State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,242 Mississippi births in 1925 across 945 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#41Tommieoutside the national top 200
#46Johnieoutside the national top 200
#52Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#12Rosie#156 nationally
#58Oraoutside the national top 200
#58Percyoutside the national top 200
#65Essieoutside the national top 200
#66Katieoutside the national top 200
#47Maggie#179 nationally
#70Willoutside the national top 200
#73Isaacoutside the national top 200
#64Johnnie#189 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,777US #1
#2Annie636US #32
#3Dorothy482US #2
#4Willie440US #68
#5Ruby348US #30
#6Mildred306US #9
#7Mattie304US #100
#8Helen300US #4
#9Lillie276US #91
#10Ruth266US #6
#11Louise262US #27
#12Rosie248US #156
#13Sarah234US #58
#14Martha233US #23
#15Frances221US #11
#16Elizabeth215US #10
#17Margaret211US #5
#18Ethel203US #43
#19Bessie202US #87
#20Jessie199US #97
#21Emma193US #57
#22Hazel193US #45
#23Doris190US #8
#24Marie187US #16
#25Virginia183US #7
#26Edna179US #37
#27Clara173US #55
#28Gladys173US #33
#29Alice171US #15
#30Minnie170US #104
#31Thelma169US #35
#32Evelyn161US #12
#33Hattie154US #148
#34Lucille151US #41
#35Lula150US #149
#36Ella142US #93
#37Bernice140US #46
#38Ida136US #82
#39Juanita134US #49
#40Irene131US #19
#41Pauline130US #38
#42Beatrice129US #50
#43Fannie128US #151
#44Carrie127US #134
#45Betty126US #3
#46Laura126US #75
#47Maggie125US #179
#48Catherine121US #29
#49Lillian119US #25
#50Eva118US #71
#51Julia115US #65
#52Mamie113US #160
#53Bertha109US #74
#54Christine109US #123
#55Lois108US #18
#56Mae104US #116
#57Georgia103US #112
#58Ora103
#59Susie102US #172
#60Alberta101US #140
#61Geneva100US #109
#62Inez100US #139
#63Katherine100US #61
#64Johnnie98US #189
#65Essie97
#66Katie94
#67Josephine93US #36
#68Vera92US #86
#69Grace88US #44
#70Cora87US #150
#71Lucy86US #102
#72Nancy84US #60
#73Velma84US #128
#74Marjorie82US #21
#75Nellie82US #98
#76Mable80US #166
#77Anna77US #13
#78Edith76US #42
#79Myrtle76US #95
#80Margie75US #99
#81Ollie75
#82Rosa74US #125
#83Addie72
#84Lena70US #124
#85Alma69US #94
#86Viola68US #84
#87Daisy66US #169
#88Eula65US #182
#89Florence65US #24
#90Ada64US #161
#91Flora63US #168
#92Ann62US #52
#93Jimmie62
#94Maxine62US #79
#95Bonnie60US #107
#96Lottie58
#97Sadie57US #194
#98Wilma57US #62
#99Dora56US #136
#100Ernestine55US #200

Boys

#1James1,659US #4
#2John976US #2
#3William877US #3
#4Willie855US #27
#5Robert843US #1
#6Charles513US #5
#7George458US #6
#8Henry371US #18
#9Thomas309US #11
#10Walter251US #16
#11Joe223US #34
#12Joseph221US #7
#13Charlie213US #78
#14Edward196US #9
#15Albert189US #21
#16Eddie185US #101
#17Frank182US #12
#18Jessie177US #123
#19Johnnie166US #100
#20Jack165US #17
#21David163US #22
#22Clarence159US #30
#23Richard155US #8
#24Arthur138US #20
#25Fred136US #33
#26Leroy132US #52
#27Eugene131US #24
#28Jimmie124US #121
#29Lee124US #82
#30Samuel113US #46
#31Earl111US #31
#32Paul109US #13
#33Louis108US #29
#34Roy107US #32
#35Harold104US #14
#36Andrew103US #56
#37Howard102US #26
#38Sam101US #91
#39Ernest95US #37
#40Billy93US #49
#41Tommie89
#42Floyd87US #58
#43Jesse87US #85
#44Carl85US #28
#45Herman84US #69
#46Johnie84
#47Calvin83US #47
#48Earnest80US #148
#49Harry79US #23
#50Ralph78US #25
#51Clyde77US #68
#52Roosevelt77
#53Cecil67US #87
#54Lawrence66US #36
#55Clifton65US #171
#56Curtis65US #118
#57Leon65US #76
#58Percy65
#59Marvin62US #51
#60Herbert61US #42
#61Daniel59US #44
#62Milton59US #80
#63Oscar58US #99
#64Allen56US #94
#65Bennie56US #169
#66Harvey56US #88
#67Ray56US #64
#68Marion55US #109
#69Raymond55US #15
#70Will54
#71Otis52US #159
#72Vernon52US #67
#73Isaac51
#74Billie48US #156
#75Johnny48US #142
#76Luther48US #132
#77Alfred47US #43
#78Melvin47US #50
#79Tom47US #138
#80Hubert46US #124
#81Lewis46US #79
#82Ben45US #153
#83Claude45US #102
#84Nathaniel45US #178
#85Kenneth44US #19
#86Sammie44
#87Donald43US #10
#88Horace43US #145
#89Oliver43US #151
#90Willis43US #139
#91Alvin42US #70
#92Jim42US #147
#93Lester42US #81
#94Bill41US #84
#95Edgar41US #96
#96Leonard41US #38
#97Homer40US #116
#98Aaron39
#99Julius39US #149
#100Elbert38

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑34Julia#51
↑30Allen#64
↑29Milton#62
↑29Harvey#66
↑26Nancy#72
↑23Pauline#41
↑23Harry#49
↑22Tommie#41

Falling

↓34Alma#85
↓32Lester#93
↓29Luther#76
↓29Kenneth#85
↓28Jim#92
↓21Homer#97
↓20Tom#79
↓19Anna#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.