State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1967 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,284 Mississippi births in 1967 across 940 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#37Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#57Gwendolynoutside the national top 200
#61Jessieoutside the national top 200
#73Annieoutside the national top 200
#76Angeliaoutside the national top 200
#79Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#71Cassandra#191 nationally
#81Dorisoutside the national top 200
#82Cedricoutside the national top 200
#83Charlieoutside the national top 200
#26Shirley#142 nationally
#87Phyllisoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary512US #4
#2Lisa504US #1
#3Angela446US #7
#4Patricia330US #11
#5Melissa312US #9
#6Linda309US #26
#7Pamela292US #17
#8Kimberly290US #2
#9Cynthia279US #18
#10Sandra275US #20
#11Sharon265US #30
#12Brenda260US #31
#13Tammy249US #8
#14Teresa229US #28
#15Stephanie226US #25
#16Donna198US #19
#17Carolyn197US #60
#18Barbara174US #33
#19Tina169US #21
#20Rhonda167US #41
#21Jennifer165US #10
#22Karen164US #6
#23Debra154US #38
#24Susan153US #5
#25Deborah148US #22
#26Shirley147US #142
#27Jacqueline146US #52
#28Elizabeth145US #13
#29Michelle140US #3
#30Sherry140US #51
#31Tracy137US #29
#32Rebecca129US #39
#33Amy123US #12
#34Betty123US #137
#35Amanda120US #131
#36Dorothy120US #148
#37Shelia116
#38Laura110US #15
#39Janice109US #99
#40Wanda109US #100
#41Paula105US #46
#42Margaret103US #58
#43Sheila102US #56
#44Beverly93US #112
#45Carol92US #47
#46Connie91US #75
#47Joyce90US #116
#48Martha89US #117
#49Robin87US #45
#50Anita85US #98
#51Cheryl85US #35
#52Wendy84US #32
#53Gloria82US #134
#54Nancy82US #37
#55Regina81US #80
#56Vickie81US #144
#57Gwendolyn73
#58Andrea72US #48
#59Janet72US #61
#60Lori70US #24
#61Marilyn70US #167
#62Kathy69US #64
#63Sonya69US #114
#64Valerie69US #73
#65Felicia66US #159
#66Carla65US #82
#67Denise62US #34
#68Theresa61US #43
#69Sarah60US #83
#70Tracey60US #78
#71Cassandra59US #191
#72Julie59US #16
#73Annie58
#74Stacey58US #69
#75Tonya58US #68
#76Angelia57
#77Melinda57US #95
#78Cindy56US #59
#79Kim56US #49
#80Monica56US #70
#81Doris55
#82Alice54US #168
#83Dana54US #71
#84Vanessa54US #170
#85Yolanda54US #120
#86Peggy53US #151
#87Phyllis53
#88Rita53US #146
#89Bobbie51
#90Evelyn51US #184
#91Kelly50US #23
#92Loretta50US #177
#93Diane49US #44
#94Leslie49US #66
#95Melanie49US #110
#96Terri48US #77
#97Catherine47US #55
#98Frances47US #171
#99Jackie47US #186
#100Christine46US #14

Boys

#1James992US #3
#2Michael756US #1
#3Robert682US #5
#4John666US #4
#5David603US #2
#6William513US #6
#7Charles428US #20
#8Timothy352US #11
#9Richard326US #8
#10Willie316US #92
#11Anthony303US #21
#12Kenneth282US #22
#13Christopher247US #9
#14Thomas238US #12
#15Mark237US #7
#16Terry229US #42
#17Jerry228US #41
#18Donald222US #27
#19Larry213US #38
#20Gregory210US #25
#21Joseph206US #15
#22Steven199US #14
#23Patrick184US #30
#24Billy180US #76
#25Paul176US #18
#26Bobby174US #83
#27Jeffrey173US #13
#28Jimmy173US #74
#29Ronald170US #24
#30Tony169US #50
#31Kevin162US #17
#32Jeffery145US #47
#33Johnny144US #70
#34George142US #36
#35Stephen138US #26
#36Gary133US #32
#37Keith132US #34
#38Brian128US #10
#39Dennis128US #43
#40Randy127US #49
#41Rodney126US #37
#42Edward125US #31
#43Eric123US #23
#44Eddie122US #132
#45Tommy117US #127
#46Curtis112US #77
#47Henry111US #93
#48Ricky110US #75
#49Daniel104US #19
#50Danny99US #68
#51Walter98US #81
#52Samuel96US #69
#53Calvin93US #154
#54Lee93US #103
#55Joe92US #85
#56Ronnie92US #114
#57Andrew88US #35
#58Douglas86US #33
#59Micheal83US #115
#60Marvin81US #124
#61Jessie80
#62Reginald80US #126
#63Scott79US #16
#64Carl78US #57
#65Roger78US #53
#66Tracy77US #99
#67Gerald73US #59
#68Raymond70US #48
#69Bruce69US #55
#70Darrell69US #86
#71Albert67US #98
#72Melvin66US #150
#73Phillip66US #73
#74Frederick65US #110
#75Arthur64US #94
#76Stanley63US #134
#77Darryl62US #109
#78Roy61US #95
#79Kelvin59
#80Barry57US #96
#81Darren57US #63
#82Cedric56
#83Charlie56
#84Ernest54US #128
#85Troy54US #40
#86Vincent54US #65
#87Derrick53US #120
#88Frank53US #45
#89Jimmie53
#90Stacy53US #162
#91Craig50US #46
#92Travis50US #166
#93Johnnie49
#94Matthew49US #28
#95Todd49US #29
#96Clarence47US #182
#97Roderick46
#98Fredrick45
#99Jonathan45US #56
#100Chris44US #60

On the move since 1966

Rising

↑47Wendy#52
↑37Amanda#35
↑23Anita#50
↑23Valerie#64
↑23Albert#71
↑21Brian#38
↑20Andrea#58
↑19Raymond#68

Falling

↓24Cindy#78
↓23Stanley#76
↓21Dana#83
↓20Catherine#97
↓20Frank#88
↓18Regina#55
↓18Annie#73
↓17Roy#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1966 rankings.