State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 2002 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 25,899 Mississippi births in 2002 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.

#54Diamondoutside the national top 200
#65Jaylaoutside the national top 200
#66Asiaoutside the national top 200
#71Jaylonoutside the national top 200
#77Jaylenoutside the national top 200
#79Reagan#199 nationally
#81Jakaylaoutside the national top 200
#82Peytonoutside the national top 200
#85Derrickoutside the national top 200
#72Kyla#187 nationally
#86Macyoutside the national top 200
#87Ravenoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Madison264US #2
#2Hannah212US #3
#3Anna206US #20
#4Alexis177US #5
#5Emily159US #1
#6Sarah158US #8
#7Ashanti149US #115
#8Destiny148US #34
#9Mary124US #49
#10Elizabeth121US #11
#11Aaliyah120US #64
#12Taylor120US #18
#13Abigail113US #7
#14Haley111US #35
#15Brianna105US #17
#16Olivia105US #10
#17Emma97US #4
#18Kaitlyn97US #32
#19Chloe95US #25
#20Jasmine95US #26
#21Kayla92US #19
#22Victoria91US #21
#23Lauren90US #13
#24Morgan84US #29
#25Makayla83US #50
#26Ashley82US #6
#27Savannah80US #39
#28Jada79US #78
#29Shelby78US #75
#30Alyssa73US #12
#31Jordan72US #45
#32Gabrielle61US #66
#33Breanna60US #104
#34Hailey59US #31
#35Isabella58US #14
#36Katelyn57US #53
#37Allison56US #44
#38Courtney56US #88
#39Kaylee56US #57
#40Amber54US #65
#41Angel54US #109
#42Sydney51US #23
#43Rachel50US #24
#44Jessica49US #16
#45Megan49US #22
#46Alexandria48US #106
#47Grace47US #15
#48Samantha47US #9
#49Trinity47US #70
#50Autumn46US #73
#51Caroline46US #67
#52Katherine46US #36
#53Sara45US #59
#54Diamond44
#55Mackenzie44US #42
#56Natalie43US #30
#57Summer43US #151
#58Faith42US #48
#59Kelsey42US #118
#60Mia42US #43
#61Kimberly40US #63
#62Rebecca40US #54
#63Abby39US #166
#64Brittany39US #170
#65Jayla39
#66Asia38
#67Katie38US #103
#68Madeline38US #56
#69Mckenzie38US #143
#70Erin37US #72
#71Gracie37US #153
#72Kyla37US #187
#73Mya36US #145
#74Skylar35US #141
#75Bailey34US #84
#76Briana34US #102
#77Caitlyn34US #148
#78Lillian34US #96
#79Reagan34US #199
#80Zoe34US #60
#81Jakayla33
#82Kathryn33US #108
#83Lindsey33US #122
#84Madelyn33US #120
#85Kristen32US #186
#86Macy31
#87Raven31
#88Audrey30US #100
#89Bethany30US #178
#90Cheyenne30US #127
#91Julia30US #33
#92Kylie30US #61
#93Maggie30US #190
#94Catherine29US #101
#95Mallory29
#96Riley29US #77
#97Makenzie28US #198
#98Alexia27US #128
#99Ashlyn27US #158
#100India27

Boys

#1William336US #11
#2Christopher297US #8
#3James286US #18
#4Joshua286US #3
#5Jacob250US #1
#6John244US #17
#7Michael241US #2
#8Matthew190US #4
#9Ethan185US #5
#10Tyler185US #14
#11Austin178US #26
#12Joseph173US #7
#13Robert170US #34
#14Christian166US #24
#15Justin162US #22
#16Caleb158US #35
#17Brandon157US #20
#18Cameron149US #39
#19Hunter144US #38
#20Jordan141US #37
#21Dylan140US #23
#22Nicholas140US #9
#23Andrew139US #6
#24Samuel134US #25
#25David129US #13
#26Zachary128US #19
#27Thomas127US #36
#28Daniel123US #10
#29Jonathan123US #21
#30Charles120US #58
#31Anthony112US #12
#32Logan106US #29
#33Elijah103US #41
#34Nathan86US #28
#35Gabriel85US #32
#36Jeremiah84US #86
#37Timothy83US #70
#38Benjamin80US #27
#39Jason80US #42
#40Alexander79US #15
#41Noah79US #31
#42Jackson76US #50
#43Ryan75US #16
#44Jalen68US #145
#45Landon67US #142
#46Cody65US #71
#47Xavier65US #88
#48Mason63US #53
#49Devin62US #74
#50Patrick61US #79
#51Seth61US #72
#52Aaron60US #43
#53Eric59US #52
#54Hayden58US #96
#55Steven57US #68
#56Colby56US #125
#57Luke56US #46
#58Nathaniel56US #62
#59Dalton55US #117
#60Isaiah55US #45
#61Connor54US #47
#62Dakota54US #107
#63Gavin54US #61
#64Jeremy53US #95
#65Alex52US #63
#66Kenneth52US #104
#67Richard52US #77
#68Kevin51US #33
#69Antonio50US #85
#70Kaleb50US #111
#71Jaylon49
#72Kyle48US #40
#73Preston48US #155
#74Jaden47US #87
#75Garrett45US #91
#76Tanner45US #112
#77Jaylen44
#78Wesley44US #183
#79Marcus43US #106
#80Dustin42US #189
#81Johnathan42US #171
#82Peyton42
#83Brian41US #51
#84Chase41US #82
#85Derrick39
#86Eli39US #194
#87Trevor39US #81
#88Bryce38US #97
#89Jack38US #44
#90Micah38US #173
#91Tristan38US #103
#92Conner37US #197
#93Corey37US #181
#94Gregory37US #169
#95Isaac37US #48
#96Jesse37US #90
#97Sean37US #59
#98Blake36US #76
#99Travis36US #144
#100Chandler35

On the move since 2001

Rising

↑52Isabella#35
↑30Nathaniel#58
↑23Grace#47
↑23Summer#57
↑23Xavier#47
↑22Kyla#72
↑22Jaden#74
↑22Tanner#76

Falling

↓37Bailey#75
↓26Mallory#95
↓25Richard#67
↓22Brittany#64
↓20Skylar#74
↓19Samantha#48
↓19Mackenzie#55
↓19Julia#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2001 rankings.