State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1961 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,824 Mississippi births in 1961 across 1,029 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#34Annieoutside the national top 200
#50Rosieoutside the national top 200
#52Jessieoutside the national top 200
#63Jimmieoutside the national top 200
#67Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#57Shelia#189 nationally
#75Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#78Charlieoutside the national top 200
#79Earnestoutside the national top 200
#73Vivian#194 nationally
#83Rubyoutside the national top 200
#46Doris#160 nationally

Girls

#1Mary838US #1
#2Linda702US #4
#3Brenda595US #11
#4Patricia494US #6
#5Lisa466US #2
#6Sandra423US #9
#7Cynthia384US #8
#8Barbara362US #12
#9Deborah325US #10
#10Debra320US #13
#11Shirley318US #85
#12Donna309US #7
#13Gloria292US #82
#14Sharon270US #17
#15Pamela269US #15
#16Teresa261US #18
#17Carolyn257US #42
#18Susan243US #3
#19Betty238US #87
#20Dorothy238US #99
#21Kathy227US #25
#22Elizabeth211US #19
#23Tammy209US #28
#24Angela203US #38
#25Karen200US #5
#26Jacqueline196US #37
#27Janice190US #52
#28Debbie178US #31
#29Joyce171US #62
#30Wanda170US #70
#31Sheila167US #59
#32Sherry164US #53
#33Martha160US #81
#34Annie149
#35Beverly146US #66
#36Margaret141US #40
#37Nancy141US #16
#38Janet140US #32
#39Judy139US #58
#40Carol138US #24
#41Rhonda138US #46
#42Connie137US #50
#43Rebecca135US #44
#44Cheryl134US #20
#45Laura132US #21
#46Doris131US #160
#47Diane130US #26
#48Robin123US #27
#49Cindy119US #33
#50Rosie118
#51Glenda116US #159
#52Alice115US #126
#53Regina113US #98
#54Jennifer112US #47
#55Tina111US #41
#56Gwendolyn109US #165
#57Shelia107US #189
#58Annette105US #73
#59Kimberly105US #22
#60Helen104US #119
#61Anita98US #91
#62Sarah96US #113
#63Cathy95US #55
#64Terri92US #51
#65Virginia92US #103
#66Paula91US #60
#67Bobbie90
#68Peggy89US #88
#69Marilyn87US #122
#70Rita87US #105
#71Theresa87US #35
#72Vickie87US #107
#73Vivian86US #194
#74Rose85US #111
#75Phyllis84US #120
#76Belinda83US #141
#77Denise82US #30
#78Melissa82US #95
#79Vanessa78US #153
#80Carla75US #77
#81Catherine75US #48
#82Loretta75US #148
#83Ruby74
#84Charlotte73US #147
#85Evelyn73US #146
#86Jo73US #152
#87Darlene72US #80
#88Kim72US #36
#89Dianne71US #178
#90Willie71
#91Jackie70US #112
#92Lori70US #14
#93Katherine68US #86
#94Sylvia68US #124
#95Julie67US #23
#96Vicki67US #76
#97Frances65US #134
#98Edna64
#99Emma64
#100Melanie64US #123

Boys

#1James1,410US #4
#2Robert887US #5
#3John872US #3
#4Michael827US #1
#5David822US #2
#6Charles660US #13
#7William612US #7
#8Willie556US #86
#9Larry434US #30
#10Jerry377US #37
#11Kenneth366US #16
#12Terry351US #32
#13Thomas327US #9
#14Mark324US #6
#15Richard324US #8
#16Bobby287US #76
#17Gregory287US #23
#18Johnny282US #70
#19Anthony262US #25
#20Donald260US #22
#21Billy250US #68
#22Timothy246US #15
#23Ricky243US #44
#24Jimmy240US #71
#25Joseph233US #12
#26George229US #31
#27Eddie223US #102
#28Gary221US #21
#29Paul208US #18
#30Ronald195US #24
#31Danny193US #54
#32Dennis188US #34
#33Tony187US #53
#34Randy185US #33
#35Joe180US #60
#36Curtis178US #75
#37Henry177US #92
#38Walter169US #74
#39Edward167US #29
#40Steven164US #10
#41Jeffery160US #50
#42Jeffrey158US #11
#43Tommy146US #116
#44Roy142US #83
#45Carl141US #56
#46Melvin141US #128
#47Roger139US #47
#48Calvin136US #127
#49Ronnie133US #91
#50Albert127US #97
#51Douglas126US #28
#52Jessie122
#53Kevin122US #14
#54Lee117US #122
#55Rickey116US #153
#56Daniel115US #17
#57Stanley115US #106
#58Marvin112US #120
#59Steve111US #45
#60Frank109US #41
#61Stephen109US #27
#62Micheal105US #103
#63Jimmie102
#64Raymond99US #48
#65Samuel99US #89
#66Keith98US #35
#67Andrew96US #52
#68Arthur96US #85
#69Barry91US #66
#70Bruce89US #40
#71Mike89US #36
#72Phillip87US #69
#73Christopher86US #26
#74Glenn84US #64
#75Johnnie82
#76Howard81US #109
#77Ray79US #126
#78Charlie74
#79Earnest73
#80Perry73US #154
#81Clarence70US #155
#82Alvin69US #168
#83Lawrence69US #67
#84Wayne69US #61
#85Alan68US #51
#86Gerald67US #62
#87Jeff67US #49
#88Tommie67
#89Earl66US #139
#90Eugene65US #113
#91Victor64US #99
#92Brian63US #20
#93Louis62US #105
#94Harold61US #94
#95Allen60US #96
#96Darryl60US #80
#97Scott60US #19
#98Freddie59
#99Ralph59US #95
#100Roosevelt59

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑38Jennifer#54
↑32Jacqueline#26
↑24Terri#64
↑18Melissa#78
↑17Laura#45
↑17Regina#53
↑17Roger#47
↑16Robin#48

Falling

↓38Evelyn#85
↓23Paula#66
↓23Harold#94
↓22Ruby#83
↓21Marilyn#69
↓21Julie#95
↓18Shelia#57
↓18Emma#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.