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Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 2001 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,281 Mississippi births in 2001 across 1,140 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#45Landon#194 nationally
#53Jaylaoutside the national top 200
#60Asiaoutside the national top 200
#69Malloryoutside the national top 200
#71Jakaylaoutside the national top 200
#74Jaylonoutside the national top 200
#44Diamond#167 nationally
#78Cameronoutside the national top 200
#76Malik#197 nationally
#85Ravenoutside the national top 200
#86Jaylenoutside the national top 200
#87Willieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Madison264US #2
#2Hannah257US #3
#3Anna237US #19
#4Alexis194US #5
#5Destiny173US #22
#6Taylor151US #12
#7Kayla150US #17
#8Mary149US #48
#9Emily135US #1
#10Brianna125US #18
#11Elizabeth123US #9
#12Lauren113US #15
#13Olivia112US #10
#14Haley106US #34
#15Sarah106US #6
#16Jasmine101US #25
#17Alyssa100US #14
#18Abigail98US #8
#19Ashley93US #4
#20Jada91US #75
#21Savannah83US #42
#22Katelyn82US #52
#23Morgan82US #29
#24Emma81US #13
#25Victoria81US #21
#26Amber80US #51
#27Aaliyah78US #96
#28Chloe78US #30
#29Samantha75US #7
#30Hailey74US #33
#31Jordan74US #47
#32Jessica73US #11
#33Makayla72US #54
#34Kaitlyn69US #31
#35Breanna65US #94
#36Mackenzie65US #40
#37Kaylee63US #66
#38Bailey62US #69
#39Shelby62US #68
#40Megan59US #20
#41Sara58US #58
#42Brittany57US #115
#43Sydney56US #23
#44Diamond55US #167
#45Allison54US #44
#46Rachel54US #24
#47Gabrielle53US #50
#48Katherine53US #35
#49Alexandria51US #91
#50Angel51US #104
#51Courtney51US #73
#52Erin50US #60
#53Jayla47
#54Skylar47US #141
#55Natalie46US #32
#56Caroline45US #62
#57Kelsey45US #100
#58Autumn44US #72
#59Jennifer42US #26
#60Asia41
#61Katie41US #99
#62Kennedy41US #138
#63Kimberly40US #61
#64Laura40US #86
#65Madeline40US #56
#66Sierra40US #55
#67Mckenzie38US #135
#68Trinity38US #67
#69Mallory37
#70Grace36US #16
#71Jakayla36
#72Julia36US #27
#73Faith35US #53
#74Gracie35US #170
#75Lindsey35US #105
#76Maggie35US #181
#77Abby33US #163
#78Cameron33
#79Rebecca33US #46
#80Summer33US #142
#81Molly32US #90
#82Kristen31US #162
#83Leah31US #87
#84Madelyn31US #121
#85Raven31
#86Hanna30US #186
#87Isabella30US #28
#88Andrea29US #49
#89Ariel28US #197
#90Mya28US #149
#91Alicia27US #130
#92Brooklyn27US #172
#93Cheyenne27US #119
#94Kyla27
#95Lillian27US #111
#96Avery26US #152
#97Caitlin26US #89
#98Caitlyn26US #133
#99Kathryn26US #97
#100Amanda25US #39

Boys

#1William339US #10
#2James289US #19
#3Jacob282US #1
#4Michael278US #2
#5Christopher273US #5
#6John256US #14
#7Joshua246US #4
#8Tyler214US #13
#9Austin212US #25
#10Brandon195US #18
#11Matthew188US #3
#12Joseph180US #8
#13Cameron170US #35
#14Ethan155US #17
#15Nicholas155US #6
#16Andrew153US #7
#17David152US #12
#18Robert149US #30
#19Hunter147US #36
#20Zachary142US #16
#21Caleb141US #37
#22Christian138US #24
#23Justin136US #22
#24Jordan135US #39
#25Jonathan123US #23
#26Anthony121US #11
#27Charles119US #55
#28Samuel119US #26
#29Thomas110US #33
#30Logan109US #29
#31Dylan107US #21
#32Noah101US #28
#33Daniel97US #9
#34Nathan90US #31
#35Jeremiah89US #90
#36Timothy88US #67
#37Elijah82US #45
#38Aaron74US #42
#39Mason73US #54
#40Jalen72US #127
#41Jason71US #41
#42Richard71US #73
#43Ryan71US #15
#44Steven71US #63
#45Landon69US #194
#46Benjamin68US #27
#47Cody67US #64
#48Dalton66US #98
#49Jeremy66US #89
#50Kevin66US #32
#51Gabriel65US #38
#52Hayden65US #117
#53Seth65US #68
#54Jackson64US #60
#55Patrick61US #72
#56Alexander59US #20
#57Devin59US #71
#58Colby55US #99
#59Eric54US #44
#60Kaleb52US #116
#61Stephen52US #102
#62Isaiah51US #43
#63Marcus51US #104
#64Adam50US #51
#65Antonio50US #85
#66Dakota50US #93
#67Connor49US #49
#68Kyle49US #40
#69Taylor49US #165
#70Xavier48US #94
#71Peyton47US #177
#72Gavin46US #78
#73Luke45US #50
#74Jaylon44
#75Preston44US #152
#76Malik43US #197
#77Gregory42US #157
#78Tristan42US #108
#79Jared41US #65
#80Kenneth41US #97
#81Alex40US #62
#82Chase40US #79
#83Evan40US #56
#84Brian39US #46
#85Garrett39US #80
#86Jaylen39
#87Willie39
#88Nathaniel38US #61
#89Sean38US #57
#90Ashton37
#91Carson37US #95
#92Clayton36US #162
#93Chandler35
#94Derrick35
#95Ian35US #70
#96Jaden35US #114
#97Parker35US #123
#98Tanner35US #101
#99Darius34
#100Edward34US #113

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑53Jeremiah#35
↑52Aaliyah#27
↑34Jennifer#59
↑32Kennedy#62
↑30Connor#67
↑28Gabriel#51
↑28Colby#58
↑22Jeremy#49

Falling

↓48Caitlin#97
↓41Amanda#100
↓38Tanner#98
↓34Rebecca#79
↓30Raven#85
↓30Garrett#85
↓25Courtney#51
↓24Xavier#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.