State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,968 Mississippi births in 1971 across 1,037 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#50Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#59Fredrickoutside the national top 200
#64Shirley#193 nationally
#75Roderickoutside the national top 200
#87Marilynoutside the national top 200
#78Dorothy#191 nationally
#89Leighoutside the national top 200
#89Cedricoutside the national top 200
#90Dexteroutside the national top 200
#95Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#11Willie#115 nationally
#97Angeliaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Angela523US #6
#2Jennifer450US #1
#3Kimberly411US #4
#4Mary353US #9
#5Melissa305US #7
#6Stephanie288US #11
#7Lisa278US #3
#8Tammy273US #8
#9Pamela267US #28
#10Amy246US #5
#11Sharon234US #40
#12Patricia216US #26
#13Tracy210US #13
#14Teresa193US #34
#15Cynthia191US #24
#16Sandra191US #31
#17Linda177US #42
#18Tina154US #20
#19Elizabeth153US #19
#20Karen151US #15
#21Michelle151US #2
#22Shannon150US #21
#23Stacy148US #32
#24Donna145US #38
#25Rhonda138US #46
#26Susan137US #17
#27Brenda128US #43
#28Tonya127US #45
#29Barbara126US #47
#30Rebecca125US #23
#31Laura123US #16
#32Jacqueline120US #75
#33Regina108US #90
#34Dana105US #44
#35Wendy105US #29
#36Debra102US #57
#37Sherry102US #60
#38Carolyn101US #104
#39Tiffany100US #62
#40Yolanda100US #98
#41Amanda99US #84
#42Christy97US #89
#43Wanda94US #137
#44Felicia93US #124
#45Julie93US #10
#46Sheila93US #81
#47Sonya90US #126
#48Cassandra89US #136
#49Monica89US #48
#50Shelia89
#51Stacey89US #41
#52Deborah80US #33
#53Tracey80US #74
#54Melanie79US #66
#55Leslie77US #68
#56Tanya74US #72
#57Andrea72US #35
#58Heather72US #12
#59Lori72US #25
#60Valerie72US #102
#61Kelly71US #22
#62Carol70US #92
#63Robin70US #51
#64Shirley70US #193
#65Theresa70US #61
#66Paula69US #63
#67Janice68US #151
#68Margaret68US #86
#69Veronica68US #110
#70Nancy67US #52
#71Cheryl65US #50
#72Anita64US #127
#73Melinda64US #85
#74Tara64US #49
#75Vanessa64US #129
#76Connie63US #125
#77Dawn62US #14
#78Dorothy62US #191
#79Katrina62US #139
#80Betty61US #175
#81Carla61US #107
#82Beverly60US #160
#83April59US #56
#84Katherine59US #67
#85Gloria58US #167
#86Kathy57US #91
#87Marilyn57
#88Victoria57US #97
#89Leigh56
#90Rachel56US #54
#91Alicia55US #105
#92Charlotte55US #176
#93Catherine53US #65
#94Christine53US #18
#95Martha52US #147
#96Terri52US #115
#97Angelia51
#98Cindy50US #70
#99Nicole50US #27
#100Janet49US #112

Boys

#1James967US #2
#2Michael841US #1
#3John661US #4
#4Robert660US #5
#5Christopher616US #6
#6William568US #7
#7David502US #3
#8Charles413US #22
#9Anthony342US #23
#10Timothy294US #21
#11Willie259US #115
#12Jason253US #8
#13Thomas251US #17
#14Kenneth250US #25
#15Kevin249US #14
#16Richard247US #11
#17Joseph237US #15
#18Eric226US #18
#19Steven218US #16
#20Gregory216US #26
#21Larry200US #44
#22Terry198US #56
#23Jerry197US #50
#24Mark194US #13
#25Brian187US #9
#26Patrick180US #35
#27Jeffrey171US #12
#28Tony164US #62
#29Johnny161US #74
#30Paul159US #24
#31Marcus156US #65
#32Bobby154US #79
#33Jimmy152US #93
#34Donald150US #34
#35Ronald147US #31
#36Billy141US #75
#37Stephen135US #27
#38Scott134US #10
#39George133US #42
#40Jeffery128US #53
#41Gary118US #38
#42Keith116US #37
#43Rodney116US #59
#44Daniel114US #20
#45Frederick101US #109
#46Curtis97US #89
#47Tracy97US #144
#48Edward93US #32
#49Dennis92US #49
#50Ricky92US #121
#51Henry91US #112
#52Eddie90US #147
#53Marvin90US #152
#54Danny87US #82
#55Tyrone87US #142
#56Derrick84US #84
#57Reginald84US #141
#58Jonathan81US #40
#59Fredrick80
#60Joe80US #101
#61Randy79US #67
#62Bryan78US #48
#63Micheal78US #124
#64Andrew77US #33
#65Walter76US #91
#66Matthew75US #19
#67Calvin73US #169
#68Bradley72US #58
#69Chris72US #68
#70Samuel72US #66
#71Darrell71US #118
#72Gerald71US #83
#73Jeremy71US #45
#74Phillip70US #76
#75Roderick69
#76Carl68US #72
#77Chad67US #29
#78Douglas67US #39
#79Craig65US #43
#80Melvin65US #172
#81Russell61US #64
#82Shannon61US #106
#83Ronnie59US #135
#84Raymond58US #52
#85Tommy58US #148
#86Frank57US #54
#87Shawn57US #28
#88Arthur56US #117
#89Cedric56
#90Dexter56
#91Allen55US #120
#92Lee55US #128
#93Antonio52US #110
#94Carlos52US #88
#95Kelvin52
#96Roger52US #71
#97Sean52US #36
#98Albert51US #119
#99Jessie50
#100Stacy48

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑39Tiffany#39
↑37Valerie#60
↑33Frederick#45
↑31Heather#58
↑28Stacey#51
↑27Anita#72
↑26Fredrick#59
↑25Wendy#35

Falling

↓37Kathy#86
↓35Cindy#98
↓34Carla#81
↓31Connie#76
↓31Ronnie#83
↓27Lee#92
↓26Betty#80
↓25Beverly#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.