State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 2016 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 24,522 Mississippi births in 2016 across 1,234 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#22Londyn#179 nationally
#53Journeeoutside the national top 200
#44Karter#190 nationally
#63Malaysiaoutside the national top 200
#66Kennedioutside the national top 200
#36Ryleigh#170 nationally
#68Parisoutside the national top 200
#60Harmony#190 nationally
#73Brooklynn#198 nationally
#9Kingston#132 nationally
#78Kameronoutside the national top 200
#80Princetonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ava211US #3
#2Olivia138US #2
#3Emma134US #1
#4Harper114US #11
#5Brooklyn113US #34
#6Skylar110US #42
#7Paisley107US #46
#8Madison105US #15
#9Chloe91US #20
#10Isabella91US #5
#11Avery87US #16
#12Mary87US #126
#13Elizabeth86US #13
#14Aubrey84US #25
#15Mia81US #6
#16Addison79US #29
#17Anna76US #49
#18Amelia75US #10
#19Abigail74US #8
#20Ella74US #17
#21Khloe68US #125
#22Londyn67US #179
#23Caroline66US #56
#24Taylor65US #89
#25Zoey65US #26
#26Charlotte61US #7
#27Layla61US #30
#28Sophia60US #4
#29Kennedy59US #59
#30Kylie59US #83
#31Sadie59US #60
#32Autumn57US #65
#33Evelyn57US #12
#34Kaylee56US #72
#35Riley54US #22
#36Ryleigh54US #170
#37Aubree53US #84
#38Kinsley53US #86
#39Lillian53US #28
#40Hadley52US #108
#41Serenity50US #70
#42Hannah49US #33
#43London47US #131
#44Emily45US #9
#45Bella44US #78
#46Nevaeh44US #73
#47Scarlett44US #18
#48Audrey42US #39
#49Lily42US #24
#50Madelyn42US #62
#51Natalie42US #31
#52Savannah42US #38
#53Journee41
#54Bailey40US #116
#55Hazel40US #52
#56Rylee40US #105
#57Mariah39US #166
#58Piper39US #67
#59Aaliyah38US #53
#60Harmony38US #190
#61Jordyn37US #146
#62Katherine37US #91
#63Malaysia37
#64Peyton37US #81
#65Aria36US #23
#66Kennedi36
#67Laila36US #164
#68Paris35
#69Mckenzie34US #156
#70Sarah34US #57
#71Stella34US #45
#72Adalyn33US #141
#73Brooklynn33US #198
#74Ellie33US #43
#75Morgan32US #132
#76Trinity32US #137
#77Zoe32US #35
#78Lauren31US #134
#79Lucy31US #55
#80Raelynn31US #158
#81Reagan31US #98
#82Victoria31US #21
#83Arianna30US #69
#84Emery30US #130
#85Grace30US #19
#86Kayleigh30
#87Maci30
#88Makenzie30
#89Summer30
#90Adalynn29US #124
#91Everly29US #107
#92Gabriella28US #61
#93Kyleigh28
#94Lydia28US #80
#95Makayla28US #165
#96Naomi28US #75
#97Paislee28
#98Willow28US #96
#99Jada27
#100Presley27

Boys

#1William226US #3
#2James206US #5
#3Mason201US #4
#4John186US #28
#5Elijah167US #9
#6Noah153US #1
#7Carter142US #26
#8Aiden131US #16
#9Kingston119US #132
#10Michael109US #8
#11Christopher108US #36
#12Jayden104US #27
#13Jaxon103US #41
#14Bryson97US #94
#15Christian95US #46
#16Logan94US #18
#17Levi93US #42
#18Easton92US #66
#19Ethan91US #10
#20Cameron90US #57
#21Thomas87US #48
#22Grayson86US #37
#23Colton85US #68
#24Braxton84US #125
#25Kaiden83US #144
#26Landon83US #53
#27Ayden82US #92
#28Joseph82US #20
#29Luke82US #29
#30Jackson81US #17
#31Samuel80US #21
#32Brayden79US #64
#33Liam79US #2
#34Carson78US #81
#35Jace78US #76
#36Robert78US #62
#37Caleb77US #44
#38Charles77US #52
#39Gabriel77US #25
#40Jacob77US #7
#41Jordan75US #65
#42Kayden74US #101
#43Joshua73US #35
#44Karter73US #190
#45Isaiah72US #47
#46Jeremiah72US #58
#47Matthew69US #15
#48Andrew67US #34
#49Eli67US #50
#50Benjamin66US #6
#51Hunter66US #45
#52Daniel65US #13
#53Tyler65US #91
#54Wyatt64US #33
#55Austin62US #73
#56Bentley61US #100
#57Cooper61US #79
#58David61US #19
#59Tristan61US #108
#60Josiah60US #55
#61Owen60US #24
#62King59US #153
#63Parker59US #87
#64Sawyer59US #97
#65Ashton57US #133
#66Oliver57US #12
#67Anthony55US #30
#68Asher55US #71
#69Isaac55US #31
#70Chase54US #86
#71Alexander53US #11
#72Henry53US #22
#73Connor52US #54
#74Nolan52US #67
#75Dylan51US #32
#76Jayce51US #138
#77Brandon50US #99
#78Kameron50
#79Lucas50US #14
#80Princeton50
#81Hayden49US #168
#82Justin48US #112
#83Waylon48US #196
#84Brantley45US #156
#85Jack45US #38
#86Karson45
#87Nathan45US #43
#88Jonathan44US #56
#89Greyson43US #95
#90Hudson42US #61
#91Timothy42US #152
#92Aaron41US #49
#93Kaleb41US #176
#94Ryan41US #40
#95Ryder40US #102
#96Jayceon39
#97Paxton39
#98Maddox38US #143
#99Peyton37
#100Braylen36

On the move since 2015

Rising

↑44Hadley#40
↑38Kaiden#25
↑36Owen#61
↑35Thomas#21
↑31Natalie#51
↑30Katherine#62
↑30Levi#17
↑30King#62

Falling

↓49Makenzie#88
↓40Trinity#76
↓40David#58
↓32Aaliyah#59
↓31Jada#99
↓30Presley#100
↓30Brantley#84
↓29Joshua#43

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2015 rankings.