State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1964 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,868 Mississippi births in 1964 across 1,004 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#45Annieoutside the national top 200
#32Shelia#186 nationally
#56Gwendolyn#193 nationally
#68Jessieoutside the national top 200
#73Rickeyoutside the national top 200
#79Cassandraoutside the national top 200
#79Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#82Jimmieoutside the national top 200
#80Glenda#198 nationally
#74Doris#191 nationally
#86Rubyoutside the national top 200
#88Rosieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary722US #2
#2Linda489US #8
#3Lisa478US #1
#4Patricia426US #5
#5Brenda382US #18
#6Sandra361US #13
#7Cynthia352US #9
#8Angela344US #22
#9Jacqueline313US #37
#10Donna305US #7
#11Barbara296US #19
#12Sharon295US #20
#13Pamela294US #11
#14Tammy287US #10
#15Teresa275US #21
#16Carolyn243US #56
#17Debra238US #24
#18Deborah234US #12
#19Karen228US #4
#20Shirley220US #103
#21Susan216US #3
#22Dorothy194US #118
#23Betty176US #102
#24Gloria171US #104
#25Kimberly171US #6
#26Sherry164US #50
#27Elizabeth163US #16
#28Melissa158US #53
#29Janice152US #69
#30Carol151US #36
#31Sheila151US #51
#32Shelia149US #186
#33Tina143US #34
#34Wanda142US #81
#35Kathy136US #39
#36Joyce134US #87
#37Connie133US #64
#38Cheryl126US #29
#39Rebecca124US #46
#40Laura123US #14
#41Rhonda123US #43
#42Janet122US #48
#43Sarah121US #92
#44Beverly119US #91
#45Annie115
#46Paula115US #45
#47Debbie112US #52
#48Valerie112US #66
#49Annette111US #68
#50Robin110US #27
#51Anita109US #85
#52Nancy109US #26
#53Cindy108US #47
#54Margaret106US #49
#55Stephanie101US #57
#56Gwendolyn99US #193
#57Regina98US #83
#58Denise96US #25
#59Martha96US #95
#60Judy95US #74
#61Jennifer92US #31
#62Theresa91US #38
#63Vickie91US #127
#64Diane87US #32
#65Lori85US #15
#66Marilyn83US #146
#67Virginia83US #109
#68Darlene80US #80
#69Helen80US #132
#70Melanie79US #105
#71Phyllis79US #140
#72Terri79US #62
#73Jackie78US #128
#74Doris77US #191
#75Amy76US #44
#76Carla76US #78
#77Cathy76US #75
#78Catherine73US #54
#79Cassandra72
#80Glenda72US #198
#81Belinda71US #161
#82Alice70US #141
#83Charlotte70US #158
#84Rose70US #120
#85Tracy70US #40
#86Ruby69
#87Melinda68US #113
#88Rosie68
#89Sylvia68US #137
#90Bobbie67
#91Evelyn67US #162
#92Vanessa67US #183
#93Terry65US #139
#94Christine64US #28
#95Michelle63US #23
#96Loretta62US #174
#97Willie62
#98Penny61US #96
#99Peggy60US #106
#100Jeanette58US #163

Boys

#1James1,244US #4
#2John893US #2
#3Robert814US #5
#4Michael812US #1
#5David641US #3
#6William582US #7
#7Charles575US #17
#8Willie466US #90
#9Kenneth381US #18
#10Richard358US #8
#11Terry340US #35
#12Thomas317US #9
#13Larry316US #36
#14Timothy289US #15
#15Jerry285US #40
#16Gregory277US #22
#17Anthony268US #21
#18Mark263US #6
#19George240US #33
#20Donald238US #25
#21Bobby231US #73
#22Billy229US #71
#23Joseph227US #11
#24Johnny219US #74
#25Ricky215US #54
#26Randy200US #38
#27Tony199US #50
#28Jimmy197US #78
#29Paul197US #16
#30Edward187US #27
#31Ronald186US #24
#32Jeffrey184US #10
#33Steven184US #12
#34Eddie181US #106
#35Kevin179US #13
#36Henry170US #92
#37Patrick162US #30
#38Jeffery153US #45
#39Dennis150US #42
#40Gary149US #26
#41Carl148US #55
#42Joe148US #62
#43Danny146US #56
#44Melvin141US #134
#45Curtis140US #75
#46Tommy139US #108
#47Lee129US #117
#48Christopher126US #23
#49Calvin121US #145
#50Daniel119US #19
#51Walter119US #80
#52Samuel110US #86
#53Frank109US #41
#54Ronnie109US #104
#55Stephen109US #29
#56Scott108US #14
#57Keith106US #34
#58Stanley106US #111
#59Marvin104US #119
#60Barry101US #69
#61Douglas101US #31
#62Phillip101US #67
#63Albert100US #100
#64Roger100US #49
#65Andrew96US #37
#66Micheal95US #112
#67Roy95US #89
#68Jessie94
#69Steve94US #51
#70Eric93US #32
#71Bruce89US #46
#72Raymond85US #44
#73Rickey84
#74Rodney83US #59
#75Arthur82US #91
#76Gerald78US #60
#77Allen76US #93
#78Howard76US #116
#79Johnnie76
#80Darrell73US #96
#81Brian72US #20
#82Jimmie71
#83Perry68US #178
#84Frederick66US #105
#85Glenn65US #81
#86Mike65US #47
#87Darryl64US #87
#88Charlie61
#89Clarence61US #166
#90Reginald60US #128
#91Russell60US #58
#92Tommie60
#93Vincent60US #64
#94Leonard59US #115
#95Alan58US #53
#96Earl58US #149
#97Jerome58US #140
#98Milton58
#99Troy58US #57
#100Alvin57US #195

On the move since 1963

Rising

↑51Valerie#48
↑32Albert#63
↑26Annette#49
↑22Denise#58
↑20Carol#30
↑20Patrick#37
↑18Randy#26
↑17Shelia#32

Falling

↓28Evelyn#91
↓24Cathy#77
↓22Martha#59
↓22Alice#82
↓21Lori#65
↓20Ruby#86
↓17Steve#69
↓15Jimmie#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1963 rankings.