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Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1991 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,212 Mississippi births in 1991 across 1,030 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#43Willieoutside the national top 200
#53Ebony#195 nationally
#64Latoyaoutside the national top 200
#65Terranceoutside the national top 200
#68Chasityoutside the national top 200
#70Bobbyoutside the national top 200
#71Jarvisoutside the national top 200
#31Iesha#157 nationally
#75Demarcusoutside the national top 200
#80Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#81Billyoutside the national top 200
#84Kendrickoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley480US #1
#2Brittany420US #3
#3Jessica392US #2
#4Jasmine306US #24
#5Kayla284US #12
#6Amber219US #16
#7Courtney219US #19
#8Tiffany175US #27
#9Kimberly169US #34
#10Samantha169US #5
#11Mary162US #38
#12Lauren161US #13
#13Sarah159US #6
#14Amanda154US #4
#15Shelby141US #33
#16Megan139US #11
#17Elizabeth134US #9
#18Emily133US #10
#19Hannah132US #29
#20Jennifer132US #8
#21Anna118US #46
#22Stephanie117US #7
#23Heather116US #23
#24Victoria115US #28
#25Morgan104US #49
#26Kristen100US #48
#27Rachel95US #14
#28Brittney91US #58
#29Whitney90US #68
#30Chelsea89US #18
#31Iesha89US #157
#32Erica87US #40
#33Olivia85US #61
#34Rebecca83US #21
#35Lindsey82US #52
#36Haley81US #79
#37Taylor78US #32
#38Katherine75US #25
#39Crystal74US #41
#40Laura74US #35
#41Katie73US #53
#42Kelsey73US #26
#43Andrea71US #39
#44Alexis67US #47
#45April67US #88
#46Jordan66US #62
#47Raven63US #150
#48Ariel60US #66
#49Erin60US #44
#50Kristin59US #86
#51Danielle58US #17
#52Angela56US #59
#53Ebony55US #195
#54Alexandria52US #78
#55Christina52US #31
#56Meagan52US #130
#57Sara51US #37
#58Kiara49US #174
#59Shannon48US #71
#60Allison47US #50
#61Brandi47US #110
#62Breanna47US #107
#63Sabrina47US #115
#64Latoya46
#65Alicia43US #63
#66Amy43US #43
#67Melissa43US #20
#68Chasity42
#69Monica41US #85
#70Bianca40US #89
#71Casey40US #111
#72Jamie40US #60
#73Brianna38US #51
#74Leah38US #91
#75Natalie38US #64
#76Angel37US #159
#77Bethany37US #109
#78Candace37US #153
#79Dominique37US #132
#80Krystal37US #112
#81Caitlin36US #55
#82Mariah36US #69
#83Michelle36US #22
#84Kathryn35US #57
#85Kelly35US #42
#86Margaret35US #108
#87Catherine34US #72
#88Lacey34US #145
#89Brandy33US #148
#90Cassandra33US #54
#91Briana32US #95
#92Brooke31US #65
#93Robin31
#94Alyssa30US #30
#95Kierra30
#96Lisa30US #83
#97Mallory30US #163
#98Miranda30US #90
#99Shaniqua30
#100Veronica30US #100

Boys

#1Christopher502US #2
#2Joshua500US #4
#3James462US #7
#4Michael458US #1
#5William411US #19
#6Justin372US #14
#7Robert307US #13
#8John301US #10
#9Matthew272US #3
#10Brandon265US #15
#11Jonathan263US #20
#12Jeremy262US #43
#13David260US #8
#14Joseph224US #9
#15Charles207US #38
#16Cody203US #24
#17Andrew190US #5
#18Jacob184US #17
#19Timothy181US #32
#20Tyler173US #16
#21Thomas172US #28
#22Nicholas157US #12
#23Daniel153US #6
#24Steven149US #27
#25Anthony146US #18
#26Zachary142US #22
#27Ryan126US #11
#28Patrick123US #35
#29Kevin119US #23
#30Jordan116US #29
#31Richard113US #34
#32Stephen112US #41
#33Marcus111US #76
#34Kenneth105US #54
#35Eric104US #25
#36Corey103US #58
#37Dustin102US #56
#38Aaron97US #31
#39Benjamin93US #33
#40Samuel91US #39
#41Austin88US #50
#42Brian88US #30
#43Willie80
#44Gregory77US #55
#45Antonio76US #79
#46Christian76US #48
#47Jason74US #49
#48Travis72US #44
#49Caleb71US #78
#50Adam70US #36
#51Derrick70US #111
#52Nathan69US #42
#53Jeffrey68US #45
#54Johnathan68US #110
#55Alexander65US #26
#56Cory63US #74
#57Ethan61US #65
#58Jerry61US #160
#59Hunter60US #167
#60Larry59US #157
#61Darius58US #152
#62Devin57US #83
#63Jesse57US #51
#64Taylor57US #52
#65Terrance57
#66Xavier57US #176
#67Terry56US #180
#68Cameron55US #62
#69Phillip55US #98
#70Bobby54
#71Jarvis54
#72Bradley53US #67
#73Johnny53US #144
#74George52US #87
#75Demarcus51
#76Jimmy51US #184
#77Alex49US #63
#78Casey49US #90
#79Kyle49US #21
#80Reginald49
#81Billy48
#82Edward48US #68
#83Curtis45US #126
#84Kendrick45
#85Mark45US #47
#86Wesley45US #106
#87Desmond44
#88Malcolm44
#89Jeffery43US #151
#90Paul43US #53
#91Donald42US #102
#92Rodney42US #198
#93Sean42US #40
#94Bryan41US #61
#95Derek41US #59
#96Henry41US #143
#97Jared41US #64
#98Tony41US #155
#99Tevin40
#100Shawn39US #71

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑67Shelby#15
↑37Hunter#59
↑30Caleb#49
↑27Sabrina#63
↑26Cory#56
↑24Casey#71
↑23Kelsey#42
↑23Alexis#44

Falling

↓34Candace#78
↓32Catherine#87
↓29Derek#95
↓28Wesley#86
↓26Bradley#72
↓26Paul#90
↓25Melissa#67
↓25Jared#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.