State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,819 Mississippi births in 1986 across 970 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#54Latashaoutside the national top 200
#57Kendrickoutside the national top 200
#37Willie#178 nationally
#75Santanaoutside the national top 200
#79Terranceoutside the national top 200
#87Cedricoutside the national top 200
#88Summeroutside the national top 200
#89Chasityoutside the national top 200
#65Christy#174 nationally
#92Ashtonoutside the national top 200
#94Haleyoutside the national top 200
#94Roderickoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley587US #2
#2Jessica487US #1
#3Brittany362US #8
#4Amanda345US #3
#5Jennifer279US #4
#6Kimberly267US #18
#7Tiffany218US #17
#8Heather185US #9
#9Courtney178US #35
#10Amber172US #13
#11Elizabeth172US #10
#12Mary160US #37
#13Crystal156US #25
#14Sarah147US #5
#15Erica145US #31
#16Lauren144US #14
#17Stephanie144US #6
#18Megan140US #11
#19Whitney128US #32
#20Amy127US #22
#21April126US #53
#22Emily121US #24
#23Laura118US #20
#24Samantha110US #21
#25Kayla107US #64
#26Brittney106US #65
#27Rachel106US #15
#28Christina104US #19
#29Anna99US #51
#30Angela95US #33
#31Lindsey95US #39
#32Latoya88US #111
#33Jamie86US #34
#34Rebecca85US #26
#35Victoria84US #54
#36Melissa83US #12
#37Brandi79US #79
#38Katherine78US #28
#39Kristen77US #41
#40Shannon75US #44
#41Sara74US #27
#42Andrea72US #36
#43Krystal72US #61
#44Katie70US #38
#45Alicia69US #45
#46Dominique69US #98
#47Danielle68US #16
#48Erin68US #30
#49Candace66US #114
#50Kelly66US #29
#51Michelle62US #23
#52Nicole61US #7
#53Monica56US #59
#54Latasha55
#55Natasha54US #70
#56Allison53US #42
#57Brandy53US #84
#58Felicia52US #89
#59Leslie50US #86
#60Mallory48US #83
#61Holly47US #63
#62Jasmine46US #95
#63Candice45US #108
#64Lindsay45US #46
#65Christy44US #174
#66Robin44US #122
#67Dana43US #92
#68Carrie42US #109
#69Casey41US #80
#70Melanie41US #97
#71Tara41US #56
#72Catherine37US #67
#73Hannah37US #82
#74Meagan37US #123
#75Santana37
#76Kristy36US #158
#77Lisa36US #40
#78Morgan36US #113
#79Natalie36US #52
#80Cynthia34US #81
#81Lacey34US #121
#82Teresa34US #139
#83Jacqueline33US #57
#84Kristin33US #50
#85Margaret33US #90
#86Cassandra32US #60
#87Misty32US #145
#88Summer32
#89Chasity31
#90Ebony31US #165
#91Kathryn31US #48
#92Ashton30
#93Cassie30US #156
#94Haley30
#95Tracy30US #117
#96Vanessa30US #43
#97Alisha29US #125
#98Valerie29US #76
#99Bethany28US #91
#100Miranda28US #137

Boys

#1Christopher676US #2
#2James537US #7
#3Michael499US #1
#4William455US #15
#5Joshua424US #4
#6John385US #10
#7Brandon376US #13
#8Matthew353US #3
#9Jeremy351US #28
#10Robert336US #9
#11Justin318US #14
#12David317US #5
#13Jonathan315US #16
#14Charles225US #34
#15Joseph222US #12
#16Daniel217US #6
#17Andrew212US #8
#18Jason211US #18
#19Anthony185US #19
#20Timothy173US #27
#21Thomas172US #26
#22Marcus171US #63
#23Eric167US #22
#24Richard154US #29
#25Kevin147US #21
#26Steven146US #25
#27Patrick135US #39
#28Dustin134US #42
#29Brian129US #20
#30Antonio123US #73
#31Ryan122US #11
#32Benjamin120US #30
#33Kenneth117US #50
#34Stephen117US #36
#35Nicholas110US #17
#36Zachary107US #38
#37Willie104US #178
#38Corey100US #62
#39Adam95US #24
#40Derrick94US #87
#41Travis94US #49
#42Jeffrey91US #32
#43Mark91US #35
#44Aaron88US #33
#45Jacob88US #31
#46Nathan86US #43
#47Gregory85US #46
#48Kyle85US #23
#49Larry85US #108
#50Samuel82US #52
#51Bradley71US #54
#52Cody71US #56
#53Jeffery71US #102
#54Phillip71US #70
#55Tyler61US #40
#56Johnathan60US #115
#57Kendrick59
#58Wesley58US #96
#59George57US #74
#60Jerry56US #121
#61Billy55US #159
#62Jimmy54US #150
#63Bryan53US #47
#64Edward53US #61
#65Terry53US #122
#66Calvin52US #162
#67Johnny51US #125
#68Paul51US #45
#69Cory50US #68
#70Donald50US #71
#71Jared49US #58
#72Jesse49US #48
#73Chad47US #59
#74Austin46US #90
#75Casey46US #83
#76Nathaniel45US #78
#77Derek44US #57
#78Curtis43US #100
#79Terrance43
#80Adrian42US #99
#81Walter42US #156
#82Bobby41US #130
#83Ronald41US #75
#84Sean41US #37
#85Shane41US #67
#86Shawn41US #55
#87Cedric40
#88Gary40US #84
#89Scott40US #44
#90Tony40US #120
#91Jordan39US #53
#92Keith39US #66
#93Micheal39US #153
#94Roderick39
#95Alex38US #64
#96Alexander38US #41
#97Carl38US #114
#98Henry38US #139
#99Jessie38
#100Reginald38US #188

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑44Whitney#19
↑34Brittney#26
↑29Edward#64
↑29Calvin#66
↑27Cory#69
↑22Kayla#25
↑22Johnathan#56
↑21Kristy#76

Falling

↓33Cedric#87
↓30Kathryn#91
↓27Alisha#97
↓25Keith#92
↓24Roderick#94
↓23Miranda#100
↓22Brandy#57
↓22Leslie#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.