State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 34,213 Mississippi births in 1916 across 880 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#15Rosie#181 nationally
#41Percyoutside the national top 200
#50Tommieoutside the national top 200
#54Willoutside the national top 200
#56Johnieoutside the national top 200
#58Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#61Oraoutside the national top 200
#57Katie#191 nationally
#46Jim#177 nationally
#48Jimmie#179 nationally
#70Sallie#196 nationally
#71Essie#197 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,263US #1
#2Annie496US #36
#3Willie347US #73
#4Ruby299US #23
#5Mattie238US #93
#6Ruth228US #5
#7Mildred219US #6
#8Bessie213US #56
#9Lillie210US #88
#10Ethel202US #25
#11Lucille191US #30
#12Margaret189US #4
#13Louise185US #18
#14Emma178US #41
#15Rosie178US #181
#16Sarah177US #52
#17Helen172US #2
#18Beatrice170US #38
#19Dorothy168US #3
#20Elizabeth168US #8
#21Frances166US #9
#22Gladys155US #22
#23Hattie153US #115
#24Clara152US #39
#25Jessie145US #68
#26Marie141US #12
#27Carrie139US #103
#28Martha137US #24
#29Edna136US #19
#30Thelma136US #29
#31Minnie134US #71
#32Irene133US #17
#33Alice131US #13
#34Lillian131US #16
#35Maggie131US #157
#36Hazel129US #31
#37Myrtle124US #58
#38Lula123US #127
#39Fannie120US #116
#40Ida119US #54
#41Virginia119US #10
#42Ella117US #81
#43Evelyn114US #11
#44Bertha102US #49
#45Josephine102US #21
#46Velma100US #99
#47Christine98US #121
#48Alma92US #70
#49Pauline92US #33
#50Mable89US #136
#51Bernice88US #42
#52Grace88US #26
#53Inez88US #107
#54Mamie88US #129
#55Lois87US #43
#56Susie84US #156
#57Katie83US #191
#58Nellie80US #61
#59Laura79US #64
#60Eva78US #55
#61Ora78
#62Gertrude77US #35
#63Cora75US #114
#64Julia74US #46
#65Anna73US #7
#66Pearl73US #57
#67Vera73US #66
#68Viola73US #59
#69Katherine72US #51
#70Sallie72US #196
#71Essie71US #197
#72Lucy71US #84
#73Mae71US #92
#74Alberta70US #123
#75Flora70US #141
#76Geneva70US #112
#77Addie69
#78Georgia66US #108
#79Edith65US #28
#80Juanita64US #90
#81Lena63US #85
#82Eula62US #164
#83Ollie62US #193
#84Daisy60US #137
#85Doris60US #32
#86Johnnie59
#87Catherine58US #20
#88Dora58US #124
#89Lucile58US #139
#90Nancy57US #102
#91Lizzie55
#92Rose55US #15
#93Sadie54US #133
#94Ada53US #117
#95Nettie52US #171
#96Eunice51US #110
#97Florence50US #14
#98Jewel50
#99Rosa49US #120
#100Winnie46

Boys

#1James1,155US #3
#2John843US #1
#3William812US #2
#4Willie675US #30
#5Robert663US #4
#6George410US #7
#7Henry317US #14
#8Thomas263US #10
#9Charles243US #6
#10Joe220US #35
#11Frank210US #9
#12Joseph205US #5
#13Walter204US #11
#14Charlie183US #68
#15Edward174US #8
#16Albert168US #17
#17Jessie156US #117
#18Fred137US #29
#19Eddie135US #114
#20Sam132US #74
#21Richard129US #15
#22Clarence126US #24
#23Jack121US #26
#24David120US #28
#25Woodrow118US #64
#26Johnnie117US #115
#27Louis117US #22
#28Arthur116US #18
#29Lee110US #83
#30Samuel109US #41
#31Earl102US #32
#32Jesse98US #77
#33Paul93US #12
#34Eugene92US #39
#35Ernest87US #36
#36Andrew85US #46
#37Howard83US #25
#38Leroy83US #63
#39Roy83US #33
#40Herman79US #56
#41Percy75
#42Curtis74US #120
#43Tom74US #139
#44Leon69US #85
#45Clyde67US #62
#46Jim67US #177
#47Hubert61US #113
#48Jimmie60US #179
#49Oscar60US #86
#50Tommie60
#51Ben59US #119
#52Harry59US #19
#53Herbert59US #40
#54Will59
#55Carl58US #23
#56Johnie58
#57Otis58US #142
#58Roosevelt57
#59Bennie55US #169
#60Luther53US #116
#61Cecil52US #80
#62Harold52US #13
#63Lewis52US #71
#64Edgar51US #88
#65Bill50US #147
#66Hugh50US #96
#67Allen48US #101
#68Earnest48US #155
#69Claude47US #93
#70Floyd47US #60
#71Ralph47US #21
#72Homer45US #103
#73Archie44US #152
#74Lester44US #59
#75Charley42
#76Oliver42US #127
#77Booker41
#78Raymond41US #16
#79Chester40US #54
#80Milton40US #72
#81Sylvester40US #172
#82Daniel39US #55
#83Wilson39US #141
#84Dan38US #192
#85Lawrence38US #38
#86Clifton37US #156
#87Marion37US #110
#88Nathaniel37US #194
#89Clinton36US #180
#90Ellis36US #200
#91Elmer36US #45
#92Leonard36US #42
#93Lonnie36
#94Mack36
#95Grady35
#96Marvin35US #66
#97Benjamin34US #79
#98Horace34US #126
#99Jerry34US #145
#100Julius34US #111

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑48Mable#50
↑42Hubert#47
↑36Josephine#45
↑36Bennie#59
↑25Alma#48
↑23Jim#46
↑21Viola#68
↑20Ralph#71

Falling

↓26Leonard#92
↓24Anna#65
↓22Lawrence#85
↓21Eunice#96
↓20Oliver#76
↓19Luther#60
↓19Harold#62
↓18Horace#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.