State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1969 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,513 Mississippi births in 1969 across 965 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#38Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#34Shirley#173 nationally
#77Annieoutside the national top 200
#78Marilynoutside the national top 200
#84Dexteroutside the national top 200
#66Dorothy#181 nationally
#86Glendaoutside the national top 200
#44Betty#154 nationally
#94Jessieoutside the national top 200
#95Cedricoutside the national top 200
#82Stacy#186 nationally
#97Fredrickoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Angela461US #7
#2Lisa423US #1
#3Mary374US #8
#4Kimberly351US #4
#5Pamela300US #24
#6Tammy296US #9
#7Melissa288US #5
#8Jennifer260US #3
#9Sharon251US #36
#10Stephanie251US #19
#11Linda235US #33
#12Patricia235US #18
#13Sandra233US #25
#14Cynthia216US #23
#15Michelle209US #2
#16Tracy203US #17
#17Teresa194US #32
#18Amy189US #6
#19Donna188US #26
#20Brenda186US #38
#21Tina167US #22
#22Karen165US #13
#23Laura157US #10
#24Carolyn154US #71
#25Barbara149US #39
#26Elizabeth145US #16
#27Jacqueline145US #62
#28Susan142US #11
#29Rebecca139US #28
#30Rhonda134US #44
#31Shannon121US #31
#32Yolanda121US #98
#33Sherry113US #55
#34Shirley113US #173
#35Lori112US #20
#36Debra111US #43
#37Deborah109US #27
#38Shelia109
#39Paula107US #50
#40Carol105US #56
#41Sheila105US #68
#42Tonya105US #54
#43Cheryl104US #41
#44Betty98US #154
#45Wanda95US #126
#46Carla91US #90
#47Janice88US #131
#48Regina88US #86
#49Robin86US #46
#50Beverly85US #141
#51Dana85US #60
#52Leslie83US #64
#53Amanda82US #122
#54Stacy82US #53
#55Cassandra80US #151
#56Sonya80US #123
#57Monica79US #59
#58Wendy79US #29
#59Julie78US #12
#60Kelly77US #15
#61Tracey77US #65
#62Tanya76US #91
#63Christy74US #116
#64Janet73US #84
#65Connie72US #105
#66Dorothy71US #181
#67Denise70US #35
#68Melanie70US #92
#69Kathy69US #77
#70Andrea68US #48
#71Nancy68US #45
#72Felicia67US #146
#73Stacey67US #52
#74Valerie66US #85
#75Joyce64US #148
#76Margaret64US #73
#77Annie62
#78Marilyn62
#79Martha62US #139
#80Vickie61US #174
#81Anita60US #120
#82Dawn60US #21
#83Rachel60US #69
#84Katherine59US #70
#85Sarah58US #72
#86Glenda57
#87Charlotte56US #160
#88Vanessa56US #147
#89Gloria55US #150
#90Helen53US #175
#91Melinda53US #89
#92Catherine52US #58
#93Cindy52US #74
#94Cathy51US #133
#95Theresa51US #49
#96Ann50US #57
#97Veronica50US #108
#98Virginia49US #138
#99Christine48US #14
#100Kim48US #66

Boys

#1James1,065US #3
#2Michael826US #1
#3John673US #4
#4Robert664US #5
#5William585US #6
#6David564US #2
#7Charles434US #19
#8Christopher343US #7
#9Richard307US #10
#10Timothy306US #17
#11Anthony304US #20
#12Kenneth260US #23
#13Thomas259US #13
#14Willie248US #101
#15Mark243US #8
#16Jerry238US #45
#17Gregory237US #26
#18Joseph235US #15
#19Steven204US #14
#20Larry200US #40
#21Donald187US #30
#22Tony181US #54
#23Jeffrey177US #11
#24Terry177US #52
#25Kevin171US #16
#26Ronald169US #29
#27Paul160US #22
#28Patrick155US #31
#29Stephen154US #27
#30Billy153US #77
#31Bobby153US #82
#32Eric152US #21
#33George151US #38
#34Brian150US #9
#35Johnny150US #67
#36Edward140US #32
#37Jimmy138US #79
#38Rodney133US #49
#39Ricky132US #90
#40Daniel121US #18
#41Jeffery120US #48
#42Scott115US #12
#43Joe114US #83
#44Keith112US #36
#45Jason103US #25
#46Tyrone103US #137
#47Gary100US #35
#48Eddie99US #146
#49Tommy98US #134
#50Marvin96US #139
#51Randy94US #55
#52Curtis91US #81
#53Douglas89US #34
#54Samuel89US #64
#55Walter88US #84
#56Henry84US #100
#57Carl83US #62
#58Darrell82US #93
#59Dennis82US #44
#60Calvin81US #163
#61Micheal78US #120
#62Danny77US #73
#63Andrew74US #33
#64Reginald72US #125
#65Melvin69US #162
#66Roger69US #59
#67Frederick68US #116
#68Bryan67US #51
#69Phillip66US #74
#70Roy64US #105
#71Barry63US #99
#72Bradley63US #53
#73Ronnie63US #127
#74Gerald62US #65
#75Matthew62US #24
#76Russell61US #57
#77Arthur60US #97
#78Frank60US #47
#79Jonathan60US #46
#80Lee60US #118
#81Raymond60US #50
#82Stacy60US #186
#83Derrick59US #107
#84Dexter58
#85Corey55US #58
#86Marcus55US #138
#87Tracy55US #141
#88Vincent55US #70
#89Todd54US #28
#90Albert53US #108
#91Bruce53US #72
#92Stanley53US #155
#93Antonio52US #124
#94Jessie52
#95Cedric51
#96Chris51US #66
#97Fredrick51
#98Charlie47
#99Harold47US #117
#100Howard47US #142

On the move since 1968

Rising

↑55Jason#45
↑45Leslie#52
↑39Carla#46
↑35Shannon#31
↑30Tracey#61
↑26Dana#51
↑21Beverly#50
↑21Monica#57

Falling

↓38Gloria#89
↓29Joyce#75
↓28Vanessa#88
↓22Nancy#71
↓21Dorothy#66
↓19Margaret#76
↓19Lee#80
↓18Dawn#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1968 rankings.