State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1989 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,862 Mississippi births in 1989 across 988 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#50Willieoutside the national top 200
#64Jarvisoutside the national top 200
#56Latoya#190 nationally
#69Christyoutside the national top 200
#71Kendrickoutside the national top 200
#76Eddieoutside the national top 200
#81Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#58Ebony#176 nationally
#56Bobby#172 nationally
#78Billy#193 nationally
#87Ashtonoutside the national top 200
#89Hunteroutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Brittany562US #3
#2Ashley508US #2
#3Jessica478US #1
#4Amanda257US #4
#5Courtney248US #21
#6Kayla236US #20
#7Amber226US #14
#8Jasmine219US #30
#9Tiffany208US #16
#10Lauren186US #9
#11Sarah180US #5
#12Kimberly179US #28
#13Heather176US #15
#14Samantha169US #6
#15Jennifer159US #7
#16Emily151US #13
#17Megan151US #11
#18Brittney150US #41
#19Mary145US #38
#20Elizabeth144US #10
#21Whitney123US #57
#22Anna119US #51
#23Stephanie119US #8
#24Kristen118US #36
#25Crystal113US #32
#26Erica112US #34
#27Hannah102US #42
#28Victoria95US #44
#29Laura93US #25
#30April92US #66
#31Rachel90US #18
#32Rebecca86US #24
#33Christina84US #23
#34Kiara84US #115
#35Alicia80US #53
#36Katherine79US #26
#37Lindsey78US #48
#38Chelsea73US #27
#39Andrea72US #39
#40Morgan71US #69
#41Angela69US #47
#42Katie68US #45
#43Melissa65US #19
#44Haley62US #125
#45Kristin61US #60
#46Brandi60US #98
#47Erin60US #40
#48Danielle59US #17
#49Jamie59US #52
#50Kelsey56US #31
#51Amy55US #35
#52Britney55US #118
#53Allison53US #46
#54Krystal52US #82
#55Candace51US #133
#56Latoya51US #190
#57Sara47US #29
#58Ebony45US #176
#59Holly45US #79
#60Cassandra43US #54
#61Felicia43US #111
#62Michelle43US #22
#63Shannon43US #61
#64Alexis41US #92
#65Leslie41US #108
#66Alyssa40US #33
#67Jordan40US #72
#68Kelly40US #37
#69Christy38
#70Kathryn38US #58
#71Margaret37US #97
#72Candice36US #134
#73Gabrielle36US #112
#74Jacqueline36US #64
#75Miranda36US #130
#76Brandy35US #121
#77Lisa35US #55
#78Mallory35US #147
#79Robin35US #160
#80Caitlin34US #49
#81Carrie34US #148
#82Casey34US #103
#83Julie34US #78
#84Meagan34US #120
#85Natasha34US #87
#86Alisha33US #123
#87Ashton33
#88Bethany33US #102
#89Monica33US #68
#90Olivia33US #122
#91Bianca32US #91
#92Kendra32US #99
#93Lacey32US #143
#94Latasha32
#95Meghan32US #80
#96Tabitha31US #156
#97Tiara31
#98Alexandria30US #104
#99Catherine30US #67
#100Dana30US #105

Boys

#1Christopher590US #2
#2James498US #9
#3Justin494US #8
#4Joshua486US #4
#5Michael451US #1
#6William417US #15
#7Robert344US #10
#8Jeremy326US #34
#9Matthew319US #3
#10John308US #12
#11David266US #5
#12Jonathan259US #17
#13Brandon254US #18
#14Joseph242US #11
#15Charles215US #36
#16Andrew199US #7
#17Daniel198US #6
#18Timothy179US #28
#19Steven171US #22
#20Thomas171US #23
#21Anthony164US #16
#22Zachary158US #25
#23Nicholas145US #14
#24Marcus142US #67
#25Jacob141US #26
#26Ryan129US #13
#27Cody127US #45
#28Travis123US #41
#29Corey122US #55
#30Eric122US #21
#31Kenneth120US #53
#32Stephen112US #40
#33Benjamin111US #29
#34Adam110US #27
#35Patrick110US #38
#36Tyler110US #30
#37Richard109US #33
#38Antonio107US #76
#39Dustin107US #48
#40Aaron102US #31
#41Derrick102US #99
#42Kevin101US #19
#43Brian99US #24
#44Jason90US #35
#45Samuel89US #47
#46Kyle87US #20
#47Bradley83US #58
#48Larry83US #131
#49Nathan82US #43
#50Willie79
#51Jeffrey78US #37
#52Phillip75US #75
#53Wesley73US #98
#54Gregory70US #52
#55Austin67US #59
#56Bobby64US #172
#57Cory63US #61
#58Jerry63US #142
#59Johnathan62US #112
#60George60US #79
#61Paul60US #49
#62Caleb58US #91
#63Terry58US #151
#64Jarvis57
#65Mark57US #42
#66Jared56US #57
#67Bryan54US #56
#68Jordan53US #44
#69Jesse52US #50
#70Johnny50US #133
#71Kendrick49
#72Jeffery48US #129
#73Alexander46US #32
#74Cameron46US #64
#75Derek46US #54
#76Eddie46
#77Edward46US #62
#78Billy45US #193
#79Donald45US #82
#80Keith45US #70
#81Reginald45
#82Tony45US #132
#83Darius43US #194
#84Ethan43US #87
#85Sean43US #39
#86Devin42US #96
#87Gary42US #106
#88Micheal42US #164
#89Hunter41
#90Randy41US #127
#91Taylor41US #72
#92Curtis39US #111
#93Henry39US #141
#94Mario39US #116
#95Ricky39US #159
#96Calvin38US #161
#97Allen37US #130
#98Courtney37
#99Cornelius36
#100Jessie36

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑34Leslie#65
↑32Felicia#61
↑27Cassandra#60
↑26Johnathan#59
↑25Britney#52
↑23Ebony#58
↑20Margaret#71
↑18Morgan#40

Falling

↓36Monica#89
↓30Lacey#93
↓29Bethany#88
↓28Donald#79
↓26Casey#82
↓21Mallory#78
↓20Amy#51
↓20Candace#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.