State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 34,514 Mississippi births in 1979 across 1,025 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#44Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#50Kendrickoutside the national top 200
#56Cedricoutside the national top 200
#64Fredrickoutside the national top 200
#72Tamekaoutside the national top 200
#73Leighoutside the national top 200
#40Latasha#167 nationally
#80Roderickoutside the national top 200
#28Latoya#148 nationally
#83Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#89Lakishaoutside the national top 200
#42Felicia#153 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda507US #3
#2Jennifer493US #1
#3Kimberly371US #12
#4Angela316US #8
#5Melissa299US #2
#6Jessica260US #4
#7April232US #23
#8Mary221US #24
#9Amy205US #5
#10Stephanie189US #15
#11Tiffany174US #28
#12Crystal172US #18
#13Brandy164US #39
#14Heather163US #7
#15Elizabeth141US #11
#16Rebecca137US #17
#17Christy130US #72
#18Lisa120US #13
#19Ashley118US #67
#20Christina115US #14
#21Kelly105US #16
#22Laura103US #20
#23Sarah103US #6
#24Erica99US #32
#25Monica99US #40
#26Shannon99US #25
#27Emily97US #34
#28Latoya94US #148
#29Jamie93US #19
#30Tracy93US #49
#31Amber90US #22
#32Misty90US #42
#33Rachel90US #27
#34Michelle89US #10
#35Tina89US #58
#36Leslie85US #65
#37Andrea84US #26
#38Brandi83US #61
#39Katrina82US #99
#40Latasha82US #167
#41Dana78US #54
#42Felicia78US #153
#43Pamela78US #90
#44Latonya77
#45Alicia75US #47
#46Cynthia75US #55
#47Natalie75US #68
#48Natasha74US #110
#49Sharon74US #117
#50Anna72US #59
#51Patricia72US #44
#52Tonya72US #86
#53Yolanda72US #147
#54Susan71US #51
#55Carrie70US #41
#56Kristy70US #56
#57Melanie69US #53
#58Julie67US #29
#59Teresa64US #87
#60Veronica64US #76
#61Wendy64US #64
#62Stacy63US #43
#63Regina62US #134
#64Tara62US #38
#65Tammy60US #79
#66Karen59US #46
#67Samantha59US #66
#68Katherine55US #36
#69Lori54US #69
#70Allison53US #70
#71Erin53US #21
#72Tameka53
#73Leigh52
#74Vanessa52US #75
#75Lauren51US #45
#76Margaret51US #108
#77Courtney48US #71
#78Donna48US #131
#79Stacey48US #60
#80Tanya48US #93
#81Holly47US #48
#82Nicole47US #9
#83Linda45US #114
#84Melinda45US #82
#85Barbara44US #123
#86Cassandra44US #146
#87Sherry44US #175
#88Denise43US #92
#89Lakisha42
#90Robin41US #95
#91Victoria41US #119
#92Lawanda40
#93Valerie40US #89
#94Kathryn39US #50
#95Tasha39US #190
#96Candice38US #128
#97Jacqueline38US #80
#98Kristi38US #109
#99Sara38US #30
#100Carla37US #142

Boys

#1James727US #5
#2Christopher700US #2
#3Michael622US #1
#4Jason526US #3
#5John491US #7
#6Robert460US #8
#7William457US #13
#8David355US #4
#9Charles302US #28
#10Jeremy285US #16
#11Joshua277US #9
#12Joseph264US #11
#13Anthony247US #21
#14Kevin239US #19
#15Daniel233US #12
#16Timothy233US #18
#17Eric201US #17
#18Marcus201US #76
#19Brian200US #10
#20Matthew200US #6
#21Jonathan192US #31
#22Derrick187US #80
#23Thomas181US #26
#24Richard176US #25
#25Willie166US #125
#26Justin158US #22
#27Kenneth151US #41
#28Patrick149US #39
#29Nicholas137US #15
#30Steven135US #27
#31Jeffrey130US #24
#32Antonio128US #79
#33Larry127US #69
#34Benjamin120US #33
#35Stephen113US #40
#36Travis111US #36
#37Adam108US #23
#38Andrew102US #20
#39Mark102US #30
#40Gregory100US #42
#41Brandon95US #35
#42Billy93US #97
#43Terry92US #96
#44Jerry90US #85
#45George88US #57
#46Bradley86US #47
#47Edward86US #48
#48Ryan86US #14
#49Reginald84US #157
#50Kendrick83
#51Nathan83US #37
#52Donald81US #51
#53Corey79US #63
#54Samuel78US #55
#55Paul76US #34
#56Cedric75
#57Jimmy74US #123
#58Chad73US #38
#59Jeffery73US #87
#60Aaron72US #32
#61Gary72US #59
#62Phillip72US #68
#63Bobby71US #106
#64Fredrick71
#65Tony71US #104
#66Rodney68US #117
#67Carlos67US #73
#68Bryan66US #46
#69Frederick65US #158
#70Mario64US #103
#71Keith62US #52
#72Randy62US #86
#73Johnny60US #111
#74Ronald60US #54
#75Terrance60US #179
#76Wesley60US #89
#77Lee59US #129
#78Eddie58US #175
#79Jamie58US #88
#80Roderick58
#81Curtis57US #91
#82Henry57US #138
#83Kelvin57
#84Tommy56US #187
#85Calvin55US #181
#86Ricky55US #124
#87Micheal54US #127
#88Scott53US #29
#89Walter51US #128
#90Derek50US #72
#91Carl49US #100
#92Cory48US #82
#93Maurice48US #160
#94Douglas45US #58
#95Dustin45US #62
#96Joe45US #136
#97Shawn44US #43
#98Shaun43US #64
#99Terrence43
#100Adrian42US #113

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑63Travis#36
↑35Dana#41
↑33Alicia#45
↑28Lori#69
↑25Amber#31
↑25Katrina#39
↑25Latonya#44
↑24Randy#72

Falling

↓36Robin#90
↓30Shaun#98
↓28Kelvin#83
↓25Kristy#56
↓23Karen#66
↓23Linda#83
↓23Lakisha#89
↓20Nicole#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.