State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,672 Mississippi births in 1987 across 953 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#55Kendrickoutside the national top 200
#41Willie#186 nationally
#60Latashaoutside the national top 200
#75Terranceoutside the national top 200
#79Reginald#197 nationally
#91Cliftonoutside the national top 200
#69Haley#178 nationally
#92Chasityoutside the national top 200
#93Desmondoutside the national top 200
#94Eddieoutside the national top 200
#96Christyoutside the national top 200
#96Melvinoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jessica614US #1
#2Ashley564US #2
#3Brittany361US #7
#4Amanda297US #3
#5Jennifer260US #4
#6Kimberly255US #23
#7Tiffany216US #18
#8Kayla199US #27
#9Amber185US #15
#10Heather182US #9
#11Lauren165US #16
#12Mary160US #37
#13Sarah156US #5
#14Samantha153US #11
#15Courtney150US #33
#16Crystal146US #26
#17Elizabeth143US #10
#18Whitney139US #32
#19Stephanie136US #6
#20Emily131US #19
#21Megan131US #12
#22Erica120US #31
#23Melissa115US #13
#24Laura106US #22
#25Anna103US #52
#26April101US #58
#27Brittney98US #61
#28Lindsey98US #41
#29Rachel98US #17
#30Victoria98US #50
#31Angela91US #35
#32Amy90US #24
#33Andrea77US #36
#34Katherine77US #28
#35Candace75US #120
#36Kristen75US #42
#37Rebecca74US #25
#38Christina70US #20
#39Brandi68US #88
#40Jasmine68US #79
#41Latoya66US #128
#42Alicia64US #46
#43Jamie64US #39
#44Sara63US #29
#45Shannon63US #45
#46Kelly62US #30
#47Danielle61US #14
#48Krystal59US #70
#49Erin57US #34
#50Katie56US #38
#51Monica56US #64
#52Natasha52US #73
#53Nicole50US #8
#54Bethany48US #87
#55Michelle48US #21
#56Leslie47US #89
#57Allison46US #44
#58Casey45US #81
#59Holly45US #71
#60Latasha45
#61Ebony44US #157
#62Hannah44US #66
#63Kristin44US #55
#64Mallory44US #91
#65Veronica42US #80
#66Dominique41US #114
#67Lindsay41US #49
#68Brandy40US #92
#69Haley40US #178
#70Kendra39US #77
#71Kristina39US #62
#72Chelsea37US #47
#73Felicia37US #96
#74Margaret37US #90
#75Robin37US #145
#76Candice36US #121
#77Lacey36US #117
#78Tara36US #69
#79Alexis35US #113
#80Kathryn35US #51
#81Miranda35US #140
#82Carrie33US #119
#83Gabrielle33US #174
#84Lisa33US #40
#85Pamela33US #153
#86Dana32US #83
#87Leah32US #82
#88Misty32US #162
#89Alisha31US #118
#90Angel31US #192
#91Catherine31US #74
#92Chasity31
#93Jacqueline31US #54
#94Meagan31US #136
#95Patricia31US #76
#96Christy30
#97Morgan30US #95
#98Angelica29US #106
#99Chiquita29
#100Julie29US #65

Boys

#1Christopher634US #2
#2James490US #8
#3Michael447US #1
#4Justin434US #9
#5Joshua431US #4
#6William386US #15
#7John339US #11
#8Jeremy331US #29
#9Robert310US #10
#10Matthew300US #3
#11Brandon297US #14
#12Jonathan275US #18
#13David263US #5
#14Joseph261US #12
#15Daniel222US #7
#16Andrew218US #6
#17Timothy194US #26
#18Anthony192US #17
#19Charles184US #35
#20Thomas175US #24
#21Marcus168US #67
#22Eric152US #21
#23Kevin145US #19
#24Jason143US #23
#25Brian137US #20
#26Steven136US #25
#27Richard122US #30
#28Derrick121US #86
#29Ryan121US #13
#30Benjamin117US #28
#31Kenneth117US #53
#32Adam112US #27
#33Dustin111US #44
#34Zachary109US #33
#35Patrick108US #41
#36Corey106US #57
#37Jacob103US #31
#38Nicholas102US #16
#39Stephen100US #38
#40Travis90US #42
#41Willie87US #186
#42Jeffrey85US #32
#43Gregory84US #47
#44Phillip82US #68
#45Antonio81US #72
#46Bradley81US #56
#47Larry81US #114
#48Samuel80US #50
#49Mark79US #36
#50Kyle76US #22
#51Aaron74US #34
#52Cody74US #49
#53Tyler68US #39
#54Wesley67US #92
#55Kendrick65
#56Nathan64US #45
#57Cory62US #62
#58Derek59US #54
#59Donald58US #70
#60Jerry58US #125
#61George57US #77
#62Terry57US #133
#63Bryan56US #51
#64Edward56US #61
#65Johnny55US #127
#66Johnathan54US #116
#67Chad52US #63
#68Austin51US #76
#69Billy50US #168
#70Paul49US #46
#71Sean49US #40
#72Curtis47US #100
#73Jeffery47US #109
#74Jimmy47US #155
#75Terrance47
#76Casey45US #80
#77Jordan45US #52
#78Alexander44US #37
#79Reginald44US #197
#80Shawn44US #59
#81Jesse41US #55
#82Randy41US #105
#83Tony40US #123
#84Alex39US #60
#85Lee39US #154
#86Bobby38US #147
#87Dennis38US #107
#88Henry38US #137
#89Jared38US #58
#90Ricky38US #148
#91Clifton37
#92Micheal37US #159
#93Desmond36
#94Eddie36
#95Keith36US #69
#96Melvin36
#97Nathaniel36US #78
#98Roderick36
#99Scott36US #43
#100Dexter34

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑45Bethany#54
↑29Ebony#61
↑25Haley#69
↑22Jasmine#40
↑21Kristin#63
↑21Reginald#79
↑19Miranda#81
↑19Derek#58

Falling

↓31Christy#96
↓21Nathaniel#97
↓20Dominique#66
↓20Meagan#94
↓20Jeffery#73
↓19Dana#86
↓19Catherine#91
↓19Morgan#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.