State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1999 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,015 Mississippi births in 1999 across 1,087 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#44Ravenoutside the national top 200
#45Tyreseoutside the national top 200
#63Tatyanaoutside the national top 200
#67Peytonoutside the national top 200
#71Jaylaoutside the national top 200
#74Derrickoutside the national top 200
#75Alexusoutside the national top 200
#71Landon#196 nationally
#77Ladariusoutside the national top 200
#79Colbyoutside the national top 200
#80Asiaoutside the national top 200
#36Diamond#150 nationally

Girls

#1Madison246US #7
#2Hannah230US #2
#3Alexis224US #3
#4Anna198US #29
#5Emily179US #1
#6Destiny173US #28
#7Jasmine159US #26
#8Sarah156US #4
#9Taylor149US #8
#10Ashley148US #6
#11Kayla148US #13
#12Mary144US #45
#13Lauren133US #12
#14Brianna129US #14
#15Elizabeth120US #10
#16Haley118US #31
#17Victoria115US #16
#18Brittany112US #35
#19Morgan109US #24
#20Amber105US #41
#21Olivia101US #20
#22Savannah100US #42
#23Jessica95US #9
#24Courtney93US #44
#25Samantha90US #5
#26Megan87US #15
#27Kaitlyn85US #33
#28Katelyn81US #55
#29Jada77US #111
#30Abigail76US #18
#31Breanna76US #74
#32Shelby76US #62
#33Alyssa70US #11
#34Sydney70US #23
#35Bailey68US #65
#36Diamond66US #150
#37Kiara66US #78
#38Rachel60US #19
#39Allison56US #40
#40Angel56US #121
#41Jordan56US #48
#42Rebecca56US #38
#43Emma55US #17
#44Raven55
#45Hailey54US #54
#46Makayla54US #66
#47Katie52US #92
#48Alexandria51US #83
#49Gabrielle51US #46
#50Kelsey51US #72
#51Chelsea50US #122
#52Erin50US #58
#53Grace50US #27
#54Amanda49US #22
#55Kristen49US #114
#56Lindsey46US #96
#57Natalie46US #34
#58Katherine44US #36
#59Ariel43US #171
#60Erica43US #106
#61Sara43US #50
#62Abby42US #174
#63Tatyana42
#64Kaylee41US #69
#65Kimberly40US #51
#66Nicole40US #25
#67Caroline39US #71
#68Caitlin38US #93
#69Chloe38US #63
#70Heather38US #112
#71Jayla38
#72Jennifer38US #21
#73Julia37US #30
#74Danielle36US #43
#75Alexus35
#76Summer35US #136
#77Sierra34US #49
#78Tiffany34US #80
#79Alexandra33US #32
#80Asia33
#81Faith33US #76
#82Kaitlin33US #155
#83Madeline33US #70
#84Shania33US #190
#85Bethany32US #140
#86Rebekah32US #156
#87Autumn31US #77
#88Briana31US #82
#89Caitlyn31US #124
#90Leah31US #103
#91Mikayla31US #85
#92Aaliyah30
#93Andrea30US #59
#94Ashlyn29US #191
#95Brittney29US #128
#96Brooke29US #47
#97Cheyenne29US #84
#98Christina29US #75
#99Mallory29
#100Margaret29US #110

Boys

#1William336US #14
#2James333US #19
#3Christopher330US #6
#4Joshua315US #4
#5Michael306US #2
#6John290US #15
#7Jacob279US #1
#8Austin264US #13
#9Brandon253US #11
#10Tyler219US #10
#11Justin200US #20
#12Robert192US #26
#13Cameron190US #33
#14Matthew179US #3
#15Hunter177US #36
#16Joseph177US #8
#17Zachary173US #17
#18Jordan154US #30
#19Nicholas154US #5
#20David150US #16
#21Andrew148US #7
#22Thomas140US #31
#23Jonathan136US #22
#24Samuel136US #27
#25Christian135US #25
#26Anthony132US #18
#27Dylan130US #23
#28Charles128US #50
#29Ethan115US #37
#30Caleb114US #41
#31Timothy111US #49
#32Benjamin105US #29
#33Noah103US #24
#34Daniel100US #9
#35Logan96US #42
#36Ryan91US #12
#37Cody89US #45
#38Dalton89US #86
#39Nathan85US #32
#40Richard76US #61
#41Aaron74US #38
#42Steven68US #47
#43Devin66US #68
#44Kyle66US #28
#45Tyrese66
#46Alexander65US #21
#47Eric62US #39
#48Jason62US #40
#49Kenneth62US #89
#50Patrick62US #63
#51Jeremiah60US #108
#52Jeremy60US #81
#53Antonio59US #80
#54Malik59US #165
#55Xavier58US #114
#56Kevin57US #34
#57Seth57US #65
#58Jalen56US #172
#59Jared55US #54
#60Brian53US #43
#61Dakota53US #77
#62Gabriel53US #53
#63Gregory52US #122
#64Isaiah52US #51
#65Alex51US #58
#66Johnathan51US #146
#67Peyton51
#68Jackson50US #83
#69Corey49US #135
#70Marcus49US #98
#71Landon48US #196
#72Stephen48US #85
#73Connor46US #48
#74Derrick46
#75Dustin46US #133
#76Elijah46US #60
#77Ladarius45
#78Nathaniel45US #62
#79Colby44
#80Garrett44US #78
#81Hayden44US #150
#82Luke43US #67
#83Preston43US #162
#84Tristan43US #99
#85Colton42US #109
#86Trevor42US #66
#87Darius41US #199
#88Mason41US #71
#89Taylor39US #120
#90Bradley38US #104
#91Edward38US #103
#92Larry38
#93Chandler37US #151
#94Dawson37US #136
#95Jaylon37
#96Wesley36US #168
#97Gavin35US #101
#98Willie35
#99Chase34US #76
#100Kaleb34US #159

On the move since 1998

Rising

↑40Natalie#57
↑35Kiara#37
↑34Hailey#45
↑34Chelsea#51
↑33Gabriel#62
↑29Raven#44
↑25Lindsey#56
↑21Connor#73

Falling

↓37Taylor#89
↓36Cheyenne#97
↓34Danielle#74
↓33Summer#76
↓32Aaliyah#92
↓31Dustin#75
↓29Darius#87
↓27Chandler#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1998 rankings.