State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,021 Mississippi births in 1914 across 760 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#49Johnieoutside the national top 200
#39Percy#190 nationally
#53Tommieoutside the national top 200
#9Rosie#153 nationally
#57Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#66Bookeroutside the national top 200
#41Jim#174 nationally
#70Willoutside the national top 200
#74Gradyoutside the national top 200
#44Jimmie#170 nationally
#75Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#73Ora#190 nationally

Girls

#1Mary970US #1
#2Annie417US #33
#3Willie301US #66
#4Mattie210US #78
#5Ruby203US #24
#6Ruth187US #5
#7Ethel175US #21
#8Lillie171US #74
#9Rosie166US #153
#10Louise164US #17
#11Bessie163US #55
#12Lucille157US #30
#13Mildred153US #7
#14Alice151US #12
#15Minnie147US #67
#16Elizabeth145US #8
#17Emma144US #39
#18Hattie139US #97
#19Jessie137US #64
#20Helen132US #2
#21Edna126US #19
#22Ida126US #49
#23Frances124US #9
#24Sarah124US #47
#25Marie122US #10
#26Beatrice121US #38
#27Gladys121US #20
#28Hazel115US #29
#29Lillian114US #16
#30Martha112US #27
#31Lula108US #120
#32Carrie106US #91
#33Dorothy105US #3
#34Clara104US #37
#35Maggie104US #141
#36Margaret103US #4
#37Fannie102US #99
#38Myrtle95US #60
#39Mamie93US #115
#40Bertha92US #41
#41Evelyn88US #11
#42Anna87US #6
#43Thelma86US #26
#44Susie85US #130
#45Gertrude84US #32
#46Laura83US #59
#47Josephine82US #23
#48Ella81US #72
#49Irene80US #22
#50Christine76US #117
#51Alberta72US #119
#52Eva71US #52
#53Julia71US #42
#54Virginia71US #14
#55Grace70US #25
#56Lucy69US #73
#57Nellie69US #61
#58Katie68US #167
#59Georgia67US #107
#60Florence65US #13
#61Lois65US #51
#62Bernice64US #43
#63Velma63US #92
#64Viola62US #57
#65Alma61US #69
#66Edith60US #31
#67Inez60US #101
#68Vera59US #68
#69Sallie58US #178
#70Cora57US #105
#71Flora55US #131
#72Mable55US #137
#73Ora55US #190
#74Katherine53US #48
#75Johnnie52
#76Nancy52US #102
#77Addie51US #188
#78Doris51US #36
#79Eula51US #157
#80Ollie51US #177
#81Pauline49US #34
#82Sadie49US #124
#83Geneva48US #118
#84Lena48US #75
#85Lizzie48
#86Lottie48US #142
#87Ada47US #106
#88Essie46US #181
#89Mabel46US #58
#90Mae46US #85
#91Pearl46US #56
#92Catherine45US #18
#93Ellen44US #86
#94Daisy43US #126
#95Lela43
#96Rosa42US #104
#97Elsie41US #46
#98Estella41
#99Nettie41US #154
#100Rose40US #15

Boys

#1James960US #3
#2John665US #1
#3William589US #2
#4Willie550US #25
#5Robert539US #4
#6George311US #6
#7Henry276US #12
#8Charles209US #7
#9Frank189US #9
#10Thomas184US #11
#11Joe175US #34
#12Charlie161US #65
#13Walter161US #10
#14Albert146US #15
#15Joseph144US #5
#16Jessie140US #117
#17Fred123US #28
#18Eddie122US #109
#19Sam122US #67
#20Edward119US #8
#21Clarence102US #22
#22David100US #29
#23Earl93US #33
#24Lee93US #84
#25Woodrow91US #71
#26Johnnie89US #119
#27Louis89US #20
#28Eugene88US #43
#29Jack88US #27
#30Leroy88US #60
#31Arthur78US #18
#32Andrew77US #44
#33Jesse72US #82
#34Richard71US #17
#35Samuel70US #36
#36Ernest67US #38
#37Herman67US #51
#38Oscar62US #77
#39Percy60US #190
#40Clyde59US #63
#41Jim59US #174
#42Paul59US #13
#43Roy58US #32
#44Jimmie57US #170
#45Harry55US #19
#46Luther55US #114
#47Curtis54US #120
#48Ben53US #110
#49Johnie52
#50Floyd50US #58
#51Howard50US #26
#52Carl49US #24
#53Tommie49
#54Earnest47US #147
#55Leon47US #85
#56Herbert46US #42
#57Roosevelt45
#58Homer44US #101
#59Claude43US #93
#60Harold43US #14
#61Raymond43US #16
#62Alfred42US #41
#63Bennie42US #154
#64Clifton42US #150
#65Tom41US #137
#66Booker40
#67Allen39US #105
#68Otis39US #140
#69Sylvester39US #164
#70Will38
#71Edgar37US #87
#72Lawrence37US #35
#73Lewis37US #72
#74Grady36
#75Marvin36US #75
#76Melvin35US #59
#77Ralph35US #21
#78Ellis34US #195
#79Elmer34US #46
#80Isaac34US #177
#81Theodore34US #64
#82Cecil33US #79
#83Chester33US #56
#84Oliver33US #122
#85Daniel32US #55
#86Grover32US #200
#87Harvey32US #95
#88Jerry32US #144
#89Wilson32US #153
#90Archie31US #145
#91Benjamin30US #70
#92Bill30US #159
#93Ed30
#94Hugh30US #116
#95Alex29US #131
#96Nathaniel29US #185
#97Charley28
#98Dan27US #192
#99Johnny27
#100Milton27US #69

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑30Bernice#62
↑28Raymond#61
↑23Mable#72
↑23Alfred#62
↑21Johnnie#75
↑20Harry#45
↑20Harold#60
↑19Anna#42

Falling

↓48Benjamin#91
↓36Hugh#94
↓33Pearl#91
↓29Bill#92
↓26Tom#65
↓25Cora#70
↓24Essie#88
↓22Alma#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.