State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 2008 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,211 Mississippi births in 2008 across 1,313 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#52Braxtonoutside the national top 200
#58Jakaylaoutside the national top 200
#59Janiyaoutside the national top 200
#46Jaylen#185 nationally
#74Janiyahoutside the national top 200
#77Kameronoutside the national top 200
#78Kayleighoutside the national top 200
#40Makenzie#162 nationally
#82Allieoutside the national top 200
#82Braylonoutside the national top 200
#43Angel#159 nationally
#87Addysonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Madison253US #6
#2Emma191US #1
#3Ava152US #5
#4Addison150US #12
#5Anna143US #26
#6Olivia142US #4
#7Chloe127US #10
#8Makayla120US #37
#9Taylor114US #22
#10Elizabeth113US #9
#11Emily106US #3
#12Abigail105US #8
#13Hannah104US #17
#14Mary104US #96
#15Destiny100US #47
#16Isabella100US #2
#17Alyssa97US #16
#18Alexis92US #15
#19Brooklyn86US #48
#20Sarah86US #20
#21Kaylee84US #31
#22Brianna70US #23
#23Lillian70US #29
#24Kaitlyn67US #53
#25Trinity67US #70
#26Ella66US #19
#27Mariah63US #77
#28Morgan63US #46
#29Katelyn62US #80
#30Natalie62US #13
#31Jada61US #110
#32Savannah61US #33
#33Aaliyah60US #76
#34Avery59US #38
#35Riley59US #39
#36Kennedy58US #115
#37Aubrey57US #42
#38Jayla57US #117
#39Layla57US #55
#40Makenzie57US #162
#41Bailey56US #82
#42Lily56US #24
#43Angel55US #159
#44Hailey55US #25
#45Zoey54US #98
#46Lauren53US #30
#47Caroline52US #94
#48Kayla51US #28
#49Madelyn51US #64
#50Jasmine50US #43
#51Mckenzie50US #151
#52Gabrielle49US #79
#53Sophia49US #7
#54Samantha48US #11
#55Audrey46US #44
#56Gracie46US #99
#57Sara46US #92
#58Jakayla45
#59Janiya45
#60Laila44US #140
#61Katherine43US #45
#62Mia43US #14
#63Haley42US #102
#64Marley42US #145
#65Sadie42US #109
#66Allison41US #32
#67Mackenzie41US #65
#68Shelby41US #158
#69Jordyn39US #144
#70Kylie39US #51
#71Serenity39US #111
#72Aniyah38US #184
#73Breanna38US #168
#74Janiyah38
#75Jordan38US #128
#76Miley38US #129
#77Rylee38US #116
#78Kayleigh37
#79Nevaeh37US #34
#80Victoria37US #27
#81Zoe37US #58
#82Allie36
#83Ashley36US #18
#84Leah36US #40
#85London36US #156
#86Peyton35US #60
#87Addyson34
#88Autumn34US #87
#89Skylar34US #192
#90Gabriella33US #35
#91Jamya33
#92Jessica33US #59
#93Lilly33US #125
#94Reagan33US #143
#95Ashlyn32US #152
#96Asia32
#97Jayden32US #176
#98Madeline32US #56
#99Summer32US #169
#100Hayden31US #127

Boys

#1William288US #8
#2James237US #17
#3Christopher226US #9
#4Jayden225US #11
#5John224US #20
#6Joshua215US #4
#7Michael193US #2
#8Ethan182US #3
#9Landon173US #45
#10Jacob169US #1
#11Tyler165US #28
#12Joseph162US #13
#13Christian159US #23
#14Elijah151US #22
#15Jordan151US #48
#16Cameron149US #53
#17Caleb138US #34
#18Matthew135US #10
#19Aiden131US #16
#20Brayden128US #51
#21David127US #14
#22Charles124US #63
#23Noah123US #15
#24Jeremiah122US #68
#25Hunter121US #54
#26Hayden117US #76
#27Anthony115US #7
#28Samuel113US #27
#29Robert110US #49
#30Andrew104US #12
#31Logan104US #19
#32Daniel100US #5
#33Jackson99US #32
#34Jonathan98US #26
#35Gabriel97US #24
#36Brandon95US #33
#37Dylan95US #31
#38Justin91US #44
#39Zachary89US #47
#40Nicholas86US #29
#41Austin85US #55
#42Thomas85US #52
#43Ashton81US #122
#44Jaden81US #88
#45Caden80US #96
#46Jaylen80US #185
#47Isaiah79US #42
#48Gavin78US #30
#49Tristan78US #81
#50Mason76US #35
#51Carson74US #89
#52Braxton70
#53Kaden69US #100
#54Peyton69US #130
#55Nathan68US #21
#56Brody67US #70
#57Benjamin66US #25
#58Kaleb65US #115
#59Luke64US #43
#60Ryan64US #18
#61Carter62US #65
#62Conner59US #162
#63Ayden57US #91
#64Colton57US #98
#65Eric57US #86
#66Kevin57US #41
#67Cooper56US #92
#68Evan56US #38
#69Alexander55US #6
#70Marcus55US #125
#71Wyatt55US #62
#72Bryson54US #178
#73Timothy54US #107
#74Jason53US #60
#75Preston53US #124
#76Aidan52US #59
#77Kameron52
#78Aaron50US #50
#79Parker50US #103
#80Eli49US #99
#81Jeremy49US #129
#82Braylon48
#83Isaac48US #37
#84Kenneth47US #137
#85Lucas47US #46
#86Antonio45US #102
#87Jack44US #39
#88Steven43US #104
#89Micah42US #121
#90Chase41US #67
#91Patrick41US #127
#92Xavier41US #71
#93Dalton40
#94Sean40US #83
#95Connor39US #57
#96Ian39US #80
#97Jamarion39
#98Brady38US #94
#99Bryce38US #117
#100Garrett38US #161

On the move since 2007

Rising

↑55Makenzie#40
↑45Mckenzie#51
↑43Sara#57
↑41Luke#59
↑28Aubrey#37
↑27Sadie#65
↑25Colton#64
↑21Riley#35

Falling

↓43Connor#95
↓42Reagan#94
↓38Haley#63
↓36Jamarion#97
↓32Asia#96
↓28Jordan#75
↓26Jasmine#50
↓26Skylar#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2007 rankings.