State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1968 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,189 Mississippi births in 1968 across 939 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#41Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#70Dexteroutside the national top 200
#74Annieoutside the national top 200
#28Shirley#150 nationally
#79Angeliaoutside the national top 200
#60Vanessa#181 nationally
#81Rickeyoutside the national top 200
#40Betty#153 nationally
#45Dorothy#157 nationally
#89Glendaoutside the national top 200
#90Marilyn#198 nationally
#94Jessieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Angela471US #7
#2Lisa444US #1
#3Mary423US #6
#4Tammy343US #8
#5Melissa321US #5
#6Kimberly296US #3
#7Patricia268US #15
#8Pamela253US #20
#9Sharon242US #32
#10Linda240US #28
#11Sandra235US #26
#12Brenda230US #34
#13Stephanie221US #23
#14Cynthia219US #19
#15Jennifer210US #4
#16Donna181US #24
#17Carolyn176US #61
#18Michelle176US #2
#19Tina174US #18
#20Teresa167US #30
#21Barbara166US #36
#22Susan159US #10
#23Karen156US #9
#24Debra154US #38
#25Jacqueline154US #50
#26Amy152US #13
#27Tracy152US #25
#28Shirley147US #150
#29Elizabeth133US #17
#30Rhonda131US #42
#31Deborah128US #27
#32Laura123US #11
#33Sherry117US #52
#34Regina116US #81
#35Yolanda111US #93
#36Sheila109US #59
#37Paula108US #45
#38Wanda107US #115
#39Rebecca103US #33
#40Betty102US #153
#41Shelia102
#42Cassandra101US #139
#43Janice98US #110
#44Tonya95US #60
#45Dorothy90US #157
#46Joyce89US #128
#47Carol86US #49
#48Connie85US #87
#49Nancy82US #39
#50Wendy82US #31
#51Gloria79US #143
#52Robin79US #43
#53Kelly78US #12
#54Cheryl77US #37
#55Lori77US #22
#56Kathy76US #76
#57Margaret75US #63
#58Julie74US #16
#59Amanda72US #132
#60Vanessa72US #181
#61Melanie71US #94
#62Valerie71US #77
#63Sonya69US #117
#64Dawn67US #21
#65Denise67US #35
#66Shannon67US #53
#67Stacey67US #55
#68Stacy67US #64
#69Anita66US #109
#70Janet65US #73
#71Beverly64US #122
#72Vickie64US #162
#73Rita62US #159
#74Annie61
#75Melinda61US #90
#76Tammie61US #160
#77Dana60US #70
#78Monica60US #68
#79Angelia59
#80Katherine59US #75
#81Theresa59US #47
#82Tanya58US #106
#83Charlotte57US #163
#84Andrea56US #48
#85Carla56US #91
#86Martha56US #123
#87Ann54US #54
#88Sarah54US #78
#89Glenda53
#90Marilyn52US #198
#91Tracey52US #72
#92Catherine51US #56
#93Felicia51US #167
#94Christine50US #14
#95Audrey47
#96Cindy47US #67
#97Leslie47US #66
#98Michele47US #29
#99Rachel47US #92
#100Veronica47US #112

Boys

#1James991US #4
#2Michael790US #1
#3Robert655US #5
#4John653US #3
#5David528US #2
#6William504US #6
#7Charles426US #20
#8Anthony318US #21
#9Willie316US #96
#10Richard315US #8
#11Timothy305US #13
#12Christopher289US #9
#13Kenneth283US #23
#14Thomas275US #12
#15Mark252US #7
#16Joseph217US #16
#17Jerry206US #44
#18Jeffrey205US #11
#19Gregory199US #26
#20Larry196US #38
#21Terry195US #48
#22Steven191US #15
#23Tony180US #52
#24Kevin172US #17
#25Jimmy171US #77
#26Ronald162US #25
#27Bobby160US #81
#28Donald160US #29
#29Johnny156US #69
#30Stephen156US #27
#31Paul155US #19
#32Patrick154US #30
#33Jeffery140US #46
#34Edward138US #31
#35Billy136US #76
#36George131US #36
#37Rodney131US #42
#38Eric121US #22
#39Ricky121US #70
#40Brian120US #10
#41Curtis120US #75
#42Randy118US #54
#43Daniel116US #18
#44Gary115US #32
#45Keith104US #35
#46Henry103US #95
#47Eddie102US #132
#48Darrell100US #86
#49Dennis99US #45
#50Scott98US #14
#51Joe94US #85
#52Samuel94US #66
#53Tommy92US #124
#54Walter92US #83
#55Carl87US #59
#56Reginald85US #117
#57Roy85US #94
#58Ronnie81US #115
#59Marvin80US #129
#60Calvin78US #156
#61Lee78US #106
#62Melvin78US #150
#63Micheal74US #114
#64Andrew73US #34
#65Douglas73US #33
#66Danny70US #72
#67Frank69US #49
#68Russell67US #56
#69Phillip66US #71
#70Dexter65
#71Roger65US #55
#72Albert64US #103
#73Troy61US #40
#74Tracy60US #111
#75Barry59US #107
#76Stacy59US #157
#77Raymond58US #50
#78Matthew57US #24
#79Frederick54US #113
#80Gerald54US #62
#81Rickey53
#82Steve53US #89
#83Arthur52US #98
#84Todd52US #28
#85Jonathan51US #53
#86Lawrence51US #67
#87Bryan50US #51
#88Sean50US #37
#89Stanley50US #136
#90Craig49US #41
#91Derrick48US #116
#92Harold48US #108
#93Joel47US #80
#94Jessie46
#95Mitchell46US #166
#96Chris45US #64
#97Cedric44
#98Howard44US #133
#99Earl43US #164
#100Jason43US #47

On the move since 1967

Rising

↑50Yolanda#35
↑38Kelly#53
↑34Melanie#61
↑31Tonya#44
↑29Cassandra#42
↑24Vanessa#60
↑22Darrell#48
↑21Regina#34

Falling

↓38Martha#86
↓33Jessie#94
↓29Marilyn#90
↓28Felicia#93
↓27Beverly#71
↓26Andrea#84
↓24Amanda#59
↓21Tracey#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1967 rankings.