State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,080 Mississippi births in 1981 across 1,038 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
#52Cedricoutside the national top 200
#61Kendrickoutside the national top 200
#68Roderickoutside the national top 200
#77Terrance#195 nationally
#24Latasha#139 nationally
#87Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#29Willie#141 nationally
#89Fredrickoutside the national top 200
#80Eddie#191 nationally
#69Reginald#179 nationally
#59Felicia#168 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer587US #1
#2Amanda469US #3
#3Jessica464US #2
#4Kimberly337US #13
#5Tiffany320US #14
#6Ashley243US #34
#7April234US #25
#8Melissa230US #5
#9Latoya217US #69
#10Angela214US #15
#11Crystal211US #16
#12Mary206US #27
#13Stephanie200US #8
#14Brandy180US #41
#15Elizabeth170US #9
#16Amy169US #6
#17Heather150US #10
#18Rebecca144US #12
#19Emily138US #29
#20Sarah136US #4
#21Erica129US #36
#22Amber128US #20
#23Brandi124US #50
#24Latasha123US #139
#25Courtney121US #43
#26Andrea106US #24
#27Rachel104US #22
#28Leslie101US #56
#29Christina100US #17
#30Laura100US #21
#31Monica97US #49
#32Lisa94US #18
#33Kelly92US #23
#34Katrina90US #95
#35Misty87US #61
#36Jamie85US #28
#37Lauren85US #35
#38Michelle83US #11
#39Pamela81US #76
#40Kristen79US #38
#41Candice78US #86
#42Natasha78US #85
#43Carrie76US #55
#44Latonya75
#45Christy74US #99
#46Shannon73US #32
#47Anna71US #54
#48Alicia69US #46
#49Katherine67US #39
#50Nicole67US #7
#51Veronica66US #68
#52Cassandra65US #104
#53Victoria64US #87
#54Erin63US #19
#55Melanie63US #66
#56Julie60US #37
#57Wendy59US #90
#58Cynthia57US #59
#59Felicia57US #168
#60Natalie57US #60
#61Robin57US #102
#62Kristin56US #31
#63Samantha56US #51
#64Jacqueline55US #67
#65Karen55US #64
#66Patricia55US #53
#67Kristy54US #94
#68Lindsey54US #58
#69Tonya54US #110
#70Casey53US #122
#71Sara53US #26
#72Tara53US #45
#73Candace51US #118
#74Yolanda51US #177
#75Sharon49US #130
#76Tabitha49US #147
#77Tammy48US #117
#78Tasha48US #141
#79Danielle46US #30
#80Miranda45US #128
#81Tina45US #80
#82Allison44US #57
#83Kathryn44US #48
#84Tracy43US #77
#85Dana42US #70
#86Linda42US #111
#87Krystal41US #131
#88Stacey41US #83
#89Alisha40US #142
#90Carla40US #160
#91Donna40US #167
#92Kristi40US #129
#93Rhonda40US #199
#94Barbara39US #119
#95Lakeisha39
#96Lindsay39US #47
#97Lori38US #91
#98Holly37US #63
#99Stacy37US #65
#100Tamara37US #115

Boys

#1James706US #7
#2Christopher627US #2
#3Michael566US #1
#4Joshua475US #6
#5John474US #8
#6William468US #15
#7Jason435US #4
#8Robert418US #9
#9Jonathan337US #16
#10David333US #5
#11Joseph330US #11
#12Jeremy299US #22
#13Justin298US #12
#14Charles289US #31
#15Matthew267US #3
#16Anthony247US #23
#17Daniel222US #10
#18Marcus218US #67
#19Timothy218US #24
#20Eric214US #17
#21Brandon208US #19
#22Richard201US #27
#23Thomas185US #26
#24Brian179US #14
#25Derrick177US #78
#26Kevin171US #25
#27Steven156US #28
#28Benjamin149US #32
#29Willie141US #141
#30Patrick135US #38
#31Andrew134US #18
#32Kenneth132US #41
#33Adam130US #20
#34Ryan127US #13
#35Nicholas124US #21
#36Larry121US #73
#37Stephen118US #39
#38Jeffrey116US #29
#39Gregory108US #46
#40Jerry107US #97
#41Antonio104US #75
#42Travis103US #40
#43Edward102US #51
#44Samuel97US #54
#45Dustin96US #42
#46Corey93US #69
#47Jeffery88US #93
#48Aaron85US #30
#49Paul85US #35
#50Johnny84US #113
#51Bobby83US #110
#52Cedric81
#53Mark79US #33
#54Gary78US #62
#55George78US #61
#56Phillip78US #66
#57Bradley77US #50
#58Nathan77US #36
#59Jimmy76US #129
#60Wesley76US #99
#61Kendrick75
#62Donald72US #56
#63Terry72US #105
#64Tony71US #111
#65Curtis68US #94
#66Billy67US #103
#67Chad67US #47
#68Roderick65
#69Reginald61US #179
#70Mario59US #109
#71Randy59US #91
#72Jacob58US #43
#73Keith58US #58
#74Ronald58US #59
#75Derek57US #53
#76Rodney57US #135
#77Terrance57US #195
#78Jamie56US #118
#79Walter55US #138
#80Eddie54US #191
#81Jared53US #57
#82Micheal53US #136
#83Shawn52US #49
#84Adrian49US #115
#85Bryan49US #48
#86Dennis49US #83
#87Kelvin49
#88Joe48US #149
#89Fredrick47
#90Jermaine47US #161
#91Henry46US #126
#92Lee46US #123
#93Maurice46US #163
#94Carlos44US #71
#95Cory44US #90
#96Joel44US #65
#97Scott43US #34
#98Tommy43
#99Jesse42US #37
#100Frederick41US #170

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑33Cassandra#52
↑32Lindsey#68
↑29Lauren#37
↑29Kristen#40
↑29Veronica#51
↑28Robin#61
↑24Natalie#60
↑21Nicole#50

Falling

↓41Stacy#99
↓40Tracy#84
↓38Tina#81
↓34Dana#85
↓25Mario#70
↓24Yolanda#74
↓21Sharon#75
↓20Barbara#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.