State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,008 Mississippi births in 1970 across 994 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#33Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#59Shirley#198 nationally
#75Dexteroutside the national top 200
#49Calvin#166 nationally
#85Fredrickoutside the national top 200
#54Betty#169 nationally
#87Cedricoutside the national top 200
#92Roderickoutside the national top 200
#95Cliftonoutside the national top 200
#47Eddie#151 nationally
#98Jessieoutside the national top 200
#100Stacyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Angela521US #6
#2Mary406US #9
#3Kimberly386US #3
#4Jennifer375US #1
#5Lisa350US #2
#6Pamela343US #26
#7Tammy284US #8
#8Melissa278US #7
#9Stephanie271US #17
#10Sharon260US #37
#11Tracy241US #10
#12Patricia219US #24
#13Amy215US #5
#14Sandra203US #27
#15Cynthia202US #25
#16Linda201US #38
#17Teresa194US #34
#18Tina179US #21
#19Michelle177US #4
#20Karen168US #12
#21Brenda157US #40
#22Jacqueline156US #66
#23Donna155US #32
#24Rhonda151US #46
#25Barbara148US #41
#26Elizabeth145US #18
#27Laura135US #13
#28Shannon132US #22
#29Carolyn128US #84
#30Tonya122US #49
#31Susan121US #15
#32Debra120US #47
#33Shelia117
#34Regina110US #86
#35Amanda109US #108
#36Sherry108US #60
#37Stacy107US #42
#38Yolanda103US #106
#39Cassandra100US #135
#40Rebecca97US #29
#41Wanda96US #132
#42Dana94US #54
#43Julie91US #11
#44Sheila89US #75
#45Connie87US #116
#46Felicia87US #139
#47Carla86US #94
#48Deborah85US #33
#49Kathy85US #77
#50Lori85US #23
#51Paula84US #57
#52Robin82US #51
#53Carol81US #71
#54Betty79US #169
#55Monica78US #56
#56Tanya78US #76
#57Beverly76US #150
#58Christy76US #105
#59Shirley76US #198
#60Wendy74US #28
#61Janice73US #145
#62Cheryl72US #44
#63Cindy72US #72
#64Kelly72US #20
#65Vanessa70US #138
#66Sonya69US #131
#67Charlotte68US #166
#68Gloria68US #163
#69Leslie68US #64
#70Veronica67US #110
#71Andrea66US #43
#72Melanie66US #91
#73Margaret65US #80
#74Denise64US #36
#75Tracey64US #55
#76Sabrina63US #107
#77Sarah63US #65
#78Tiffany62US #99
#79Stacey60US #48
#80Dorothy59US #180
#81Janet59US #96
#82Melinda59US #93
#83Terri59US #113
#84Nancy58US #50
#85Theresa57US #53
#86Victoria57US #85
#87Christine56US #14
#88Dawn56US #16
#89Heather55US #19
#90Tara54US #69
#91Joyce53US #164
#92Katherine53US #67
#93Kim53US #78
#94Nicole53US #30
#95Tammie53US #175
#96Rachel52US #58
#97Valerie51US #97
#98Virginia51US #146
#99Anita50US #127
#100Debbie50US #148

Boys

#1James971US #2
#2Michael861US #1
#3John739US #4
#4Robert641US #5
#5William572US #7
#6David552US #3
#7Charles486US #21
#8Christopher459US #6
#9Anthony359US #22
#10Timothy303US #20
#11Richard302US #10
#12Kenneth279US #25
#13Willie273US #103
#14Mark248US #9
#15Thomas247US #17
#16Joseph245US #16
#17Steven245US #15
#18Kevin244US #14
#19Jerry221US #45
#20Gregory210US #26
#21Terry200US #54
#22Jeffrey191US #11
#23Eric187US #18
#24Larry180US #43
#25Jason176US #13
#26Brian172US #8
#27Billy164US #78
#28Paul163US #23
#29Tony160US #57
#30Johnny157US #65
#31Stephen153US #27
#32Donald152US #30
#33Patrick148US #33
#34Jimmy147US #86
#35Ronald139US #29
#36Bobby138US #87
#37Scott130US #12
#38Edward129US #31
#39Gary126US #35
#40Jeffery125US #50
#41George119US #40
#42Tyrone117US #132
#43Marcus112US #71
#44Randy106US #59
#45Daniel102US #19
#46Joe100US #90
#47Eddie99US #151
#48Keith98US #38
#49Calvin95US #166
#50Rodney94US #55
#51Curtis92US #88
#52Ronnie92US #133
#53Walter92US #89
#54Dennis88US #46
#55Ricky88US #105
#56Micheal84US #126
#57Samuel81US #62
#58Douglas80US #36
#59Gerald80US #67
#60Derrick79US #96
#61Reginald79US #142
#62Henry78US #104
#63Darrell76US #102
#64Tommy76US #148
#65Lee73US #118
#66Danny71US #85
#67Matthew71US #24
#68Frank70US #48
#69Jonathan70US #42
#70Craig68US #39
#71Raymond67US #49
#72Marvin66US #153
#73Stanley65US #157
#74Bradley64US #47
#75Dexter64
#76Carl63US #66
#77Roy63US #108
#78Frederick60US #115
#79Roger60US #61
#80Andrew59US #32
#81Phillip57US #73
#82Troy56US #41
#83Melvin55US #171
#84Albert54US #107
#85Fredrick54
#86Bryan53US #53
#87Cedric53
#88Antonio52US #121
#89Barry50US #117
#90Russell50US #58
#91Chad47US #51
#92Roderick47
#93Todd47US #28
#94Vincent47US #79
#95Clifton46
#96Shawn46US #34
#97Darren45US #75
#98Jessie45
#99Carlos44US #98
#100Stacy44

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑43Marcus#43
↑30Cindy#63
↑27Veronica#70
↑26Felicia#46
↑23Vanessa#65
↑23Derrick#60
↑21Gloria#68
↑21Ronnie#52

Falling

↓25Shirley#59
↓23Valerie#97
↓22Marvin#72
↓19Cheryl#62
↓19Carl#76
↓18Anita#99
↓18Melvin#83
↓18Bryan#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.