State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,233 Mississippi births in 1982 across 1,039 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#45Cedricoutside the national top 200
#62Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#61Terrance#198 nationally
#68Kendrickoutside the national top 200
#67Felicia#195 nationally
#29Latasha#153 nationally
#80Fredrickoutside the national top 200
#28Willie#144 nationally
#71Reginald#184 nationally
#88Constanceoutside the national top 200
#89Roderickoutside the national top 200
#92Tommyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer545US #1
#2Jessica504US #2
#3Amanda419US #3
#4Ashley354US #17
#5Kimberly328US #14
#6Tiffany301US #13
#7Crystal268US #9
#8Mary261US #30
#9Stephanie215US #7
#10Melissa208US #5
#11Angela203US #16
#12April197US #32
#13Heather179US #12
#14Amy175US #10
#15Elizabeth167US #8
#16Sarah167US #4
#17Latoya154US #91
#18Erica146US #35
#19Brandy134US #50
#20Emily130US #24
#21Laura128US #22
#22Amber124US #18
#23Brandi115US #55
#24Rebecca114US #15
#25Courtney109US #43
#26Rachel105US #21
#27Leslie104US #60
#28Lauren101US #26
#29Latasha95US #153
#30Christina94US #19
#31Kelly93US #25
#32Michelle92US #11
#33Monica92US #52
#34Christy91US #115
#35Lindsey91US #40
#36Jamie90US #29
#37Pamela89US #82
#38Andrea87US #27
#39Natasha83US #71
#40Alicia77US #53
#41Kayla77US #133
#42Samantha76US #44
#43Shannon74US #38
#44Anna73US #56
#45Lisa72US #23
#46Kristen71US #33
#47Tara70US #47
#48Cassandra69US #62
#49Katrina69US #87
#50Misty69US #74
#51Erin68US #20
#52Victoria68US #66
#53Candace67US #103
#54Sara66US #28
#55Natalie65US #51
#56Veronica65US #69
#57Cynthia64US #64
#58Carrie62US #57
#59Katherine61US #36
#60Dana60US #67
#61Candice59US #78
#62Latonya58
#63Patricia58US #59
#64Jacqueline57US #54
#65Miranda57US #117
#66Tina55US #90
#67Felicia54US #195
#68Kristin54US #37
#69Robin52US #108
#70Alexis51US #93
#71Sharon51US #144
#72Kathryn50US #48
#73Kristy50US #104
#74Nicole50US #6
#75Allison49US #58
#76Casey49US #119
#77Julie49US #41
#78Krystal49US #83
#79Melanie49US #65
#80Stacy49US #72
#81Wendy49US #105
#82Lindsay48US #39
#83Lori48US #98
#84Tammy48US #134
#85Teresa48US #102
#86Tonya48US #126
#87Brittany47US #94
#88Constance46
#89Regina45US #172
#90Karen44US #68
#91Lacey44US #125
#92Margaret44US #97
#93Tameka44
#94Lashonda43
#95Tasha43US #158
#96Sabrina42US #128
#97Yolanda41US #191
#98Alisha40US #145
#99Cassie40US #137
#100Sonya40

Boys

#1Christopher774US #2
#2James643US #6
#3Michael569US #1
#4John476US #8
#5Joshua441US #7
#6William441US #15
#7Jason424US #4
#8Robert402US #9
#9David358US #5
#10Matthew349US #3
#11Justin335US #12
#12Joseph328US #11
#13Jonathan320US #16
#14Charles295US #31
#15Thomas263US #23
#16Daniel235US #10
#17Jeremy235US #28
#18Marcus230US #63
#19Anthony223US #21
#20Brian214US #14
#21Brandon210US #18
#22Timothy209US #24
#23Eric186US #20
#24Steven174US #26
#25Richard167US #27
#26Kevin163US #25
#27Nicholas137US #22
#28Willie137US #144
#29Kenneth133US #45
#30Ryan131US #13
#31Andrew129US #17
#32Derrick128US #78
#33Patrick127US #37
#34Gregory123US #40
#35Benjamin120US #33
#36Adam115US #19
#37Jeffrey115US #29
#38Antonio114US #76
#39Stephen107US #38
#40Travis102US #39
#41Johnny99US #118
#42Mark98US #32
#43Dustin96US #42
#44Edward88US #53
#45Cedric87
#46Samuel85US #56
#47George84US #62
#48Donald83US #58
#49Corey81US #74
#50Jeffery81US #92
#51Jerry81US #100
#52Terry80US #105
#53Nathan79US #36
#54Gary78US #64
#55Paul78US #35
#56Jimmy77US #132
#57Keith77US #59
#58Aaron76US #30
#59Billy74US #116
#60Bobby73US #113
#61Terrance72US #198
#62Larry71US #77
#63Wesley70US #98
#64Curtis69US #101
#65Derek69US #50
#66Bradley68US #51
#67Jacob68US #41
#68Kendrick67
#69Carlos65US #71
#70Jermaine63US #168
#71Reginald62US #184
#72Walter62US #147
#73Ricky61US #129
#74Phillip60US #67
#75Rodney59US #145
#76Henry58US #134
#77Ronald58US #60
#78Jared56US #54
#79Bryan55US #49
#80Fredrick55
#81Chad54US #48
#82Jessie54US #190
#83Roger51US #127
#84Calvin50US #176
#85Tony50US #112
#86Mario49US #109
#87Jesse48US #43
#88Joe48US #149
#89Roderick48
#90Scott48US #34
#91Lee46US #123
#92Tommy46
#93Dennis45US #87
#94Frederick45US #186
#95Eddie44US #192
#96Jamie44US #131
#97Kelvin43
#98Russell42US #97
#99Casey41US #86
#100Randy41US #94

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑33Lindsey#35
↑25Tara#47
↑25Dana#60
↑25Carlos#69
↑21Samantha#42
↑20Candace#53
↑20Jermaine#70
↑19Stacy#80

Falling

↓29Randy#100
↓26Larry#62
↓25Karen#90
↓24Nicole#74
↓24Melanie#79
↓24Wendy#81
↓23Yolanda#97
↓21Julie#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.