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Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1966 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,866 Mississippi births in 1966 across 966 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#32Shelia#181 nationally
#55Annieoutside the national top 200
#58Jessieoutside the national top 200
#66Dorisoutside the national top 200
#69Gwendolynoutside the national top 200
#76Jimmieoutside the national top 200
#79Glendaoutside the national top 200
#83Angeliaoutside the national top 200
#83Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#85Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#86Rickeyoutside the national top 200
#86Cassandra#199 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa618US #1
#2Mary564US #3
#3Angela394US #9
#4Linda351US #18
#5Patricia337US #7
#6Cynthia325US #11
#7Brenda315US #25
#8Sandra302US #17
#9Tammy302US #8
#10Pamela286US #15
#11Kimberly268US #2
#12Sharon252US #28
#13Barbara244US #27
#14Melissa232US #22
#15Donna218US #12
#16Karen212US #5
#17Teresa210US #29
#18Deborah189US #14
#19Carolyn182US #60
#20Jennifer182US #10
#21Jacqueline176US #47
#22Elizabeth173US #16
#23Debra171US #35
#24Tina171US #23
#25Rhonda150US #39
#26Shirley149US #124
#27Janice142US #80
#28Sherry139US #53
#29Susan138US #6
#30Dorothy134US #136
#31Betty132US #121
#32Shelia132US #181
#33Stephanie130US #38
#34Wanda125US #84
#35Michelle118US #4
#36Sheila117US #51
#37Regina111US #82
#38Gloria107US #127
#39Beverly106US #109
#40Carol101US #48
#41Tracy100US #31
#42Connie99US #70
#43Rebecca99US #40
#44Martha98US #106
#45Nancy98US #33
#46Paula98US #50
#47Laura95US #19
#48Janet93US #57
#49Kathy93US #59
#50Joyce92US #100
#51Amy90US #30
#52Margaret88US #55
#53Carla86US #77
#54Cindy85US #56
#55Annie84
#56Cheryl82US #34
#57Debbie81US #73
#58Vickie79US #147
#59Julie74US #13
#60Robin71US #42
#61Theresa71US #46
#62Dana70US #68
#63Marilyn68US #170
#64Annette66US #79
#65Denise65US #32
#66Doris65
#67Felicia65US #161
#68Charlotte64US #151
#69Gwendolyn64
#70Lori64US #21
#71Alice63US #157
#72Amanda63US #148
#73Anita63US #88
#74Cathy63US #99
#75Rita63US #135
#76Sarah63US #85
#77Catherine62US #54
#78Andrea61US #52
#79Glenda59
#80Melanie59US #116
#81Melinda59US #102
#82Phyllis59US #173
#83Angelia58
#84Helen58US #144
#85Leslie58US #71
#86Cassandra57US #199
#87Valerie56US #74
#88Bobbie55
#89Rose54US #141
#90Vanessa54US #197
#91Yolanda54US #131
#92Audrey53US #183
#93Kelly53US #26
#94Rosie53
#95Peggy52US #139
#96Dawn51US #24
#97Diane51US #45
#98Monica50US #75
#99Wendy50US #41
#100Gina49US #58

Boys

#1James1,140US #3
#2Michael716US #1
#3John685US #4
#4Robert685US #5
#5David534US #2
#6Charles497US #20
#7William488US #6
#8Willie356US #93
#9Kenneth329US #21
#10Richard303US #8
#11Anthony288US #22
#12Timothy281US #11
#13Terry266US #40
#14Jerry259US #41
#15Thomas256US #10
#16Mark237US #7
#17Gregory230US #23
#18Jimmy212US #77
#19Christopher209US #12
#20Joseph206US #15
#21Larry201US #38
#22Donald193US #27
#23Steven193US #13
#24Jeffrey183US #9
#25Tony183US #49
#26George178US #37
#27Johnny176US #73
#28Billy173US #80
#29Edward170US #30
#30Paul167US #18
#31Bobby166US #82
#32Eddie155US #121
#33Jeffery154US #42
#34Rodney153US #35
#35Ronald143US #24
#36Patrick139US #31
#37Ricky126US #64
#38Gary123US #28
#39Stephen122US #26
#40Keith121US #32
#41Dennis119US #44
#42Kevin119US #17
#43Daniel116US #19
#44Henry116US #92
#45Randy116US #45
#46Joe115US #74
#47Marvin114US #113
#48Curtis112US #75
#49Ronnie112US #108
#50Danny110US #62
#51Eric102US #25
#52Lee102US #106
#53Stanley99US #128
#54Walter99US #83
#55Roger95US #51
#56Andrew93US #36
#57Carl92US #56
#58Jessie92
#59Brian88US #14
#60Calvin87US #159
#61Roy86US #94
#62Tommy86US #124
#63Darrell83US #95
#64Melvin83US #142
#65Samuel83US #81
#66Scott83US #16
#67Barry81US #87
#68Frank79US #43
#69Micheal77US #115
#70Douglas75US #33
#71Darryl72US #88
#72Bruce66US #53
#73Gerald66US #60
#74Tracy64US #98
#75Derrick63US #127
#76Jimmie62
#77Vincent61US #58
#78Phillip59US #71
#79Reginald59US #131
#80Steve58US #67
#81Wayne58US #59
#82Darren57US #63
#83Johnnie57
#84Frederick56US #109
#85Kelvin55
#86Rickey55
#87Raymond53US #47
#88Troy52US #48
#89Howard51US #120
#90Perry51
#91Arthur50US #96
#92Craig50US #46
#93Todd50US #29
#94Albert49US #100
#95Mitchell49US #163
#96Chris48US #55
#97Clarence48US #176
#98Ernest48US #122
#99Lawrence48US #66
#100Matthew48US #34

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑44Michelle#35
↑34Julie#59
↑34Dana#62
↑24Carla#53
↑22Stephen#39
↑20Tracy#74
↑18Jessie#58
↑17Keith#40

Falling

↓37Sarah#76
↓37Diane#97
↓31Albert#94
↓29Rosie#94
↓25Valerie#87
↓25Tommy#62
↓23Melvin#64
↓18Melinda#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.