State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1960 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,230 Mississippi births in 1960 across 1,026 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#27Annieoutside the national top 200
#55Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#57Jimmieoutside the national top 200
#59Rosieoutside the national top 200
#61Rubyoutside the national top 200
#39Shelia#177 nationally
#63Jessieoutside the national top 200
#65Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#74Charlieoutside the national top 200
#79Willieoutside the national top 200
#81Emmaoutside the national top 200
#36Doris#147 nationally

Girls

#1Mary937US #1
#2Linda775US #3
#3Brenda555US #13
#4Patricia542US #7
#5Sandra467US #11
#6Barbara409US #12
#7Cynthia397US #9
#8Donna394US #5
#9Shirley372US #70
#10Debra357US #8
#11Lisa338US #6
#12Deborah313US #10
#13Betty302US #68
#14Pamela267US #14
#15Gloria266US #79
#16Dorothy263US #95
#17Sharon262US #16
#18Carolyn258US #43
#19Teresa253US #19
#20Kathy237US #21
#21Susan225US #2
#22Karen215US #4
#23Janice213US #41
#24Elizabeth211US #18
#25Debbie210US #24
#26Martha207US #83
#27Annie206
#28Wanda203US #66
#29Joyce198US #58
#30Janet178US #32
#31Tammy171US #31
#32Nancy166US #15
#33Angela162US #50
#34Beverly162US #60
#35Sherry158US #54
#36Doris148US #147
#37Sheila146US #56
#38Margaret144US #36
#39Shelia138US #177
#40Cheryl132US #17
#41Diane130US #22
#42Cindy129US #30
#43Paula129US #55
#44Judy126US #48
#45Rebecca126US #38
#46Annette125US #62
#47Evelyn121US #137
#48Marilyn119US #118
#49Rhonda118US #44
#50Carol117US #23
#51Glenda111US #158
#52Virginia111US #102
#53Helen110US #117
#54Sarah110US #116
#55Bobbie109
#56Gwendolyn109US #163
#57Connie107US #47
#58Jacqueline107US #85
#59Rosie107
#60Anita105US #87
#61Ruby105
#62Laura101US #25
#63Alice98US #119
#64Robin98US #33
#65Catherine96US #42
#66Cathy95US #46
#67Phyllis94US #108
#68Tina94US #45
#69Vickie93US #100
#70Regina92US #105
#71Peggy91US #69
#72Rose91US #98
#73Belinda89US #150
#74Julie89US #28
#75Kimberly89US #26
#76Theresa86US #35
#77Denise85US #29
#78Rita84US #96
#79Willie84
#80Katherine82US #81
#81Emma80
#82Jo79US #134
#83Christine76US #40
#84Sylvia75US #121
#85Darlene74US #75
#86Vivian74US #188
#87Kim73US #34
#88Terri73US #49
#89Frances71US #127
#90Loretta69US #138
#91Dianne68US #160
#92Jennifer68US #61
#93Terry68US #101
#94Vicki68US #73
#95Charlotte66US #151
#96Melissa65US #109
#97Ella64
#98Bonnie63US #71
#99Lillie63
#100Valerie63US #65

Boys

#1James1,376US #3
#2Robert880US #5
#3David791US #1
#4John762US #4
#5Michael719US #2
#6Charles651US #13
#7William639US #7
#8Willie594US #81
#9Larry483US #28
#10Kenneth424US #16
#11Jerry388US #37
#12Richard373US #8
#13Terry352US #34
#14Thomas347US #9
#15Mark311US #6
#16Bobby284US #73
#17Donald282US #19
#18Johnny280US #65
#19Timothy274US #11
#20Ricky267US #38
#21Billy249US #67
#22George249US #33
#23Jimmy241US #69
#24Joseph228US #12
#25Anthony223US #25
#26Eddie218US #102
#27Gregory217US #24
#28Henry217US #84
#29Carl206US #53
#30Dennis199US #31
#31Joe199US #57
#32Steven198US #10
#33Gary191US #22
#34Danny190US #48
#35Paul187US #18
#36Curtis178US #79
#37Melvin178US #125
#38Randy178US #32
#39Edward176US #26
#40Ronald174US #21
#41Ronnie174US #87
#42Tommy173US #112
#43Tony169US #52
#44Walter156US #70
#45Micheal134US #105
#46Jeffery132US #55
#47Calvin131US #129
#48Frank129US #40
#49Douglas125US #30
#50Stephen120US #27
#51Jeffrey119US #14
#52Albert117US #93
#53Daniel116US #17
#54Roy113US #80
#55Mike112US #36
#56Samuel112US #91
#57Jimmie111
#58Lee111US #116
#59Steve111US #43
#60Stanley106US #100
#61Kevin105US #15
#62Rickey102US #138
#63Jessie100
#64Roger99US #47
#65Johnnie97
#66Andrew96US #51
#67Keith91US #35
#68Marvin91US #119
#69Barry89US #72
#70Phillip87US #66
#71Harold84US #92
#72Raymond82US #46
#73Arthur81US #82
#74Charlie81
#75Perry80US #146
#76Christopher77US #29
#77Clarence77US #157
#78Glenn76US #74
#79Ray76US #121
#80Howard74US #108
#81Lawrence74US #64
#82Wayne73US #58
#83Ernest72US #120
#84Bruce68US #39
#85Eugene67US #109
#86Alvin65US #166
#87Leroy65US #172
#88Russell65US #56
#89Frederick64US #114
#90Gerald63US #62
#91Louis62US #106
#92Earl61US #139
#93Craig60US #41
#94Earnest60
#95Alan59US #50
#96Donnie59US #193
#97Tim59US #60
#98Allen58US #99
#99Dwight58US #181
#100Fred58US #117

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑38Paula#43
↑28Tina#68
↑24Marilyn#48
↑24Regina#70
↑24Harold#71
↑22Evelyn#47
↑22Jacqueline#58
↑22Micheal#45

Falling

↓24Rose#72
↓24Bonnie#98
↓22Willie#79
↓21Arthur#73
↓20Jo#82
↓20Lillie#99
↓20Ray#79
↓17Alice#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.