State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,851 Mississippi births in 1988 across 975 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#43Willie#191 nationally
#68Roderickoutside the national top 200
#69Chasityoutside the national top 200
#74Christyoutside the national top 200
#78Jarvisoutside the national top 200
#39Latoya#157 nationally
#83Kendrickoutside the national top 200
#69Billy#185 nationally
#87Tommyoutside the national top 200
#89Latashaoutside the national top 200
#86Terrance#193 nationally
#60Bobby#163 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica550US #1
#2Ashley521US #2
#3Brittany397US #6
#4Amanda315US #3
#5Tiffany245US #13
#6Kayla233US #20
#7Kimberly223US #25
#8Courtney222US #24
#9Heather202US #14
#10Jennifer198US #5
#11Amber182US #15
#12Mary179US #34
#13Lauren163US #11
#14Whitney150US #39
#15Sarah147US #4
#16Megan146US #12
#17Samantha140US #8
#18Jasmine136US #53
#19Anna128US #54
#20Elizabeth128US #10
#21Brittney126US #52
#22Stephanie122US #7
#23Crystal117US #28
#24Emily117US #18
#25Laura108US #23
#26Erica98US #31
#27Rachel93US #19
#28Kristen92US #36
#29Victoria90US #42
#30April87US #65
#31Amy83US #29
#32Lindsey79US #48
#33Angela76US #38
#34Rebecca73US #26
#35Candace72US #117
#36Melissa72US #16
#37Andrea68US #35
#38Christina66US #22
#39Latoya64US #157
#40Katherine63US #27
#41Alicia62US #50
#42Sara62US #30
#43Hannah61US #61
#44Katie61US #40
#45Brandi57US #91
#46Allison56US #46
#47Chelsea55US #33
#48Nicole54US #9
#49Erin53US #37
#50Jamie51US #45
#51Shannon50US #56
#52Danielle49US #17
#53Monica49US #70
#54Kathryn48US #55
#55Krystal48US #74
#56Casey47US #92
#57Mallory47US #120
#58Morgan47US #78
#59Bethany46US #89
#60Haley46US #143
#61Kristin45US #58
#62Michelle45US #21
#63Lacey43US #129
#64Brandy42US #107
#65Natasha42US #73
#66Patricia42US #77
#67Tara41US #67
#68Candice40US #130
#69Chasity40
#70Lisa38US #43
#71Meagan38US #141
#72Natalie38US #63
#73Alisha37US #126
#74Christy37
#75Holly37US #72
#76Melanie37US #99
#77Britney36US #138
#78Kelly36US #32
#79Alexis35US #97
#80Catherine35US #69
#81Ebony35US #164
#82Kristina35US #68
#83Miranda35US #144
#84Robin35US #161
#85Bianca34US #108
#86Carrie34US #132
#87Cassandra34US #59
#88Kendra34US #80
#89Latasha34
#90Dana33US #90
#91Margaret32US #93
#92Sabrina32US #116
#93Felicia31US #105
#94Karen31US #111
#95Veronica31US #83
#96Cassie30US #176
#97Leah30US #82
#98Erika29US #76
#99Leslie29US #94
#100Angel28US #166

Boys

#1Christopher573US #2
#2Justin527US #7
#3James497US #9
#4Joshua475US #4
#5Michael440US #1
#6William392US #16
#7Matthew337US #3
#8John327US #11
#9Robert302US #10
#10Jonathan287US #15
#11David284US #6
#12Jeremy277US #35
#13Brandon258US #17
#14Charles217US #37
#15Joseph212US #12
#16Andrew207US #5
#17Anthony192US #18
#18Timothy187US #25
#19Daniel180US #8
#20Thomas168US #23
#21Marcus150US #66
#22Eric140US #19
#23Steven140US #24
#24Kevin129US #20
#25Benjamin128US #30
#26Nicholas127US #14
#27Dustin125US #48
#28Jacob124US #28
#29Kenneth123US #51
#30Corey122US #56
#31Jason120US #27
#32Zachary119US #29
#33Richard107US #32
#34Brian106US #22
#35Cody106US #43
#36Patrick99US #42
#37Stephen99US #40
#38Ryan97US #13
#39Samuel94US #45
#40Adam93US #26
#41Antonio93US #72
#42Tyler93US #33
#43Willie93US #191
#44Gregory92US #50
#45Travis89US #41
#46Kyle86US #21
#47Aaron84US #31
#48Derrick75US #97
#49Phillip72US #71
#50Johnny69US #129
#51Donald68US #76
#52Jerry68US #130
#53Austin67US #63
#54Cory66US #59
#55Mark66US #39
#56Jeffrey62US #36
#57Bradley61US #57
#58Nathan60US #44
#59Paul59US #46
#60Bobby55US #163
#61Cameron54US #69
#62Jeffery54US #120
#63Wesley54US #93
#64Casey53US #83
#65Larry52US #123
#66Sean51US #38
#67Terry51US #141
#68Roderick50
#69Billy49US #185
#70Bryan49US #54
#71Edward49US #62
#72George49US #78
#73Jared49US #60
#74Jordan49US #52
#75Derek47US #53
#76Jesse47US #55
#77Chad46US #65
#78Jarvis46
#79Curtis45US #105
#80Dennis45US #116
#81Jimmy45US #161
#82Keith45US #70
#83Kendrick45
#84Alex44US #58
#85Johnathan44US #115
#86Terrance42US #193
#87Tommy42
#88Alexander40US #34
#89Ricky40US #148
#90Scott40US #47
#91Mario39US #106
#92Shawn39US #61
#93Gary38US #100
#94Randy38US #113
#95Walter38US #175
#96Micheal37US #157
#97Tony37US #133
#98Courtney36
#99Demarcus36
#100Desmond36

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑39Morgan#58
↑30Roderick#68
↑29Patricia#66
↑26Kathryn#54
↑26Bobby#60
↑25Chelsea#47
↑23Chasity#69
↑23Meagan#71

Falling

↓43Leslie#99
↓32Kelly#78
↓30Veronica#95
↓29Latasha#89
↓28Kendrick#83
↓20Ebony#81
↓20Felicia#93
↓20Derrick#48

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.