State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,145 Mississippi births in 1921 across 942 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#171 nationally
#51Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#58Tommieoutside the national top 200
#59Willoutside the national top 200
#61Johnieoutside the national top 200
#64Percyoutside the national top 200
#68Essie#199 nationally
#71Katieoutside the national top 200
#46Maggie#173 nationally
#54Bennie#181 nationally
#79Oraoutside the national top 200
#80Johnnieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,525US #1
#2Annie599US #36
#3Dorothy377US #2
#4Willie364US #74
#5Ruby324US #26
#6Mildred287US #7
#7Helen281US #3
#8Ruth246US #5
#9Louise245US #22
#10Lillie241US #94
#11Mattie218US #105
#12Frances217US #9
#13Bessie214US #75
#14Ethel214US #32
#15Margaret209US #4
#16Rosie206US #171
#17Elizabeth200US #10
#18Alice191US #15
#19Marie191US #14
#20Martha191US #21
#21Gladys187US #24
#22Thelma185US #30
#23Minnie183US #96
#24Hazel180US #34
#25Edna179US #27
#26Emma178US #52
#27Virginia177US #6
#28Beatrice171US #41
#29Sarah166US #54
#30Ida162US #67
#31Lucille162US #31
#32Jessie160US #91
#33Lillian147US #19
#34Doris142US #13
#35Carrie141US #126
#36Evelyn139US #12
#37Clara136US #45
#38Lula136US #143
#39Hattie133US #144
#40Bernice129US #39
#41Bertha129US #59
#42Ella128US #89
#43Fannie124US #135
#44Irene123US #18
#45Pauline123US #37
#46Maggie116US #173
#47Juanita114US #57
#48Edith113US #33
#49Anna110US #11
#50Laura108US #71
#51Mamie108US #150
#52Mae107US #110
#53Katherine106US #49
#54Lois104US #38
#55Catherine102US #23
#56Inez102US #127
#57Eva96US #63
#58Myrtle96US #73
#59Christine95US #118
#60Lucy95US #93
#61Vera94US #76
#62Velma93US #108
#63Georgia89US #117
#64Alma87US #78
#65Grace87US #35
#66Julia87US #58
#67Elsie86US #55
#68Essie86US #199
#69Flora86US #156
#70Geneva86US #113
#71Katie86
#72Josephine85US #28
#73Lena85US #104
#74Susie84US #168
#75Alberta78US #133
#76Daisy76US #160
#77Eula73US #170
#78Mable72US #155
#79Ora71
#80Johnnie70
#81Nancy70US #87
#82Rosa69US #131
#83Eunice68US #120
#84Nellie68US #80
#85Cora67US #140
#86Marjorie66US #16
#87Ollie66
#88Pearl66US #65
#89Audrey65US #82
#90Sara65US #115
#91Viola65US #66
#92Lucile64US #178
#93Sallie64
#94Addie63
#95Margie62US #106
#96Florence60US #17
#97Wilma60US #72
#98Agnes59US #56
#99Rose59US #20
#100Sadie59US #176

Boys

#1James1,537US #4
#2John956US #1
#3William895US #3
#4Robert761US #2
#5Willie747US #34
#6Charles442US #5
#7George431US #6
#8Henry343US #17
#9Thomas275US #11
#10Joe252US #36
#11Walter249US #15
#12Joseph238US #7
#13Frank221US #9
#14Edward216US #8
#15Jessie196US #117
#16Charlie178US #76
#17Eddie176US #118
#18Albert172US #20
#19Fred168US #33
#20Jack167US #18
#21David166US #25
#22Clarence145US #28
#23Earl129US #31
#24Richard129US #10
#25Sam124US #85
#26Lee121US #86
#27Paul121US #14
#28Samuel121US #44
#29Arthur119US #19
#30Johnnie117US #108
#31Eugene115US #26
#32Louis114US #29
#33Roy106US #32
#34Howard105US #27
#35Leroy103US #55
#36Andrew102US #51
#37Herman94US #64
#38Ernest87US #38
#39Harold86US #12
#40Curtis82US #122
#41Clyde77US #69
#42Harry77US #21
#43Jesse75US #77
#44Jimmie75US #147
#45Carl73US #30
#46Luther73US #123
#47Cecil70US #79
#48Otis69US #151
#49Marvin68US #59
#50Leon67US #74
#51Roosevelt67
#52Alfred65US #43
#53Ralph65US #23
#54Bennie64US #181
#55Floyd64US #63
#56Oscar64US #92
#57Warren64US #24
#58Tommie61
#59Will60
#60Earnest59US #138
#61Johnie59
#62Ray59US #67
#63Tom59US #144
#64Percy58
#65Raymond56US #16
#66Daniel55US #49
#67Herbert55US #42
#68Vernon55US #68
#69Claude54US #96
#70Horace54US #129
#71Hubert54US #115
#72Clifton53US #160
#73Leonard53US #39
#74Nathaniel53US #187
#75Milton52US #75
#76Allen51US #94
#77Bill50US #121
#78Harvey50US #87
#79Sidney49US #110
#80Calvin48US #131
#81Edgar48US #90
#82Ben47US #139
#83Lewis46US #71
#84Johnny45US #175
#85Archie44US #155
#86Edwin44US #54
#87Chester43US #56
#88Homer42US #105
#89Hugh41US #120
#90Sylvester41US #185
#91Julius40US #128
#92Lester40US #66
#93Jim39US #165
#94Lawrence39US #37
#95Mack39
#96Oliver39US #135
#97Ellis38
#98Melvin38US #53
#99Wesley38US #127
#100Elbert37US #193

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑42Marvin#49
↑24Harry#42
↑22Edith#48
↑22Catherine#55
↑21Otis#48
↑20Daisy#76
↑19Warren#57
↑18Floyd#55

Falling

↓42Lawrence#94
↓30Sylvester#90
↓28Jim#93
↓27Viola#91
↓25Clifton#72
↓24Julius#91
↓23Susie#74
↓20Eva#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.