State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,300 Mississippi births in 1927 across 953 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
#47Tommieoutside the national top 200
#50Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#53Johnieoutside the national top 200
#56Oraoutside the national top 200
#59Katieoutside the national top 200
#47Maggie#188 nationally
#50Johnnie#191 nationally
#13Rosie#152 nationally
#63Essieoutside the national top 200
#74Addieoutside the national top 200
#64Nathaniel#187 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,841US #1
#2Annie662US #36
#3Dorothy605US #2
#4Willie454US #71
#5Ruby365US #30
#6Mildred323US #11
#7Helen295US #4
#8Louise290US #27
#9Lillie282US #94
#10Ruth263US #6
#11Martha248US #24
#12Frances243US #12
#13Rosie238US #152
#14Mattie232US #113
#15Betty225US #3
#16Bessie221US #88
#17Doris220US #7
#18Ethel219US #47
#19Margaret215US #5
#20Jessie214US #95
#21Emma206US #64
#22Elizabeth199US #13
#23Edna195US #40
#24Sarah192US #61
#25Minnie190US #114
#26Alice188US #17
#27Virginia184US #8
#28Marie177US #20
#29Gladys172US #37
#30Clara167US #63
#31Evelyn164US #15
#32Hazel164US #53
#33Lucille153US #45
#34Lula153US #150
#35Christine152US #117
#36Bernice150US #49
#37Thelma149US #38
#38Carrie140US #139
#39Juanita139US #55
#40Ida134US #84
#41Ella131US #98
#42Hattie131US #156
#43Beatrice129US #67
#44Fannie126US #160
#45Bertha125US #80
#46Lillian125US #32
#47Maggie123US #188
#48Catherine121US #31
#49Laura119US #82
#50Johnnie114US #191
#51Katherine109US #73
#52Alma107US #97
#53Eva107US #79
#54Irene106US #21
#55Pauline106US #42
#56Ora104
#57Georgia103US #120
#58Mae101US #125
#59Katie98
#60Mamie98US #164
#61Julia97US #76
#62Edith96US #48
#63Essie95
#64Lois94US #19
#65Velma94US #118
#66Margie92US #104
#67Geneva90US #119
#68Bonnie88US #100
#69Jean88US #14
#70Cora79US #158
#71Inez79US #149
#72Josephine79US #39
#73Sara79US #129
#74Addie78
#75Anna78US #16
#76Daisy78US #172
#77Flora78US #167
#78Myrtle78US #110
#79Wilma76US #68
#80Ollie74
#81Susie74US #184
#82Vera73US #89
#83Alberta72US #142
#84Joyce72US #35
#85Marjorie71US #25
#86Lizzie70
#87Rose70US #23
#88Bobbie69US #194
#89Nellie68US #105
#90Barbara67US #10
#91Ernestine67US #197
#92Mable67US #171
#93Sadie67
#94Rosa65US #124
#95Eunice64US #134
#96Ada63US #165
#97Dora63US #140
#98Gloria63US #22
#99Earline62
#100Billie61US #109

Boys

#1James1,793US #3
#2John970US #2
#3Robert932US #1
#4William889US #4
#5Willie835US #27
#6Charles545US #5
#7George469US #7
#8Henry345US #19
#9Thomas316US #11
#10Joe279US #30
#11Walter269US #17
#12Frank247US #12
#13Joseph232US #9
#14Edward228US #10
#15Eddie221US #103
#16Jessie179US #124
#17Jack177US #16
#18Charlie176US #80
#19Albert174US #23
#20Billy167US #31
#21David167US #21
#22Fred166US #35
#23Richard165US #6
#24Johnnie159US #105
#25Samuel143US #49
#26Clarence141US #32
#27Howard140US #28
#28Louis132US #29
#29Jimmie128US #108
#30Eugene127US #20
#31Earl121US #33
#32Roy121US #34
#33Curtis118US #118
#34Leroy116US #51
#35Sam115US #102
#36Paul113US #13
#37Harold111US #14
#38Lee111US #86
#39Andrew108US #56
#40Floyd103US #53
#41Arthur101US #22
#42Carl97US #26
#43Jesse93US #89
#44Ernest91US #41
#45Leon89US #78
#46Percy89
#47Tommie88
#48Clyde87US #68
#49Earnest83US #148
#50Roosevelt78
#51Herbert77US #42
#52Luther76US #139
#53Johnie74
#54Calvin71US #73
#55Oscar70US #113
#56Cecil69US #92
#57Herman69US #70
#58Ralph65US #24
#59Harry63US #25
#60Lawrence63US #37
#61Chester61US #85
#62Kenneth60US #18
#63Bobby59US #91
#64Nathaniel59US #187
#65Marvin58US #47
#66Ray58US #60
#67Raymond57US #15
#68Ben56US #156
#69Donald56US #8
#70Allen55US #95
#71Daniel55US #46
#72Melvin55US #48
#73Bennie54US #174
#74Jim54US #136
#75Milton54US #88
#76Tom54US #138
#77Clifton53US #164
#78Otis53US #167
#79Alfred52US #45
#80Leonard52US #40
#81Marion52US #117
#82Rufus52
#83Sammie52
#84Junior51US #119
#85Sidney51US #127
#86Edgar50US #107
#87Will50
#88Lewis49US #82
#89Vernon49US #71
#90Dennis48US #165
#91Sylvester48
#92Oliver47US #157
#93Claude46US #114
#94Hubert46US #128
#95Hugh45US #131
#96Horace44US #145
#97Bill43US #69
#98Freddie43US #198
#99Johnny43US #132
#100Leo43US #55

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑28Bonnie#68
↑24Sara#73
↑24Nathaniel#64
↑23Donald#69
↑22Jean#69
↑20Leonard#80
↑19Ora#56
↑19Wilma#79

Falling

↓25Johnny#99
↓22Oliver#92
↓21Vera#82
↓20Nellie#89
↓19Melvin#72
↓17Mae#58
↓17Daisy#76
↓17Dora#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.