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Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1975 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,817 Mississippi births in 1975 across 1,001 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#50Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#53Cedricoutside the national top 200
#65Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#69Fredrickoutside the national top 200
#76Latoyaoutside the national top 200
#75Latasha#197 nationally
#81Roderickoutside the national top 200
#84Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#58Cassandra#168 nationally
#76Clifton#186 nationally
#68Marvin#177 nationally
#60Eddie#168 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer593US #1
#2Angela421US #5
#3Kimberly326US #7
#4Amy310US #2
#5Stephanie265US #9
#6Amanda257US #14
#7Melissa253US #4
#8Mary237US #19
#9Heather190US #3
#10Lisa161US #8
#11Pamela145US #70
#12Tonya141US #45
#13Tracy139US #24
#14Sharon133US #75
#15Yolanda123US #107
#16Christy121US #53
#17Michelle116US #6
#18Tiffany116US #37
#19April114US #25
#20Rebecca114US #11
#21Stacy114US #34
#22Patricia112US #36
#23Cynthia111US #40
#24Felicia111US #116
#25Tammy111US #31
#26Wendy108US #33
#27Elizabeth107US #15
#28Misty107US #47
#29Monica101US #49
#30Tanya98US #50
#31Tina98US #35
#32Julie91US #18
#33Karen91US #27
#34Shannon90US #21
#35Leslie88US #71
#36Christina87US #12
#37Teresa87US #61
#38Brandy86US #57
#39Susan85US #32
#40Rachel84US #26
#41Rhonda83US #93
#42Dana81US #62
#43Laura81US #20
#44Sandra80US #51
#45Linda77US #81
#46Barbara76US #83
#47Andrea74US #28
#48Emily72US #48
#49Carrie71US #29
#50Latonya71
#51Jessica70US #13
#52Melanie69US #52
#53Sherry69US #95
#54Jacqueline68US #90
#55Regina68US #111
#56Christie66US #96
#57Brandi64US #88
#58Cassandra64US #168
#59Sonya63US #154
#60Erica62US #63
#61Robin61US #65
#62Crystal59US #43
#63Tara59US #41
#64Ashley58US #138
#65Shelia57
#66Alicia56US #76
#67Katrina56US #131
#68Sarah56US #17
#69Kelly55US #16
#70Debra53US #114
#71Donna53US #85
#72Lori52US #39
#73Melinda52US #91
#74Stacey52US #44
#75Latasha50US #197
#76Latoya50
#77Carolyn49US #119
#78Valerie49US #92
#79Holly48US #55
#80Carla47US #122
#81Margaret47US #98
#82Denise46US #64
#83Tracey46US #117
#84Catherine45US #73
#85Brenda44US #67
#86Dawn44US #23
#87Nicole44US #10
#88Kristi43US #109
#89Bridget42US #143
#90Deborah42US #86
#91Theresa42US #78
#92Victoria42US #105
#93Janice41US #191
#94Kristy41US #141
#95Sheila41US #134
#96Veronica41US #72
#97Kenya40
#98Tamara40US #77
#99Cheryl39US #97
#100Kristie39US #147

Boys

#1Michael782US #1
#2James741US #4
#3Christopher719US #3
#4Robert498US #6
#5Jason496US #2
#6John487US #7
#7William484US #10
#8David362US #5
#9Charles339US #25
#10Anthony264US #21
#11Joseph251US #12
#12Timothy251US #22
#13Kevin229US #15
#14Brian204US #8
#15Steven200US #18
#16Thomas199US #20
#17Eric188US #13
#18Marcus188US #68
#19Richard185US #16
#20Daniel173US #11
#21Kenneth160US #35
#22Jeremy154US #24
#23Willie151US #118
#24Jeffrey140US #14
#25Larry140US #56
#26Gregory139US #33
#27Jonathan139US #30
#28Matthew138US #9
#29Jerry129US #65
#30Stephen123US #34
#31Patrick122US #39
#32Terry122US #67
#33Tony119US #80
#34Derrick117US #90
#35Mark117US #19
#36Johnny114US #86
#37George112US #53
#38Benjamin106US #36
#39Paul101US #29
#40Donald98US #42
#41Rodney98US #76
#42Gary96US #50
#43Bobby92US #93
#44Jimmy91US #111
#45Ronald90US #46
#46Joshua89US #26
#47Antonio88US #77
#48Bradley88US #52
#49Jeffery88US #70
#50Edward87US #41
#51Billy86US #84
#52Keith85US #49
#53Cedric81
#54Tyrone73US #146
#55Carlos70US #73
#56Frederick68US #141
#57Chad66US #27
#58Reginald66US #162
#59Tommy66US #156
#60Eddie65US #168
#61Andrew64US #28
#62Micheal61US #104
#63Curtis60US #113
#64Phillip60US #72
#65Scott60US #17
#66Dennis59US #59
#67Justin58US #37
#68Marvin57US #177
#69Fredrick56
#70Jamie56US #62
#71Walter56US #112
#72Danny55US #94
#73Samuel55US #61
#74Douglas54US #55
#75Ryan54US #23
#76Clifton53US #186
#77Arthur52US #128
#78Brad52US #98
#79Randy52US #78
#80Brandon51US #44
#81Roderick51
#82Roy51US #122
#83Henry50US #124
#84Kelvin50
#85Bryan48US #47
#86Barry47US #164
#87Shannon47US #101
#88Shawn47US #31
#89Calvin46US #178
#90Frank45US #66
#91Joe45US #116
#92Stanley45US #194
#93Allen44US #127
#94Nathan44US #45
#95Ricky43US #135
#96Adam42US #38
#97Aaron41US #32
#98Chris41US #132
#99Darrell40US #147
#100Lee39US #137

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑43Carrie#49
↑28Alicia#66
↑26Ashley#64
↑25Benjamin#38
↑24Brandy#38
↑24Latoya#76
↑23Misty#28
↑22Brandi#57

Falling

↓39Tamara#98
↓36Kelly#69
↓31Shawn#88
↓28Veronica#96
↓28Henry#83
↓27Lori#72
↓27Brenda#85
↓24Jacqueline#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.