State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,258 Mississippi births in 1972 across 1,000 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#50Catinaoutside the national top 200
#51Cedricoutside the national top 200
#52Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#57Shirleyoutside the national top 200
#76Fredrickoutside the national top 200
#78Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#87Tammieoutside the national top 200
#89Bettyoutside the national top 200
#94Angeliaoutside the national top 200
#81Charlotte#187 nationally
#67Calvin#172 nationally
#99Marlonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Angela584US #6
#2Jennifer566US #1
#3Kimberly401US #4
#4Mary315US #13
#5Stephanie294US #8
#6Melissa281US #7
#7Tammy245US #11
#8Lisa237US #3
#9Amy230US #5
#10Cynthia199US #25
#11Sharon191US #50
#12Tina175US #18
#13Tracy163US #19
#14Pamela158US #34
#15Michelle154US #2
#16Tonya153US #37
#17Teresa146US #39
#18Elizabeth139US #15
#19Linda139US #51
#20Sandra138US #31
#21Stacy137US #33
#22Patricia136US #27
#23Susan131US #24
#24Donna128US #45
#25Rebecca127US #14
#26Brenda121US #44
#27Rhonda114US #60
#28Amanda112US #76
#29Christy112US #74
#30Karen112US #21
#31Jacqueline107US #79
#32Yolanda101US #89
#33Shannon98US #22
#34Regina97US #104
#35Katina95US #117
#36Laura95US #17
#37Barbara94US #58
#38Carolyn93US #110
#39Monica93US #47
#40Melanie92US #42
#41Felicia91US #128
#42Sherry91US #70
#43Tiffany91US #61
#44Debra88US #66
#45Tara88US #38
#46Tanya87US #54
#47Andrea86US #30
#48Denise86US #35
#49Dana85US #52
#50Catina84
#51Nicole82US #10
#52Shelia82
#53Cassandra81US #139
#54Heather81US #9
#55Wendy78US #29
#56Julie77US #12
#57Shirley77
#58Sonya77US #122
#59Kelly73US #23
#60Stacey72US #41
#61Kathy69US #108
#62Paula69US #72
#63Rachel69US #40
#64Cheryl68US #56
#65Sheila68US #90
#66April67US #48
#67Robin67US #55
#68Valerie67US #100
#69Wanda65US #166
#70Deborah60US #43
#71Leslie60US #75
#72Lori60US #28
#73Carla59US #106
#74Kristi57US #102
#75Melinda57US #81
#76Vanessa57US #133
#77Theresa56US #68
#78Connie54US #130
#79Janice54US #171
#80Anita52US #136
#81Charlotte52US #187
#82Katrina52US #116
#83Martha52US #151
#84Veronica52US #82
#85Dawn51US #20
#86Nancy51US #63
#87Tammie51
#88Beverly50US #185
#89Betty49
#90Katherine49US #69
#91Gloria48US #175
#92Sarah48US #49
#93Margaret47US #95
#94Angelia46
#95Christina46US #26
#96Jessica46US #46
#97Tracey46US #88
#98Alicia45US #96
#99Allison45US #115
#100Janet45US #111

Boys

#1James904US #3
#2Michael810US #1
#3Christopher769US #2
#4John611US #5
#5Robert550US #6
#6William519US #9
#7David430US #4
#8Charles347US #23
#9Jason310US #7
#10Anthony306US #22
#11Timothy291US #21
#12Brian263US #8
#13Kevin247US #13
#14Joseph244US #12
#15Thomas228US #20
#16Richard225US #14
#17Eric220US #16
#18Gregory205US #26
#19Willie203US #109
#20Kenneth189US #27
#21Steven185US #19
#22Larry168US #47
#23Jerry166US #53
#24Patrick161US #35
#25Mark152US #18
#26Stephen151US #29
#27Daniel148US #15
#28Jeffrey147US #17
#29Johnny146US #74
#30Paul137US #24
#31Terry136US #62
#32Keith134US #38
#33Marcus133US #71
#34Jimmy130US #97
#35Donald124US #36
#36Tony122US #68
#37George119US #44
#38Jonathan119US #37
#39Billy117US #81
#40Edward117US #34
#41Scott114US #11
#42Bobby110US #90
#43Jeffery108US #58
#44Gary106US #41
#45Ronald105US #32
#46Rodney100US #65
#47Tracy98US #111
#48Derrick97US #91
#49Matthew91US #10
#50Chad90US #25
#51Cedric85
#52Eddie83US #150
#53Tyrone82US #144
#54Frederick79US #116
#55Walter79US #98
#56Dennis77US #52
#57Micheal77US #108
#58Danny76US #87
#59Randy75US #70
#60Samuel75US #66
#61Craig74US #46
#62Reginald73US #141
#63Bryan72US #45
#64Curtis72US #92
#65Albert70US #112
#66Joe69US #100
#67Calvin68US #172
#68Jeremy68US #42
#69Tommy67US #146
#70Andrew66US #30
#71Henry65US #118
#72Darrell64US #122
#73Douglas64US #43
#74Ricky64US #127
#75Shawn64US #28
#76Fredrick63
#77Antonio60US #93
#78Kelvin60
#79Carl59US #85
#80Melvin59US #171
#81Lee57US #125
#82Carlos56US #84
#83Marvin56US #163
#84Phillip56US #75
#85Roy56US #114
#86Frank55US #56
#87Jamie53US #72
#88Roger53US #76
#89Maurice52US #160
#90Ronnie52US #133
#91Shannon52US #94
#92Chris50US #82
#93Bradley49US #61
#94Sean49US #33
#95Jerome48US #166
#96Allen47US #123
#97Arthur47US #119
#98Gerald47US #102
#99Marlon45
#100Roderick44

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑48Nicole#51
↑38Cedric#51
↑33Albert#65
↑29Tara#45
↑27Rachel#63
↑27Chad#50
↑25Kathy#61
↑20Jonathan#38

Falling

↓44Tracey#97
↓30Marvin#83
↓26Wanda#69
↓26Gerald#98
↓25Margaret#93
↓25Bradley#93
↓25Roderick#100
↓24Ricky#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.