State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 2000 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,582 Mississippi births in 2000 across 1,125 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#52Jaylaoutside the national top 200
#53Landon#200 nationally
#54Jaylonoutside the national top 200
#55Ravenoutside the national top 200
#60Asiaoutside the national top 200
#76Jaylenoutside the national top 200
#79Aaliyahoutside the national top 200
#43Diamond#162 nationally
#64Peyton#183 nationally
#86Cameronoutside the national top 200
#86Colbyoutside the national top 200
#70Ariel#184 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah283US #2
#2Madison233US #3
#3Anna228US #22
#4Destiny202US #24
#5Alexis197US #6
#6Emily164US #1
#7Taylor156US #10
#8Mary152US #46
#9Sarah152US #5
#10Elizabeth140US #9
#11Brianna133US #15
#12Kayla133US #13
#13Jasmine132US #27
#14Jessica120US #8
#15Ashley117US #4
#16Kaitlyn114US #30
#17Olivia114US #16
#18Amber107US #47
#19Lauren103US #11
#20Haley101US #28
#21Morgan95US #25
#22Victoria93US #20
#23Jada89US #84
#24Shelby86US #70
#25Breanna83US #80
#26Courtney81US #59
#27Savannah78US #37
#28Chloe77US #38
#29Samantha77US #7
#30Makayla74US #67
#31Hailey73US #35
#32Katelyn73US #54
#33Abigail72US #14
#34Jordan69US #50
#35Angel68US #119
#36Brittany65US #60
#37Emma65US #17
#38Alyssa64US #12
#39Sydney63US #23
#40Megan62US #18
#41Alexandria60US #91
#42Bailey60US #68
#43Diamond59US #162
#44Rachel58US #21
#45Rebecca58US #39
#46Gabrielle52US #49
#47Mackenzie50US #43
#48Trinity50US #74
#49Caitlin49US #76
#50Erin49US #61
#51Faith49US #66
#52Jayla48
#53Danielle47US #48
#54Sara47US #57
#55Raven46
#56Kaylee45US #72
#57Sierra45US #53
#58Allison43US #44
#59Amanda43US #32
#60Asia43
#61Katherine43US #33
#62Christina42US #73
#63Katie42US #95
#64Autumn41US #77
#65Summer41US #145
#66Kelsey40US #88
#67Kimberly40US #58
#68Lindsey40US #103
#69Skylar40US #135
#70Ariel39US #184
#71Grace39US #19
#72Madeline39US #56
#73Caroline38US #65
#74Julia38US #29
#75Laura37US #85
#76Mikayla37US #108
#77Bethany36US #151
#78Molly36US #96
#79Aaliyah35
#80Erica35US #102
#81Kiara35US #130
#82Briana34US #83
#83Mckenzie34US #133
#84Andrea33US #55
#85Caitlyn33US #118
#86Cameron33
#87Heather33US #125
#88Alexandra32US #36
#89Chelsea32US #140
#90Kierra32
#91Madelyn32US #126
#92Reagan32
#93Jennifer31US #26
#94Kennedy31US #139
#95Maggie31US #198
#96Makenzie31US #199
#97Ashlyn29US #178
#98Alexus28
#99Cheyenne28US #99
#100Mya28US #175

Boys

#1William391US #11
#2James326US #18
#3Christopher316US #5
#4Michael270US #2
#5Jacob269US #1
#6John267US #14
#7Joshua257US #4
#8Tyler217US #10
#9Joseph214US #8
#10Austin208US #23
#11Matthew206US #3
#12Brandon202US #12
#13Justin198US #19
#14Cameron182US #31
#15Robert178US #29
#16Christian164US #22
#17Zachary163US #15
#18Hunter162US #35
#19Andrew158US #7
#20David152US #16
#21Charles144US #51
#22Ethan141US #25
#23Nicholas139US #6
#24Jordan137US #36
#25Thomas135US #33
#26Caleb126US #38
#27Jonathan123US #21
#28Dylan120US #24
#29Daniel118US #9
#30Anthony114US #17
#31Nathan104US #30
#32Samuel103US #28
#33Noah98US #27
#34Timothy98US #58
#35Cody94US #60
#36Logan92US #40
#37Devin90US #69
#38Jason89US #39
#39Jalen88US #106
#40Ryan85US #13
#41Benjamin82US #26
#42Dalton82US #91
#43Elijah75US #52
#44Aaron72US #41
#45Eric72US #42
#46Xavier71US #103
#47Richard70US #65
#48Steven68US #54
#49Patrick67US #68
#50Seth65US #63
#51Alexander64US #20
#52Kevin63US #32
#53Landon63US #200
#54Jaylon62
#55Garrett61US #74
#56Mason61US #64
#57Antonio58US #82
#58Hayden58US #129
#59Marcus57US #99
#60Tanner57US #93
#61Kenneth56US #94
#62Alex55US #62
#63Jackson55US #72
#64Peyton55US #183
#65Taylor55US #136
#66Gavin54US #85
#67Jared54US #56
#68Gregory53US #138
#69Isaiah53US #47
#70Kyle53US #37
#71Jeremy52US #84
#72Malik52US #176
#73Dakota51US #88
#74Wesley50US #171
#75Preston49US #142
#76Jaylen48
#77Adam47US #45
#78Chase47US #77
#79Gabriel47US #44
#80Nathaniel47US #61
#81Dustin44US #148
#82Kaleb43US #141
#83Stephen43US #95
#84Blake42US #80
#85Brian42US #43
#86Colby42
#87Corey42US #149
#88Jeremiah42US #102
#89Colton40US #111
#90Darius40
#91Ashton39
#92Bradley39US #131
#93Sean38US #57
#94Trevor38US #75
#95Derrick37
#96Chandler36US #174
#97Connor36US #50
#98George36US #130
#99Isaac36US #53
#100Johnathan36US #157

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑41Chloe#28
↑41Jaylon#54
↑36Christina#62
↑33Elijah#43
↑32Mason#56
↑31Gavin#66
↑30Faith#51
↑25Garrett#55

Falling

↓44Kiara#81
↓38Chelsea#89
↓37Jeremiah#88
↓34Johnathan#100
↓26Kyle#70
↓25Brian#85
↓24Connor#97
↓23Alexus#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.