State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,380 Mississippi births in 1973 across 967 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
#52Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#61Cedricoutside the national top 200
#71Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#69Wanda#187 nationally
#78Betty#196 nationally
#70Janice#183 nationally
#79Beverly#192 nationally
#89Dorothyoutside the national top 200
#89Fredrickoutside the national top 200
#92Roderickoutside the national top 200
#86Charlotte#194 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer592US #1
#2Angela480US #7
#3Kimberly382US #4
#4Stephanie328US #9
#5Melissa285US #6
#6Mary284US #14
#7Amy250US #2
#8Lisa219US #5
#9Tammy184US #15
#10Sharon166US #57
#11Pamela164US #47
#12Cynthia161US #26
#13Tonya161US #36
#14Tracy161US #20
#15Tina159US #24
#16Michelle145US #3
#17Patricia138US #27
#18Teresa138US #45
#19Amanda132US #51
#20Monica131US #40
#21Elizabeth123US #13
#22Rebecca122US #10
#23Susan122US #25
#24Heather119US #8
#25Linda118US #61
#26Christy114US #73
#27Stacy111US #32
#28Rhonda110US #70
#29Donna103US #55
#30Andrea102US #30
#31Sandra102US #39
#32Felicia101US #138
#33Sonya100US #131
#34Wendy100US #29
#35Jacqueline99US #88
#36Tanya99US #50
#37Karen98US #23
#38Crystal97US #48
#39April96US #33
#40Yolanda96US #113
#41Brenda95US #53
#42Katina94US #120
#43Shannon90US #22
#44Barbara89US #63
#45Denise84US #38
#46Tiffany84US #52
#47Stacey80US #41
#48Cassandra79US #153
#49Sherry77US #76
#50Catina75
#51Melanie75US #43
#52Shelia75
#53Julie74US #12
#54Nicole74US #11
#55Christina73US #16
#56Laura72US #19
#57Regina70US #110
#58Dana69US #59
#59Tara69US #37
#60Lori68US #28
#61Paula68US #87
#62Debra67US #84
#63Carolyn66US #116
#64Sheila65US #101
#65Veronica63US #71
#66Alicia60US #91
#67Jessica60US #34
#68Robin60US #60
#69Wanda60US #187
#70Janice59US #183
#71Katrina59US #118
#72Kelly58US #18
#73Misty58US #90
#74Brandy56US #82
#75Carla56US #114
#76Deborah55US #56
#77Natasha55US #155
#78Betty54US #196
#79Beverly54US #192
#80Theresa54US #69
#81Anita53US #142
#82Melinda53US #72
#83Leslie52US #75
#84Belinda51US #181
#85Margaret50US #94
#86Charlotte49US #194
#87Holly48US #54
#88Bridget47US #112
#89Dorothy47
#90Emily47US #99
#91Erica47US #81
#92Kristi47US #108
#93Rachel47US #42
#94Tracey46US #102
#95Valerie45US #96
#96Katherine44US #64
#97Sarah44US #35
#98Tamara44US #66
#99Allison43US #105
#100Shirley43

Boys

#1James792US #4
#2Michael740US #1
#3Christopher711US #2
#4Robert528US #7
#5John504US #6
#6William473US #9
#7Jason447US #3
#8David430US #5
#9Charles342US #23
#10Anthony282US #21
#11Brian272US #8
#12Kevin270US #14
#13Timothy243US #22
#14Eric224US #13
#15Richard224US #16
#16Thomas212US #19
#17Joseph210US #12
#18Gregory184US #26
#19Mark184US #15
#20Steven179US #20
#21Willie173US #109
#22Jeffrey171US #17
#23Daniel169US #11
#24Larry167US #50
#25Kenneth166US #28
#26Marcus165US #72
#27Terry146US #65
#28Jerry135US #57
#29Patrick133US #37
#30Billy131US #76
#31Donald130US #38
#32Matthew128US #10
#33Jimmy126US #95
#34Jonathan120US #31
#35Rodney120US #68
#36Stephen120US #32
#37George119US #46
#38Jeffery118US #64
#39Johnny117US #82
#40Keith115US #41
#41Derrick108US #87
#42Paul108US #24
#43Bobby104US #93
#44Edward102US #39
#45Gary99US #44
#46Tony99US #78
#47Jeremy96US #33
#48Scott93US #18
#49Ronald89US #40
#50Tyrone88US #139
#51Samuel86US #66
#52Tommy80US #143
#53Reginald78US #152
#54Danny76US #83
#55Frederick74US #120
#56Joe74US #105
#57Bryan73US #43
#58Dennis73US #56
#59Henry72US #111
#60Bradley70US #62
#61Cedric70
#62Curtis69US #98
#63Shawn67US #27
#64Chad65US #25
#65Marvin65US #162
#66Carlos63US #74
#67Shannon63US #100
#68Andrew62US #29
#69Antonio62US #92
#70Calvin61US #173
#71Kelvin61
#72Tracy61US #126
#73Jamie60US #70
#74Douglas58US #47
#75Walter57US #101
#76Phillip56US #71
#77Micheal55US #106
#78Darrell54US #131
#79Sean54US #36
#80Carl53US #90
#81Craig52US #48
#82Eddie52US #156
#83Lee52US #123
#84Ricky52US #133
#85Ronnie52US #136
#86Melvin50US #170
#87Randy50US #79
#88Travis50US #53
#89Fredrick49
#90Russell49US #77
#91Shane48US #54
#92Roderick47
#93Albert46US #112
#94Benjamin46US #55
#95Chris46US #96
#96Jerome46US #164
#97Jessie46
#98Ryan46US #30
#99Vincent43US #99
#100Adam42US #45

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑40Christina#55
↑33Bradley#60
↑32Alicia#66
↑30Heather#24
↑29Jessica#67
↑27April#39
↑25Sonya#33
↑24Shannon#67

Falling

↓43Shirley#100
↓30Rachel#93
↓30Eddie#82
↓28Randy#87
↓28Albert#93
↓27Valerie#95
↓25Carolyn#63
↓25Tracy#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.