State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,356 Mississippi births in 1928 across 950 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#43Percyoutside the national top 200
#45Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#47Maggie#198 nationally
#8Rosie#156 nationally
#54Tommieoutside the national top 200
#55Essieoutside the national top 200
#55Johnieoutside the national top 200
#63Jimmieoutside the national top 200
#66Katieoutside the national top 200
#66Willoutside the national top 200
#50Mamie#178 nationally
#76Mackoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,679US #1
#2Dorothy628US #3
#3Annie604US #37
#4Willie395US #74
#5Ruby361US #34
#6Mildred300US #15
#7Helen287US #4
#8Rosie255US #156
#9Betty252US #2
#10Ruth249US #6
#11Martha235US #22
#12Doris232US #7
#13Mattie231US #121
#14Margaret229US #5
#15Lillie221US #104
#16Sarah209US #64
#17Frances205US #13
#18Elizabeth200US #14
#19Louise200US #31
#20Edna196US #45
#21Evelyn192US #17
#22Virginia189US #9
#23Bessie187US #101
#24Minnie185US #118
#25Emma178US #67
#26Bernice167US #53
#27Jessie166US #109
#28Ethel161US #55
#29Lucille153US #51
#30Alice151US #19
#31Marie147US #21
#32Clara146US #65
#33Hazel146US #59
#34Ida143US #87
#35Ella135US #100
#36Christine134US #120
#37Thelma132US #40
#38Gladys126US #41
#39Bertha125US #81
#40Catherine125US #33
#41Fannie124US #161
#42Lula118US #158
#43Juanita113US #58
#44Beatrice112US #70
#45Bobbie112US #166
#46Hattie112US #159
#47Maggie112US #198
#48Carrie107US #140
#49Laura103US #83
#50Mamie103US #178
#51Velma101US #114
#52Mae100US #130
#53Pauline99US #48
#54Geneva98US #124
#55Essie97
#56Joyce96US #30
#57Lillian96US #35
#58Eva94US #79
#59Johnnie93US #182
#60Irene89US #28
#61Julia89US #80
#62Georgia86US #115
#63Jimmie86
#64Vera86US #92
#65Josephine84US #42
#66Katie83
#67Elsie82US #73
#68Grace82US #52
#69Katherine82US #75
#70Rose82US #24
#71Billie81US #96
#72Margie81US #108
#73Susie81US #194
#74Lois80US #18
#75Jean79US #12
#76Alma78US #107
#77Anna78US #16
#78Daisy77US #169
#79Myrtle77US #116
#80Nellie77US #111
#81Bonnie75US #89
#82Ora75
#83Inez74US #160
#84Flora73US #173
#85Cora70US #155
#86Edith69US #56
#87Addie68
#88Alberta67US #151
#89Eula64US #189
#90Gloria64US #25
#91Jewel64
#92Geraldine63US #50
#93Lena63US #131
#94Ann62US #54
#95Barbara62US #8
#96Marjorie62US #29
#97Ollie62
#98Earnestine61
#99Nancy61US #43
#100Sadie61

Boys

#1James1,690US #3
#2John937US #2
#3William928US #4
#4Willie859US #29
#5Robert839US #1
#6Charles592US #5
#7George471US #8
#8Henry357US #21
#9Thomas304US #11
#10Joe264US #30
#11Walter260US #18
#12Charlie229US #80
#13Edward215US #10
#14Joseph210US #9
#15Jessie196US #124
#16Frank195US #12
#17Albert194US #23
#18Eddie187US #105
#19Billy176US #27
#20Jack176US #15
#21Richard170US #6
#22Jimmie165US #100
#23Johnnie163US #103
#24David158US #19
#25Fred142US #36
#26Clarence135US #35
#27Louis132US #32
#28Leroy131US #51
#29Eugene129US #20
#30Howard126US #31
#31Paul125US #13
#32Roy123US #34
#33Harold118US #14
#34Lee118US #87
#35Herbert110US #25
#36Earl105US #37
#37Curtis103US #101
#38Samuel103US #52
#39Ernest99US #43
#40Andrew98US #60
#41Sam97US #109
#42Arthur91US #22
#43Percy82
#44Jesse81US #91
#45Roosevelt81
#46Earnest80US #153
#47Herman76US #78
#48Floyd73US #54
#49Leon71US #81
#50Bobby68US #65
#51Carl68US #28
#52Cecil68US #97
#53Oscar68US #122
#54Tommie68
#55Johnie67
#56Raymond67US #16
#57Hubert66US #121
#58Otis65US #165
#59Alfred64US #33
#60Clyde63US #74
#61Kenneth63US #17
#62Ray63US #57
#63Lawrence62US #38
#64Luther62US #145
#65Milton62US #92
#66Will62
#67Johnny61US #117
#68Tom61US #135
#69Clifton60US #183
#70Bennie59US #174
#71Billie57US #133
#72Donald57US #7
#73Harry57US #26
#74Marvin56US #46
#75Chester54US #88
#76Mack54
#77Melvin54US #48
#78Oliver54US #161
#79Alton53US #176
#80Calvin53US #94
#81Leonard50US #42
#82Lester50US #89
#83Ralph50US #24
#84Vernon50US #70
#85Allen49US #93
#86Ben48US #156
#87Daniel48US #47
#88Sidney48US #142
#89Dan47US #164
#90Lewis46US #86
#91Harvey45US #90
#92Edgar44US #114
#93Marion44US #118
#94Grady43
#95Claude42US #116
#96Jerry42US #79
#97Lonnie42US #197
#98Ellis40
#99Sammie40
#100Lloyd39US #59

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑43Bobbie#45
↑37Hubert#57
↑32Johnny#67
↑29Billie#71
↑28Joyce#56
↑21Will#66
↑20Otis#58
↑20Alfred#59

Falling

↓26Ora#82
↓26Calvin#80
↓25Ralph#83
↓24Alma#76
↓24Edith#86
↓18Katherine#69
↓18Ben#86
↓17Ollie#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.