State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1962 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,543 Mississippi births in 1962 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.

#32Annieoutside the national top 200
#60Jessieoutside the national top 200
#61Rosieoutside the national top 200
#65Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#38Shelia#173 nationally
#71Charlieoutside the national top 200
#73Rubyoutside the national top 200
#73Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#77Jimmieoutside the national top 200
#52Glenda#166 nationally
#87Miltonoutside the national top 200
#58Doris#171 nationally

Girls

#1Mary813US #2
#2Linda588US #5
#3Brenda586US #12
#4Lisa448US #1
#5Patricia447US #6
#6Sandra411US #10
#7Cynthia403US #8
#8Barbara354US #14
#9Donna335US #7
#10Debra296US #15
#11Teresa290US #18
#12Shirley282US #96
#13Karen274US #4
#14Deborah273US #9
#15Carolyn268US #46
#16Pamela268US #13
#17Sharon266US #17
#18Jacqueline248US #44
#19Angela247US #36
#20Susan224US #3
#21Tammy217US #23
#22Sherry215US #48
#23Gloria214US #90
#24Dorothy213US #111
#25Betty212US #97
#26Janice193US #58
#27Wanda189US #77
#28Elizabeth181US #20
#29Kathy177US #27
#30Sheila169US #52
#31Beverly165US #69
#32Annie164
#33Debbie161US #32
#34Kimberly157US #16
#35Joyce152US #74
#36Martha152US #87
#37Janet150US #35
#38Shelia149US #173
#39Jennifer148US #41
#40Rhonda148US #45
#41Tina141US #33
#42Cindy138US #34
#43Connie135US #51
#44Margaret135US #43
#45Laura130US #21
#46Sarah128US #98
#47Cheryl126US #24
#48Judy124US #63
#49Lori124US #11
#50Nancy123US #19
#51Carol118US #28
#52Glenda116US #166
#53Rebecca110US #47
#54Diane108US #26
#55Gwendolyn108US #161
#56Regina107US #91
#57Annette105US #75
#58Doris104US #171
#59Theresa104US #40
#60Marilyn102US #127
#61Rosie102
#62Alice98US #133
#63Anita98US #81
#64Melissa98US #68
#65Bobbie96
#66Melanie94US #106
#67Virginia94US #105
#68Evelyn93US #153
#69Robin93US #25
#70Vickie93US #107
#71Catherine91US #53
#72Rita89US #110
#73Ruby89
#74Belinda85US #149
#75Helen85US #128
#76Paula82US #60
#77Peggy82US #93
#78Phyllis81US #129
#79Julie80US #22
#80Cathy79US #62
#81Rose74US #116
#82Stephanie74US #70
#83Sylvia73US #131
#84Tracy73US #55
#85Jeanette70US #157
#86Christine69US #39
#87Denise69US #30
#88Terri69US #54
#89Carla67US #78
#90Dianne67US #183
#91Emma67
#92Melinda67US #118
#93Cassandra66
#94Kim66US #37
#95Charlotte65US #154
#96Darlene65US #88
#97Edna65
#98Willie64
#99Frances63US #143
#100Jackie63US #126

Boys

#1James1,306US #4
#2Robert902US #5
#3Michael847US #1
#4John843US #3
#5David713US #2
#6William673US #7
#7Charles597US #15
#8Willie531US #89
#9Larry398US #31
#10Jerry395US #38
#11Kenneth381US #18
#12Richard354US #8
#13Thomas353US #9
#14Terry336US #34
#15Mark309US #6
#16Donald308US #23
#17Gregory280US #21
#18Anthony275US #24
#19Bobby265US #78
#20Johnny263US #69
#21Timothy263US #16
#22Joseph240US #13
#23Billy234US #71
#24Ricky230US #50
#25George228US #32
#26Gary208US #22
#27Jimmy207US #75
#28Eddie197US #105
#29Ronald196US #25
#30Randy192US #35
#31Jeffrey191US #10
#32Tony191US #52
#33Jeffery190US #45
#34Joe187US #59
#35Paul185US #19
#36Steven185US #12
#37Edward178US #29
#38Carl171US #58
#39Dennis169US #37
#40Henry165US #92
#41Tommy158US #109
#42Danny156US #54
#43Melvin153US #137
#44Curtis148US #73
#45Ronnie134US #100
#46Walter132US #79
#47Kevin131US #14
#48Calvin124US #144
#49Daniel121US #17
#50Scott120US #11
#51Roger119US #47
#52Albert118US #101
#53Lee118US #115
#54Mike118US #39
#55Roy118US #90
#56Christopher117US #26
#57Frank117US #42
#58Douglas111US #27
#59Rickey109US #169
#60Jessie108
#61Micheal107US #104
#62Steve107US #46
#63Glenn106US #55
#64Samuel106US #88
#65Stephen100US #28
#66Bruce99US #41
#67Barry97US #61
#68Phillip97US #68
#69Stanley96US #106
#70Keith95US #36
#71Charlie94
#72Arthur92US #91
#73Johnnie92
#74Raymond92US #48
#75Eric90US #33
#76Marvin87US #118
#77Jimmie84
#78Andrew83US #49
#79Patrick75US #40
#80Brian72US #20
#81Jeff72US #44
#82Russell71US #57
#83Darryl70US #83
#84Gerald70US #65
#85Ray70US #132
#86Alvin69US #177
#87Milton69
#88Howard65US #114
#89Leon65US #196
#90Allen64US #93
#91Perry64US #164
#92Reginald63US #133
#93Rodney63US #76
#94Freddie62
#95Leroy62US #179
#96Wayne62US #63
#97Darrell61US #102
#98Louis61US #107
#99Ralph61US #97
#100Victor61US #96

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑47Scott#50
↑43Lori#49
↑34Melanie#66
↑25Kimberly#34
↑19Shelia#38
↑17Evelyn#68
↑17Mike#54
↑17Christopher#56

Falling

↓24Terri#88
↓21Robin#69
↓18Marvin#76
↓17Cathy#80
↓15Helen#75
↓14Jimmie#77
↓13Nancy#50
↓12Doris#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.