State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 2007 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,201 Mississippi births in 2007 across 1,342 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#46Jaylen#193 nationally
#54Aniyahoutside the national top 200
#55Jakaylaoutside the national top 200
#58Allieoutside the national top 200
#61Jamarionoutside the national top 200
#64Asiaoutside the national top 200
#67Kayleighoutside the national top 200
#68Braxtonoutside the national top 200
#73Janiyaoutside the national top 200
#82Parisoutside the national top 200
#85Presleyoutside the national top 200
#90Landenoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Madison267US #5
#2Emma162US #3
#3Chloe153US #16
#4Hannah144US #9
#5Addison141US #11
#6Anna139US #25
#7Olivia133US #7
#8Emily129US #1
#9Elizabeth127US #10
#10Ava119US #4
#11Alexis117US #19
#12Abigail116US #8
#13Sarah115US #18
#14Makayla114US #47
#15Alyssa109US #14
#16Taylor107US #24
#17Destiny102US #41
#18Isabella89US #2
#19Morgan87US #43
#20Jada86US #95
#21Ella85US #21
#22Mary83US #93
#23Kaylee76US #35
#24Jasmine72US #32
#25Haley70US #76
#26Kaitlyn70US #44
#27Lauren68US #28
#28Brianna67US #22
#29Brooklyn67US #57
#30Avery65US #48
#31Kayla65US #26
#32Trinity64US #72
#33Aaliyah63US #83
#34Gracie63US #96
#35Layla63US #85
#36Bailey61US #84
#37Natalie61US #17
#38Gabrielle60US #68
#39Jayla60US #131
#40Savannah59US #30
#41Lillian58US #33
#42Samantha58US #12
#43Katelyn56US #75
#44Hailey55US #23
#45Mariah52US #92
#46Zoey51US #112
#47Jordan49US #100
#48Madelyn49US #104
#49Sophia49US #6
#50Angel48US #152
#51Lily48US #27
#52Reagan48US #156
#53Caroline47US #99
#54Aniyah46
#55Jakayla46
#56Riley46US #52
#57Kennedy45US #110
#58Allie44
#59Ashley44US #13
#60Katherine44US #39
#61Mackenzie44US #65
#62Audrey43US #51
#63Skylar43US #171
#64Asia42
#65Aubrey42US #69
#66Breanna42US #138
#67Kayleigh42
#68Allison41US #46
#69Jessica41US #42
#70Katie41US #114
#71Shelby41US #149
#72Autumn40US #90
#73Janiya40
#74Maggie40US #181
#75Sydney40US #37
#76Jordyn39US #139
#77Mia39US #15
#78Zoe39US #56
#79Kylie38US #63
#80Laila38US #148
#81Maria38US #53
#82Paris38
#83Victoria38US #29
#84Summer37US #159
#85Presley36
#86Serenity36US #126
#87Ashlyn35US #155
#88Leah35US #67
#89Amber34US #145
#90Lilly34US #146
#91Nevaeh34US #31
#92Sadie34US #107
#93Aniya33
#94Brooke33US #45
#95Makenzie33US #180
#96Mckenzie33US #160
#97Abby32
#98Alana32US #143
#99Kimberly32US #54
#100Sara32US #80

Boys

#1William304US #8
#2James281US #15
#3Christopher270US #6
#4John263US #19
#5Joshua235US #4
#6Ethan215US #3
#7Jacob209US #1
#8Michael195US #2
#9Jayden190US #18
#10Landon177US #49
#11Jordan174US #44
#12Tyler172US #21
#13Caleb168US #36
#14Cameron168US #50
#15Joseph165US #13
#16Elijah151US #30
#17Matthew148US #9
#18Christian144US #22
#19Noah144US #14
#20Jeremiah140US #67
#21Robert136US #47
#22Andrew135US #10
#23Hunter127US #57
#24Jackson124US #33
#25Charles121US #62
#26David120US #12
#27Hayden120US #71
#28Mason118US #37
#29Austin117US #48
#30Brayden117US #64
#31Samuel116US #25
#32Anthony115US #7
#33Logan111US #17
#34Brandon108US #31
#35Nicholas106US #20
#36Daniel102US #5
#37Gavin102US #32
#38Jonathan102US #23
#39Aiden100US #27
#40Dylan100US #29
#41Thomas98US #52
#42Jaden95US #74
#43Tristan87US #87
#44Nathan85US #24
#45Caden81US #92
#46Jaylen79US #193
#47Ashton78US #124
#48Justin77US #45
#49Zachary77US #42
#50Gabriel74US #28
#51Benjamin73US #26
#52Connor73US #55
#53Peyton73US #125
#54Ryan73US #16
#55Carson71US #91
#56Kaleb70US #113
#57Alexander69US #11
#58Preston69US #114
#59Isaiah68US #43
#60Timothy68US #99
#61Jamarion67
#62Jeremy63US #122
#63Kevin63US #39
#64Carter62US #80
#65Kaden62US #98
#66Aaron61US #51
#67Evan61US #40
#68Braxton60
#69Devin60US #100
#70Antonio56US #95
#71Bryson56US #179
#72Cooper55US #96
#73Jason55US #59
#74Brody54US #106
#75Jack51US #38
#76Wyatt50US #69
#77Conner48US #159
#78Ayden46US #102
#79Cayden46US #176
#80Richard46US #101
#81Brian45US #81
#82Eric45US #83
#83Alex44US #72
#84Parker44US #108
#85Marcus43US #117
#86Owen43US #56
#87Xavier43US #68
#88Aidan42US #54
#89Colton42US #118
#90Landen42
#91Sean42US #76
#92Jaiden41US #192
#93Jaylon41
#94Riley41US #109
#95Isaac40US #41
#96Jaxon40US #190
#97Micah40US #126
#98Steven39US #97
#99Lucas38US #53
#100Luke38US #46

On the move since 2006

Rising

↑41Reagan#52
↑40Preston#58
↑32Allie#58
↑31Aniyah#54
↑28Avery#30
↑28Carson#55
↑28Cooper#72
↑27Zoey#46

Falling

↓57Sara#100
↓40Paris#82
↓32Mckenzie#96
↓31Luke#100
↓28Breanna#66
↓28Autumn#72
↓28Marcus#85
↓22Victoria#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2006 rankings.