State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,676 Mississippi births in 1920 across 946 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#46Tommieoutside the national top 200
#11Rosie#162 nationally
#42Johnie#192 nationally
#51Percyoutside the national top 200
#57Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#63Willoutside the national top 200
#63Essie#197 nationally
#75Oraoutside the national top 200
#76Addieoutside the national top 200
#50Maggie#172 nationally
#83Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#67Katie#184 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,557US #1
#2Annie656US #35
#3Willie432US #74
#4Dorothy317US #2
#5Ruby304US #26
#6Lillie273US #90
#7Mattie272US #96
#8Mildred267US #6
#9Ruth261US #5
#10Helen252US #3
#11Rosie242US #162
#12Louise233US #19
#13Frances226US #9
#14Margaret211US #4
#15Marie200US #13
#16Elizabeth199US #8
#17Minnie195US #87
#18Emma191US #46
#19Bessie190US #71
#20Martha187US #23
#21Edna186US #27
#22Ethel183US #30
#23Thelma180US #31
#24Hazel175US #34
#25Sarah175US #50
#26Alice171US #15
#27Jessie170US #84
#28Beatrice169US #41
#29Lucille169US #29
#30Gladys168US #22
#31Hattie158US #132
#32Ida158US #66
#33Lula148US #139
#34Doris147US #14
#35Lillian139US #18
#36Clara137US #44
#37Eva135US #58
#38Virginia133US #7
#39Ella131US #88
#40Laura131US #63
#41Evelyn130US #12
#42Carrie129US #121
#43Fannie128US #127
#44Irene124US #17
#45Myrtle116US #68
#46Bertha113US #57
#47Grace112US #37
#48Juanita111US #61
#49Georgia107US #113
#50Maggie106US #172
#51Susie105US #163
#52Mae104US #99
#53Mamie103US #142
#54Alma100US #80
#55Christine99US #118
#56Bernice97US #40
#57Inez94US #122
#58Katherine94US #45
#59Julia93US #55
#60Velma92US #105
#61Anna90US #10
#62Pauline90US #36
#63Essie89US #197
#64Viola89US #59
#65Lois88US #38
#66Eula86US #169
#67Katie86US #184
#68Lucy85US #94
#69Vera85US #75
#70Edith84US #32
#71Josephine83US #28
#72Alberta81US #128
#73Mable80US #148
#74Eunice77US #115
#75Ora77
#76Addie76
#77Catherine76US #21
#78Flora76US #149
#79Nellie76US #76
#80Cora75US #137
#81Geneva73US #106
#82Rosa73US #116
#83Johnnie72
#84Elsie71US #51
#85Lena69US #98
#86Gertrude68US #42
#87Agnes67US #54
#88Florence67US #16
#89Ollie65
#90Pearl65US #62
#91Lizzie61
#92Sallie61
#93Lucile60US #166
#94Marjorie60US #24
#95Sadie60US #174
#96Daisy59US #155
#97Nancy59US #95
#98Sara58US #111
#99Ada54US #136
#100Jewel54

Boys

#1James1,574US #4
#2John981US #1
#3William879US #2
#4Willie829US #29
#5Robert799US #3
#6George481US #6
#7Charles399US #5
#8Henry328US #17
#9Thomas314US #11
#10Joe265US #35
#11Walter252US #13
#12Frank225US #9
#13Albert204US #19
#14Charlie204US #70
#15Eddie202US #104
#16Joseph195US #7
#17Edward193US #8
#18Jessie176US #111
#19Jack161US #20
#20Johnnie159US #99
#21Clarence140US #26
#22David140US #25
#23Arthur137US #18
#24Fred132US #33
#25Samuel129US #44
#26Earl128US #31
#27Richard127US #10
#28Lee126US #82
#29Sam122US #84
#30Roy118US #32
#31Louis116US #28
#32Paul116US #14
#33Leroy114US #56
#34Eugene113US #30
#35Howard107US #24
#36Harold96US #12
#37Jimmie96US #147
#38Herman95US #66
#39Jesse93US #79
#40Curtis89US #120
#41Ernest89US #37
#42Johnie85US #192
#43Cecil81US #77
#44Earnest79US #140
#45Andrew78US #49
#46Tommie77
#47Clifton76US #157
#48Clyde76US #68
#49Leon74US #75
#50Oscar72US #90
#51Percy72
#52Lawrence68US #36
#53Ralph68US #22
#54Tom68US #131
#55Luther67US #123
#56Raymond66US #15
#57Roosevelt66
#58Carl64US #27
#59Daniel64US #52
#60Sylvester64US #174
#61Bennie63US #161
#62Edgar61US #89
#63Will61
#64Alfred60US #42
#65Jim60US #165
#66Harry59US #21
#67Julius56US #125
#68Vernon56US #65
#69Otis55US #146
#70Ray55US #67
#71Archie54US #145
#72Allen52US #94
#73Floyd52US #61
#74Herbert52US #41
#75Horace52US #128
#76Warren51US #39
#77Claude50US #92
#78Hubert50US #113
#79Johnny50US #184
#80Dan49US #185
#81Nathaniel49US #166
#82Lewis48US #72
#83Isaac47US #191
#84Rufus47US #188
#85Douglas46US #106
#86Hugh46US #115
#87Leonard46US #38
#88Milton46US #74
#89Ben45US #137
#90Chester45US #55
#91Marvin45US #62
#92Melvin45US #54
#93Elbert44US #181
#94Elmer44US #45
#95Homer44US #100
#96Troy44
#97Calvin43US #139
#98Leo43US #48
#99Oliver43US #135
#100Woodrow43US #183

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑34Juanita#48
↑25Eula#66
↑22Harold#36
↑22Alfred#64
↑21Vernon#68
↑20Ora#75
↑20Will#63
↑20Archie#71

Falling

↓65Woodrow#100
↓29Nancy#97
↓27Josephine#71
↓27Lena#85
↓26Johnnie#83
↓25Leonard#87
↓24Floyd#73
↓24Marvin#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.