State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1993 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,252 Mississippi births in 1993 across 1,006 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#58Candaceoutside the national top 200
#59Kiara#193 nationally
#68Terryoutside the national top 200
#73Willieoutside the national top 200
#74Jarvisoutside the national top 200
#75Terranceoutside the national top 200
#78Tevinoutside the national top 200
#81Ebonyoutside the national top 200
#67Jerry#186 nationally
#82Kierraoutside the national top 200
#65Larry#183 nationally
#64Shaquille#181 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley403US #2
#2Brittany318US #6
#3Jessica299US #1
#4Jasmine292US #23
#5Amber229US #17
#6Emily179US #5
#7Courtney163US #20
#8Sarah158US #3
#9Kayla155US #16
#10Lauren154US #12
#11Mary147US #36
#12Taylor147US #7
#13Hannah146US #21
#14Victoria144US #19
#15Alexis133US #27
#16Samantha131US #4
#17Chelsea130US #25
#18Elizabeth126US #9
#19Haley126US #42
#20Anna119US #47
#21Morgan117US #34
#22Shelby115US #37
#23Amanda110US #8
#24Megan108US #11
#25Kimberly107US #39
#26Tiffany106US #33
#27Kelsey100US #24
#28Raven93US #139
#29Rachel88US #14
#30Brianna87US #32
#31Heather83US #38
#32Jennifer83US #15
#33Rebecca77US #22
#34Stephanie77US #10
#35Whitney72US #82
#36Katherine71US #29
#37Ariel69US #121
#38Olivia65US #50
#39Erica64US #49
#40Alexandria63US #69
#41Breanna63US #83
#42Brittney63US #77
#43Danielle63US #18
#44Kristen63US #61
#45Lindsey61US #56
#46Christina60US #35
#47Madison56US #78
#48Crystal55US #57
#49Jordan54US #58
#50Melissa54US #30
#51Sara53US #40
#52Destiny52US #111
#53Dominique50US #122
#54April49US #112
#55Katelyn49US #54
#56Katie48US #63
#57Allison47US #41
#58Candace47
#59Kiara47US #193
#60Andrea45US #44
#61Savannah45US #96
#62Alexandra44US #28
#63Kathryn44US #68
#64Catherine42US #75
#65Erin42US #48
#66Laura42US #43
#67Brandi41US #124
#68Briana40US #71
#69Kaitlyn39US #46
#70Shannon39US #53
#71Alicia38US #76
#72Kristin38US #109
#73Michelle38US #31
#74Jamie37US #79
#75Miranda37US #89
#76Bria36US #175
#77Hayley36US #126
#78Kelly36US #51
#79Brooke35US #52
#80Amy34US #65
#81Ebony34
#82Kierra34
#83Bethany33US #115
#84Bianca33US #101
#85Gabrielle33US #84
#86Chelsey32US #145
#87Tiara32
#88Alyssa31US #26
#89Margaret31US #102
#90Monica31US #86
#91Sabrina31US #97
#92Nicole30US #13
#93Summer30US #180
#94Angela29US #73
#95Caitlin29US #64
#96Chasity29
#97Leslie29US #138
#98Mallory29US #181
#99Ashleigh28US #188
#100Mercedes28US #171

Boys

#1James439US #14
#2Christopher430US #2
#3Michael380US #1
#4William374US #18
#5Joshua353US #4
#6John284US #16
#7Brandon277US #6
#8Justin273US #20
#9Robert260US #17
#10David234US #11
#11Matthew223US #3
#12Tyler222US #5
#13Zachary216US #15
#14Jonathan207US #22
#15Joseph206US #12
#16Austin204US #26
#17Jacob199US #9
#18Charles175US #44
#19Cody175US #24
#20Andrew161US #10
#21Jeremy161US #46
#22Daniel158US #7
#23Nicholas155US #8
#24Anthony154US #19
#25Ryan148US #13
#26Thomas143US #27
#27Steven132US #31
#28Aaron121US #30
#29Patrick118US #43
#30Timothy116US #38
#31Richard114US #40
#32Kevin104US #25
#33Eric102US #29
#34Hunter96US #97
#35Jordan95US #28
#36Samuel93US #37
#37Benjamin90US #32
#38Alexander86US #21
#39Kenneth86US #60
#40Corey83US #68
#41Brian81US #34
#42Dustin80US #59
#43Dylan75US #33
#44Stephen75US #47
#45Travis74US #50
#46Taylor73US #51
#47Antonio72US #89
#48Kyle72US #23
#49Devin71US #71
#50Nathan71US #41
#51Adam70US #39
#52Jesse70US #48
#53Marcus70US #74
#54Caleb68US #66
#55Gregory68US #65
#56Darius67US #161
#57Cameron65US #54
#58Christian62US #35
#59Wesley60US #113
#60Johnathan59US #128
#61Jason58US #45
#62Xavier57US #141
#63Derrick54US #129
#64Shaquille53US #181
#65Larry51US #183
#66Jeffrey50US #53
#67Jerry50US #186
#68Terry50
#69Dalton49US #106
#70Alex48US #52
#71Blake48US #83
#72Bradley48US #73
#73Willie48
#74Jarvis47
#75Terrance47
#76Phillip46US #117
#77George45US #104
#78Tevin44
#79Trevor44US #64
#80Donald43US #118
#81Paul43US #56
#82Bryan42US #61
#83Ethan42US #92
#84Logan42US #76
#85Billy41
#86Jeffery41US #192
#87Edward40US #78
#88Jared40US #63
#89Johnny40US #165
#90Bobby38
#91Cory37US #94
#92Demarcus37
#93Jalen37
#94Ladarius37
#95Tony37US #171
#96Garrett36US #79
#97Jimmy36US #199
#98Kendrick36
#99Malcolm36
#100Micheal36

On the move since 1992

Rising

↑35Alexandra#62
↑32Madison#47
↑29Savannah#61
↑26Shannon#70
↑24Alexander#38
↑22Alexis#15
↑22Jesse#52
↑20Destiny#52

Falling

↓39Angela#94
↓38Tevin#78
↓34Bobby#90
↓33Chasity#96
↓29Ethan#83
↓26Willie#73
↓24Erin#65
↓23Edward#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1992 rankings.