State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,428 Mississippi births in 1980 across 1,040 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#52Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#63Kendrickoutside the national top 200
#67Cedricoutside the national top 200
#72Roderickoutside the national top 200
#22Latasha#141 nationally
#82Fredrickoutside the national top 200
#49Felicia#164 nationally
#90Sonyaoutside the national top 200
#90Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#70Terrance#179 nationally
#93Lashondaoutside the national top 200
#50Yolanda#157 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer561US #1
#2Amanda528US #2
#3Kimberly409US #11
#4Jessica407US #3
#5Tiffany283US #14
#6Melissa257US #4
#7April250US #26
#8Angela249US #12
#9Mary231US #25
#10Ashley216US #40
#11Stephanie201US #13
#12Heather200US #6
#13Crystal196US #18
#14Elizabeth177US #9
#15Amy176US #8
#16Sarah145US #5
#17Brandy140US #42
#18Rebecca132US #17
#19Latoya129US #123
#20Erica128US #34
#21Christina121US #15
#22Latasha115US #141
#23Amber114US #22
#24Emily114US #31
#25Lisa114US #16
#26Laura109US #21
#27Christy108US #83
#28Natasha102US #89
#29Brandi101US #63
#30Jamie100US #24
#31Kelly97US #19
#32Leslie96US #61
#33Rachel94US #23
#34Andrea92US #28
#35Shannon89US #29
#36Courtney87US #48
#37Michelle87US #10
#38Katrina84US #90
#39Misty84US #49
#40Monica84US #45
#41Pamela84US #86
#42Anna81US #55
#43Tina81US #72
#44Tracy80US #56
#45Candice79US #99
#46Julie77US #32
#47Alicia72US #47
#48Kristy72US #78
#49Felicia71US #164
#50Yolanda69US #157
#51Dana67US #68
#52Latonya67
#53Melanie67US #60
#54Sharon67US #129
#55Cynthia65US #64
#56Wendy65US #75
#57Samantha63US #58
#58Stacy63US #53
#59Tonya61US #97
#60Tasha60US #130
#61Carrie59US #46
#62Erin59US #20
#63Karen59US #54
#64Katherine59US #35
#65Allison58US #59
#66Lauren57US #38
#67Victoria57US #103
#68Teresa55US #94
#69Kristen54US #39
#70Miranda54US #128
#71Nicole54US #7
#72Valerie54US #85
#73Kristin53US #37
#74Barbara51US #120
#75Bridget51US #153
#76Candace51US #134
#77Leah51US #84
#78Casey50US #135
#79Tammy50US #96
#80Veronica49US #70
#81Jacqueline48US #81
#82Sabrina48US #113
#83Donna47US #144
#84Natalie47US #65
#85Cassandra46US #138
#86Sara46US #27
#87Carla45US #152
#88Catherine45US #77
#89Robin45US #109
#90Sonya44
#91Tanya44US #88
#92Tara44US #43
#93Lashonda43
#94Tameka43
#95Holly41US #52
#96Kathryn41US #50
#97Kristi41US #122
#98Lori41US #76
#99Regina41US #143
#100Lindsey40US #91

Boys

#1James721US #5
#2Christopher695US #2
#3Michael619US #1
#4Jason513US #3
#5John501US #8
#6William489US #14
#7Robert481US #9
#8David431US #4
#9Joshua397US #7
#10Joseph345US #10
#11Charles289US #29
#12Jonathan273US #21
#13Justin271US #13
#14Timothy266US #20
#15Jeremy261US #18
#16Anthony239US #24
#17Eric237US #16
#18Daniel232US #11
#19Marcus232US #71
#20Brian227US #12
#21Matthew223US #6
#22Thomas216US #25
#23Derrick186US #74
#24Kevin186US #23
#25Richard184US #26
#26Willie177US #130
#27Steven147US #28
#28Patrick141US #38
#29Antonio139US #77
#30Larry139US #70
#31Nicholas139US #17
#32Kenneth136US #41
#33Benjamin122US #32
#34Brandon115US #31
#35Jeffrey115US #27
#36Stephen115US #40
#37Adam114US #22
#38Travis112US #37
#39Andrew111US #19
#40Ryan104US #15
#41Jerry103US #94
#42Gregory101US #42
#43Donald99US #53
#44Mark98US #30
#45Mario97US #102
#46Johnny96US #113
#47Edward95US #52
#48Samuel95US #54
#49Billy92US #100
#50George92US #60
#51Dustin86US #44
#52Corey85US #68
#53Jimmy85US #126
#54Paul85US #35
#55Keith84US #56
#56Nathan84US #36
#57Bradley82US #51
#58Chad80US #39
#59Aaron79US #34
#60Bobby79US #109
#61Gary79US #63
#62Terry79US #101
#63Kendrick78
#64Jeffery75US #90
#65Derek74US #50
#66Reginald74US #166
#67Cedric72
#68Rodney72US #121
#69Wesley71US #95
#70Terrance70US #179
#71Phillip69US #65
#72Roderick69
#73Tony68US #108
#74Ronald66US #58
#75Jamie64US #105
#76Walter64US #137
#77Eddie63US #177
#78Douglas62US #62
#79Curtis61US #89
#80Micheal60US #132
#81Randy58US #87
#82Fredrick57
#83Joe56US #140
#84Carlos55US #78
#85Frederick55US #161
#86Scott54US #33
#87Bryan53US #49
#88Dennis53US #80
#89Jacob52US #43
#90Kelvin51
#91Cory50US #83
#92Lee50US #125
#93Marvin50US #199
#94Jermaine49US #149
#95Ricky49US #122
#96Raymond48US #66
#97Carl46US #103
#98Byron45
#99Tyrone45
#100Clifton43

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑51Candice#45
↑44Dustin#51
↑41Courtney#36
↑35Tasha#60
↑27Johnny#46
↑25Mario#45
↑25Derek#65
↑24Victoria#67

Falling

↓37Natalie#84
↓36Regina#99
↓29Lori#98
↓28Tara#92
↓22Tameka#94
↓20Veronica#80
↓19Terry#62
↓19Bryan#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.