State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,793 Mississippi births in 1978 across 1,017 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#39Latasha#185 nationally
#55Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#57Tamekaoutside the national top 200
#66Lakishaoutside the national top 200
#67Kendrickoutside the national top 200
#69Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#72Roderickoutside the national top 200
#73Lakeishaoutside the national top 200
#74Cedricoutside the national top 200
#82Fredrickoutside the national top 200
#86Sonyaoutside the national top 200
#49Reginald#160 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer572US #1
#2Amanda356US #6
#3Angela318US #7
#4Kimberly315US #13
#5Amy254US #4
#6Melissa219US #2
#7Stephanie217US #16
#8Heather205US #5
#9Jessica201US #3
#10April192US #27
#11Mary191US #24
#12Lisa149US #11
#13Brandy147US #37
#14Crystal145US #18
#15Kelly135US #12
#16Elizabeth134US #14
#17Christina133US #15
#18Tina127US #45
#19Tiffany125US #32
#20Christy122US #59
#21Rebecca119US #17
#22Jamie110US #20
#23Sarah109US #8
#24Brandi107US #61
#25Laura104US #19
#26Misty97US #43
#27Michelle95US #9
#28Erica89US #34
#29Rachel89US #25
#30Cynthia88US #50
#31Kristy86US #51
#32Leslie84US #63
#33Emily83US #33
#34Tonya82US #77
#35Pamela81US #109
#36Shannon81US #22
#37Andrea80US #23
#38Monica80US #42
#39Latasha79US #185
#40Felicia78US #140
#41Latoya78US #135
#42Ashley77US #87
#43Karen73US #39
#44Wendy71US #56
#45Natasha70US #114
#46Yolanda70US #138
#47Tracy69US #47
#48Carrie66US #35
#49Stacy66US #44
#50Melanie65US #54
#51Tammy65US #67
#52Patricia64US #48
#53Teresa63US #88
#54Robin62US #89
#55Sharon62US #106
#56Amber61US #30
#57Tameka61
#58Tara61US #40
#59Julie59US #26
#60Linda59US #100
#61Natalie59US #66
#62Nicole59US #10
#63Tabitha59US #126
#64Katrina58US #122
#65Katherine57US #38
#66Lakisha57
#67Veronica55US #73
#68Cassandra54US #152
#69Latonya54
#70Stacey53US #53
#71Susan53US #49
#72Anna52US #65
#73Lakeisha52
#74Sherry52US #151
#75Allison51US #75
#76Dana50US #71
#77Regina50US #129
#78Alicia49US #58
#79Erin48US #21
#80Sabrina48US #91
#81Valerie48US #92
#82Victoria48US #121
#83Cheryl46US #94
#84Jacqueline46US #81
#85Samantha46US #74
#86Sonya46
#87Barbara45US #113
#88Carla45US #132
#89Catherine44US #72
#90Courtney43US #68
#91Rhonda43US #160
#92Nancy42US #97
#93Donna41US #120
#94Holly41US #55
#95Margaret41US #110
#96Lawanda40
#97Lori40US #60
#98Tanya40US #82
#99Alisha39US #188
#100Danielle39US #31

Boys

#1James722US #5
#2Christopher675US #3
#3Michael628US #1
#4Jason549US #2
#5John462US #7
#6William448US #13
#7Robert427US #8
#8David354US #4
#9Charles310US #27
#10Timothy296US #17
#11Joseph286US #10
#12Kevin256US #15
#13Anthony240US #20
#14Jeremy229US #18
#15Brian218US #9
#16Eric208US #16
#17Derrick199US #76
#18Joshua197US #12
#19Marcus195US #70
#20Thomas187US #23
#21Jonathan184US #31
#22Richard177US #21
#23Daniel175US #11
#24Kenneth168US #41
#25Matthew168US #6
#26Steven156US #24
#27Willie144US #121
#28Jeffrey138US #19
#29Patrick132US #42
#30Justin130US #28
#31Nicholas123US #25
#32Larry121US #64
#33Antonio118US #79
#34Stephen118US #37
#35Gregory113US #38
#36Mark110US #26
#37Billy109US #99
#38Samuel109US #57
#39Benjamin107US #34
#40Bradley103US #53
#41Paul98US #33
#42George97US #58
#43Corey96US #61
#44Jerry89US #82
#45Brandon87US #40
#46Edward87US #47
#47Andrew83US #22
#48Gary82US #60
#49Reginald82US #160
#50Adam81US #29
#51Terry81US #91
#52Bobby80US #109
#53Tony80US #97
#54Jeffery78US #80
#55Kelvin78
#56Chad77US #35
#57Ryan77US #14
#58Aaron76US #32
#59Rodney75US #102
#60Ronald74US #55
#61Bryan73US #43
#62Keith68US #49
#63Curtis66US #96
#64Donald66US #48
#65Johnny66US #101
#66Phillip66US #67
#67Kendrick65
#68Shaun65US #52
#69Jimmy64US #118
#70Micheal64US #125
#71Nathan62US #36
#72Roderick62
#73Tommy60US #177
#74Cedric59
#75Henry59US #127
#76Cory58US #73
#77Terrance58US #183
#78Shawn57US #39
#79Carlos56US #78
#80Walter56US #131
#81Eddie55US #170
#82Fredrick54
#83Jamie52US #95
#84Scott52US #30
#85Douglas50US #59
#86Danny48US #115
#87Joe48US #128
#88Casey47US #92
#89Calvin46US #187
#90Frederick46US #158
#91Lee46US #133
#92Terrence46
#93Wesley46US #83
#94Adrian45US #111
#95Jessie45
#96Randy45US #86
#97Dennis44US #71
#98Derek42US #75
#99Travis42US #46
#100Darrell40US #165

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑58Nicholas#31
↑43Kristy#31
↑36Adam#50
↑33Tameka#57
↑26Tina#18
↑23Linda#60
↑22Lakeisha#73
↑22Cory#76

Falling

↓38Sharon#55
↓37Tanya#98
↓34Sabrina#80
↓31Wesley#93
↓30Jimmy#69
↓27Lawanda#96
↓24Cedric#74
↓24Calvin#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.