State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 2006 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,540 Mississippi births in 2006 across 1,284 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#42Parisoutside the national top 200
#50Arieloutside the national top 200
#51Jakaylaoutside the national top 200
#55Jaylen#191 nationally
#65Janiyaoutside the national top 200
#65Braxtonoutside the national top 200
#66Jamarionoutside the national top 200
#76Dalton#200 nationally
#69Maggie#189 nationally
#82Malloryoutside the national top 200
#81Makenzie#197 nationally
#85Aniyahoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Madison284US #3
#2Anna202US #22
#3Emma183US #2
#4Hannah155US #8
#5Emily148US #1
#6Alexis138US #14
#7Chloe128US #18
#8Olivia125US #7
#9Ava121US #5
#10Isabella117US #4
#11Taylor112US #23
#12Destiny109US #36
#13Sarah107US #15
#14Makayla102US #45
#15Alyssa100US #19
#16Elizabeth97US #11
#17Abigail96US #6
#18Trinity94US #64
#19Mary88US #80
#20Jada85US #92
#21Lauren84US #24
#22Brianna80US #20
#23Morgan79US #35
#24Kaylee78US #42
#25Jasmine77US #29
#26Jayla76US #99
#27Kayla75US #26
#28Addison73US #28
#29Haley72US #75
#30Ella71US #21
#31Brooklyn65US #66
#32Savannah64US #30
#33Aaliyah63US #90
#34Mariah59US #82
#35Natalie59US #17
#36Kaitlyn56US #41
#37Lillian56US #38
#38Breanna55US #126
#39Gabrielle55US #63
#40Gracie55US #103
#41Hailey55US #25
#42Paris55
#43Sara54US #72
#44Autumn52US #95
#45Katelyn51US #61
#46Kennedy50US #115
#47Layla49US #101
#48Jessica48US #32
#49Allison47US #47
#50Ariel47
#51Jakayla47
#52Mackenzie47US #53
#53Bailey46US #112
#54Caroline46US #89
#55Lily46US #33
#56Mia45US #13
#57Samantha45US #10
#58Avery44US #52
#59Jordan44US #97
#60Madelyn44US #113
#61Victoria44US #27
#62Aubrey43US #93
#63Riley43US #56
#64Mckenzie42US #166
#65Janiya41
#66Kylie41US #67
#67Ashley40US #12
#68Angel38US #159
#69Maggie38US #189
#70Nevaeh38US #43
#71Zoe38US #54
#72Sydney37US #34
#73Zoey37US #119
#74Grace36US #16
#75Sophia36US #9
#76Alana35US #167
#77Katherine35US #37
#78Skylar35US #145
#79Ashlyn34US #141
#80Audrey34US #69
#81Makenzie34US #197
#82Mallory34
#83Alexandria33US #147
#84Amber33US #136
#85Aniyah33
#86Asia33
#87Faith33US #62
#88Molly33US #105
#89Kathryn32US #143
#90Allie31
#91Madeline31US #71
#92Maria31US #46
#93Reagan31US #156
#94Shelby31US #133
#95Katie30US #106
#96Kimberly30US #58
#97Kyla30
#98Mya30US #102
#99Shaniya30
#100Summer30US #152

Boys

#1William311US #10
#2James303US #16
#3Joshua253US #3
#4Christopher240US #8
#5John234US #19
#6Michael223US #2
#7Jacob219US #1
#8Tyler206US #18
#9Ethan204US #4
#10Jordan169US #46
#11Landon167US #50
#12Cameron164US #52
#13Caleb152US #34
#14Joseph152US #11
#15Matthew151US #5
#16Elijah148US #29
#17David144US #13
#18Jonathan136US #22
#19Christian133US #21
#20Brandon130US #27
#21Jackson130US #35
#22Robert130US #47
#23Austin128US #41
#24Jeremiah123US #71
#25Logan123US #20
#26Hunter122US #54
#27Andrew117US #7
#28Noah115US #15
#29Samuel115US #25
#30Mason112US #40
#31Nathan109US #23
#32Nicholas109US #17
#33Charles107US #60
#34Jayden107US #49
#35Anthony106US #9
#36Zachary99US #33
#37Hayden98US #73
#38Justin96US #45
#39Thomas95US #51
#40Timothy94US #93
#41Daniel89US #6
#42Aiden87US #32
#43Brayden87US #79
#44Dylan85US #26
#45Gabriel83US #28
#46Isaiah82US #39
#47Tristan81US #86
#48Caden80US #91
#49Ashton79US #121
#50Benjamin79US #24
#51Gavin73US #38
#52Jason69US #55
#53Alexander66US #12
#54Kevin64US #37
#55Jaylen63US #191
#56Evan61US #42
#57Marcus61US #112
#58Peyton60US #157
#59Ryan60US #14
#60Eric59US #77
#61Jaden59US #88
#62Jeremy59US #124
#63Kaleb59US #115
#64Aaron58US #57
#65Braxton58
#66Jamarion58
#67Aidan55US #44
#68Antonio55US #94
#69Luke53US #43
#70Bryson52US #176
#71Connor52US #53
#72Xavier52US #78
#73Devin51US #100
#74Patrick51US #110
#75Alex49US #67
#76Dalton48US #200
#77Isaac48US #48
#78Carter47US #75
#79Jack47US #36
#80Kenneth47US #129
#81Parker47US #116
#82Braden46US #143
#83Carson46US #87
#84Wyatt46US #82
#85Conner45US #144
#86Brian43US #72
#87Kaden43US #92
#88Kameron43
#89Cody42US #105
#90Taylor42
#91Richard41US #99
#92Micah40US #145
#93Seth40US #103
#94Colton39US #135
#95Nathaniel39US #69
#96Wesley39US #190
#97Eli38US #136
#98Preston38US #114
#99Bryce37US #109
#100Cooper37US #113

On the move since 2005

Rising

↑50Lillian#37
↑50Ariel#50
↑41Jayla#26
↑39Jakayla#51
↑29Layla#47
↑28Aaliyah#33
↑28Madelyn#60
↑27Isaiah#46

Falling

↓53Shelby#94
↓41Allie#90
↓36Katie#95
↓33Sydney#72
↓31Katherine#77
↓30Ashley#67
↓30Amber#84
↓27Conner#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2005 rankings.