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Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,603 Mississippi births in 1913 across 700 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
#49Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#52Willoutside the national top 200
#41Percy#189 nationally
#55Johnieoutside the national top 200
#11Rosie#156 nationally
#62Lonnie#191 nationally
#47Katie#171 nationally
#81Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#81Mosesoutside the national top 200
#82Amosoutside the national top 200
#86Edoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary899US #1
#2Annie372US #30
#3Willie240US #65
#4Ruby204US #23
#5Mattie182US #75
#6Lillie158US #71
#7Ethel148US #20
#8Ruth144US #5
#9Mildred141US #6
#10Beatrice137US #37
#11Rosie137US #156
#12Bessie134US #47
#13Elizabeth134US #8
#14Minnie127US #63
#15Louise126US #17
#16Sarah126US #43
#17Edna119US #18
#18Lucille119US #31
#19Jessie116US #61
#20Emma114US #38
#21Gladys114US #19
#22Alice110US #11
#23Hattie104US #96
#24Clara103US #36
#25Margaret103US #4
#26Marie99US #10
#27Frances95US #9
#28Ella93US #70
#29Helen93US #2
#30Carrie92US #90
#31Fannie92US #91
#32Maggie92US #127
#33Ida89US #49
#34Laura89US #62
#35Virginia89US #15
#36Lillian88US #16
#37Mamie87US #106
#38Dorothy86US #3
#39Georgia86US #100
#40Lula86US #111
#41Martha85US #28
#42Irene81US #21
#43Alma80US #64
#44Bertha77US #39
#45Cora76US #103
#46Hazel76US #27
#47Katie76US #171
#48Viola76US #52
#49Velma75US #89
#50Thelma74US #26
#51Grace71US #25
#52Alberta70US #108
#53Evelyn70US #12
#54Lois70US #59
#55Myrtle70US #53
#56Eva69US #50
#57Julia69US #42
#58Pearl68US #55
#59Christine67US #124
#60Gertrude67US #33
#61Anna63US #7
#62Nellie63US #58
#63Susie62US #131
#64Essie59US #175
#65Josephine59US #24
#66Inez57US #98
#67Sallie56US #178
#68Vera55US #68
#69Lucy52US #77
#70Edith51US #29
#71Juanita51US #95
#72Pauline49US #35
#73Addie48US #187
#74Ora47US #182
#75Eula46US #153
#76Lena46US #73
#77Lucile46US #128
#78Daisy45US #123
#79Rosa44US #101
#80Catherine43US #22
#81Lizzie42
#82Dora41US #109
#83Flora41US #132
#84Nancy41US #102
#85Elsie39US #40
#86Mae39US #79
#87Ollie39US #172
#88Agnes37US #41
#89Eunice37US #107
#90Lela37US #188
#91Sadie37US #115
#92Bernice36US #45
#93Elnora36
#94Leona36US #74
#95Mable36US #134
#96Johnnie34
#97Nettie34US #152
#98Rebecca34US #158
#99Ada33US #104
#100Allie33

Boys

#1James716US #3
#2John523US #1
#3Willie452US #24
#4William450US #2
#5Robert414US #4
#6George270US #6
#7Henry204US #12
#8Charles169US #7
#9Walter164US #11
#10Thomas150US #10
#11Frank142US #9
#12Joe129US #37
#13Joseph125US #5
#14Charlie124US #62
#15Albert111US #16
#16Jessie111US #114
#17Sam102US #65
#18Eddie101US #102
#19Jack98US #28
#20Edward97US #8
#21Fred97US #27
#22Richard83US #19
#23Earl78US #31
#24Woodrow77US #44
#25Arthur72US #17
#26David72US #29
#27Johnnie72US #118
#28Lee72US #78
#29Leroy71US #63
#30Andrew69US #47
#31Louis66US #20
#32Ernest65US #34
#33Clarence62US #21
#34Eugene58US #43
#35Roy55US #32
#36Howard54US #26
#37Paul54US #14
#38Samuel52US #36
#39Tom52US #135
#40Jesse50US #79
#41Percy49US #189
#42Clyde46US #64
#43Benjamin45US #70
#44Claude44US #88
#45Tommie44
#46Jimmie42US #158
#47Oscar42US #76
#48Earnest41US #144
#49Roosevelt41
#50Homer40US #96
#51Jim40US #154
#52Will40
#53Curtis39US #119
#54Herman39US #53
#55Johnie39
#56Luther39US #116
#57Ralph39US #22
#58Hugh38US #115
#59Leon38US #81
#60Otis38US #140
#61Lewis37US #72
#62Lonnie37US #191
#63Bill36US #156
#64Floyd33US #58
#65Harry33US #15
#66Ben32US #108
#67Bennie31US #159
#68Cecil31US #74
#69Archie30US #134
#70Carl30US #23
#71Elmer30US #45
#72Lester30US #59
#73Allen29US #100
#74Clifton29US #149
#75Herbert29US #39
#76Marvin29US #77
#77Alex28US #130
#78Grady28US #190
#79Rufus28US #169
#80Harold27US #13
#81Moses27
#82Amos26
#83Leo26US #48
#84Sylvester26US #157
#85Alfred25US #42
#86Ed25
#87Edwin25US #55
#88Mack25
#89Raymond25US #18
#90Theodore25US #60
#91Chester24US #56
#92Daniel24US #54
#93Elbert24US #168
#94Harvey24US #93
#95Leonard24US #46
#96Ollie24
#97Ray24US #73
#98Aaron23US #166
#99Dan23US #182
#100Horace23US #123

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑37Tommie#45
↑32Christine#59
↑31Lois#54
↑26Ella#28
↑26Clyde#42
↑23Floyd#64
↑22Edith#70
↑20Viola#48

Falling

↓33Leonard#95
↓29Mack#88
↓25Myrtle#55
↓25Sadie#91
↓24Harvey#94
↓23Susie#63
↓21Lena#76
↓21Alfred#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.