State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,860 Mississippi births in 1922 across 954 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#41Percyoutside the national top 200
#13Rosie#165 nationally
#50Johnieoutside the national top 200
#56Tommieoutside the national top 200
#57Essie#200 nationally
#62Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#56Katie#194 nationally
#67Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#67Willoutside the national top 200
#43Maggie#170 nationally
#77Ollieoutside the national top 200
#80Oraoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,720US #1
#2Annie653US #30
#3Willie452US #70
#4Dorothy398US #2
#5Mildred301US #8
#6Ruby300US #26
#7Louise275US #22
#8Lillie274US #85
#9Mattie267US #103
#10Helen263US #3
#11Ruth257US #5
#12Frances248US #10
#13Rosie241US #165
#14Martha220US #21
#15Elizabeth211US #9
#16Ethel205US #32
#17Minnie204US #91
#18Margaret195US #4
#19Sarah195US #51
#20Jessie194US #87
#21Marie191US #14
#22Emma190US #50
#23Gladys188US #25
#24Bessie186US #81
#25Edna183US #29
#26Virginia178US #7
#27Alice177US #15
#28Hazel174US #37
#29Lucille171US #33
#30Doris161US #11
#31Fannie157US #135
#32Ida155US #65
#33Thelma155US #31
#34Bernice148US #41
#35Irene148US #17
#36Clara146US #47
#37Lula145US #142
#38Hattie141US #139
#39Beatrice140US #43
#40Ella140US #90
#41Evelyn138US #13
#42Lillian138US #19
#43Maggie136US #170
#44Laura132US #68
#45Juanita128US #57
#46Carrie127US #122
#47Bertha125US #63
#48Mamie120US #147
#49Eva119US #64
#50Pauline116US #36
#51Velma112US #113
#52Geneva110US #110
#53Georgia110US #114
#54Catherine107US #24
#55Christine107US #116
#56Katie101US #194
#57Essie97US #200
#58Grace96US #38
#59Inez95US #130
#60Myrtle95US #75
#61Lois93US #35
#62Mae93US #111
#63Anna92US #12
#64Katherine91US #54
#65Edith90US #34
#66Cora89US #140
#67Johnnie89
#68Vera89US #79
#69Alma88US #84
#70Margie86US #100
#71Josephine84US #27
#72Mable84US #152
#73Marjorie84US #16
#74Susie84US #172
#75Alberta83US #136
#76Julia83US #60
#77Ollie79
#78Betty78US #6
#79Elsie76US #59
#80Ora76
#81Daisy75US #157
#82Flora75US #159
#83Gertrude75US #48
#84Rosa73US #123
#85Lucy72US #93
#86Florence71US #18
#87Nancy70US #78
#88Sallie69
#89Addie68
#90Lizzie68
#91Viola67US #72
#92Lena66US #107
#93Nellie66US #83
#94Vivian66US #74
#95Eddie64
#96Rose63US #23
#97Ada62US #148
#98Eunice62US #119
#99Sadie61US #177
#100Lee58

Boys

#1James1,599US #4
#2John931US #1
#3William885US #3
#4Willie841US #28
#5Robert810US #2
#6George513US #6
#7Charles449US #5
#8Henry393US #17
#9Thomas303US #11
#10Joe275US #35
#11Walter266US #15
#12Frank243US #10
#13Albert215US #20
#14Joseph215US #7
#15Edward201US #8
#16Charlie200US #72
#17Jessie181US #111
#18Eddie171US #112
#19Johnnie169US #105
#20Richard163US #9
#21David159US #24
#22Sam144US #84
#23Louis142US #27
#24Lee135US #83
#25Fred131US #33
#26Jack129US #18
#27Eugene126US #25
#28Leroy125US #55
#29Ernest122US #37
#30Howard120US #26
#31Earl118US #31
#32Samuel115US #43
#33Paul114US #14
#34Arthur108US #19
#35Jimmie106US #140
#36Clarence99US #29
#37Roy96US #32
#38Andrew93US #53
#39Harold89US #13
#40Clyde87US #67
#41Percy84
#42Cecil82US #85
#43Jesse81US #81
#44Hubert80US #116
#45Curtis79US #113
#46Leon75US #77
#47Luther75US #118
#48Herman73US #66
#49Raymond73US #16
#50Johnie69
#51Lawrence69US #36
#52Carl68US #30
#53Earnest67US #143
#54Oscar67US #92
#55Ralph65US #23
#56Tommie64
#57Herbert63US #40
#58Tom61US #145
#59Clifton60US #168
#60Lewis59US #75
#61Ray59US #65
#62Roosevelt59
#63Floyd58US #61
#64Ben57US #139
#65Bennie57US #166
#66Jim57US #169
#67Will56
#68Daniel54US #47
#69Allen53US #95
#70Harry53US #22
#71Milton53US #74
#72Rufus53US #188
#73Harvey52US #88
#74Marvin52US #56
#75Homer51US #108
#76Lester51US #69
#77Melvin51US #50
#78Chester50US #64
#79Otis49US #156
#80Sidney49US #110
#81Leonard48US #38
#82Elbert47US #184
#83Leo47US #51
#84Lonnie47US #195
#85Sylvester47US #194
#86Wallace47US #87
#87Horace46US #132
#88Alfred45US #42
#89Mack45
#90Claude44US #97
#91Dan43US #174
#92Kenneth43US #21
#93Vernon43US #68
#94Elmer42US #54
#95Johnny42US #170
#96Nathaniel41US #175
#97Warren41US #45
#98Billy40US #90
#99Elijah39
#100Grady39

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑43Lawrence#51
↑27Hubert#44
↑27Jim#66
↑25Margie#70
↑23Percy#41
↑23Lewis#60
↑21Melvin#77
↑19Cora#66

Falling

↓40Warren#97
↓36Alfred#88
↓31Otis#79
↓28Harry#70
↓25Lucy#85
↓25Marvin#74
↓25Vernon#93
↓22Nathaniel#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.