State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,090 Mississippi births in 1918 across 905 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
#45Percyoutside the national top 200
#48Johnieoutside the national top 200
#45Katie#195 nationally
#53Oraoutside the national top 200
#55Tommieoutside the national top 200
#64Willoutside the national top 200
#69Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#74Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#75Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#76Ollieoutside the national top 200
#76Gradyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,348US #1
#2Annie555US #36
#3Willie422US #70
#4Ruby287US #27
#5Ruth242US #5
#6Mildred237US #6
#7Frances224US #8
#8Mattie219US #100
#9Louise210US #18
#10Lillie205US #89
#11Dorothy204US #3
#12Ethel204US #28
#13Elizabeth198US #9
#14Bessie191US #61
#15Margaret190US #4
#16Rosie190US #174
#17Helen183US #2
#18Lucille181US #29
#19Emma177US #46
#20Minnie177US #88
#21Alice176US #13
#22Jessie170US #75
#23Martha168US #25
#24Gladys161US #22
#25Clara158US #43
#26Edna158US #23
#27Sarah154US #52
#28Thelma152US #32
#29Ida151US #57
#30Hazel149US #33
#31Hattie148US #121
#32Lillian147US #15
#33Lula145US #132
#34Beatrice143US #40
#35Marie143US #12
#36Carrie133US #113
#37Evelyn128US #11
#38Fannie122US #120
#39Irene121US #16
#40Mamie118US #137
#41Myrtle116US #62
#42Virginia116US #7
#43Ella114US #84
#44Maggie113US #158
#45Katie111US #195
#46Laura111US #64
#47Grace101US #31
#48Alma98US #73
#49Bertha95US #51
#50Velma94US #103
#51Susie92US #159
#52Alberta91US #122
#53Ora91
#54Eva90US #55
#55Mae90US #95
#56Anna89US #10
#57Gertrude88US #39
#58Julia88US #48
#59Pauline88US #35
#60Bernice86US #41
#61Christine86US #119
#62Edith86US #30
#63Doris84US #19
#64Lucy84US #90
#65Georgia82US #107
#66Lois82US #42
#67Catherine81US #20
#68Josephine80US #24
#69Lena79US #93
#70Viola79US #59
#71Flora78US #150
#72Katherine77US #50
#73Essie76US #194
#74Johnnie72
#75Lizzie72
#76Ollie72
#77Vera72US #68
#78Geneva71US #112
#79Juanita71US #85
#80Mable71US #144
#81Cora69US #124
#82Sallie69
#83Sara68US #109
#84Florence66US #14
#85Inez66US #115
#86Lucile64US #156
#87Rosa64US #117
#88Addie63
#89Elsie63US #49
#90Daisy60US #149
#91Nancy58US #102
#92Betty56US #21
#93Wilma54US #82
#94Effie53
#95Eunice53US #111
#96Mabel53US #74
#97Pearl53US #56
#98Vivian53US #72
#99Nellie52US #65
#100Nettie50US #175

Boys

#1James1,379US #3
#2John914US #1
#3William783US #2
#4Willie748US #29
#5Robert722US #4
#6George434US #6
#7Charles355US #5
#8Henry350US #16
#9Joe274US #34
#10Thomas274US #10
#11Walter267US #11
#12Joseph223US #7
#13Charlie205US #70
#14Edward193US #8
#15Frank178US #9
#16Albert174US #19
#17Woodrow170US #58
#18Eddie159US #117
#19Jessie154US #120
#20Fred146US #33
#21Johnnie146US #110
#22Jack136US #21
#23Louis132US #24
#24David129US #28
#25Arthur125US #17
#26Leroy124US #57
#27Clarence122US #23
#28Richard120US #12
#29Lee119US #86
#30Sam112US #75
#31Roy111US #32
#32Samuel108US #43
#33Eugene105US #35
#34Andrew103US #46
#35Earl99US #31
#36Ernest93US #37
#37Jimmie92US #159
#38Howard91US #26
#39Curtis87US #123
#40Herman85US #65
#41Paul81US #14
#42Luther78US #119
#43Clyde75US #67
#44Herbert73US #40
#45Percy72
#46Claude70US #95
#47Jesse69US #78
#48Johnie69
#49Earnest68US #142
#50Wilson68US #122
#51Cecil66US #82
#52Clifton66US #152
#53Harold66US #13
#54Tom65US #139
#55Tommie65
#56Harry63US #20
#57Leon61US #77
#58Ben58US #128
#59Rufus58US #183
#60Jim57US #165
#61Bennie56US #167
#62Carl56US #25
#63Raymond54US #15
#64Will54
#65Bill53US #143
#66Daniel52US #52
#67Homer52US #100
#68Oscar52US #87
#69Roosevelt52
#70Edgar50US #89
#71Floyd50US #61
#72Lewis50US #74
#73Alfred49US #42
#74Ralph49US #22
#75Allen48US #98
#76Grady48
#77Hubert48US #114
#78Benjamin47US #79
#79Marvin47US #68
#80Otis47US #151
#81Sidney46US #94
#82Lawrence45US #38
#83Lloyd44US #51
#84Ray43US #69
#85Alex42US #131
#86Dan42US #184
#87Julius42US #118
#88Vernon42US #66
#89Lester40US #62
#90Lonnie40US #195
#91Melvin40US #56
#92Charley39
#93Harvey39US #88
#94Oliver39US #130
#95Booker37
#96Chester37US #54
#97Leonard37US #41
#98Nathaniel37US #193
#99Ed36
#100Ellis36

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑28Mae#55
↑27Ora#53
↑26Lucy#64
↑21Alma#48
↑19Rufus#59
↑17Katie#45
↑17Claude#46
↑16Sara#83

Falling

↓28Nellie#99
↓28Leonard#97
↓25Mable#80
↓22Elsie#89
↓20Pearl#97
↓19Otis#80
↓18Lewis#72
↓17Jim#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.