State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1990 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,926 Mississippi births in 1990 across 1,021 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#43Latoyaoutside the national top 200
#51Willieoutside the national top 200
#33Raven#166 nationally
#57Ebony#186 nationally
#73Chasityoutside the national top 200
#78Kendrickoutside the national top 200
#68Bobby#185 nationally
#86Terranceoutside the national top 200
#88Jarvisoutside the national top 200
#89Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#62Kiara#171 nationally
#94Demarcusoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Brittany519US #3
#2Ashley512US #2
#3Jessica476US #1
#4Jasmine297US #28
#5Kayla255US #14
#6Amanda244US #4
#7Courtney227US #17
#8Amber219US #15
#9Tiffany198US #23
#10Lauren187US #10
#11Samantha169US #5
#12Kimberly166US #31
#13Sarah163US #6
#14Mary161US #35
#15Heather159US #19
#16Elizabeth155US #9
#17Jennifer145US #8
#18Megan139US #11
#19Emily137US #12
#20Hannah122US #30
#21Whitney121US #60
#22Brittney118US #44
#23Victoria117US #33
#24Anna116US #45
#25Stephanie108US #7
#26Chelsea101US #24
#27Erica101US #36
#28April100US #73
#29Crystal100US #39
#30Laura91US #29
#31Rachel91US #16
#32Morgan89US #58
#33Raven88US #166
#34Rebecca88US #21
#35Katherine85US #26
#36Kristen79US #42
#37Danielle77US #18
#38Haley75US #108
#39Olivia69US #72
#40Andrea68US #40
#41Christina66US #25
#42Melissa66US #20
#43Latoya61
#44Candace60US #142
#45Sara60US #34
#46Allison59US #48
#47Katie59US #53
#48Brandi58US #103
#49Lindsey58US #51
#50Erin57US #43
#51Taylor54US #46
#52Alicia53US #54
#53Bianca53US #84
#54Jordan53US #59
#55Catherine52US #71
#56Amy51US #38
#57Ebony51US #186
#58Meagan51US #126
#59Breanna49US #113
#60Jamie49US #55
#61Kathryn48US #57
#62Kiara48US #171
#63Angela47US #52
#64Brianna46US #61
#65Kelsey45US #32
#66Kristin45US #65
#67Alexis44US #66
#68Leah44US #82
#69Nicole43US #13
#70Cassandra42US #49
#71Alyssa41US #27
#72Britney41US #136
#73Chasity41
#74Holly41US #89
#75Alexandria40US #95
#76Felicia39US #121
#77Krystal39US #104
#78Margaret39US #102
#79Candice38US #147
#80Shannon38US #68
#81Bethany37US #107
#82Shelby37US #100
#83Kelly36US #41
#84Mallory36US #162
#85Melanie36US #86
#86Michelle36US #22
#87Alisha35US #135
#88Brooke35US #70
#89Monica35US #76
#90Sabrina35US #118
#91Caitlin34US #50
#92Gabrielle33US #99
#93Natasha33US #105
#94Lacey32US #148
#95Casey31US #106
#96Leslie31US #115
#97Natalie31US #63
#98Angel30US #174
#99Cortney30
#100Katelyn30US #75

Boys

#1Christopher590US #2
#2James509US #8
#3Joshua488US #4
#4Michael464US #1
#5Justin433US #9
#6William433US #16
#7John315US #12
#8Robert308US #13
#9Jonathan280US #17
#10Matthew275US #3
#11Jeremy264US #40
#12Brandon262US #19
#13Joseph254US #10
#14David231US #6
#15Jacob202US #20
#16Charles196US #38
#17Anthony188US #15
#18Zachary184US #22
#19Andrew178US #7
#20Daniel161US #5
#21Timothy160US #30
#22Richard159US #35
#23Tyler159US #21
#24Cody153US #31
#25Thomas153US #26
#26Steven151US #25
#27Nicholas138US #14
#28Ryan130US #11
#29Dustin129US #50
#30Eric128US #24
#31Kevin121US #23
#32Marcus120US #72
#33Patrick119US #36
#34Benjamin117US #33
#35Jordan111US #29
#36Samuel110US #45
#37Stephen110US #39
#38Corey106US #56
#39Kenneth103US #52
#40Antonio93US #77
#41Travis93US #42
#42Aaron92US #34
#43Brian90US #27
#44Austin85US #55
#45Adam83US #32
#46Bradley82US #65
#47Darius80US #152
#48Cameron78US #62
#49Ethan77US #58
#50Nathan75US #44
#51Willie75
#52Derrick73US #106
#53Gregory73US #51
#54Jason69US #46
#55Jeffrey68US #43
#56Kyle68US #18
#57Larry67US #144
#58Wesley66US #107
#59Jesse65US #48
#60Johnathan63US #108
#61Phillip63US #81
#62Jerry62US #146
#63Mark58US #47
#64Paul58US #49
#65Terry54US #164
#66Derek53US #54
#67Jimmy53US #172
#68Bobby52US #185
#69Donald52US #87
#70Johnny52US #130
#71Curtis50US #121
#72Jared50US #63
#73Taylor50US #64
#74Edward49US #68
#75George49US #79
#76Alexander48US #28
#77Bryan48US #57
#78Kendrick48
#79Caleb47US #88
#80Casey47US #89
#81Devin47US #98
#82Cory44US #67
#83Keith44US #80
#84Micheal44US #175
#85Sean43US #37
#86Terrance43
#87Blake42US #91
#88Jarvis42
#89Reginald42
#90Jeffery41US #136
#91Mitchell41US #93
#92Adrian40US #94
#93Alex38US #59
#94Demarcus38
#95Brett37US #84
#96Hunter37
#97Billy36
#98Chase36US #110
#99Allen35US #141
#100Cornelius35

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑51Olivia#39
↑44Catherine#55
↑38Bianca#53
↑36Darius#47
↑35Ethan#49
↑33Jordan#35
↑26Meagan#58
↑26Cameron#48

Falling

↓31Leslie#96
↓28Kiara#62
↓25Cory#82
↓24Michelle#86
↓24Jarvis#88
↓23Krystal#77
↓22Angela#63
↓21Kristin#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.