State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1963 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,472 Mississippi births in 1963 across 1,016 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
#62Jessieoutside the national top 200
#49Shelia#185 nationally
#66Rubyoutside the national top 200
#67Jimmieoutside the national top 200
#46Gwendolyn#171 nationally
#78Rosieoutside the national top 200
#78Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#65Doris#181 nationally
#73Glenda#187 nationally
#88Cassandraoutside the national top 200
#90Vivianoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary764US #2
#2Linda549US #5
#3Brenda501US #15
#4Lisa496US #1
#5Patricia441US #7
#6Sandra426US #9
#7Cynthia386US #10
#8Donna342US #6
#9Barbara339US #17
#10Tammy304US #12
#11Angela295US #30
#12Pamela281US #14
#13Teresa270US #18
#14Sharon269US #19
#15Deborah268US #13
#16Debra256US #21
#17Carolyn242US #56
#18Shirley236US #99
#19Karen228US #4
#20Elizabeth209US #20
#21Susan207US #3
#22Jacqueline202US #51
#23Gloria200US #96
#24Dorothy184US #116
#25Betty177US #104
#26Sherry177US #49
#27Kathy175US #34
#28Janice170US #63
#29Sheila162US #50
#30Kimberly159US #11
#31Wanda157US #76
#32Joyce156US #84
#33Beverly153US #81
#34Annie152
#35Rhonda149US #45
#36Connie145US #55
#37Martha139US #90
#38Laura133US #16
#39Janet130US #40
#40Tina129US #35
#41Melissa127US #61
#42Debbie125US #41
#43Cindy124US #37
#44Lori124US #8
#45Cheryl122US #24
#46Gwendolyn119US #171
#47Rebecca119US #44
#48Jennifer117US #36
#49Shelia116US #185
#50Carol115US #33
#51Paula114US #42
#52Margaret112US #46
#53Cathy111US #67
#54Anita109US #77
#55Judy109US #70
#56Diane107US #31
#57Sarah107US #94
#58Robin101US #25
#59Nancy100US #23
#60Alice99US #138
#61Regina98US #92
#62Vickie97US #120
#63Evelyn96US #159
#64Stephanie94US #64
#65Doris93US #181
#66Ruby92
#67Marilyn91US #125
#68Helen90US #124
#69Phyllis89US #131
#70Theresa88US #38
#71Charlotte85US #153
#72Virginia85US #103
#73Glenda84US #187
#74Melanie81US #101
#75Annette78US #71
#76Amy77US #54
#77Belinda76US #150
#78Rosie76
#79Terri76US #58
#80Denise75US #27
#81Carla72US #82
#82Darlene72US #85
#83Sylvia71US #128
#84Dana70US #88
#85Penny70US #86
#86Rose70US #118
#87Tracy70US #48
#88Cassandra69
#89Catherine69US #53
#90Vivian68
#91Willie67
#92Melinda66US #121
#93Vanessa66US #188
#94Vicki66US #100
#95Bobbie65
#96Katherine64US #87
#97Michelle64US #26
#98Kim63US #39
#99Valerie63US #69
#100Frances61US #146

Boys

#1James1,327US #4
#2Robert851US #5
#3John839US #2
#4Michael801US #1
#5David711US #3
#6Charles595US #16
#7William570US #7
#8Willie453US #93
#9Kenneth386US #18
#10Richard360US #8
#11Terry347US #32
#12Larry340US #36
#13Jerry334US #38
#14Anthony325US #22
#15Mark322US #6
#16Thomas313US #9
#17Gregory287US #21
#18Timothy266US #15
#19Johnny256US #71
#20Joseph248US #13
#21Donald242US #25
#22George231US #34
#23Bobby229US #75
#24Jimmy228US #78
#25Ricky216US #47
#26Billy191US #74
#27Ronald184US #23
#28Paul178US #17
#29Tony178US #52
#30Gary177US #24
#31Eddie174US #109
#32Edward170US #27
#33Jeffrey170US #10
#34Tommy170US #107
#35Joe167US #58
#36Kevin167US #11
#37Carl158US #54
#38Steven157US #14
#39Jeffery144US #46
#40Calvin143US #140
#41Curtis143US #72
#42Henry143US #94
#43Danny141US #55
#44Randy139US #37
#45Walter135US #77
#46Melvin133US #133
#47Douglas128US #28
#48Lee128US #119
#49Ronnie128US #101
#50Christopher127US #26
#51Dennis126US #39
#52Steve122US #49
#53Stephen119US #29
#54Daniel118US #19
#55Micheal117US #106
#56Scott117US #12
#57Patrick113US #35
#58Marvin112US #120
#59Barry110US #67
#60Samuel109US #87
#61Keith102US #33
#62Jessie101
#63Stanley101US #105
#64Roy100US #89
#65Rickey99US #175
#66Frank95US #41
#67Jimmie95
#68Phillip95US #70
#69Roger95US #53
#70Andrew89US #42
#71Bruce88US #43
#72Arthur87US #91
#73Mike85US #44
#74Darrell80US #95
#75Eric80US #31
#76Darryl79US #80
#77Glenn79US #64
#78Johnnie78
#79Allen76US #90
#80Howard76US #114
#81Perry76US #171
#82Russell76US #57
#83Gerald74US #60
#84Raymond74US #45
#85Vincent73US #61
#86Brian71US #20
#87Harold70US #96
#88Troy70US #66
#89Clarence66US #163
#90Ray66US #131
#91Tommie66
#92Eugene65US #112
#93Jeff64US #48
#94Roosevelt64
#95Albert63US #100
#96Reginald62US #132
#97Alvin61US #197
#98Jerome61US #128
#99Charlie59
#100Alan58US #56

On the move since 1962

Rising

↑27Cathy#53
↑25Paula#51
↑24Charlotte#71
↑23Melissa#41
↑23Darrell#74
↑22Patrick#57
↑18Stephanie#64
↑18Marvin#58

Falling

↓43Albert#95
↓30Bobbie#95
↓28Charlie#99
↓21Glenda#73
↓19Mike#73
↓18Annette#75
↓18Catherine#89
↓18Roger#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1962 rankings.