State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,479 Mississippi births in 1997 across 1,025 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#67Demarcusoutside the national top 200
#68Peytonoutside the national top 200
#69Colbyoutside the national top 200
#36Jada#165 nationally
#74Landonoutside the national top 200
#50Aaliyah#176 nationally
#75Larryoutside the national top 200
#58Alexus#183 nationally
#76Terryoutside the national top 200
#53Darius#177 nationally
#47Raven#170 nationally
#80Kierraoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Hannah203US #5
#2Alexis202US #8
#3Ashley202US #3
#4Anna183US #33
#5Taylor181US #7
#6Emily178US #1
#7Jasmine178US #24
#8Kayla171US #12
#9Sarah167US #4
#10Madison155US #10
#11Jessica153US #2
#12Mary145US #46
#13Brittany143US #20
#14Shelby141US #43
#15Lauren135US #14
#16Amber133US #29
#17Courtney123US #28
#18Haley122US #31
#19Destiny120US #42
#20Victoria117US #19
#21Brianna115US #17
#22Morgan112US #22
#23Elizabeth99US #9
#24Samantha99US #6
#25Olivia88US #27
#26Jordan82US #40
#27Kaitlyn80US #41
#28Katelyn77US #63
#29Megan77US #11
#30Rachel74US #13
#31Savannah74US #47
#32Kristen72US #82
#33Kimberly70US #49
#34Breanna68US #74
#35Rebecca68US #25
#36Jada65US #165
#37Sydney64US #35
#38Abigail62US #26
#39Amanda62US #16
#40Alexandria61US #78
#41Allison61US #39
#42Katherine58US #32
#43Chelsea57US #73
#44Kelsey55US #57
#45Alyssa54US #15
#46Gabrielle53US #51
#47Raven51US #170
#48Erin50US #52
#49Tiffany50US #61
#50Aaliyah49US #176
#51Lindsey49US #95
#52Jennifer47US #18
#53Katie47US #87
#54Briana46US #72
#55Brooke45US #45
#56Sara45US #50
#57Summer45US #131
#58Alexus43US #183
#59Ariel43US #145
#60Andrea42US #58
#61Bethany42US #121
#62Erica42US #84
#63Heather42US #90
#64Bailey41US #65
#65Natalie41US #48
#66Brittney39US #130
#67Christina39US #62
#68Hailey39US #80
#69Makayla39US #102
#70Autumn38US #91
#71Sierra38US #56
#72Caitlin37US #88
#73Cheyenne37US #68
#74Miranda37US #70
#75Angel36US #144
#76Asia36US #195
#77Danielle36US #34
#78Jamie36US #103
#79Laura35US #66
#80Kierra34
#81Stephanie34US #23
#82Emma33US #36
#83Margaret33US #110
#84Monica33US #79
#85Alexandra32US #30
#86Mallory32US #190
#87Whitney32US #158
#88Madeline31US #59
#89Michaela31US #100
#90Brandi30US #199
#91Caroline30US #75
#92Adrianna29US #155
#93Tiara29
#94Ashton28
#95Dominique28US #118
#96Ebony28
#97Kathryn28US #86
#98Sabrina28US #53
#99Catherine27US #96
#100Kiara27

Boys

#1William378US #19
#2Christopher357US #4
#3James341US #17
#4Joshua336US #5
#5John305US #15
#6Michael289US #1
#7Brandon282US #8
#8Tyler253US #10
#9Austin248US #9
#10Robert238US #23
#11Jacob236US #2
#12Matthew232US #3
#13Justin221US #20
#14Zachary190US #13
#15Joseph186US #12
#16Andrew175US #7
#17Jonathan171US #21
#18David153US #14
#19Nicholas152US #6
#20Anthony141US #18
#21Jordan135US #26
#22Hunter130US #44
#23Daniel129US #11
#24Charles128US #49
#25Thomas127US #31
#26Dylan123US #30
#27Samuel116US #27
#28Timothy114US #43
#29Cody113US #36
#30Ryan111US #16
#31Christian105US #25
#32Caleb103US #47
#33Aaron92US #33
#34Dalton89US #90
#35Jeremy89US #64
#36Cameron88US #45
#37Steven87US #40
#38Benjamin86US #29
#39Eric78US #35
#40Malik78US #111
#41Kevin77US #28
#42Logan75US #42
#43Richard75US #51
#44Nathan73US #34
#45Noah70US #38
#46Patrick70US #50
#47Dustin67US #88
#48Alexander65US #22
#49Ethan63US #46
#50Kyle63US #24
#51Taylor62US #87
#52Jason60US #41
#53Darius58US #177
#54Stephen58US #68
#55Marcus57US #93
#56Kenneth54US #83
#57Isaiah52US #60
#58Antonio51US #75
#59Wesley51US #144
#60Devin50US #59
#61Corey49US #110
#62Gregory49US #103
#63Travis49US #81
#64Dakota48US #66
#65Johnathan48US #142
#66Adam47US #39
#67Demarcus47
#68Peyton47
#69Colby46
#70Tanner45US #82
#71Brian44US #37
#72Jeremiah44US #128
#73Jared43US #56
#74Landon43
#75Larry43
#76Terry43
#77Mark42US #58
#78Alex40US #55
#79Xavier40US #141
#80Blake39US #80
#81Bradley39US #94
#82Elijah39US #74
#83Jeffrey39US #84
#84Jesse39US #63
#85Mason38US #89
#86Willie38
#87Curtis37
#88George37US #121
#89Trevor37US #62
#90Tristan37US #92
#91Hayden36US #167
#92Bryan35US #69
#93Colton35US #108
#94Derrick35US #188
#95Chase34US #77
#96Donald34US #173
#97Bobby33
#98Connor33US #52
#99Ian33US #70
#100Jalen33

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑54Noah#45
↑48Abigail#38
↑36Brooke#55
↑34Aaliyah#50
↑34Bethany#61
↑30Tanner#70
↑28Jada#36
↑28Ariel#59

Falling

↓30Danielle#77
↓26Whitney#87
↓26Tristan#90
↓23Bailey#64
↓23Xavier#79
↓22Caroline#91
↓21Willie#86
↓20Tiara#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.