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Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1965 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,287 Mississippi births in 1965 across 973 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#33Shelia#182 nationally
#58Annieoutside the national top 200
#61Dorisoutside the national top 200
#65Rosieoutside the national top 200
#72Jimmieoutside the national top 200
#69Gwendolyn#194 nationally
#76Jessieoutside the national top 200
#77Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#78Rickeyoutside the national top 200
#82Cassandraoutside the national top 200
#83Glendaoutside the national top 200
#87Rubyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Lisa647US #1
#2Mary617US #2
#3Angela444US #10
#4Patricia426US #6
#5Linda412US #8
#6Brenda360US #23
#7Cynthia318US #9
#8Sandra318US #15
#9Tammy271US #11
#10Sharon265US #22
#11Pamela261US #12
#12Teresa251US #24
#13Donna249US #7
#14Karen248US #3
#15Barbara247US #25
#16Jacqueline234US #47
#17Deborah215US #13
#18Melissa205US #38
#19Debra203US #27
#20Carolyn202US #58
#21Kimberly201US #4
#22Rhonda189US #37
#23Wanda174US #81
#24Shirley170US #111
#25Jennifer163US #20
#26Sherry163US #56
#27Tina156US #29
#28Betty155US #103
#29Susan149US #5
#30Janice146US #73
#31Gloria142US #109
#32Elizabeth138US #16
#33Shelia131US #182
#34Dorothy130US #130
#35Joyce127US #90
#36Janet124US #55
#37Sheila122US #50
#38Rebecca121US #41
#39Sarah120US #92
#40Connie118US #61
#41Stephanie114US #44
#42Cheryl113US #31
#43Beverly112US #101
#44Robin111US #33
#45Laura105US #17
#46Regina103US #82
#47Carol102US #42
#48Tracy101US #36
#49Margaret99US #52
#50Nancy99US #32
#51Kathy97US #54
#52Martha97US #99
#53Paula94US #49
#54Alice91US #145
#55Debbie91US #62
#56Theresa91US #45
#57Amy90US #35
#58Annie88
#59Cindy86US #53
#60Diane81US #40
#61Doris80
#62Valerie80US #67
#63Melinda78US #100
#64Marilyn77US #151
#65Rosie77
#66Vickie77US #138
#67Denise76US #28
#68Anita75US #94
#69Gwendolyn75US #194
#70Penny74US #97
#71Annette72US #71
#72Sylvia72US #131
#73Lori69US #19
#74Judy67US #86
#75Cathy66US #88
#76Phyllis66US #155
#77Carla65US #76
#78Charlotte65US #153
#79Michelle65US #18
#80Rose64US #133
#81Jackie63US #156
#82Cassandra61
#83Glenda61
#84Evelyn60US #176
#85Kim60US #43
#86Darlene59US #83
#87Ruby59
#88Catherine58US #57
#89Melanie58US #122
#90Rita58US #126
#91Terri57US #69
#92Helen56US #137
#93Julie55US #14
#94Wendy55US #39
#95Belinda54US #172
#96Dana54US #78
#97Virginia53US #115
#98Christine51US #21
#99Frances51US #163
#100Willie51

Boys

#1James1,161US #4
#2Robert764US #5
#3John728US #2
#4Michael696US #1
#5David573US #3
#6Charles531US #20
#7William520US #6
#8Willie416US #93
#9Kenneth347US #21
#10Richard318US #8
#11Anthony290US #22
#12Timothy288US #12
#13Thomas277US #9
#14Jerry274US #41
#15Terry266US #40
#16Larry251US #38
#17Gregory235US #23
#18Mark229US #7
#19Johnny224US #76
#20Joseph216US #11
#21Bobby205US #80
#22Billy204US #77
#23George197US #34
#24Donald195US #26
#25Jimmy189US #81
#26Tony186US #48
#27Christopher174US #18
#28Paul167US #16
#29Ronald167US #24
#30Ricky164US #57
#31Steven158US #14
#32Jeffrey154US #10
#33Randy154US #42
#34Gary150US #27
#35Kevin138US #13
#36Edward137US #29
#37Tommy135US #119
#38Eddie134US #113
#39Jeffery131US #47
#40Joe131US #71
#41Melvin130US #138
#42Danny129US #56
#43Patrick127US #31
#44Carl121US #54
#45Rodney121US #33
#46Curtis119US #75
#47Eric117US #25
#48Dennis112US #44
#49Daniel109US #17
#50Calvin108US #153
#51Henry108US #94
#52Walter108US #82
#53Roy100US #95
#54Douglas98US #32
#55Marvin96US #109
#56Frank93US #43
#57Keith91US #35
#58Lee91US #117
#59Brian87US #19
#60Samuel85US #84
#61Stephen84US #28
#62Ronnie83US #107
#63Albert82US #100
#64Darrell82US #91
#65Phillip82US #70
#66Roger82US #49
#67Stanley81US #115
#68Micheal80US #118
#69Scott79US #15
#70Reginald77US #128
#71Barry76US #86
#72Jimmie76
#73Andrew75US #37
#74Darryl75US #68
#75Bruce72US #50
#76Jessie72
#77Johnnie71
#78Rickey71
#79Steve71US #55
#80Vincent71US #61
#81Allen70US #92
#82Ray68US #147
#83Raymond68US #45
#84Derrick66US #129
#85Frederick65US #106
#86Alvin62US #190
#87Gerald60US #64
#88Glenn60US #85
#89Troy58US #53
#90Todd57US #30
#91Arthur56US #96
#92Harold56US #99
#93Charlie55
#94Tracy53US #110
#95Mike52US #51
#96Wayne51US #65
#97Eugene50US #120
#98Howard50US #122
#99Earl49US #156
#100Leroy49US #173

On the move since 1964

Rising

↑37Tracy#48
↑36Jennifer#25
↑29Rodney#45
↑28Alice#54
↑28Penny#70
↑24Melinda#63
↑23Rosie#65
↑23Eric#47

Falling

↓30Virginia#97
↓23Helen#92
↓22Annette#71
↓20Howard#98
↓19Melanie#89
↓19Terri#91
↓18Darlene#86
↓17Carol#47

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1964 rankings.