State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,887 Mississippi births in 1984 across 981 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#35Marquita#195 nationally
#55Cedricoutside the national top 200
#58Kendrickoutside the national top 200
#41Latasha#175 nationally
#64Terrance#198 nationally
#41Willie#166 nationally
#64Felicia#185 nationally
#87Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#57Jermaine#170 nationally
#88Jarvisoutside the national top 200
#75Reginald#186 nationally
#94Roderickoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley504US #3
#2Jessica493US #2
#3Jennifer447US #1
#4Amanda368US #4
#5Kimberly301US #22
#6Crystal238US #12
#7Tiffany225US #14
#8Heather204US #9
#9Stephanie202US #6
#10Latoya194US #60
#11Mary193US #33
#12Amber185US #18
#13April174US #42
#14Lauren159US #21
#15Sarah158US #5
#16Erica157US #34
#17Melissa147US #8
#18Elizabeth144US #10
#19Amy137US #13
#20Angela135US #26
#21Emily133US #24
#22Alicia122US #40
#23Courtney115US #46
#24Megan114US #11
#25Rebecca112US #23
#26Laura109US #19
#27Brandi106US #61
#28Lindsey105US #35
#29Andrea102US #28
#30Brittany96US #41
#31Rachel94US #15
#32Anna91US #57
#33Christina89US #20
#34Brandy87US #64
#35Marquita87US #195
#36Kristen85US #38
#37Monica83US #58
#38Leslie81US #75
#39Shannon81US #37
#40Samantha79US #39
#41Latasha78US #175
#42Danielle77US #16
#43Katherine77US #30
#44Kayla77US #100
#45Candace76US #102
#46Erin75US #25
#47Victoria75US #59
#48Jamie74US #31
#49Michelle70US #17
#50Natasha70US #77
#51Nicole70US #7
#52Lisa67US #29
#53Kelly66US #27
#54Carrie64US #78
#55Krystal63US #74
#56Sheena63US #80
#57Holly62US #53
#58Natalie60US #55
#59Candice59US #86
#60Pamela58US #104
#61Veronica58US #70
#62Cassandra56US #63
#63Sara56US #32
#64Felicia52US #185
#65Misty52US #98
#66Stacy51US #67
#67Christy50US #145
#68Kathryn50US #48
#69Kristin50US #47
#70Cynthia49US #62
#71Tara48US #49
#72Alexis46US #89
#73Jacqueline46US #56
#74Alisha45US #123
#75Lacey45US #116
#76Tina45US #111
#77Karen44US #82
#78Katrina44US #105
#79Kristy44US #135
#80Stacey44US #79
#81Lindsay43US #36
#82Robin42US #139
#83Allison41US #51
#84Dana41US #73
#85Katie41US #44
#86Melanie41US #85
#87Tonya41US #153
#88Miranda40US #114
#89Shana40US #174
#90Teresa40US #117
#91Patricia39US #66
#92Whitney38US #125
#93Casey37US #107
#94Margaret37US #92
#95Sabrina37US #122
#96Tabitha37US #141
#97Morgan36US #132
#98Tracy36US #91
#99Bridget35US #163
#100Ebony35US #137

Boys

#1Christopher744US #2
#2James600US #7
#3Michael557US #1
#4Joshua455US #4
#5William440US #16
#6John413US #8
#7Robert399US #9
#8Matthew367US #3
#9David359US #5
#10Jonathan330US #19
#11Justin300US #13
#12Joseph283US #10
#13Marcus274US #57
#14Charles271US #33
#15Jason267US #11
#16Brandon261US #15
#17Anthony244US #21
#18Daniel243US #6
#19Jeremy237US #31
#20Brian202US #17
#21Thomas193US #25
#22Timothy186US #26
#23Kevin185US #24
#24Eric165US #22
#25Steven163US #23
#26Adam160US #18
#27Richard155US #27
#28Andrew147US #14
#29Stephen136US #35
#30Kenneth132US #46
#31Derrick124US #79
#32Patrick124US #36
#33Dustin119US #41
#34Nicholas115US #20
#35Ryan115US #12
#36Benjamin113US #30
#37Antonio105US #77
#38Jeffrey103US #28
#39Corey100US #69
#40Larry96US #91
#41Willie96US #166
#42Aaron95US #29
#43Gregory95US #44
#44Mark92US #32
#45Jacob85US #37
#46Travis83US #42
#47Samuel77US #55
#48Terry77US #118
#49Bryan75US #48
#50Jerry74US #111
#51Bobby73US #129
#52Johnny73US #120
#53Zachary72US #45
#54Jimmy65US #134
#55Cedric64
#56Edward64US #58
#57Jermaine64US #170
#58Kendrick63
#59Nathan62US #38
#60Jeffery61US #94
#61Paul60US #40
#62Billy59US #140
#63Bradley59US #53
#64Terrance59US #198
#65Derek57US #52
#66Lee57US #124
#67Donald56US #63
#68Johnathan56US #132
#69Micheal56US #149
#70Carlos55US #74
#71Gary55US #76
#72Tony55US #112
#73Wesley54US #101
#74Chad51US #51
#75Reginald51US #186
#76Calvin50US #177
#77Curtis50US #96
#78George50US #68
#79Jesse48US #50
#80Phillip48US #70
#81Henry47US #135
#82Jared46US #59
#83Tyler46US #47
#84Keith45US #61
#85Kyle45US #34
#86Cody44US #62
#87Kelvin44
#88Jarvis43
#89Scott43US #39
#90Adrian42US #107
#91Maurice41US #168
#92Rodney41US #165
#93Sean41US #43
#94Roderick40
#95Cory39US #83
#96Jamie39US #154
#97Randy38US #100
#98Walter38US #161
#99Eddie37
#100Jessie37

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑59Brittany#30
↑37Holly#57
↑34Zachary#53
↑32Danielle#42
↑28Lee#66
↑23Sheena#56
↑23Kathryn#68
↑21Anna#32

Falling

↓30Walter#98
↓29Roderick#94
↓26Eddie#99
↓22Marquita#35
↓22Felicia#64
↓22Patricia#91
↓20Kelly#53
↓20Allison#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.