State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,244 Mississippi births in 1976 across 977 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#42Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#44Cedricoutside the national top 200
#64Roderickoutside the national top 200
#73Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#59Latasha#185 nationally
#75Fredrickoutside the national top 200
#79Lawandaoutside the national top 200
#81Chasityoutside the national top 200
#73Cassandra#188 nationally
#86Cliftonoutside the national top 200
#68Marvin#181 nationally
#88Kendrickoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer611US #1
#2Angela370US #5
#3Kimberly363US #7
#4Amanda312US #10
#5Amy289US #2
#6Melissa242US #3
#7Heather229US #4
#8Stephanie221US #11
#9Mary213US #22
#10Rebecca140US #12
#11Tiffany139US #32
#12Shannon137US #17
#13April130US #30
#14Lisa127US #9
#15Jessica123US #8
#16Christy121US #60
#17Tonya116US #58
#18Pamela113US #84
#19Tracy109US #37
#20Sharon108US #81
#21Cynthia107US #44
#22Brandy105US #55
#23Christina105US #14
#24Tammy105US #41
#25Felicia104US #130
#26Laura104US #20
#27Jamie98US #18
#28Karen98US #31
#29Elizabeth97US #16
#30Stacy94US #38
#31Kelly93US #19
#32Misty93US #46
#33Michelle91US #6
#34Teresa90US #66
#35Emily89US #50
#36Brandi87US #79
#37Wendy84US #39
#38Latoya82US #135
#39Julie80US #21
#40Susan80US #40
#41Patricia77US #43
#42Latonya76
#43Monica75US #45
#44Rachel75US #23
#45Tanya75US #61
#46Andrea74US #25
#47Katrina74US #110
#48Crystal72US #36
#49Leslie72US #65
#50Melanie72US #53
#51Tina72US #48
#52Yolanda72US #117
#53Jacqueline67US #99
#54Natasha65US #131
#55Veronica65US #68
#56Ashley64US #115
#57Sandra63US #59
#58Holly62US #56
#59Latasha60US #185
#60Sherry60US #111
#61Stacey60US #51
#62Robin59US #75
#63Sarah59US #15
#64Lori58US #47
#65Carrie57US #28
#66Dana57US #64
#67Alicia56US #71
#68Donna56US #93
#69Tara56US #42
#70Valerie56US #83
#71Sonya55US #166
#72Brenda54US #77
#73Cassandra54US #188
#74Nicole53US #13
#75Barbara52US #98
#76Rhonda51US #107
#77Victoria50US #92
#78Erica49US #54
#79Lawanda49
#80Amber48US #49
#81Chasity48
#82Allison47US #67
#83Linda45US #90
#84Paula44US #121
#85Regina44US #116
#86Bridget43US #154
#87Melinda43US #95
#88Samantha43US #85
#89Courtney41US #76
#90Katherine41US #57
#91Sabrina41US #146
#92Theresa41US #89
#93Vanessa41US #106
#94Kristi40US #104
#95Debra39US #134
#96Nancy39US #87
#97Tamika39US #144
#98Christie38US #139
#99Denise38US #69
#100Jaime38US #29

Boys

#1James745US #5
#2Michael732US #1
#3Christopher704US #3
#4Jason487US #2
#5Robert476US #7
#6John467US #6
#7William416US #11
#8David385US #4
#9Charles293US #26
#10Anthony275US #22
#11Joseph251US #12
#12Timothy246US #21
#13Eric238US #13
#14Brian230US #8
#15Kevin215US #15
#16Thomas212US #23
#17Jeremy202US #14
#18Daniel180US #10
#19Richard179US #19
#20Kenneth178US #38
#21Steven173US #20
#22Matthew172US #9
#23Marcus161US #74
#24Jonathan160US #31
#25Willie152US #121
#26Derrick139US #91
#27Larry127US #60
#28Gregory118US #35
#29Jeffrey117US #17
#30Rodney112US #88
#31Stephen112US #37
#32Joshua110US #18
#33Patrick110US #41
#34Benjamin106US #32
#35Antonio105US #71
#36Terry105US #75
#37Paul104US #28
#38Jimmy101US #101
#39Mark99US #25
#40Bobby97US #96
#41Johnny97US #92
#42Samuel97US #59
#43Edward95US #45
#44Cedric93
#45Bradley92US #51
#46George91US #53
#47Jeffery87US #76
#48Chad86US #29
#49Jerry86US #67
#50Gary81US #52
#51Billy80US #85
#52Tony79US #86
#53Keith77US #48
#54Andrew75US #27
#55Ronald75US #49
#56Justin72US #33
#57Walter69US #127
#58Brandon68US #40
#59Donald68US #47
#60Micheal68US #116
#61Scott68US #24
#62Phillip67US #69
#63Joe65US #117
#64Roderick65
#65Curtis64US #105
#66Randy63US #79
#67Bryan61US #43
#68Marvin61US #181
#69Reginald61US #163
#70Tyrone61US #146
#71Carlos60US #70
#72Henry60US #122
#73Kelvin60
#74Tommy59US #170
#75Fredrick58
#76Ryan57US #16
#77Adam56US #36
#78Calvin56US #184
#79Corey56US #64
#80Eddie56US #169
#81Jamie56US #62
#82Nathan54US #39
#83Shawn54US #34
#84Terrance54US #185
#85Travis54US #46
#86Clifton52
#87Frederick49US #145
#88Kendrick49
#89Raymond49US #65
#90Carl47US #95
#91Dennis47US #66
#92Danny44US #102
#93Aaron43US #30
#94Darrell43US #150
#95Russell43US #87
#96Shannon43US #98
#97Melvin42US #190
#98Ricky42US #132
#99Ronnie42US #155
#100Douglas41US #56

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑41Veronica#55
↑38Kelly#31
↑38Latoya#38
↑36Jessica#15
↑31Samuel#42
↑28Joe#63
↑22Shannon#12
↑22Brandon#58

Falling

↓42Christie#98
↓38Linda#83
↓37Yolanda#52
↓35Rhonda#76
↓31Frederick#87
↓30Regina#85
↓29Barbara#75
↓26Douglas#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.