State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,520 Mississippi births in 1998 across 1,118 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#60Aaliyahoutside the national top 200
#64Myaoutside the national top 200
#70Jaylaoutside the national top 200
#71Jalenoutside the national top 200
#72Peytonoutside the national top 200
#56Alexus#184 nationally
#74Asiaoutside the national top 200
#81Demarcusoutside the national top 200
#47Diamond#164 nationally
#85Bobbyoutside the national top 200
#87Ladariusoutside the national top 200
#73Raven#185 nationally

Girls

#1Alexis235US #6
#2Hannah233US #2
#3Madison231US #9
#4Taylor202US #7
#5Anna186US #31
#6Emily183US #1
#7Ashley173US #5
#8Destiny169US #34
#9Sarah158US #4
#10Jasmine152US #26
#11Brittany141US #25
#12Mary141US #44
#13Kayla127US #12
#14Amber125US #37
#15Lauren125US #14
#16Jessica124US #8
#17Victoria122US #16
#18Haley114US #36
#19Morgan111US #23
#20Brianna110US #17
#21Courtney109US #39
#22Alyssa103US #11
#23Elizabeth100US #10
#24Shelby99US #49
#25Olivia92US #21
#26Megan88US #13
#27Kaitlyn86US #35
#28Samantha85US #3
#29Savannah84US #45
#30Katelyn80US #58
#31Rachel79US #15
#32Jordan75US #42
#33Kelsey72US #56
#34Jada68US #119
#35Sydney68US #28
#36Breanna67US #76
#37Makayla65US #71
#38Gabrielle63US #47
#39Kimberly63US #54
#40Danielle60US #41
#41Rebecca60US #30
#42Katherine59US #33
#43Summer59US #131
#44Amanda58US #19
#45Abigail57US #18
#46Alexandria54US #81
#47Diamond53US #164
#48Allison51US #38
#49Sara51US #48
#50Bailey49US #60
#51Kristen49US #102
#52Heather47US #99
#53Katie46US #88
#54Angel45US #138
#55Emma45US #22
#56Alexus44US #184
#57Jennifer43US #20
#58Tiffany43US #67
#59Ariel42US #147
#60Aaliyah41
#61Cheyenne41US #72
#62Erin41US #57
#63Michaela41US #103
#64Mya41
#65Julia40US #32
#66Stephanie40US #29
#67Caitlin39US #78
#68Kaylee39US #86
#69Briana38US #79
#70Jayla38
#71Kathryn38US #89
#72Kiara38US #172
#73Raven38US #185
#74Asia37
#75Madeline37US #50
#76Alexandra36US #27
#77Autumn36US #77
#78Erica36US #92
#79Hailey36US #70
#80Laura36US #74
#81Lindsey36US #97
#82Caroline35US #75
#83Sierra34US #51
#84Carly33US #141
#85Chelsea33US #94
#86Chloe33US #87
#87Brooke32US #46
#88Caitlyn32US #115
#89Bethany31US #132
#90Tamara31
#91Whitney31US #193
#92Brittney30US #143
#93Faith30US #107
#94Mackenzie30US #64
#95Mallory30
#96Molly30US #108
#97Natalie30US #40
#98Precious30
#99Alicia29US #98
#100Cassidy28US #113

Boys

#1James383US #18
#2William380US #14
#3Christopher333US #5
#4Austin301US #10
#5Joshua301US #4
#6Michael297US #1
#7John269US #15
#8Jacob268US #2
#9Brandon260US #7
#10Matthew234US #3
#11Robert209US #23
#12Tyler208US #8
#13Justin204US #20
#14Joseph177US #11
#15Nicholas173US #6
#16Hunter163US #36
#17Charles159US #48
#18Andrew156US #9
#19Jordan153US #27
#20Zachary152US #16
#21Jonathan149US #21
#22David143US #13
#23Dylan141US #25
#24Cameron138US #35
#25Thomas133US #31
#26Daniel121US #12
#27Caleb119US #42
#28Christian118US #26
#29Samuel114US #28
#30Cody107US #43
#31Anthony105US #19
#32Ryan105US #17
#33Aaron97US #37
#34Timothy97US #49
#35Jeremy88US #68
#36Noah88US #29
#37Ethan86US #38
#38Steven83US #46
#39Benjamin82US #30
#40Devin79US #62
#41Eric77US #39
#42Jason77US #40
#43Richard76US #56
#44Dustin75US #108
#45Kenneth73US #87
#46Logan71US #44
#47Nathan71US #34
#48Dalton68US #88
#49Alexander61US #22
#50Patrick60US #57
#51Stephen60US #78
#52Taylor59US #104
#53Dakota58US #72
#54Kevin58US #32
#55Johnathan55US #143
#56Adam54US #45
#57Jared54US #51
#58Darius53US #162
#59Kyle53US #24
#60Xavier52US #131
#61Malik51US #138
#62Alex50US #55
#63Brian49US #41
#64Jeremiah49US #114
#65Marcus49US #96
#66Chandler48US #173
#67Corey48US #115
#68Isaiah48US #59
#69Colton47US #106
#70Elijah46US #66
#71Jalen46
#72Peyton46
#73Antonio44US #79
#74Blake44US #85
#75Jackson44US #100
#76Mason44US #83
#77Trevor44US #58
#78Bradley43US #101
#79Gregory43US #109
#80Tanner42US #82
#81Demarcus41
#82Hayden41US #160
#83Jeffrey41US #91
#84Wesley41US #153
#85Bobby40
#86Garrett40US #80
#87Ladarius40
#88Nathaniel40US #60
#89Paul40US #89
#90Tristan40US #92
#91Willie40
#92Chase39US #67
#93Colby39
#94Connor39US #47
#95Gabriel39US #54
#96Parker39US #142
#97Terry39
#98Edward38US #105
#99Kendrick37
#100Johnny36

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑37Danielle#40
↑32Makayla#37
↑29Jalen#71
↑28Kiara#72
↑27Emma#55
↑26Michaela#63
↑26Kathryn#71
↑24Colton#69

Falling

↓42Chelsea#85
↓32Brooke#87
↓32Natalie#97
↓30Lindsey#81
↓28Bethany#89
↓26Raven#73
↓26Brittney#92
↓25Wesley#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.