State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,155 Mississippi births in 1923 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.

#46Percyoutside the national top 200
#12Rosie#166 nationally
#53Tommieoutside the national top 200
#59Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#62Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#63Katieoutside the national top 200
#64Essieoutside the national top 200
#68Willoutside the national top 200
#70Johnieoutside the national top 200
#51Maggie#176 nationally
#57Bennie#182 nationally
#47Clifton#166 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,616US #1
#2Annie672US #34
#3Willie437US #67
#4Dorothy423US #2
#5Ruby344US #25
#6Mildred317US #8
#7Helen290US #3
#8Ruth279US #6
#9Louise273US #22
#10Lillie261US #91
#11Elizabeth243US #9
#12Rosie243US #166
#13Martha232US #21
#14Frances227US #10
#15Sarah219US #54
#16Mattie213US #106
#17Margaret196US #4
#18Ethel194US #38
#19Jessie194US #94
#20Minnie194US #99
#21Bessie189US #81
#22Emma182US #53
#23Marie177US #14
#24Hazel175US #40
#25Alice171US #15
#26Thelma170US #31
#27Doris169US #11
#28Gladys169US #29
#29Clara165US #49
#30Edna165US #32
#31Virginia160US #7
#32Beatrice156US #46
#33Hattie156US #147
#34Lillian148US #20
#35Lucille147US #35
#36Evelyn145US #12
#37Ella144US #93
#38Lula142US #151
#39Ida132US #68
#40Laura131US #73
#41Carrie130US #134
#42Juanita129US #51
#43Bertha124US #64
#44Bernice123US #43
#45Lois123US #27
#46Fannie121US #142
#47Pauline120US #37
#48Eva115US #66
#49Mae115US #109
#50Irene112US #17
#51Maggie111US #176
#52Katherine109US #60
#53Velma109US #116
#54Josephine107US #30
#55Catherine105US #24
#56Christine105US #120
#57Georgia105US #112
#58Mamie104US #154
#59Margie104US #101
#60Susie103US #170
#61Alberta101US #135
#62Johnnie99
#63Katie97
#64Essie95
#65Betty93US #5
#66Anna92US #13
#67Alma90US #89
#68Grace90US #39
#69Julia87US #62
#70Daisy86US #163
#71Flora84US #161
#72Vera84US #82
#73Eula83US #171
#74Inez83US #141
#75Marjorie83US #16
#76Myrtle83US #84
#77Geneva78US #111
#78Nellie78US #88
#79Lucy77US #92
#80Florence76US #18
#81Nancy75US #75
#82Ora75
#83Rosa74US #130
#84Edith73US #36
#85Addie72
#86Mable70US #162
#87Cora69US #149
#88Elsie69US #61
#89Lena68US #108
#90Ollie68
#91Sara64US #123
#92Kathleen63US #70
#93Pearl63US #78
#94Viola62US #79
#95Vivian61US #69
#96Lucile60US #198
#97Opal60US #113
#98Sallie60
#99Wilma60US #74
#100Gertrude59US #59

Boys

#1James1,547US #4
#2John969US #1
#3William877US #3
#4Willie811US #30
#5Robert790US #2
#6George450US #6
#7Charles430US #5
#8Henry334US #18
#9Thomas276US #12
#10Walter251US #16
#11Joe222US #35
#12Joseph205US #7
#13Albert204US #20
#14Frank204US #11
#15Edward202US #8
#16Charlie189US #79
#17Jessie182US #119
#18Johnnie167US #107
#19Eddie166US #110
#20Fred164US #33
#21David160US #24
#22Jack151US #17
#23Sam140US #89
#24Clarence131US #29
#25Richard131US #9
#26Samuel127US #45
#27Lee123US #85
#28Louis123US #27
#29Earl122US #31
#30Arthur119US #19
#31Howard119US #26
#32Eugene114US #25
#33Paul111US #14
#34Roy110US #32
#35Andrew109US #53
#36Leroy107US #55
#37Curtis101US #116
#38Harold100US #13
#39Jimmie96US #141
#40Ernest90US #38
#41Herman90US #66
#42Luther84US #126
#43Leon82US #77
#44Carl76US #28
#45Clyde73US #68
#46Percy72
#47Clifton71US #166
#48Ray71US #61
#49Oscar70US #96
#50Earnest69US #146
#51Cecil67US #87
#52Hubert67US #117
#53Tommie66
#54Ralph65US #23
#55Jesse63US #83
#56Harry62US #22
#57Bennie61US #182
#58Billy61US #78
#59Roosevelt61
#60Ben60US #148
#61Herbert60US #40
#62Lawrence60US #36
#63Floyd59US #64
#64Lester59US #71
#65Alfred58US #42
#66Jim58US #167
#67Kenneth57US #21
#68Will57
#69Calvin56US #82
#70Johnie56
#71Lewis56US #74
#72Allen54US #97
#73Homer53US #113
#74Otis53US #165
#75Johnny52US #159
#76Raymond51US #15
#77Chester50US #63
#78Oliver50US #136
#79Tom50US #144
#80Claude49US #103
#81Edgar49US #94
#82Milton49US #81
#83Harvey48US #91
#84Leonard48US #37
#85Melvin48US #48
#86Sidney48US #115
#87Dan47US #188
#88Marvin47US #51
#89Warren47US #43
#90Elbert45US #183
#91Sylvester42US #191
#92Benjamin41US #86
#93Julius41US #137
#94Daniel40US #47
#95Ellis40
#96Lonnie40
#97Wallace40US #69
#98Hugh38US #123
#99Willard38US #92
#100Cleveland37

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑40Billy#58
↑25Kenneth#67
↑23Alfred#65
↑20Johnny#75
↑17Josephine#54
↑16Lois#45
↑15Nellie#78
↑14Susie#60

Falling

↓27Raymond#76
↓26Daniel#94
↓25Geneva#77
↓21Cora#87
↓21Tom#79
↓20Johnie#70
↓19Edith#84
↓17Gertrude#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.