Top first names in Mississippi

The 100 most popular first names given to babies born in Mississippi since 1910, ranked by total registrations. The sparkline next to each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to 2024, so you can see whether a name peaked decades ago or is still climbing. The top 100 names in Mississippi account for 1,737,818 total births.

#	Name	Total in Mississippi
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