State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1995 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,145 Mississippi births in 1995 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.

#61Tiaraoutside the national top 200
#33Raven#171 nationally
#67Willieoutside the national top 200
#71Colbyoutside the national top 200
#72Aaliyahoutside the national top 200
#73Jarvisoutside the national top 200
#42Darius#169 nationally
#74Kiaraoutside the national top 200
#78Tamaraoutside the national top 200
#81Ladariusoutside the national top 200
#83Bobbyoutside the national top 200
#84Demarcusoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley278US #2
#2Brittany236US #8
#3Jessica212US #1
#4Kayla198US #11
#5Hannah194US #7
#6Mary194US #40
#7Jasmine192US #25
#8Emily174US #3
#9Taylor174US #6
#10Amber173US #22
#11Courtney170US #17
#12Anna164US #31
#13Alexis159US #14
#14Sarah146US #5
#15Lauren145US #15
#16Victoria140US #20
#17Haley137US #32
#18Shelby133US #38
#19Samantha120US #4
#20Destiny119US #66
#21Megan107US #13
#22Morgan105US #23
#23Madison104US #29
#24Rachel104US #12
#25Brianna100US #21
#26Elizabeth98US #10
#27Katelyn81US #59
#28Breanna80US #76
#29Chelsea79US #47
#30Heather79US #54
#31Kimberly79US #37
#32Amanda78US #9
#33Raven78US #171
#34Kelsey77US #33
#35Olivia73US #39
#36Allison72US #34
#37Kristen71US #65
#38Kaitlyn70US #42
#39Tiffany68US #46
#40Brittney66US #99
#41Jordan66US #50
#42Laura63US #56
#43Sara61US #48
#44Rebecca60US #28
#45Savannah60US #68
#46Erin59US #49
#47Katherine59US #30
#48Briana58US #74
#49Erica58US #69
#50Jennifer57US #18
#51Whitney56US #115
#52Sydney52US #43
#53Gabrielle51US #61
#54Abigail48US #36
#55Alexandria48US #72
#56Danielle48US #24
#57Crystal47US #80
#58Katie46US #77
#59Stephanie46US #16
#60Brandi45US #124
#61Tiara44
#62Andrea43US #55
#63Ariel42US #151
#64Christina42US #45
#65Lindsey42US #82
#66April40US #155
#67Bailey40US #96
#68Alicia39US #89
#69Alexandra38US #26
#70Miranda38US #57
#71Amy37US #75
#72Aaliyah36
#73Jamie36US #93
#74Kiara36
#75Brooke35US #52
#76Catherine35US #90
#77Kristin35US #131
#78Tamara35
#79Hailey34US #111
#80Kiana34US #192
#81Caroline33US #92
#82Kelly33US #64
#83Sierra33US #60
#84Brandy32US #195
#85Ebony32
#86Mallory32US #178
#87Meagan32
#88Alexus31
#89Alyssa31US #27
#90Dominique31US #140
#91Jada31
#92Leah30US #103
#93Tia29
#94Candace28
#95Cheyenne28US #86
#96Cierra28US #186
#97Kathryn28US #83
#98Melissa28US #35
#99Shannon28US #73
#100Summer28US #153

Boys

#1James395US #17
#2Christopher380US #3
#3William377US #20
#4Joshua344US #5
#5Michael319US #1
#6Austin283US #10
#7John272US #13
#8Justin270US #18
#9Robert256US #22
#10Brandon242US #8
#11Jacob237US #4
#12Tyler235US #6
#13Matthew220US #2
#14Joseph216US #12
#15Zachary186US #14
#16Nicholas180US #7
#17David173US #16
#18Daniel170US #9
#19Cody162US #26
#20Andrew160US #11
#21Jonathan154US #23
#22Thomas142US #27
#23Hunter140US #53
#24Anthony136US #19
#25Charles128US #44
#26Dustin124US #62
#27Timothy124US #40
#28Ryan116US #15
#29Aaron114US #30
#30Devin107US #58
#31Benjamin105US #31
#32Jeremy105US #48
#33Christian100US #28
#34Steven99US #37
#35Jordan96US #29
#36Samuel96US #33
#37Caleb85US #54
#38Eric84US #32
#39Richard82US #42
#40Alexander80US #21
#41Patrick80US #43
#42Darius79US #169
#43Stephen77US #57
#44Jason75US #41
#45Dylan74US #34
#46Kevin73US #25
#47Kenneth72US #72
#48Gregory70US #84
#49Corey69US #74
#50Cameron67US #49
#51Antonio66US #85
#52Kyle60US #24
#53Taylor59US #69
#54Adam58US #38
#55Nathan58US #39
#56Dakota54US #56
#57Brian52US #36
#58Logan52US #51
#59Blake50US #77
#60Mark50US #52
#61Wesley50US #129
#62Colton49US #105
#63Jesse49US #46
#64Dalton48US #87
#65Jeffrey48US #64
#66Marcus48US #81
#67Willie48
#68Derrick47US #159
#69Travis47US #66
#70Xavier47US #148
#71Colby46
#72Ethan44US #75
#73Jarvis44
#74Garrett43US #80
#75Nathaniel43US #73
#76Phillip43US #137
#77Edward42US #88
#78Johnathan42US #143
#79Paul42US #71
#80Bradley40US #78
#81Ladarius40
#82George39US #115
#83Bobby38
#84Demarcus38
#85Trevor38US #61
#86Alex37US #47
#87Preston37US #182
#88Chandler36US #177
#89Jared36US #63
#90Jerry36US #200
#91Larry36
#92Curtis34US #183
#93Tanner34US #86
#94Terrance34
#95Chase33US #95
#96Tony33US #196
#97Jamal32
#98Luke32US #82
#99Ricky32
#100Terry32

On the move since 1994

Rising

↑33Jeffrey#65
↑30Destiny#20
↑27Abigail#54
↑25Logan#58
↑23Dakota#56
↑23Garrett#74
↑22Kaitlyn#38
↑22Alicia#68

Falling

↓39Summer#100
↓28Marcus#66
↓28Jamal#97
↓27Aaliyah#72
↓27Jared#89
↓25Danielle#56
↓23Jarvis#73
↓21Alyssa#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1994 rankings.