State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,100 Mississippi births in 1985 across 960 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
#57Latasha#200 nationally
#68Kendrickoutside the national top 200
#40Willie#171 nationally
#70Roderickoutside the national top 200
#72Terranceoutside the national top 200
#80Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#82Eddieoutside the national top 200
#84Santanaoutside the national top 200
#85Jarvisoutside the national top 200
#89Jermaineoutside the national top 200
#94Jessieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley599US #2
#2Jessica502US #1
#3Amanda395US #4
#4Jennifer379US #3
#5Kimberly327US #19
#6Brittany282US #17
#7Tiffany229US #23
#8Crystal203US #21
#9Heather190US #8
#10Stephanie185US #6
#11April181US #47
#12Mary171US #35
#13Lauren166US #15
#14Sarah157US #5
#15Amber153US #16
#16Courtney148US #43
#17Latoya146US #81
#18Elizabeth140US #9
#19Laura139US #14
#20Rachel127US #13
#21Amy125US #20
#22Angela125US #31
#23Emily124US #24
#24Megan124US #10
#25Anna121US #54
#26Christina120US #12
#27Melissa119US #11
#28Erica116US #34
#29Lindsey100US #37
#30Samantha99US #29
#31Brandi97US #69
#32Jamie97US #27
#33Krystal93US #53
#34Rebecca93US #25
#35Brandy89US #70
#36Andrea84US #33
#37Leslie84US #76
#38Victoria81US #59
#39Kristen80US #38
#40Erin79US #26
#41Danielle75US #18
#42Alicia74US #45
#43Katherine71US #32
#44Kelly70US #28
#45Sara70US #30
#46Felicia68US #101
#47Kayla66US #109
#48Shannon66US #41
#49Holly65US #56
#50Candice64US #86
#51Candace63US #104
#52Allison62US #46
#53Dominique62US #83
#54Jasmine61US #103
#55Michelle61US #22
#56Sheena61US #91
#57Latasha59US #200
#58Katie56US #39
#59Natasha56US #79
#60Brittney55US #84
#61Kathryn55US #48
#62Stacy53US #67
#63Whitney53US #73
#64Monica52US #61
#65Lindsay49US #40
#66Pamela49US #116
#67Christy48US #151
#68Nicole47US #7
#69Veronica46US #72
#70Alisha45US #131
#71Lisa45US #36
#72Alexis42US #112
#73Lacey42US #124
#74Jacqueline41US #60
#75Kristin41US #49
#76Dana40US #82
#77Miranda40US #128
#78Robin40US #147
#79Tina39US #110
#80Carrie38US #96
#81Kristina38US #57
#82Melanie38US #88
#83Natalie37US #58
#84Santana37
#85Tara37US #51
#86Valerie37US #71
#87Cassie36US #170
#88Catherine36US #65
#89Ebony36US #160
#90Patricia36US #64
#91Meagan35US #133
#92Shana35US #189
#93Cynthia34US #66
#94Bridget33US #173
#95Cassandra33US #62
#96Haley33US #195
#97Kristy33US #145
#98Chiquita32
#99Jenna32US #50
#100Leah32US #78

Boys

#1Christopher679US #2
#2James565US #7
#3Michael493US #1
#4Joshua489US #4
#5William427US #16
#6John392US #9
#7Brandon380US #13
#8Robert378US #8
#9Matthew330US #3
#10Jonathan311US #17
#11David309US #6
#12Justin302US #15
#13Joseph290US #10
#14Daniel271US #5
#15Jeremy269US #30
#16Jason248US #14
#17Charles230US #34
#18Anthony226US #20
#19Marcus214US #61
#20Timothy191US #26
#21Thomas190US #25
#22Eric166US #21
#23Andrew162US #11
#24Richard161US #28
#25Brian155US #18
#26Steven155US #24
#27Kevin152US #23
#28Patrick131US #37
#29Derrick123US #83
#30Nicholas118US #19
#31Ryan114US #12
#32Stephen113US #36
#33Benjamin111US #31
#34Kenneth111US #47
#35Dustin110US #41
#36Adam109US #22
#37Antonio103US #73
#38Jacob103US #35
#39Zachary99US #39
#40Willie96US #171
#41Travis87US #46
#42Corey86US #63
#43Aaron81US #33
#44Jeffrey81US #29
#45Mark81US #32
#46Samuel78US #54
#47Gregory73US #45
#48Larry73US #97
#49Nathan72US #40
#50Bradley70US #53
#51Tyler70US #43
#52Cody67US #52
#53Johnny64US #127
#54Cedric63
#55Wesley63US #94
#56Kyle62US #27
#57Paul62US #42
#58Phillip62US #69
#59Jeffery61US #96
#60George60US #72
#61Bobby58US #135
#62Jerry58US #116
#63Jimmy58US #149
#64Terry58US #119
#65Bryan57US #48
#66Jesse56US #51
#67Keith56US #64
#68Kendrick56
#69Donald55US #66
#70Roderick51
#71Ronald51US #71
#72Terrance51
#73Derek50US #56
#74Chad49US #57
#75Gary49US #82
#76Walter49US #163
#77Curtis48US #98
#78Johnathan48US #118
#79Billy47US #150
#80Kelvin47
#81Sean47US #38
#82Eddie46
#83Henry45US #137
#84Casey44US #86
#85Jarvis44
#86Reginald44US #192
#87Shawn44US #55
#88Tony44US #114
#89Jermaine43
#90Mario43US #117
#91Micheal43US #155
#92Scott43US #44
#93Edward42US #59
#94Jessie42
#95Calvin41US #177
#96Cory41US #81
#97Douglas41US #76
#98Marvin41
#99Randy41US #102
#100Carlos39US #74

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑34Cody#52
↑32Tyler#51
↑31Allison#52
↑29Whitney#63
↑29Kyle#56
↑27Katie#58
↑24Brittany#6
↑24Roderick#70

Falling

↓37Edward#93
↓33Cassandra#95
↓32Jermaine#89
↓30Carlos#100
↓27Monica#64
↓26Carrie#80
↓25Natalie#83
↓23Cynthia#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.