State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,280 Mississippi births in 1924 across 936 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#42Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#48Katieoutside the national top 200
#48Percyoutside the national top 200
#14Rosie#163 nationally
#50Johnnie#196 nationally
#55Johnieoutside the national top 200
#40Maggie#181 nationally
#62Essieoutside the national top 200
#63Tommieoutside the national top 200
#73Willoutside the national top 200
#77Oraoutside the national top 200
#75Rufus#197 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,736US #1
#2Annie684US #32
#3Dorothy469US #2
#4Willie446US #68
#5Ruby359US #26
#6Helen319US #3
#7Mildred292US #8
#8Louise267US #24
#9Ruth257US #6
#10Frances234US #10
#11Elizabeth230US #11
#12Doris225US #9
#13Lillie225US #97
#14Rosie225US #163
#15Margaret222US #5
#16Mattie217US #109
#17Martha215US #21
#18Sarah209US #54
#19Ethel202US #39
#20Emma196US #57
#21Edna193US #31
#22Minnie192US #100
#23Gladys190US #30
#24Bessie188US #86
#25Jessie177US #91
#26Thelma170US #33
#27Virginia170US #7
#28Alice167US #15
#29Evelyn167US #12
#30Marie161US #14
#31Hazel160US #42
#32Lula155US #146
#33Beatrice151US #50
#34Bernice148US #47
#35Lucille147US #37
#36Fannie145US #152
#37Hattie144US #149
#38Ida140US #70
#39Bertha136US #65
#40Maggie134US #181
#41Carrie132US #135
#42Clara132US #56
#43Catherine128US #27
#44Juanita127US #48
#45Lillian124US #23
#46Mamie117US #156
#47Betty113US #4
#48Katie113
#49Katherine111US #59
#50Johnnie110US #196
#51Alma109US #87
#52Ella108US #94
#53Laura108US #72
#54Christine105US #115
#55Irene105US #18
#56Mae105US #114
#57Eva103US #66
#58Anna99US #13
#59Lois99US #22
#60Velma98US #123
#61Edith96US #36
#62Essie95
#63Susie95US #176
#64Pauline93US #38
#65Mable92US #162
#66Myrtle91US #89
#67Geneva90US #110
#68Inez90US #144
#69Josephine88US #34
#70Daisy86US #166
#71Grace85US #43
#72Margie84US #102
#73Georgia83US #113
#74Rosa83US #129
#75Nellie78US #92
#76Vera78US #85
#77Ora77
#78Alberta75US #145
#79Lucy74US #98
#80Elsie72US #61
#81Lena72US #112
#82Ollie71
#83Florence70US #20
#84Cora69US #155
#85Julia69US #62
#86Eunice66US #130
#87Addie65
#88Sara65US #116
#89Flora64US #167
#90Viola64US #82
#91Wilma64US #67
#92Pearl61US #78
#93Gertrude60US #60
#94Marjorie60US #17
#95Opal60US #120
#96Estella58
#97Lizzie58
#98Nancy58US #69
#99Ernestine57
#100Eula57US #177

Boys

#1James1,646US #4
#2John941US #2
#3William872US #3
#4Robert820US #1
#5Willie762US #30
#6Charles447US #5
#7George425US #6
#8Henry356US #18
#9Thomas277US #11
#10Walter249US #16
#11Joe234US #35
#12Charlie204US #80
#13Frank203US #12
#14Edward199US #9
#15Joseph197US #7
#16Johnnie195US #101
#17Albert181US #21
#18Fred166US #32
#19Jessie165US #124
#20David159US #24
#21Eddie158US #113
#22Clarence152US #29
#23Louis134US #28
#24Jack131US #17
#25Richard129US #8
#26Lee126US #83
#27Eugene120US #25
#28Roy120US #31
#29Leroy117US #53
#30Samuel116US #45
#31Howard112US #26
#32Jimmie112US #132
#33Earl110US #33
#34Arthur107US #20
#35Harold106US #13
#36Paul101US #14
#37Calvin98US #44
#38Sam95US #91
#39Andrew92US #56
#40Earnest83US #145
#41Billy81US #63
#42Roosevelt81
#43Clyde79US #69
#44Curtis79US #117
#45Ernest79US #37
#46Leon79US #76
#47Luther76US #127
#48Percy74
#49Ralph71US #23
#50Herman69US #70
#51Jesse69US #86
#52Cecil68US #85
#53Oscar63US #99
#54Floyd62US #66
#55Johnie61
#56Kenneth61US #19
#57Herbert60US #41
#58Carl59US #27
#59Tom59US #149
#60Lawrence58US #36
#61Lester58US #72
#62Marvin57US #50
#63Tommie57
#64Jim56US #160
#65Raymond55US #15
#66Chester54US #67
#67Lewis54US #77
#68Otis54US #158
#69Ray54US #60
#70Ben53US #141
#71Melvin53US #48
#72Harry52US #22
#73Will51
#74Clifton50US #172
#75Rufus50US #197
#76Homer49US #109
#77Sylvester49US #198
#78Bennie48US #168
#79Claude48US #103
#80Daniel47US #47
#81Grady46
#82Hugh46US #116
#83Nathaniel46US #180
#84Hubert45US #115
#85Sidney45US #119
#86Leonard44US #38
#87Archie43US #154
#88Edgar43US #96
#89Elbert43US #195
#90Johnny43US #152
#91Milton43US #81
#92Vernon43US #68
#93Dan42US #179
#94Allen41US #94
#95Harvey41US #88
#96Jerry40US #123
#97Freddie39
#98Alfred38US #43
#99Ellis38
#100Horace37US #143

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑32Calvin#37
↑26Marvin#62
↑23Edith#61
↑21Mable#65
↑20Tom#59
↑18Betty#47
↑17Billy#41
↑17Roosevelt#42

Falling

↓33Alfred#98
↓32Hubert#84
↓27Eula#100
↓27Clifton#74
↓22Allen#94
↓21Ray#69
↓21Bennie#78
↓19Marjorie#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.