State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,831 Mississippi births in 1911 across 520 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#49Tommieoutside the national top 200
#54Bookeroutside the national top 200
#29Percy#173 nationally
#32Roosevelt#168 nationally
#56Ed#190 nationally
#48Johnie#172 nationally
#77Busteroutside the national top 200
#9Rosie#131 nationally
#33Will#149 nationally
#86Johnnyoutside the national top 200
#80Charley#193 nationally
#91Jakeoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary606US #1
#2Annie296US #24
#3Willie206US #61
#4Ruby158US #22
#5Mattie138US #65
#6Ethel130US #15
#7Lillie127US #60
#8Emma119US #35
#9Rosie114US #131
#10Bessie109US #40
#11Elizabeth109US #7
#12Minnie106US #52
#13Carrie105US #78
#14Alice95US #11
#15Sarah94US #42
#16Mildred90US #8
#17Clara85US #33
#18Edna85US #17
#19Hattie85US #86
#20Lucille84US #32
#21Beatrice83US #37
#22Fannie83US #88
#23Jessie80US #66
#24Louise80US #19
#25Ruth80US #5
#26Maggie76US #111
#27Lillian75US #13
#28Ida74US #45
#29Helen70US #2
#30Gladys68US #18
#31Lula68US #94
#32Mamie68US #89
#33Martha68US #28
#34Susie68US #112
#35Bertha66US #36
#36Frances65US #10
#37Velma63US #90
#38Margaret60US #3
#39Marie60US #9
#40Ella58US #63
#41Katie58US #139
#42Viola58US #47
#43Thelma57US #27
#44Anna56US #6
#45Julia56US #44
#46Virginia56US #26
#47Irene55US #21
#48Nellie55US #54
#49Dorothy54US #4
#50Myrtle54US #50
#51Pearl53US #48
#52Alberta52US #114
#53Gertrude52US #30
#54Eva51US #46
#55Lena51US #70
#56Alma50US #62
#57Georgia48US #96
#58Inez48US #99
#59Laura48US #57
#60Addie44US #161
#61Evelyn43US #16
#62Hazel42US #25
#63Josephine42US #29
#64Lucy42US #77
#65Bernice41US #51
#66Lizzie40US #170
#67Catherine39US #20
#68Cora39US #91
#69Daisy39US #108
#70Grace38US #23
#71Lela38US #162
#72Ora38US #158
#73Flora37US #117
#74Ada36US #97
#75Ollie36US #157
#76Florence35US #12
#77Mae34US #71
#78Pauline34US #38
#79Sallie33US #159
#80Vera33US #67
#81Essie32US #156
#82Sadie32US #113
#83Edith31US #31
#84Elsie31US #41
#85Lola31US #120
#86Nancy31US #110
#87Rosa31US #92
#88Rose31US #14
#89Geneva30US #122
#90Lois30US #68
#91Eula29US #143
#92Effie28US #147
#93Mable28US #127
#94Callie27
#95Dora27US #104
#96Katherine27US #55
#97Mabel27US #43
#98Bettie26
#99Jewel26
#100Roberta26US #171

Boys

#1James401US #3
#2John364US #1
#3Willie303US #14
#4William238US #2
#5Robert210US #5
#6George193US #4
#7Henry138US #11
#8Joe101US #29
#9Frank100US #8
#10Charles83US #7
#11Thomas83US #10
#12Walter81US #12
#13Sam79US #47
#14Albert77US #15
#15Charlie75US #45
#16Eddie64US #78
#17Edward64US #9
#18Fred62US #22
#19Jessie62US #79
#20Jack55US #25
#21Joseph50US #6
#22Johnnie48US #90
#23Earl47US #34
#24Louis44US #21
#25Lee43US #67
#26Ernest42US #32
#27Andrew41US #42
#28Clarence41US #23
#29Percy41US #173
#30Samuel41US #30
#31David40US #27
#32Roosevelt40US #168
#33Will40US #149
#34Oscar38US #68
#35Richard38US #20
#36Tom38US #105
#37Jimmie36US #137
#38Leroy36US #59
#39Arthur35US #18
#40Howard33US #28
#41Eugene31US #43
#42Leon31US #77
#43Roy31US #31
#44Jesse30US #72
#45Jim29US #134
#46Bill28US #135
#47Herman28US #49
#48Johnie28US #172
#49Tommie28
#50Curtis27US #118
#51Earnest26US #125
#52Paul26US #17
#53Ben25US #86
#54Booker25
#55Luther25US #100
#56Ed24US #190
#57Otis24US #122
#58Lewis23US #66
#59Claude22US #87
#60Nathaniel22US #161
#61Herbert21US #41
#62Theodore21US #56
#63Aaron20US #171
#64Bennie20US #151
#65Elbert20US #169
#66Hubert20US #119
#67Lonnie20US #158
#68Mack20US #167
#69Harry19US #13
#70Milton19US #70
#71Alex18US #129
#72Alfred18US #39
#73Allen18US #98
#74Carl18US #26
#75Harvey18US #91
#76Melvin18US #73
#77Buster17
#78Chester17US #58
#79Rufus17US #148
#80Charley16US #193
#81Marvin16US #82
#82Clyde15US #61
#83Daniel15US #53
#84Edgar15US #83
#85Floyd15US #57
#86Johnny15
#87Lawrence15US #37
#88Oliver15US #115
#89Archie14US #127
#90Grady14US #180
#91Jake14
#92Nathan14US #109
#93Ollie14
#94Ralph14US #24
#95Sidney14US #92
#96Elmer13US #48
#97Harold13US #16
#98Isaac13US #143
#99Jerry13US #140
#100Peter13US #50

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑37Lewis#58
↑34Theodore#62
↑29Herbert#61
↑27Johnie#48
↑24Catherine#67
↑24Elbert#65
↑22Addie#60
↑22Samuel#30

Falling

↓36Lawrence#87
↓30Charley#80
↓29Laura#59
↓29Clyde#82
↓28Elmer#96
↓25Sallie#79
↓23Edgar#84
↓22Eula#91

Every state

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