State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,475 Mississippi births in 1919 across 967 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#43Tommieoutside the national top 200
#45Percyoutside the national top 200
#10Rosie#158 nationally
#50Johnie#196 nationally
#57Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#72Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#73Mackoutside the national top 200
#77Sallieoutside the national top 200
#61Katie#183 nationally
#81Addieoutside the national top 200
#71Essie#189 nationally
#83Willoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,520US #1
#2Annie631US #35
#3Willie459US #61
#4Ruby356US #24
#5Mildred292US #6
#6Mattie290US #95
#7Ruth273US #5
#8Dorothy272US #3
#9Lillie272US #81
#10Rosie266US #158
#11Helen241US #2
#12Bessie226US #59
#13Louise223US #20
#14Elizabeth221US #8
#15Sarah203US #46
#16Frances196US #9
#17Lucille196US #27
#18Edna194US #22
#19Margaret193US #4
#20Emma189US #45
#21Minnie188US #80
#22Martha186US #25
#23Jessie185US #75
#24Ethel184US #28
#25Gladys177US #21
#26Marie175US #12
#27Hazel170US #32
#28Alice162US #13
#29Thelma160US #31
#30Lillian158US #17
#31Ida153US #57
#32Lula153US #134
#33Clara147US #43
#34Irene145US #16
#35Hattie144US #125
#36Beatrice142US #41
#37Fannie142US #121
#38Ella139US #87
#39Maggie139US #155
#40Evelyn137US #11
#41Virginia136US #7
#42Bertha135US #52
#43Carrie127US #111
#44Josephine127US #26
#45Bernice120US #42
#46Laura117US #71
#47Susie113US #151
#48Eva112US #55
#49Christine111US #116
#50Doris111US #18
#51Pauline110US #36
#52Anna108US #10
#53Mamie108US #132
#54Lois106US #40
#55Grace102US #34
#56Myrtle102US #67
#57Johnnie101
#58Lena101US #94
#59Flora100US #153
#60Edith98US #29
#61Katie98US #183
#62Georgia95US #106
#63Julia92US #48
#64Velma92US #104
#65Catherine90US #23
#66Mae89US #99
#67Viola89US #58
#68Nancy88US #100
#69Mable86US #143
#70Alma83US #76
#71Essie83US #189
#72Inez83US #117
#73Katherine81US #51
#74Elsie80US #47
#75Gertrude80US #39
#76Sadie80US #157
#77Sallie80
#78Vera80US #65
#79Ollie79US #195
#80Pearl78US #56
#81Addie77
#82Juanita77US #73
#83Alberta75US #120
#84Lucy75US #91
#85Daisy73US #148
#86Geneva73US #107
#87Rosa71US #110
#88Wilma71US #86
#89Dora69US #127
#90Cora68US #122
#91Eula67US #159
#92Ada66US #129
#93Josie65
#94Lucile65US #152
#95Ora64
#96Nellie62US #69
#97Florence59US #14
#98Lizzie58
#99Agnes56US #50
#100Lottie55US #162

Boys

#1James1,591US #3
#2John938US #1
#3William906US #2
#4Willie870US #23
#5Robert777US #4
#6George486US #6
#7Henry376US #16
#8Charles373US #5
#9Thomas295US #10
#10Walter275US #11
#11Joe262US #35
#12Charlie238US #66
#13Joseph236US #7
#14Eddie221US #99
#15Frank217US #9
#16Edward208US #8
#17Albert191US #18
#18Jessie186US #109
#19Richard165US #12
#20David157US #27
#21Fred155US #30
#22Sam147US #75
#23Jack142US #21
#24Johnnie142US #95
#25Samuel136US #43
#26Leroy133US #55
#27Clarence130US #25
#28Ernest130US #36
#29Andrew129US #47
#30Lee127US #82
#31Arthur123US #19
#32Louis118US #28
#33Earl110US #31
#34Eugene110US #33
#35Woodrow98US #91
#36Howard96US #24
#37Jimmie96US #143
#38Roy96US #32
#39Paul95US #15
#40Jesse91US #77
#41Curtis88US #120
#42Tom88US #140
#43Tommie84
#44Luther83US #117
#45Percy83
#46Harry81US #20
#47Cecil80US #78
#48Clyde80US #67
#49Floyd80US #59
#50Johnie80US #196
#51Clifton75US #150
#52Carl74US #29
#53Earnest74US #139
#54Raymond70US #14
#55Oscar68US #88
#56Lawrence67US #38
#57Herman65US #61
#58Harold63US #13
#59Ralph63US #22
#60Leon62US #80
#61Jim61US #158
#62Leonard61US #39
#63Edgar59US #89
#64Claude57US #92
#65Herbert57US #40
#66Hubert57US #115
#67Marvin57US #63
#68Melvin57US #56
#69Ben56US #126
#70Bennie54US #162
#71Ray54US #69
#72Roosevelt54
#73Mack53
#74Sylvester53US #173
#75Allen52US #101
#76Daniel52US #51
#77Hugh52US #114
#78Lewis52US #74
#79Lester51US #62
#80Oliver51US #128
#81Otis51US #146
#82Sidney51US #96
#83Will51
#84Homer49US #104
#85Milton49US #73
#86Alfred48US #42
#87Dan47US #174
#88Leo46US #49
#89Vernon46US #65
#90Nathaniel45US #175
#91Archie44US #142
#92Benjamin44US #79
#93Wilson44US #155
#94Elbert43US #179
#95Ellis43US #198
#96Johnny43US #193
#97Ollie43
#98Harvey42US #85
#99Wallace40US #107
#100Bill39US #130

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑35Leonard#62
↑26Lawrence#56
↑24Josephine#44
↑23Nancy#68
↑23Melvin#68
↑22Floyd#49
↑17Johnnie#57
↑17Pearl#80

Falling

↓43Wilson#93
↓42Ora#95
↓35Bill#100
↓31Alberta#83
↓23Lizzie#98
↓22Alma#70
↓21Herbert#65
↓20Lucy#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.