
#58Helen110US #108
#59Glenda108US #148
#60Phyllis107US #103
#61Rosie107
#62Jo106US #115
#63Catherine105US #40
#64Virginia105US #93
#65Rita103US #98
#66Laura101US #30
#67Theresa99US #34
#68Anita98US #87
#69Evelyn94US #134
#70Katherine88US #79
#71Darlene87US #66
#72Marilyn87US #109
#73Vickie87US #90
#74Bonnie86US #71
#75Dianne85US #158
#76Emma82
#77Robin81US #32
#78Belinda79US #150
#79Lillie78
#80Jacqueline77US #111
#81Paula77US #51
#82Denise76US #29
#83Vanessa76US #139
#84Charlotte74US #144
#85Vivian74US #177
#86Mildred73
#87Ruth71US #97
#88Terri70US #46
#89Kimberly69US #33
#90Vicki69US #73
#91Julie68US #26
#92Christine67US #43
#93Frances67US #124
#94Regina66US #117
#95Diana65US #49
#96Tina64US #53
#97Edna62
#98Gail62US #75
#99Julia62US #116
#100Sylvia61US #120

Boys

#1James1,473US #3
#2Robert942US #5
#3John833US #4
#4David812US #2
#5Michael735US #1
#6Charles721US #11
#7William677US #7
#8Larry603US #25
#9Willie601US #78
#10Jerry406US #36
#11Kenneth393US #15
#12Richard385US #8
#13Thomas371US #9
#14Billy335US #65
#15Ricky321US #34
#16Johnny316US #64
#17George302US #32
#18Terry301US #33
#19Mark298US #6
#20Donald276US #19
#21Eddie273US #101
#22Timothy273US #12
#23Bobby272US #71
#24Jimmy268US #69
#25Henry220US #83
#26Edward218US #27
#27Dennis215US #29
#28Ronald215US #21
#29Joseph211US #13
#30Gary203US #20
#31Gregory202US #23
#32Paul202US #17
#33Curtis201US #75
#34Joe201US #57
#35Ronnie194US #77
#36Randy192US #31
#37Anthony180US #26
#38Danny180US #48
#39Melvin173US #122
#40Walter166US #66
#41Tommy162US #108
#42Steven157US #10
#43Carl152US #54
#44Tony151US #53
#45Rickey150US #117
#46Calvin147US #125
#47Lee140US #115
#48Roy134US #81
#49Frank131US #42
#50Stephen131US #28
#51Albert128US #92
#52Arthur114US #76
#53Steve111US #41
#54Jeffrey109US #16
#55Samuel108US #86
#56Jessie105
#57Raymond105US #45
#58Douglas104US #30
#59Ray104US #121
#60Andrew101US #58
#61Mike101US #37
#62Jimmie100
#63Roger98US #47
#64Stanley98US #98
#65Johnnie96
#66Charlie95
#67Micheal95US #96
#68Jeffery93US #55
#69Kevin92US #14
#70Clarence89US #147
#71Keith89US #39
#72Wayne87US #51
#73Bruce84US #38
#74Daniel84US #18
#75Perry84US #132
#76Howard82US #104
#77Eugene80US #106
#78Barry79US #73
#79Marvin77US #123
#80Phillip76US #74
#81Allen75US #97
#82Alvin73US #153
#83Leroy73US #159
#84Roosevelt73
#85Fred71US #112
#86Earnest69
#87Glenn68US #80
#88Gerald67US #61
#89Christopher66US #35
#90Freddie66
#91Louis66US #100
#92Don65US #111
#93Russell65US #56
#94Earl63US #135
#95Harold63US #87
#96Sylvester63
#97Clyde62US #196
#98Ernest62US #118
#99Tommie62
#100Lonnie59US #173

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑35Angela#41
↑32Tammy#29
↑21Robin#77
↑20Barry#78
↑19Shelia#56
↑18Connie#54
↑17Gwendolyn#45
↑15Belinda#78

Falling

↓37Marilyn#72
↓30Tommie#99
↓24Vickie#73
↓20Sylvia#100
↓19Harold#95
↓18Cathy#50
↓17Helen#58
↓15Bobbie#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.