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Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,751 Mississippi births in 1996 across 1,034 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#64Jadaoutside the national top 200
#65Willieoutside the national top 200
#50Raven#184 nationally
#69Demarcusoutside the national top 200
#73Tiaraoutside the national top 200
#73Ladariusoutside the national top 200
#74Terryoutside the national top 200
#58Darius#182 nationally
#77Ebonyoutside the national top 200
#57Alexus#178 nationally
#81Kiaraoutside the national top 200
#84Aaliyahoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley234US #3
#2Hannah224US #7
#3Alexis205US #8
#4Jasmine197US #28
#5Taylor185US #6
#6Jessica177US #2
#7Anna174US #33
#8Brittany173US #14
#9Kayla156US #11
#10Amber154US #27
#11Emily153US #1
#12Sarah149US #4
#13Madison146US #15
#14Mary145US #44
#15Haley136US #30
#16Courtney127US #21
#17Elizabeth120US #10
#18Brianna119US #17
#19Lauren119US #16
#20Shelby115US #35
#21Samantha110US #5
#22Victoria105US #18
#23Destiny100US #56
#24Morgan98US #25
#25Megan93US #12
#26Rachel93US #9
#27Breanna86US #74
#28Savannah86US #43
#29Kimberly81US #41
#30Kelsey72US #36
#31Amanda71US #13
#32Katelyn71US #64
#33Allison70US #38
#34Katherine70US #31
#35Rebecca70US #24
#36Kristen68US #70
#37Olivia64US #34
#38Chelsea62US #55
#39Alexandria61US #77
#40Jordan60US #49
#41Bailey58US #85
#42Sara58US #50
#43Kaitlyn57US #40
#44Tiffany57US #52
#45Heather56US #71
#46Briana54US #72
#47Danielle53US #29
#48Lindsey53US #86
#49Erica52US #79
#50Raven52US #184
#51Brittney50US #115
#52Alyssa48US #23
#53Sydney47US #39
#54Crystal45US #92
#55Gabrielle45US #54
#56Erin44US #51
#57Alexus43US #178
#58Caitlin43US #84
#59Jennifer43US #19
#60Katie43US #81
#61Whitney42US #140
#62Hailey41US #93
#63Alicia40US #91
#64Jada40
#65Stephanie40US #20
#66Christina39US #57
#67Miranda39US #76
#68Alexandra38US #26
#69Caroline38US #78
#70Autumn37US #104
#71Angela36US #90
#72Mariah36US #63
#73Tiara36
#74Laura35US #66
#75Cheyenne34US #68
#76Dominique34US #122
#77Ebony34
#78Molly34US #99
#79Andrea33US #61
#80Kathryn33US #87
#81Kiara33
#82Mallory33US #183
#83Summer33US #137
#84Aaliyah32
#85Margaret32US #105
#86Abigail31US #32
#87Ariel31US #163
#88Brandi31US #161
#89Kaitlin31US #103
#90Angel30US #162
#91Brooke30US #45
#92Jamie30US #96
#93Sierra30US #62
#94Asia29US #200
#95Bethany29US #117
#96Meagan29US #193
#97Justice28
#98Kierra28
#99Sabrina28US #58
#100April27US #177

Boys

#1William378US #18
#2Christopher375US #4
#3Joshua349US #5
#4James333US #17
#5Austin320US #9
#6Michael294US #1
#7Justin271US #20
#8Brandon263US #8
#9John258US #15
#10Jacob243US #3
#11Matthew238US #2
#12Tyler207US #7
#13Robert200US #23
#14Joseph197US #12
#15Zachary192US #14
#16David178US #13
#17Jonathan174US #21
#18Nicholas160US #6
#19Charles155US #43
#20Hunter155US #47
#21Andrew150US #10
#22Cody146US #31
#23Thomas136US #28
#24Daniel129US #11
#25Anthony128US #19
#26Jordan114US #27
#27Christian112US #24
#28Dylan108US #33
#29Ryan108US #16
#30Samuel107US #30
#31Dustin102US #79
#32Timothy102US #40
#33Aaron99US #34
#34Caleb97US #48
#35Benjamin89US #29
#36Steven89US #38
#37Malik88US #97
#38Patrick88US #44
#39Eric82US #35
#40Jeremy78US #56
#41Kevin77US #26
#42Devin75US #60
#43Stephen75US #59
#44Cameron74US #49
#45Alexander72US #22
#46Richard72US #45
#47Dakota71US #58
#48Jason71US #41
#49Nathan71US #37
#50Taylor71US #82
#51Gregory65US #98
#52Dalton63US #99
#53Logan62US #42
#54Ethan61US #62
#55Antonio60US #80
#56Xavier60US #141
#57Marcus58US #87
#58Darius57US #182
#59Kenneth57US #77
#60Wesley56US #137
#61Adam54US #39
#62Elijah53US #81
#63Corey52US #94
#64Tristan51US #68
#65Willie51
#66Mason48US #104
#67Alex47US #53
#68Brian44US #36
#69Demarcus44
#70Garrett44US #85
#71Kyle44US #25
#72Blake43US #84
#73Ladarius42
#74Terry42
#75Bryan40US #66
#76Jesse40US #51
#77Johnathan40US #138
#78Johnny40US #193
#79Bradley39US #83
#80Chase39US #76
#81Dillon39US #121
#82George39US #118
#83Hayden39US #168
#84Trevor39US #63
#85Colton38US #105
#86Gabriel38US #61
#87Jared38US #64
#88Jarvis38
#89Curtis37US #191
#90Derrick37US #169
#91Mark37US #55
#92Chandler36US #157
#93Kendrick36
#94Peyton36
#95Edward35US #96
#96Larry35
#97Colby34
#98Jeffrey34US #72
#99Noah34US #50
#100Tanner34US #90

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑37Alyssa#52
↑31Alexus#57
↑27Jada#64
↑26Bailey#41
↑26Terry#74
↑20Cheyenne#75
↑19Alex#67
↑18Ethan#54

Falling

↓34April#100
↓33Jeffrey#98
↓32Laura#74
↓32Abigail#86
↓31Mark#91
↓28Brandi#88
↓26Colby#97
↓24Ariel#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.