State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,608 Mississippi births in 1917 across 872 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#179 nationally
#40Percyoutside the national top 200
#46Tommieoutside the national top 200
#49Johnieoutside the national top 200
#62Willoutside the national top 200
#62Katie#199 nationally
#67Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#44Jimmie#176 nationally
#38Maggie#161 nationally
#80Oraoutside the national top 200
#43Jim#163 nationally
#81Ollieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,215US #1
#2Annie502US #35
#3Willie411US #72
#4Ruby277US #27
#5Ruth235US #5
#6Mildred224US #6
#7Mattie221US #94
#8Louise211US #19
#9Lillie202US #86
#10Ethel190US #24
#11Frances186US #9
#12Sarah186US #52
#13Dorothy180US #3
#14Elizabeth177US #8
#15Rosie172US #179
#16Bessie167US #61
#17Margaret166US #4
#18Jessie163US #70
#19Helen162US #2
#20Martha159US #22
#21Emma156US #46
#22Alice150US #13
#23Lucille150US #29
#24Edna148US #20
#25Beatrice145US #39
#26Minnie144US #75
#27Thelma137US #32
#28Hazel136US #31
#29Fannie135US #115
#30Marie135US #12
#31Clara132US #41
#32Gladys129US #23
#33Carrie125US #109
#34Lillian123US #15
#35Myrtle110US #58
#36Ida108US #56
#37Hattie107US #118
#38Maggie107US #161
#39Virginia107US #10
#40Irene106US #17
#41Laura106US #65
#42Lula105US #135
#43Mamie102US #130
#44Bertha100US #51
#45Ella100US #83
#46Evelyn99US #11
#47Eva92US #54
#48Bernice89US #42
#49Susie89US #159
#50Grace87US #30
#51Alberta86US #122
#52Anna85US #7
#53Julia85US #47
#54Josephine84US #21
#55Mable84US #144
#56Velma81US #99
#57Christine80US #120
#58Doris80US #25
#59Edith79US #28
#60Georgia79US #105
#61Gertrude78US #37
#62Katie78US #199
#63Eula77US #172
#64Pauline77US #33
#65Katherine76US #49
#66Cora75US #126
#67Elsie75US #50
#68Catherine74US #18
#69Alma73US #71
#70Lena72US #85
#71Nellie72US #64
#72Inez71US #110
#73Rosa71US #121
#74Juanita70US #87
#75Viola70US #59
#76Lois69US #43
#77Pearl66US #57
#78Essie64US #194
#79Flora64US #145
#80Ora63
#81Ollie61
#82Eunice60US #111
#83Mae60US #96
#84Nancy60US #98
#85Addie57
#86Lizzie57
#87Lucile57US #142
#88Florence56US #14
#89Johnnie56
#90Lucy55US #88
#91Sadie55US #151
#92Geneva53US #113
#93Lottie53US #153
#94Sallie53
#95Dora52US #125
#96Ada50US #119
#97Marguerite50US #78
#98Estella49
#99Sara49US #107
#100Agnes48US #48

Boys

#1James1,230US #3
#2John758US #1
#3William741US #2
#4Willie662US #31
#5Robert633US #4
#6George461US #6
#7Henry305US #15
#8Charles271US #7
#9Thomas261US #10
#10Walter229US #11
#11Joe215US #35
#12Charlie206US #67
#13Frank198US #9
#14Joseph196US #5
#15Edward175US #8
#16Eddie156US #118
#17Albert155US #18
#18Jessie143US #114
#19Sam138US #72
#20David137US #28
#21Fred137US #29
#22Clarence128US #25
#23Johnnie126US #111
#24Richard122US #14
#25Jack118US #22
#26Louis107US #23
#27Arthur101US #17
#28Lee100US #85
#29Samuel100US #42
#30Roy99US #33
#31Woodrow98US #73
#32Howard97US #26
#33Earl96US #32
#34Paul90US #13
#35Ernest88US #37
#36Eugene87US #39
#37Leroy85US #60
#38Curtis81US #121
#39Tom76US #139
#40Percy74
#41Earnest73US #143
#42Andrew70US #48
#43Jim70US #163
#44Jimmie70US #176
#45Jesse69US #79
#46Tommie69
#47Herman68US #58
#48Clyde65US #64
#49Johnie64
#50Cecil60US #83
#51Leon56US #82
#52Harold55US #12
#53Herbert55US #40
#54Lewis55US #70
#55Oscar55US #87
#56Luther54US #116
#57Ralph54US #21
#58Bennie53US #172
#59Carl53US #24
#60Clifton53US #159
#61Otis51US #145
#62Will51
#63Claude50US #98
#64Harry50US #19
#65Edgar48US #88
#66Lawrence48US #36
#67Roosevelt46
#68Alfred45US #43
#69Leonard45US #41
#70Milton44US #75
#71Ben43US #129
#72Homer43US #102
#73Bill42US #147
#74Allen41US #100
#75Floyd41US #62
#76Harvey41US #90
#77Hubert41US #115
#78Rufus41US #187
#79Daniel40US #54
#80Hugh40US #110
#81Leo40US #47
#82Lonnie40US #196
#83Nathaniel39US #189
#84Sidney39US #95
#85Booker38
#86Elmer38US #45
#87Johnny38
#88Oliver38US #127
#89Horace37US #125
#90Julius37US #113
#91Ray37US #74
#92Chester36US #56
#93Ellis36
#94Marvin36US #68
#95Sylvester36US #175
#96Vernon35US #71
#97Calvin34US #160
#98Dan33US #198
#99Melvin33US #57
#100Moses33

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑27Doris#58
↑27Earnest#41
↑26Rosa#73
↑26Clifton#60
↑23Alberta#51
↑23Leonard#69
↑20Edith#59
↑19Eula#63

Falling

↓30Hubert#77
↓24Sallie#94
↓21Alma#69
↓21Lois#76
↓20Ben#71
↓19Inez#72
↓19Ora#80
↓18Lucy#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.