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Most Popular Names in Mississippi

The most common baby names registered in Mississippi across all years of SSA records, ranked by total birth count. The sparkline for each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to present, giving context for when that name was at its peak.

The top 100 names in Mississippi account for 1,737,818 total birth registrations. Click any name for a full national profile with gender data, decade breakdowns, and distribution across all 50 states.

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# Name Births Trend
1 James 116,386
2 Mary 87,908
3 John 71,033
4 Robert 68,226
5 Willie 64,862
6 William 64,623
7 Charles 47,672
8 Michael 35,864
9 David 33,843
10 Thomas 26,992
11 Annie 26,813
12 Dorothy 25,876
13 George 25,400
14 Christopher 24,242
15 Joseph 22,744
16 Linda 22,264
17 Betty 21,150
18 Richard 19,872
19 Henry 19,352
20 Barbara 18,392
21 Larry 18,159
22 Elizabeth 18,048
23 Joe 17,908
24 Patricia 17,349
25 Jerry 17,035
26 Jessie 16,929
27 Billy 16,311
28 Eddie 15,959
29 Shirley 15,490
30 Sarah 15,370
31 Kenneth 14,792
32 Bobby 14,578
33 Walter 14,574
34 Martha 14,574
35 Edward 14,298
36 Ruby 14,011
37 Johnny 13,261
38 Anthony 13,134
39 Johnnie 13,080
40 Joshua 13,031
41 Margaret 12,841
42 Brenda 12,663
43 Emma 12,574
44 Jennifer 12,510
45 Jimmy 12,114
46 Andrew 11,770
47 Helen 11,764
48 Timothy 11,707
49 Samuel 11,619
50 Carolyn 11,571
51 Daniel 11,499
52 Donald 11,305
53 Frank 11,252
54 Sandra 11,212
55 Paul 11,185
56 Rosie 11,176
57 Lee 11,085
58 Matthew 10,972
59 Charlie 10,824
60 Jimmie 10,772
61 Lillie 10,384
62 Angela 10,362
63 Kimberly 10,330
64 Terry 9,998
65 Albert 9,938
66 Doris 9,926
67 Alice 9,591
68 Mildred 9,510
69 Mattie 9,485
70 Gloria 9,436
71 Ashley 9,415
72 Jessica 9,395
73 Anna 9,384
74 Jason 9,249
75 Frances 9,190
76 Laura 9,095
77 Justin 9,039
78 Jonathan 8,991
79 Ruth 8,983
80 Virginia 8,917
81 Cynthia 8,721
82 Curtis 8,696
83 Amanda 8,685
84 Roy 8,622
85 Steven 8,621
86 Rebecca 8,587
87 Lisa 8,407
88 Bobbie 8,395
89 Deborah 8,252
90 Nancy 8,193
91 Ethel 8,189
92 Louise 8,067
93 Joyce 8,037
94 Evelyn 7,862
95 Brandon 7,847
96 Mark 7,810
97 Pamela 7,642
98 Kevin 7,624
99 Ella 7,568
100 Gregory 7,555