State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1992 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,268 Mississippi births in 1992 across 1,028 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#47Willieoutside the national top 200
#56Bobbyoutside the national top 200
#63Chasityoutside the national top 200
#61Kiara#193 nationally
#75Terranceoutside the national top 200
#62Candace#186 nationally
#77Ebonyoutside the national top 200
#78Jarvisoutside the national top 200
#40Tevin#162 nationally
#32Raven#151 nationally
#82Diamondoutside the national top 200
#79Terry#196 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley417US #1
#2Jessica363US #2
#3Brittany310US #4
#4Jasmine275US #28
#5Kayla224US #13
#6Amber216US #19
#7Courtney177US #21
#8Sarah162US #5
#9Lauren157US #12
#10Mary153US #36
#11Elizabeth145US #9
#12Amanda144US #3
#13Kimberly143US #35
#14Anna136US #49
#15Emily134US #7
#16Megan134US #10
#17Shelby131US #34
#18Tiffany129US #32
#19Chelsea128US #15
#20Samantha126US #6
#21Heather125US #31
#22Taylor123US #17
#23Victoria119US #22
#24Hannah115US #26
#25Morgan104US #41
#26Haley101US #56
#27Jennifer98US #11
#28Stephanie95US #8
#29Rachel94US #16
#30Olivia88US #58
#31Brittney86US #68
#32Raven84US #151
#33Kelsey82US #23
#34Katherine81US #27
#35Ariel78US #87
#36Erica78US #44
#37Alexis76US #40
#38Kristen76US #53
#39Brianna69US #43
#40Danielle68US #18
#41Erin67US #46
#42Lindsey67US #57
#43Rebecca66US #20
#44Andrea63US #39
#45Christina63US #33
#46Crystal63US #50
#47Dominique63US #116
#48Whitney63US #85
#49Katie62US #54
#50Alexandria60US #73
#51Laura57US #38
#52Sara57US #37
#53Allison56US #48
#54April55US #103
#55Angela52US #69
#56Kaitlyn52US #42
#57Breanna49US #94
#58Katelyn49US #65
#59Briana48US #79
#60Brandi47US #110
#61Kiara47US #193
#62Candace46US #186
#63Chasity46
#64Melissa46US #24
#65Jamie45US #75
#66Kathryn44US #60
#67Jordan43US #63
#68Amy41US #51
#69Alicia40US #71
#70Hillary40US #132
#71Miranda38US #89
#72Destiny37US #130
#73Holly37US #99
#74Michelle36US #25
#75Bethany35US #115
#76Catherine35US #78
#77Ebony35
#78Meagan35US #157
#79Madison34US #107
#80Chelsey33US #117
#81Deanna33US #155
#82Diamond33
#83Gabrielle33US #84
#84Britney32US #194
#85Kelly32US #47
#86Kristin32US #90
#87Lacey32US #173
#88Monica32US #77
#89Precious32
#90Savannah32US #143
#91Shanice32US #162
#92Summer32
#93Brandy31US #168
#94Nicole31US #14
#95Mariah30US #74
#96Shannon30US #66
#97Alexandra29US #29
#98Brooke29US #59
#99Latoya29
#100Mallory29US #172

Boys

#1Christopher516US #2
#2James474US #9
#3Michael399US #1
#4William395US #20
#5Joshua351US #4
#6John333US #14
#7Brandon305US #6
#8Justin304US #18
#9Robert278US #17
#10Matthew263US #3
#11Joseph236US #11
#12Zachary224US #16
#13Jonathan215US #21
#14Jeremy211US #47
#15David210US #10
#16Jacob209US #15
#17Tyler207US #8
#18Cody201US #24
#19Charles192US #43
#20Andrew186US #5
#21Daniel160US #7
#22Anthony140US #19
#23Nicholas139US #12
#24Steven137US #29
#25Thomas136US #27
#26Ryan134US #13
#27Timothy128US #34
#28Aaron125US #30
#29Dustin119US #58
#30Austin109US #38
#31Patrick107US #39
#32Eric105US #26
#33Dylan102US #28
#34Jordan102US #32
#35Kenneth102US #59
#36Richard102US #41
#37Benjamin99US #33
#38Gregory93US #60
#39Stephen93US #45
#40Tevin93US #162
#41Kevin90US #25
#42Brian89US #31
#43Corey89US #65
#44Samuel86US #40
#45Marcus79US #82
#46Antonio78US #85
#47Willie77
#48Darius74US #164
#49Hunter71US #135
#50Christian68US #35
#51Adam66US #36
#52Cameron66US #53
#53Devin66US #75
#54Ethan66US #76
#55Jason66US #46
#56Bobby65
#57Taylor65US #52
#58Travis64US #48
#59Jeffrey62US #51
#60Derrick61US #120
#61Kyle61US #22
#62Alexander60US #23
#63Wesley60US #111
#64Edward59US #70
#65Jared58US #67
#66Mark56US #49
#67Johnathan55US #122
#68Nathan55US #44
#69Bradley54US #72
#70Cory54US #83
#71Phillip54US #107
#72Caleb52US #74
#73Larry52US #173
#74Jesse51US #50
#75Terrance51
#76Paul48US #55
#77George47US #95
#78Jarvis47
#79Terry47US #196
#80Xavier47US #147
#81Jerry44US #183
#82Johnny44US #153
#83Alex43US #54
#84Desmond43
#85Donald43US #110
#86Kendrick43
#87Keith42US #102
#88Shawn42US #71
#89Dillon41US #73
#90Devante40US #199
#91Jamie40
#92Billy39
#93Bryan38US #57
#94Demarcus38
#95Reginald38
#96Sean38US #42
#97Curtis37US #142
#98Devonte37
#99Eddie37
#100Jeffery37US #176

On the move since 1991

Rising

↑59Tevin#40
↑34Brianna#39
↑32Dominique#47
↑32Briana#59
↑32Jared#65
↑27Miranda#71
↑23Wesley#63
↑19Mark#66

Falling

↓37Shannon#96
↓36Kristin#86
↓35Latoya#99
↓24Ebony#77
↓23Caleb#72
↓23Jerry#81
↓22Meagan#78
↓21Jordan#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1991 rankings.