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Top names in Mississippi

Name: Top baby names in Mississippi, 1910
Creator: Social Security Administration

The names most likely to appear on 1910 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,902 Mississippi births in 1910 across 557 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#45Tommieoutside the national top 200
#70Clevelandoutside the national top 200
#35Percy#160 nationally
#56Booker#177 nationally
#82Gradyoutside the national top 200
#50Charley#167 nationally
#85Callieoutside the national top 200
#87Amosoutside the national top 200
#31Roosevelt#144 nationally
#6Rosie#114 nationally
#94Virgieoutside the national top 200
#46Mack#150 nationally

Girls

#1Mary762US #1
#2Annie354US #19
#3Willie208US #56
#4Mattie178US #60
#5Lillie158US #54
#6Rosie158US #114
#7Ruby152US #27
#8Ethel127US #13
#9Emma124US #34
#10Minnie121US #50
#11Bessie116US #37
#12Lucille112US #31
#13Carrie111US #70
#14Elizabeth109US #7
#15Hattie109US #73
#16Alice105US #10
#17Clara103US #32
#18Sarah101US #40
#19Beatrice99US #36
#20Lillian99US #14
#21Louise99US #20
#22Gladys94US #15
#23Ruth93US #5
#24Maggie92US #95
#25Ida90US #47
#26Jessie86US #63
#27Edna85US #18
#28Susie84US #102
#29Fannie82US #78
#30Laura81US #53
#31Bertha77US #33
#32Lula76US #93
#33Marie75US #9
#34Martha75US #28
#35Mildred74US #8
#36Ella72US #62
#37Frances70US #11
#38Viola69US #48
#39Irene68US #21
#40Katie67US #122
#41Thelma67US #25
#42Mamie66US #86
#43Myrtle64US #43
#44Anna62US #6
#45Virginia62US #29
#46Josephine61US #30
#47Alberta60US #104
#48Eva59US #45
#49Gertrude59US #26
#50Helen57US #2
#51Margaret56US #3
#52Daisy55US #101
#53Pearl55US #39
#54Sallie55US #144
#55Velma55US #90
#56Georgia54US #91
#57Cora53US #85
#58Lena53US #66
#59Julia51US #49
#60Nellie51US #51
#61Evelyn49US #17
#62Flora48US #108
#63Lucy48US #75
#64Alma47US #61
#65Dorothy47US #4
#66Essie44US #134
#67Pauline44US #42
#68Inez43US #97
#69Eula42US #135
#70Geneva42US #117
#71Sadie42US #100
#72Grace40US #23
#73Ora40US #158
#74Christine39US #123
#75Ollie39US #150
#76Florence38US #12
#77Hazel38US #24
#78Lizzie38US #155
#79Nancy38US #105
#80Effie37US #143
#81Ada36US #94
#82Addie36US #157
#83Mae36US #65
#84Rosa36US #83
#85Callie35
#86Edith34US #35
#87Eunice34US #113
#88Lela34US #161
#89Mable34US #121
#90Leola33US #166
#91Catherine32US #22
#92Estelle32US #112
#93Vera32US #71
#94Virgie32
#95Dora31US #103
#96Lois31US #76
#97Mabel31US #46
#98Johnnie30
#99Lucile30US #118
#100Elnora29

Boys

#1James465US #2
#2John385US #1
#3Willie377US #11
#4William259US #3
#5Robert254US #4
#6George201US #5
#7Henry158US #10
#8Frank105US #8
#9Charlie103US #34
#10Sam103US #40
#11Walter102US #13
#12Joe91US #25
#13Charles86US #7
#14Albert85US #14
#15Thomas82US #12
#16Fred72US #22
#17Jessie72US #72
#18Eddie71US #59
#19Johnnie66US #74
#20Jack59US #23
#21Joseph59US #6
#22Edward55US #9
#23Leroy55US #50
#24Andrew49US #42
#25Lee49US #49
#26Eugene48US #39
#27Ernest47US #31
#28Jim47US #100
#29Tom46US #82
#30Louis45US #24
#31Roosevelt45US #144
#32Arthur43US #17
#33David43US #30
#34Richard41US #21
#35Percy40US #160
#36Will39US #113
#37Jimmie38US #125
#38Clarence37US #20
#39Ed37US #140
#40Howard37US #27
#41Jesse35US #60
#42Curtis34US #114
#43Ben33US #79
#44Earl33US #33
#45Tommie33
#46Mack31US #150
#47Leon30US #81
#48Luther30US #87
#49Roy30US #29
#50Charley29US #167
#51Lawrence28US #35
#52Samuel28US #32
#53Clyde27US #57
#54Paul26US #15
#55Oscar25US #73
#56Booker24US #177
#57Nathaniel24US #139
#58Bill23US #124
#59Otis23US #109
#60Claude22US #78
#61Edgar22US #80
#62Alfred21US #38
#63Bennie21US #146
#64Earnest21US #128
#65Herman21US #52
#66Alex20US #127
#67Archie20US #119
#68Elmer20US #48
#69Harry20US #16
#70Cleveland19
#71Dan19US #164
#72Allen18US #92
#73Floyd18US #55
#74Homer18US #98
#75Johnie18US #157
#76Johnny18US #173
#77Leonard18US #46
#78Marvin18US #84
#79Rufus18US #145
#80Cecil17US #77
#81Dave17US #169
#82Grady17
#83Ira17US #138
#84Lester17US #64
#85Lonnie17US #148
#86Oliver17US #103
#87Amos16
#88Daniel16US #53
#89Elbert16US #166
#90Herbert16US #41
#91Jerry16US #131
#92Sidney16US #93
#93Chester15US #61
#94Guy15US #133
#95Lewis15US #65
#96Theodore15US #54
#97Clifton14US #168
#98Hugh14US #112
#99Isaac14US #130
#100Jake14US #184

Every state

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