State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,379 Mississippi births in 1983 across 967 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#54Cedricoutside the national top 200
#56Kendrickoutside the national top 200
#42Felicia#181 nationally
#65Roderickoutside the national top 200
#35Latasha#166 nationally
#73Eddieoutside the national top 200
#33Willie#155 nationally
#75Reginald#193 nationally
#86Yolandaoutside the national top 200
#88Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#85Terrance#197 nationally
#89Kelvinoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer526US #1
#2Ashley478US #4
#3Jessica445US #2
#4Amanda395US #3
#5Kimberly302US #15
#6Tiffany295US #14
#7Crystal229US #11
#8Stephanie218US #8
#9Heather185US #9
#10Angela180US #22
#11Mary178US #32
#12Sarah174US #5
#13Marquita170US #112
#14Melissa170US #6
#15April169US #39
#16Erica169US #33
#17Amber160US #17
#18Amy159US #12
#19Elizabeth149US #10
#20Rebecca128US #19
#21Latoya127US #90
#22Alicia122US #41
#23Brandi122US #56
#24Brandy120US #57
#25Emily120US #25
#26Laura120US #23
#27Lauren114US #24
#28Courtney109US #44
#29Christina107US #16
#30Lindsey105US #35
#31Rachel102US #20
#32Kayla96US #81
#33Kelly93US #26
#34Samantha92US #40
#35Latasha90US #166
#36Jamie85US #28
#37Erin78US #18
#38Megan78US #21
#39Monica78US #54
#40Victoria77US #58
#41Andrea76US #30
#42Felicia74US #181
#43Nicole73US #7
#44Candice72US #84
#45Leslie71US #67
#46Katherine68US #34
#47Michelle68US #13
#48Sara67US #31
#49Shannon66US #38
#50Candace65US #104
#51Lisa65US #27
#52Natasha65US #71
#53Anna64US #55
#54Misty64US #87
#55Natalie64US #52
#56Kristen60US #37
#57Carrie58US #65
#58Christy57US #146
#59Sharon57US #160
#60Veronica57US #68
#61Alisha56US #141
#62Cynthia56US #62
#63Allison55US #59
#64Karen53US #77
#65Alexis52US #83
#66Cassandra52US #70
#67Tara52US #51
#68Dana51US #72
#69Patricia51US #60
#70Krystal50US #78
#71Stacy50US #61
#72Teresa49US #103
#73Lacey48US #128
#74Danielle47US #29
#75Lindsay47US #36
#76Miranda47US #118
#77Katrina46US #108
#78Pamela46US #91
#79Sheena46US #107
#80Casey42US #110
#81Ebony42US #135
#82Regina42US #168
#83Tina42US #100
#84Jacqueline41US #53
#85Julie41US #46
#86Yolanda41
#87Kristin40US #42
#88Latonya40
#89Brittany39US #64
#90Cassie39US #173
#91Kathryn39US #50
#92Tonya39US #147
#93Hannah38US #124
#94Holly38US #48
#95Tabitha37US #137
#96Valerie37US #74
#97Catherine36US #66
#98Wendy36US #125
#99Constance34
#100Margaret34US #92

Boys

#1Christopher806US #2
#2James626US #6
#3Michael536US #1
#4William436US #16
#5John435US #9
#6Joshua411US #5
#7Robert406US #10
#8Matthew359US #3
#9David347US #4
#10Jason344US #7
#11Jonathan329US #19
#12Justin319US #12
#13Joseph276US #11
#14Marcus276US #58
#15Charles265US #33
#16Brandon248US #17
#17Jeremy246US #30
#18Anthony236US #22
#19Eric226US #20
#20Daniel215US #8
#21Thomas200US #24
#22Timothy193US #26
#23Brian185US #14
#24Kevin171US #25
#25Steven169US #23
#26Adam150US #18
#27Richard148US #27
#28Andrew137US #15
#29Derrick130US #78
#30Kenneth127US #45
#31Dustin122US #43
#32Patrick120US #37
#33Willie120US #155
#34Nicholas119US #21
#35Stephen118US #35
#36Ryan110US #13
#37Gregory107US #42
#38Travis106US #41
#39Benjamin105US #32
#40Larry102US #85
#41Jeffrey101US #28
#42Samuel101US #54
#43Corey89US #74
#44Antonio86US #76
#45Nathan86US #40
#46Mark85US #31
#47Jeffery83US #91
#48Paul83US #39
#49Bradley78US #52
#50Jerry78US #103
#51Aaron77US #29
#52Jacob77US #36
#53Terry77US #110
#54Cedric76
#55Edward74US #55
#56Kendrick70
#57Donald68US #60
#58George68US #65
#59Billy66US #124
#60Johnny65US #116
#61Curtis64US #100
#62Bobby63US #118
#63Jermaine61US #165
#64Derek60US #51
#65Roderick60
#66Bryan59US #47
#67Jimmy58US #127
#68Walter58US #154
#69Wesley58US #101
#70Tony57US #119
#71Kyle56US #34
#72Mario55US #115
#73Eddie54
#74Johnathan54US #137
#75Reginald54US #193
#76Chad53US #49
#77Gary53US #68
#78Jesse51US #46
#79Phillip51US #66
#80Carlos50US #75
#81Keith49US #61
#82Randy49US #96
#83Henry48US #136
#84Ronald48US #64
#85Terrance48US #197
#86Adrian47US #107
#87Zachary47US #50
#88Jared46US #56
#89Kelvin46
#90Micheal46US #140
#91Calvin44US #180
#92Allen43US #120
#93Casey43US #90
#94Lee41US #138
#95Jamie40US #153
#96Ricky40US #128
#97Cory39US #83
#98Joe39US #163
#99Rodney39US #161
#100Terrence39

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑37Alisha#61
↑31Nicole#43
↑26Karen#64
↑25Felicia#42
↑24Roderick#65
↑22Larry#40
↑22Eddie#73
↑18Alicia#22

Falling

↓41Pamela#78
↓28Katrina#77
↓26Latonya#88
↓24Christy#58
↓24Keith#81
↓24Terrance#85
↓24Rodney#99
↓23Gary#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.