State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 2012 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 24,084 Mississippi births in 2012 across 1,189 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#29Londyn#196 nationally
#42Kingstonoutside the national top 200
#56Kyleighoutside the national top 200
#39Ryleigh#183 nationally
#65Presleyoutside the national top 200
#70Braylenoutside the national top 200
#71Jadaoutside the national top 200
#31Brantley#158 nationally
#74Addysonoutside the national top 200
#77Braylonoutside the national top 200
#31Makenzie#150 nationally
#83Parisoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Emma162US #2
#2Madison149US #9
#3Ava148US #5
#4Olivia120US #4
#5Chloe112US #11
#6Aubrey107US #15
#7Isabella107US #3
#8Brooklyn102US #29
#9Elizabeth98US #10
#10Mary90US #121
#11Zoey86US #20
#12Addison85US #14
#13Anna85US #34
#14Kaylee83US #35
#15Taylor83US #46
#16Abigail80US #7
#17Aubree80US #60
#18Avery80US #13
#19Emily80US #6
#20Sophia78US #1
#21Ella76US #12
#22Lillian74US #25
#23Layla72US #31
#24Harper69US #24
#25Khloe68US #55
#26Skylar67US #87
#27London63US #94
#28Nevaeh61US #39
#29Londyn59US #196
#30Trinity59US #91
#31Makenzie58US #150
#32Paisley56US #104
#33Aaliyah54US #36
#34Alyssa53US #44
#35Hannah52US #22
#36Mia52US #8
#37Amelia51US #23
#38Lauren51US #72
#39Ryleigh51US #183
#40Sophie51US #52
#41Riley49US #47
#42Caroline48US #80
#43Alexis46US #40
#44Lily45US #16
#45Sarah45US #42
#46Serenity45US #58
#47Kylie44US #59
#48Savannah44US #43
#49Bella43US #54
#50Gabrielle43US #129
#51Hailey43US #32
#52Mariah43US #107
#53Natalie43US #17
#54Kennedy42US #84
#55Kylee42US #156
#56Kyleigh42
#57Madelyn41US #67
#58Peyton41US #53
#59Makayla40US #70
#60Sadie40US #120
#61Autumn39US #68
#62Destiny39US #113
#63Mackenzie39US #71
#64Mckenzie39US #151
#65Presley39
#66Kinsley38US #179
#67Kaitlyn37US #118
#68Allison36US #38
#69Laila36US #143
#70Bailey35US #81
#71Jada35
#72Zoe35US #30
#73Hadley34US #131
#74Addyson33
#75Audrey33US #41
#76Jayla33US #170
#77Katelyn33US #132
#78Piper33US #98
#79Victoria33US #28
#80Eden32US #161
#81Harmony32US #195
#82Jordyn32US #122
#83Paris32
#84Adalyn31US #198
#85Ariel31US #181
#86Gabriella31US #37
#87Jakayla31
#88Kayleigh31
#89Madisyn31
#90Gracie30US #158
#91Malaysia30
#92Grace28US #21
#93Morgan28US #82
#94Arianna27US #49
#95Katherine27US #64
#96Alana26US #176
#97Brianna26US #51
#98Faith26US #75
#99Allie25
#100Allyson25

Boys

#1William226US #5
#2Mason205US #2
#3James170US #14
#4John170US #28
#5Jayden167US #8
#6Aiden153US #10
#7Brayden150US #39
#8Elijah149US #13
#9Noah145US #4
#10Joshua140US #17
#11Jacob138US #1
#12Christopher136US #23
#13Ethan133US #3
#14Michael126US #7
#15Christian123US #33
#16Landon117US #35
#17Ayden114US #68
#18Jordan106US #48
#19Matthew106US #12
#20Caleb104US #32
#21Jackson102US #21
#22Jeremiah102US #52
#23Bentley97US #75
#24Joseph97US #19
#25Andrew93US #18
#26Cameron93US #54
#27Hunter88US #45
#28Samuel88US #25
#29Carter87US #36
#30David87US #20
#31Brantley85US #158
#32Bryson85US #94
#33Colton83US #65
#34Logan83US #22
#35Robert82US #60
#36Tyler81US #50
#37Charles80US #62
#38Braxton79US #125
#39Carson79US #87
#40Levi79US #55
#41Gabriel77US #24
#42Kingston76
#43Dylan75US #31
#44Austin73US #58
#45Brandon73US #56
#46Jonathan72US #34
#47Wyatt72US #41
#48Anthony70US #15
#49Ashton70US #142
#50Liam70US #6
#51Eli69US #43
#52Thomas69US #63
#53Jaxon68US #66
#54Justin68US #74
#55Benjamin67US #16
#56Hayden67US #109
#57Kayden65US #97
#58Daniel63US #11
#59Kaiden60US #154
#60Gavin59US #40
#61Luke59US #37
#62Grayson58US #86
#63Jace58US #85
#64Kaleb57US #126
#65Alexander55US #9
#66Cayden55US #164
#67Peyton55US #184
#68Kaden54US #129
#69Isaac52US #30
#70Braylen51
#71Cooper51US #83
#72Tristan51US #88
#73Easton50US #96
#74Isaiah49US #42
#75Nicholas49US #49
#76Ryan49US #26
#77Braylon46
#78Josiah45US #79
#79Nathan45US #29
#80Parker45US #81
#81Jason44US #76
#82Timothy44US #118
#83Brody43US #91
#84Caden42US #151
#85Jack42US #46
#86Micah42US #103
#87Henry41US #44
#88Zachary41US #67
#89Jaylen40
#90Marcus40US #149
#91Owen40US #38
#92Preston39US #130
#93Rylan39US #179
#94Chase38US #77
#95Xavier38US #80
#96Connor37US #59
#97Jaiden37
#98Kenneth37US #175
#99Ian36US #78
#100Jamarion36

On the move since 2011

Rising

↑56Kingston#42
↑44Mia#36
↑37Riley#41
↑34Sadie#60
↑32Kylee#55
↑31Skylar#26
↑28Caroline#42
↑26Laila#69

Falling

↓60Morgan#93
↓36Makayla#59
↓35Bailey#70
↓31Parker#80
↓28Easton#73
↓27Jada#71
↓24Allie#99
↓22Isaiah#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2011 rankings.