State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 34,982 Mississippi births in 1977 across 1,023 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#48Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#50Cedricoutside the national top 200
#67Kizzyoutside the national top 200
#69Lawandaoutside the national top 200
#72Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#43Latasha#170 nationally
#76Kendrickoutside the national top 200
#78Fredrickoutside the national top 200
#82Lakishaoutside the national top 200
#65Calvin#179 nationally
#87Terrence#198 nationally
#90Tamekaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer560US #1
#2Kimberly336US #8
#3Angela319US #6
#4Amanda302US #9
#5Amy261US #3
#6Melissa251US #2
#7Stephanie244US #14
#8Mary232US #21
#9Heather214US #5
#10Jessica193US #4
#11Tiffany150US #34
#12April145US #29
#13Kelly133US #10
#14Elizabeth132US #13
#15Brandy128US #51
#16Shannon123US #19
#17Sharon123US #95
#18Christina115US #16
#19Jamie115US #18
#20Christy114US #59
#21Cynthia112US #48
#22Felicia111US #128
#23Lisa111US #12
#24Rebecca109US #17
#25Crystal107US #25
#26Tonya106US #64
#27Michelle105US #7
#28Latoya104US #125
#29Brandi100US #71
#30Misty98US #40
#31Yolanda97US #134
#32Sarah94US #11
#33Emily92US #37
#34Tammy92US #55
#35Monica91US #39
#36Laura89US #20
#37Karen88US #32
#38Wendy87US #49
#39Rachel85US #26
#40Andrea84US #24
#41Tara83US #35
#42Erica82US #38
#43Latasha82US #170
#44Tina80US #58
#45Pamela79US #102
#46Sabrina78US #63
#47Tracy77US #50
#48Latonya76
#49Julie73US #22
#50Carrie72US #28
#51Stacy71US #42
#52Leslie69US #65
#53Melanie68US #53
#54Nicole66US #15
#55Patricia65US #47
#56Ashley64US #106
#57Cassandra64US #160
#58Natasha64US #116
#59Dana63US #62
#60Susan63US #45
#61Tanya62US #67
#62Katherine61US #44
#63Stacey61US #56
#64Teresa61US #79
#65Natalie60US #69
#66Jacqueline59US #92
#67Kizzy59
#68Katrina58US #126
#69Lawanda58
#70Robin58US #84
#71Samantha58US #85
#72Regina57US #124
#73Amber55US #33
#74Kristy54US #68
#75Lori54US #57
#76Anna53US #74
#77Rhonda53US #131
#78Donna52US #113
#79Valerie52US #86
#80Veronica52US #73
#81Allison50US #66
#82Lakisha50
#83Linda50US #99
#84Sherry49US #140
#85Holly48US #52
#86Sonya47US #193
#87Courtney46US #76
#88Victoria46US #107
#89Christie44US #156
#90Tameka44
#91Alicia43US #60
#92Kristi43US #104
#93Lakesha42
#94Sandra42US #61
#95Lakeisha41
#96Carolyn40US #129
#97Catherine40US #75
#98Barbara39US #101
#99Paula39US #144
#100Sheila39US #163

Boys

#1James728US #5
#2Michael678US #1
#3Christopher671US #3
#4Jason576US #2
#5Robert473US #6
#6John466US #7
#7William405US #12
#8David394US #4
#9Charles309US #26
#10Timothy270US #18
#11Joseph268US #10
#12Kevin266US #13
#13Brian263US #8
#14Anthony255US #21
#15Jeremy230US #15
#16Eric215US #17
#17Richard199US #20
#18Marcus197US #72
#19Thomas195US #22
#20Jonathan194US #28
#21Steven175US #23
#22Derrick171US #80
#23Matthew161US #9
#24Kenneth155US #39
#25Daniel152US #11
#26Larry152US #62
#27Patrick150US #40
#28Joshua149US #14
#29Willie148US #124
#30Benjamin134US #29
#31Corey126US #52
#32Mark126US #25
#33Gregory121US #35
#34Jeffrey119US #19
#35Terry119US #83
#36Jerry114US #75
#37Antonio112US #77
#38Justin111US #30
#39Jimmy105US #98
#40Stephen103US #38
#41Ryan101US #16
#42Gary97US #58
#43George97US #57
#44Jeffery97US #78
#45Johnny96US #93
#46Paul96US #31
#47Andrew94US #24
#48Billy94US #91
#49Bradley93US #49
#50Cedric87
#51Donald87US #46
#52Edward87US #47
#53Brandon83US #41
#54Samuel82US #60
#55Tony82US #92
#56Ronald81US #53
#57Bryan79US #42
#58Chad79US #34
#59Bobby78US #105
#60Rodney78US #97
#61Tyrone74US #155
#62Wesley74US #66
#63Eddie73US #171
#64Keith73US #48
#65Calvin72US #179
#66Scott68US #27
#67Phillip66US #70
#68Curtis65US #100
#69Reginald65US #157
#70Frederick64US #152
#71Henry64US #127
#72Kelvin64
#73Carlos63US #74
#74Jamie63US #82
#75Micheal63US #122
#76Kendrick61
#77Nathan61US #36
#78Fredrick60
#79Joe60US #128
#80Lee60US #133
#81Randy56US #86
#82Douglas54US #59
#83Travis54US #44
#84Dennis53US #68
#85Walter53US #123
#86Adam52US #33
#87Terrence52US #198
#88Marvin50US #196
#89Nicholas50US #51
#90Shawn50US #37
#91Derek49US #84
#92Melvin49US #200
#93Roderick49
#94Tommy49US #177
#95Danny48US #111
#96Clifton46
#97Roy46US #141
#98Cory45US #67
#99Terrance45US #192
#100Ronnie44US #156

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑48Corey#31
↑45Sabrina#46
↑36Erica#42
↑35Ryan#41
↑31Sarah#32
↑28Tara#41
↑28Katherine#62
↑23Crystal#25

Falling

↓37Sandra#94
↓30Teresa#64
↓30Rodney#60
↓29Roderick#93
↓28Tracy#47
↓28Walter#85
↓27Pamela#45
↓27Holly#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.