State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1994 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,838 Mississippi births in 1994 across 1,004 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#45Aaliyahoutside the national top 200
#50Jarvisoutside the national top 200
#64Kiaraoutside the national top 200
#66Shaquilleoutside the national top 200
#69Jamaloutside the national top 200
#71Kierraoutside the national top 200
#71Tevinoutside the national top 200
#72Alisha#200 nationally
#73Willieoutside the national top 200
#74Ebonyoutside the national top 200
#70Larry#196 nationally
#58Jalen#183 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley311US #2
#2Jessica287US #1
#3Jasmine256US #23
#4Brittany255US #7
#5Amber197US #21
#6Kayla187US #12
#7Courtney173US #22
#8Emily163US #3
#9Taylor161US #6
#10Mary159US #37
#11Hannah158US #16
#12Alexis151US #18
#13Sarah148US #5
#14Lauren147US #14
#15Anna146US #41
#16Haley137US #36
#17Victoria137US #19
#18Elizabeth131US #9
#19Samantha121US #4
#20Morgan117US #25
#21Shelby113US #40
#22Brianna105US #27
#23Kelsey103US #29
#24Kimberly101US #32
#25Rachel96US #13
#26Heather94US #44
#27Amanda91US #8
#28Megan89US #10
#29Kristen87US #55
#30Tiffany85US #35
#31Danielle80US #20
#32Chelsea78US #38
#33Olivia76US #50
#34Raven76US #156
#35Allison74US #34
#36Rebecca72US #24
#37Brittney69US #89
#38Whitney69US #91
#39Jordan68US #52
#40Katherine68US #30
#41Stephanie68US #15
#42Madison66US #51
#43Breanna65US #85
#44Alexandria64US #73
#45Aaliyah63
#46Jennifer63US #17
#47Sara63US #43
#48Katelyn61US #58
#49Crystal58US #64
#50Destiny57US #86
#51Savannah57US #82
#52Briana56US #68
#53Erin54US #45
#54Laura54US #46
#55Christina51US #39
#56Erica50US #57
#57Lindsey50US #69
#58Gabrielle49US #67
#59Katie49US #70
#60Kaitlyn48US #48
#61Summer48US #141
#62April47US #127
#63Miranda46US #61
#64Kiara45
#65Andrea43US #49
#66Brandi42US #122
#67Khadijah42US #184
#68Alyssa41US #26
#69Ariel41US #146
#70Jamie41US #87
#71Kierra41
#72Alisha40US #200
#73Brooke38US #54
#74Ebony37
#75Mallory37US #187
#76Amy36US #77
#77Dominique36US #132
#78Michelle35US #33
#79Nicole35US #11
#80Kristin34US #114
#81Abigail33US #42
#82Chelsey33US #178
#83Sabrina33US #97
#84Alexandra32US #28
#85Alexus32
#86Angel32US #176
#87Hailey32US #119
#88Kathryn32US #79
#89Kelly32US #62
#90Alicia31US #83
#91Bethany31US #116
#92Caitlin31US #78
#93Kadijah31
#94Ashton30
#95Hayley30US #136
#96Holly30US #112
#97Precious30
#98Angela29US #81
#99Candace29
#100Shannon29US #60

Boys

#1James406US #14
#2Christopher403US #2
#3William386US #19
#4Michael379US #1
#5Joshua349US #4
#6Austin313US #17
#7Brandon282US #6
#8Justin266US #20
#9John261US #15
#10Jacob233US #7
#11Tyler232US #5
#12Robert231US #21
#13Matthew218US #3
#14Zachary218US #12
#15Joseph204US #11
#16Jonathan193US #23
#17David192US #13
#18Cody176US #25
#19Charles175US #43
#20Daniel163US #8
#21Anthony155US #18
#22Thomas153US #27
#23Andrew151US #10
#24Jeremy149US #47
#25Nicholas144US #9
#26Aaron128US #28
#27Dustin117US #56
#28Hunter117US #67
#29Timothy115US #39
#30Ryan109US #16
#31Jordan107US #29
#32Steven107US #34
#33Samuel105US #33
#34Benjamin100US #31
#35Caleb95US #60
#36Patrick95US #42
#37Dylan88US #32
#38Marcus88US #75
#39Kevin87US #26
#40Kenneth86US #65
#41Taylor83US #54
#42Darius81US #155
#43Eric81US #30
#44Nathan81US #40
#45Richard76US #41
#46Alexander74US #22
#47Devin71US #61
#48Stephen70US #49
#49Christian68US #35
#50Jarvis67
#51Jesse67US #45
#52Cameron65US #52
#53Derrick65US #136
#54Dalton64US #85
#55Adam63US #38
#56Gregory63US #76
#57Corey62US #73
#58Jalen62US #183
#59Brian61US #37
#60Mark60US #48
#61Xavier59US #139
#62Jared58US #63
#63Travis58US #53
#64Jason57US #46
#65Kyle56US #24
#66Shaquille51
#67Blake50US #81
#68Antonio49US #88
#69Jamal48
#70Larry48US #196
#71Tevin47
#72Wesley47US #118
#73Willie47
#74Bradley46US #83
#75Johnathan46US #134
#76Jerry45US #192
#77Paul45US #64
#78Terrance45
#79Dakota44US #69
#80Phillip44US #131
#81Nathaniel43US #78
#82Ethan42US #89
#83Logan40US #70
#84Trevor40US #58
#85Bobby39
#86Alex38US #50
#87Tony38US #190
#88Demarcus37
#89Mitchell37US #71
#90Rodney37
#91Chase36US #114
#92Devonte36
#93Edward36US #84
#94Johnny36US #165
#95Ladarius36
#96Bryan35US #66
#97Garrett35US #82
#98Jeffrey35US #55
#99Curtis34US #170
#100Dillon34US #101

On the move since 1993

Rising

↑35Jalen#58
↑32Summer#61
↑27Gabrielle#58
↑26Jared#62
↑24Jarvis#50
↑23Mallory#75
↑22Allison#35
↑20Alyssa#68

Falling

↓41Candace#99
↓32Ariel#69
↓32Jeffrey#98
↓30Shannon#100
↓25Kathryn#88
↓24Dominique#77
↓22Alexandra#84
↓21Antonio#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1993 rankings.