State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 2005 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,321 Mississippi births in 2005 across 1,191 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#40Parisoutside the national top 200
#49Allieoutside the national top 200
#53Janiyaoutside the national top 200
#57Jamarionoutside the national top 200
#65Omarionoutside the national top 200
#60Jaylen#194 nationally
#67Jaylonoutside the national top 200
#66Abby#198 nationally
#70Aniyahoutside the national top 200
#67Jayla#197 nationally
#75Maggieoutside the national top 200
#75Braxtonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Madison272US #3
#2Emma186US #2
#3Anna172US #22
#4Emily168US #1
#5Hannah156US #7
#6Alexis131US #13
#7Destiny130US #32
#8Olivia123US #5
#9Mary121US #72
#10Makayla119US #44
#11Taylor117US #24
#12Chloe112US #19
#13Jada107US #76
#14Sarah104US #15
#15Abigail96US #4
#16Elizabeth96US #11
#17Alyssa90US #16
#18Brianna88US #20
#19Haley83US #53
#20Lauren83US #21
#21Jasmine82US #29
#22Morgan79US #33
#23Kaitlyn78US #34
#24Kaylee77US #40
#25Isabella76US #6
#26Natalie72US #18
#27Savannah68US #35
#28Gracie66US #94
#29Ava64US #9
#30Kayla64US #25
#31Trinity64US #48
#32Gabrielle63US #55
#33Katelyn61US #59
#34Addison59US #106
#35Ella57US #23
#36Victoria56US #28
#37Ashley55US #10
#38Bailey55US #108
#39Sydney55US #30
#40Paris54
#41Shelby53US #117
#42Brooklyn51US #78
#43Sara51US #75
#44Breanna50US #124
#45Hailey50US #26
#46Katherine50US #36
#47Mia50US #17
#48Riley50US #54
#49Allie49
#50Allison46US #45
#51Caroline46US #83
#52Mariah46US #85
#53Janiya45
#54Amber44US #101
#55Angel44US #143
#56Autumn44US #90
#57Skylar44US #154
#58Jordan43US #86
#59Katie43US #99
#60Avery41US #67
#61Aaliyah40US #93
#62Kennedy40US #118
#63Lily40US #39
#64Mackenzie40US #51
#65Mckenzie40US #163
#66Abby39US #198
#67Jayla39US #197
#68Jessica39US #27
#69Samantha39US #8
#70Aniyah38
#71Grace38US #14
#72Ciara37US #149
#73Megan37US #41
#74Ashlyn36US #127
#75Maggie36
#76Layla35US #144
#77Sophia35US #12
#78Summer35US #140
#79Asia34
#80Zoe34US #58
#81Julia33US #31
#82Leah33US #68
#83Makenzie33
#84Faith32US #49
#85Kylie32US #57
#86Laila32
#87Lillian32US #50
#88Madelyn32US #107
#89Rachel32US #38
#90Jakayla31
#91Jenna30US #62
#92Kayleigh30
#93Miracle30
#94Raven30
#95Serenity30US #168
#96Aniya29
#97Kyla29US #194
#98Madeline29US #70
#99Amelia28US #84
#100Ariel28

Boys

#1William337US #11
#2James287US #17
#3John237US #18
#4Christopher234US #10
#5Jacob233US #1
#6Michael222US #2
#7Joshua217US #3
#8Ethan199US #5
#9Tyler180US #16
#10Cameron154US #52
#11Andrew146US #6
#12Austin144US #38
#13Elijah143US #31
#14Joseph143US #9
#15Landon143US #61
#16Caleb141US #35
#17Matthew141US #4
#18Jordan138US #46
#19Christian128US #22
#20Jeremiah124US #78
#21Samuel120US #21
#22Noah119US #23
#23Anthony117US #8
#24Robert115US #37
#25Nicholas112US #15
#26Jonathan111US #19
#27Hunter110US #53
#28Brandon109US #27
#29Charles109US #56
#30Daniel107US #7
#31Mason104US #42
#32David103US #12
#33Justin102US #36
#34Dylan101US #24
#35Thomas100US #40
#36Ashton96US #107
#37Logan95US #26
#38Nathan94US #20
#39Hayden88US #76
#40Jackson87US #44
#41Zachary83US #29
#42Jayden80US #54
#43Gavin79US #47
#44Gabriel78US #28
#45Benjamin75US #25
#46Alexander72US #13
#47Ryan72US #14
#48Aiden71US #50
#49Kaleb69US #121
#50Kevin64US #33
#51Timothy64US #84
#52Connor63US #48
#53Brayden62US #80
#54Jason62US #51
#55Peyton62US #138
#56Jaden61US #88
#57Jamarion61
#58Conner58US #127
#59Devin58US #90
#60Jaylen58US #194
#61Caden57US #98
#62Carson57US #101
#63Evan56US #39
#64Luke55US #41
#65Omarion54
#66Eric53US #66
#67Jaylon53
#68Cody52US #96
#69Tristan52US #113
#70Jeremy51US #115
#71Aidan50US #43
#72Preston50US #146
#73Isaiah49US #45
#74Dalton48US #180
#75Braxton47
#76Brian47US #63
#77Kaden47US #100
#78Marcus46US #116
#79Richard46US #94
#80Alex44US #71
#81Bryce43US #109
#82Carter43US #77
#83Kameron43
#84Kenneth43US #122
#85Nathaniel43US #67
#86Patrick43US #108
#87Seth43US #91
#88Aaron42US #57
#89Antonio42US #92
#90Brady40US #110
#91Bryson40US #195
#92Colton40US #155
#93Cooper40US #120
#94Ian40US #68
#95Xavier40US #87
#96Isaac39US #49
#97Dakota38US #148
#98Eli38US #152
#99Garrett38US #124
#100Micah38US #150

On the move since 2004

Rising

↑47Aiden#48
↑41Sara#43
↑40Ava#29
↑40Bailey#38
↑34Riley#48
↑34Autumn#56
↑33Addison#34
↑33Omarion#65

Falling

↓49Lillian#87
↓47Raven#94
↓40Aniya#96
↓36Madeline#98
↓34Aaron#88
↓33Samantha#69
↓32Zoe#80
↓31Mackenzie#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2004 rankings.