State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,986 Mississippi births in 1926 across 976 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#44Tommieoutside the national top 200
#45Johnieoutside the national top 200
#55Percyoutside the national top 200
#11Rosie#156 nationally
#48Maggie#189 nationally
#60Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#67Essieoutside the national top 200
#68Katieoutside the national top 200
#73Addieoutside the national top 200
#75Oraoutside the national top 200
#66Johnnie#191 nationally
#31Lula#154 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,714US #1
#2Annie729US #34
#3Dorothy562US #2
#4Willie489US #73
#5Ruby359US #30
#6Helen343US #4
#7Mildred289US #9
#8Louise277US #27
#9Lillie267US #99
#10Ruth266US #6
#11Rosie258US #156
#12Mattie245US #109
#13Emma239US #59
#14Bessie238US #89
#15Margaret237US #5
#16Martha236US #24
#17Frances234US #10
#18Elizabeth218US #11
#19Sarah218US #63
#20Doris215US #7
#21Jessie210US #93
#22Minnie194US #111
#23Virginia191US #8
#24Ethel190US #41
#25Gladys187US #35
#26Alice183US #17
#27Edna183US #38
#28Betty180US #3
#29Marie179US #18
#30Thelma166US #36
#31Lula162US #154
#32Lucille153US #43
#33Bernice152US #45
#34Ida151US #82
#35Clara149US #61
#36Hazel146US #48
#37Evelyn145US #13
#38Bertha144US #76
#39Hattie138US #151
#40Ella134US #98
#41Mae134US #118
#42Christine130US #120
#43Carrie128US #138
#44Lillian127US #28
#45Beatrice125US #58
#46Fannie123US #153
#47Catherine122US #31
#48Maggie121US #189
#49Lois120US #19
#50Irene117US #21
#51Juanita117US #52
#52Mamie116US #167
#53Pauline116US #39
#54Eva111US #79
#55Laura111US #81
#56Geneva106US #117
#57Georgia102US #116
#58Katherine100US #72
#59Daisy96US #171
#60Margie95US #103
#61Vera94US #84
#62Edith93US #42
#63Myrtle93US #101
#64Josephine92US #37
#65Alma90US #91
#66Johnnie89US #191
#67Essie83
#68Katie83
#69Nellie83US #102
#70Velma83US #124
#71Julia82US #75
#72Lena81US #123
#73Addie79
#74Cora79US #158
#75Ora78
#76Anna76US #15
#77Elsie75US #69
#78Susie73US #184
#79Vivian72US #80
#80Dora71US #140
#81Grace71US #46
#82Inez71US #149
#83Marjorie69US #22
#84Nancy68US #57
#85Sadie68US #194
#86Ada67US #161
#87Lee67
#88Flora66US #168
#89Eunice65US #134
#90Joyce65US #44
#91Jean64US #12
#92Alberta63US #143
#93Bobbie63
#94Hilda63US #139
#95Ollie63
#96Bonnie62US #105
#97Sara62US #131
#98Wilma61US #67
#99Mable60US #164
#100Maxine60US #85

Boys

#1James1,854US #3
#2John1,083US #2
#3William942US #4
#4Robert886US #1
#5Willie868US #28
#6Charles498US #5
#7George425US #6
#8Henry337US #19
#9Thomas309US #11
#10Walter285US #17
#11Joe259US #33
#12Edward238US #10
#13Frank228US #12
#14Joseph228US #8
#15Jessie219US #124
#16Charlie198US #81
#17David195US #22
#18Eddie193US #108
#19Johnnie178US #104
#20Richard165US #7
#21Albert162US #21
#22Fred160US #31
#23Clarence153US #29
#24Jack152US #16
#25Paul140US #13
#26Roy140US #34
#27Billy131US #40
#28Eugene126US #23
#29Leroy122US #51
#30Ernest118US #37
#31Sam118US #92
#32Samuel117US #48
#33Louis116US #30
#34Earl115US #32
#35Jimmie115US #115
#36Lee110US #85
#37Harold107US #14
#38Howard105US #27
#39Arthur94US #20
#40Curtis92US #112
#41Earnest91US #147
#42Herman91US #69
#43Andrew85US #59
#44Tommie84
#45Johnie83
#46Floyd82US #53
#47Jesse82US #87
#48Calvin81US #65
#49Leon81US #73
#50Cecil78US #86
#51Carl77US #26
#52Raymond76US #15
#53Melvin74US #47
#54Clyde71US #67
#55Percy71
#56Harry70US #25
#57Luther70US #135
#58Lawrence69US #36
#59Ray68US #57
#60Roosevelt67
#61Chester64US #79
#62Bennie63US #169
#63Herbert63US #44
#64Oscar63US #105
#65Marvin61US #50
#66Milton61US #83
#67Otis60US #168
#68Clifton59US #165
#69Tom59US #138
#70Oliver58US #150
#71Kenneth57US #18
#72Daniel56US #46
#73Allen55US #93
#74Johnny55US #136
#75Ralph52US #24
#76Claude51US #106
#77Elmer51US #61
#78Hubert51US #131
#79Rufus51
#80Ben50US #155
#81Freddie49US #198
#82Jim49US #143
#83Alfred48US #45
#84Homer48US #123
#85Will48
#86Horace47US #149
#87Lewis46US #82
#88Nathaniel46US #176
#89Ollie46
#90Sammie46
#91Sylvester46
#92Donald45US #9
#93Hugh44US #128
#94Mack44
#95Billie42US #145
#96Edwin42US #55
#97Elbert42US #196
#98Gerald42US #41
#99Junior42US #117
#100Leonard42US #38

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑28Daisy#59
↑25Melvin#53
↑20Margie#60
↑20Alma#65
↑19Dora#80
↑19Luther#57
↑19Oliver#70
↑17Betty#28

Falling

↓32Alberta#92
↓25Ralph#75
↓23Mable#99
↓21Billie#95
↓20Julia#71
↓20Inez#82
↓19Susie#78
↓17Ora#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.