State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 31,679 Mississippi births in 1915 across 832 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#16Rosie#174 nationally
#46Tommieoutside the national top 200
#49Johnieoutside the national top 200
#50Percyoutside the national top 200
#39Jimmie#183 nationally
#57Willoutside the national top 200
#58Oraoutside the national top 200
#64Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#62Essie#191 nationally
#72Nathaniel#197 nationally
#57Katie#181 nationally
#79Bookeroutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,141US #1
#2Annie475US #36
#3Willie309US #72
#4Ruby290US #24
#5Ruth222US #5
#6Louise210US #18
#7Lillie207US #84
#8Ethel205US #23
#9Mattie198US #91
#10Mildred195US #6
#11Beatrice171US #37
#12Bessie171US #57
#13Emma171US #40
#14Elizabeth170US #8
#15Margaret165US #4
#16Rosie162US #174
#17Lucille160US #29
#18Sarah157US #51
#19Jessie153US #66
#20Alice152US #13
#21Minnie149US #68
#22Gladys147US #21
#23Helen146US #2
#24Hattie136US #113
#25Marie129US #11
#26Martha126US #25
#27Dorothy125US #3
#28Edna125US #20
#29Lillian124US #15
#30Frances123US #9
#31Ida118US #54
#32Evelyn117US #10
#33Lula116US #129
#34Virginia115US #12
#35Carrie114US #103
#36Irene113US #17
#37Fannie111US #105
#38Velma109US #94
#39Clara107US #38
#40Thelma107US #30
#41Anna103US #7
#42Hazel100US #26
#43Bertha97US #46
#44Mamie95US #124
#45Nellie93US #63
#46Susie91US #149
#47Myrtle90US #58
#48Ella89US #75
#49Maggie89US #150
#50Julia87US #44
#51Laura87US #61
#52Pauline87US #32
#53Lois86US #47
#54Inez85US #101
#55Cora84US #119
#56Gertrude81US #35
#57Katie80US #181
#58Ora80
#59Pearl80US #56
#60Grace79US #27
#61Eva78US #55
#62Essie77US #191
#63Vera77US #65
#64Christine76US #125
#65Edith73US #31
#66Katherine73US #49
#67Geneva70US #110
#68Bernice68US #42
#69Lucy68US #79
#70Alberta67US #120
#71Flora65US #140
#72Georgia65US #111
#73Alma64US #70
#74Daisy64US #131
#75Eunice64US #109
#76Lena62US #77
#77Elsie61US #41
#78Lucile61US #135
#79Mae61US #89
#80Sadie61US #133
#81Josephine58US #22
#82Addie57
#83Catherine56US #19
#84Florence54US #14
#85Lizzie54
#86Nancy53US #102
#87Ollie53US #194
#88Eula52US #160
#89Viola52US #59
#90Rosa51US #116
#91Juanita50US #92
#92Roberta50US #161
#93Doris49US #34
#94Johnnie49
#95Lottie49US #153
#96Rebecca49US #159
#97Janie48
#98Mable48US #145
#99Rose48US #16
#100Dora46US #122

Boys

#1James1,108US #3
#2John802US #1
#3William700US #2
#4Robert632US #4
#5Willie610US #30
#6George381US #6
#7Henry308US #14
#8Thomas252US #10
#9Charles232US #7
#10Walter229US #11
#11Joe216US #38
#12Joseph193US #5
#13Frank190US #9
#14Charlie178US #75
#15Albert161US #17
#16Edward161US #8
#17Fred154US #26
#18Jessie140US #114
#19Eddie135US #120
#20Jack134US #27
#21Sam128US #68
#22Richard115US #15
#23Clarence113US #24
#24Earl108US #33
#25David103US #31
#26Johnnie103US #117
#27Leroy101US #66
#28Louis97US #23
#29Lee96US #84
#30Andrew93US #46
#31Roy91US #32
#32Howard90US #25
#33Arthur85US #18
#34Samuel83US #39
#35Woodrow78US #83
#36Clyde75US #63
#37Eugene75US #41
#38Herman75US #56
#39Jimmie74US #183
#40Ernest73US #35
#41Luther70US #115
#42Jesse69US #77
#43Harold67US #12
#44Leon63US #82
#45Paul62US #13
#46Tommie62
#47Harry61US #19
#48Lewis61US #70
#49Johnie60
#50Percy60
#51Otis58US #141
#52Carl57US #22
#53Curtis56US #128
#54Oscar56US #88
#55Earnest55US #143
#56Oliver55US #119
#57Will55
#58Ben54US #113
#59Cecil54US #76
#60Herbert53US #40
#61Tom53US #142
#62Claude51US #96
#63Lawrence51US #37
#64Roosevelt51
#65Edgar50US #85
#66Leonard50US #44
#67Bill49US #157
#68Homer49US #98
#69Jim46US #170
#70Allen45US #99
#71Clifton44US #144
#72Nathaniel42US #197
#73Sidney42US #94
#74Wilson42US #154
#75Floyd41US #59
#76Hugh41US #111
#77Archie40US #151
#78Marion40US #112
#79Booker39
#80Horace39US #122
#81Leo39US #47
#82Lester39US #57
#83Lonnie38US #199
#84Rufus38US #188
#85Alfred37US #42
#86Milton37US #73
#87Daniel36US #55
#88Harvey36US #95
#89Hubert36US #116
#90Melvin36US #60
#91Ralph36US #21
#92Monroe35
#93Vernon35US #80
#94Troy34
#95Bennie33US #171
#96Chester33US #54
#97Ellis33US #182
#98Cleveland32
#99Ira31US #146
#100Julius31US #109

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑32Pearl#59
↑29Pauline#52
↑28Oliver#56
↑26Essie#62
↑25Velma#38
↑25Lewis#48
↑25Bill#67
↑24Nathaniel#72

Falling

↓34Josephine#81
↓32Bennie#95
↓28Jim#69
↓26Mable#98
↓25Viola#89
↓25Floyd#75
↓24Florence#84
↓23Alfred#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.