State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 34,730 Mississippi births in 1974 across 969 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#59Cedricoutside the national top 200
#65Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#67Latonya#197 nationally
#75Fredrickoutside the national top 200
#76Wandaoutside the national top 200
#76Roderickoutside the national top 200
#83Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#86Angeliaoutside the national top 200
#91Bettyoutside the national top 200
#68Calvin#177 nationally
#97Beverlyoutside the national top 200
#98Cliftonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer609US #1
#2Angela426US #5
#3Kimberly377US #6
#4Stephanie317US #9
#5Amy277US #2
#6Melissa259US #7
#7Mary254US #13
#8Tonya203US #37
#9Lisa188US #8
#10Amanda183US #34
#11Heather164US #4
#12Tracy150US #23
#13Michelle144US #3
#14Rebecca141US #10
#15Sharon138US #70
#16Tammy138US #24
#17Cynthia134US #33
#18Pamela134US #54
#19Christy133US #57
#20Patricia131US #29
#21Monica127US #43
#22Shannon126US #18
#23Teresa121US #52
#24Tina119US #25
#25April118US #28
#26Elizabeth118US #12
#27Tiffany115US #41
#28Tanya111US #46
#29Linda105US #75
#30Jacqueline101US #83
#31Sandra99US #44
#32Yolanda94US #112
#33Kelly92US #15
#34Wendy92US #32
#35Susan91US #27
#36Julie86US #14
#37Karen85US #26
#38Stacy84US #38
#39Felicia83US #137
#40Regina82US #113
#41Dana80US #55
#42Laura80US #21
#43Rhonda80US #86
#44Christina79US #16
#45Lori79US #30
#46Jessica78US #17
#47Robin78US #63
#48Leslie76US #65
#49Donna75US #67
#50Barbara74US #77
#51Misty72US #66
#52Rachel70US #36
#53Erica69US #74
#54Sherry69US #89
#55Tara68US #39
#56Stacey67US #48
#57Andrea64US #35
#58Brenda64US #59
#59Tamara64US #64
#60Sonya63US #132
#61Denise62US #53
#62Brandy61US #80
#63Christie61US #110
#64Melanie61US #51
#65Paula61US #96
#66Emily59US #69
#67Latonya59US #197
#68Veronica59US #71
#69Crystal58US #49
#70Nicole57US #11
#71Katrina56US #126
#72Carla54US #114
#73Debra54US #94
#74Cassandra52US #159
#75Kristi52US #102
#76Wanda51
#77Carolyn50US #118
#78Katherine50US #62
#79Brandi49US #106
#80Melinda49US #81
#81Sarah49US #20
#82Dawn48US #22
#83Shelia48
#84Theresa48US #79
#85Vanessa47US #122
#86Angelia46
#87Deborah46US #68
#88Nancy45US #78
#89Valerie45US #93
#90Ashley44US #165
#91Betty44
#92Carrie44US #42
#93Anita43US #144
#94Alicia42US #90
#95Bridget42US #134
#96Martha42US #150
#97Beverly40
#98Catherine40US #73
#99Kristen40US #45
#100Latoya40

Boys

#1Michael792US #1
#2James773US #5
#3Christopher704US #3
#4John502US #6
#5David480US #4
#6Robert469US #7
#7William458US #10
#8Jason456US #2
#9Charles337US #23
#10Timothy283US #22
#11Anthony273US #21
#12Kevin270US #14
#13Eric243US #13
#14Joseph238US #12
#15Brian236US #8
#16Richard234US #17
#17Thomas234US #20
#18Steven185US #19
#19Kenneth172US #34
#20Daniel170US #11
#21Marcus169US #73
#22Gregory166US #31
#23Larry160US #55
#24Jeffrey144US #15
#25Jerry143US #61
#26Willie140US #119
#27Matthew137US #9
#28Jonathan133US #33
#29Stephen132US #35
#30Terry130US #69
#31Patrick128US #38
#32Billy119US #78
#33Mark117US #16
#34Jeremy116US #24
#35George112US #49
#36Derrick109US #87
#37Rodney106US #72
#38Jeffery105US #66
#39Tony105US #81
#40Bobby104US #92
#41Jimmy100US #99
#42Johnny99US #83
#43Paul98US #27
#44Gary96US #48
#45Joshua89US #29
#46Donald87US #41
#47Keith87US #44
#48Edward85US #40
#49Ronald85US #42
#50Tyrone85US #139
#51Antonio83US #82
#52Micheal83US #102
#53Samuel81US #60
#54Chad77US #26
#55Henry76US #115
#56Scott76US #18
#57Shawn75US #30
#58Phillip74US #70
#59Cedric73
#60Reginald73US #152
#61Bradley72US #58
#62Marvin71US #163
#63Benjamin69US #46
#64Tommy69US #155
#65Kelvin68
#66Carlos65US #71
#67Andrew64US #28
#68Calvin64US #177
#69Eddie64US #166
#70Danny63US #91
#71Frederick63US #135
#72Randy63US #79
#73Tracy60US #162
#74Walter60US #104
#75Fredrick58
#76Roderick57
#77Douglas56US #53
#78Ryan55US #25
#79Dennis54US #59
#80Raymond54US #62
#81Curtis53US #98
#82Carl52US #89
#83Darrell52US #137
#84Gerald52US #108
#85Jamie52US #68
#86Joe52US #113
#87Lee52US #124
#88Justin51US #43
#89Shannon49US #101
#90Shane48US #56
#91Ricky46US #129
#92Ronnie46US #141
#93Russell46US #84
#94Brandon45US #51
#95Melvin45US #190
#96Sean44US #37
#97Roy43US #122
#98Clifton42
#99Craig42US #57
#100Albert41US #130

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑41Rachel#52
↑39Kelly#33
↑39Tamara#59
↑38Erica#53
↑35Leslie#48
↑31Benjamin#63
↑25Micheal#52
↑24Emily#66

Falling

↓31Crystal#69
↓31Shelia#83
↓30Joe#86
↓28Alicia#94
↓27Andrea#57
↓27Sonya#60
↓26Cassandra#74
↓22Shannon#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.