State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,349 Mississippi births in 1929 across 897 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
#49Percyoutside the national top 200
#52Johnieoutside the national top 200
#49Johnnie#195 nationally
#57Maggieoutside the national top 200
#61Katieoutside the national top 200
#15Rosie#154 nationally
#62Essieoutside the national top 200
#30Hattie#164 nationally
#70Tommieoutside the national top 200
#32Lula#158 nationally
#48Fannie#169 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,623US #1
#2Annie628US #37
#3Dorothy564US #3
#4Willie400US #76
#5Betty323US #2
#6Ruby293US #36
#7Helen280US #4
#8Lillie267US #103
#9Mildred260US #18
#10Louise255US #31
#11Mattie245US #121
#12Doris237US #6
#13Ruth234US #8
#14Martha225US #27
#15Rosie211US #154
#16Frances208US #16
#17Margaret201US #5
#18Jessie183US #110
#19Elizabeth182US #15
#20Sarah176US #68
#21Emma171US #69
#22Bernice167US #55
#23Virginia164US #11
#24Bessie161US #107
#25Clara161US #65
#26Ethel156US #56
#27Minnie154US #124
#28Bertha150US #93
#29Evelyn150US #19
#30Hattie144US #164
#31Alice143US #21
#32Lula143US #158
#33Hazel142US #64
#34Marie141US #22
#35Ida139US #96
#36Bobbie136US #146
#37Thelma136US #41
#38Ella132US #102
#39Lucille132US #57
#40Edna129US #51
#41Gladys127US #44
#42Catherine121US #34
#43Juanita118US #60
#44Carrie114US #148
#45Mae113US #132
#46Beatrice108US #72
#47Joyce105US #23
#48Fannie104US #169
#49Johnnie104US #195
#50Georgia100US #115
#51Lillian95US #40
#52Eva94US #83
#53Pauline94US #50
#54Irene93US #29
#55Christine92US #123
#56Cora91US #153
#57Maggie91
#58Bonnie90US #86
#59Billie88US #79
#60Nellie88US #113
#61Katie87
#62Essie86
#63Anna84US #20
#64Margie84US #108
#65Velma82US #128
#66Josephine81US #45
#67Katherine81US #84
#68Grace80US #54
#69Daisy79US #182
#70Myrtle79US #117
#71Lois78US #17
#72Jean77US #12
#73Lena75US #138
#74Mamie75US #176
#75Vera75US #99
#76Julia74US #88
#77Peggy74US #70
#78Ann73US #46
#79Geneva73US #130
#80Laura73US #90
#81Gloria72US #28
#82Susie72
#83Wilma72US #66
#84Ollie68
#85Inez67US #165
#86Eula66US #191
#87Ora66
#88Elsie65US #78
#89Maxine65US #85
#90Alma64US #106
#91Earline64
#92Flora64US #179
#93Mable64US #188
#94Dora63US #141
#95Barbara60US #7
#96Sadie60
#97Sara60US #133
#98Earnestine58
#99Eddie58
#100Geraldine58US #43

Boys

#1James1,594US #2
#2John914US #3
#3Willie830US #29
#4William820US #4
#5Robert771US #1
#6Charles571US #5
#7George424US #8
#8Henry328US #21
#9Thomas321US #11
#10Joe277US #30
#11Billy225US #23
#12Walter223US #19
#13Edward211US #10
#14Frank203US #12
#15Charlie192US #87
#16David175US #17
#17Eddie169US #102
#18Jessie165US #129
#19Joseph165US #9
#20Albert161US #24
#21Johnnie159US #103
#22Jimmie148US #98
#23Richard147US #6
#24Clarence143US #37
#25Fred139US #34
#26Jack138US #14
#27Louis129US #32
#28Herbert128US #25
#29Leroy122US #51
#30Roy119US #35
#31Bobby115US #50
#32Eugene115US #20
#33Earl113US #36
#34Lee113US #85
#35Curtis110US #99
#36Harold103US #16
#37Sam102US #105
#38Paul98US #13
#39Arthur97US #22
#40Howard97US #31
#41Andrew95US #59
#42Roosevelt92
#43Ernest91US #43
#44Floyd91US #58
#45Samuel90US #53
#46Carl88US #28
#47Luther85US #145
#48Herman82US #75
#49Percy82
#50Earnest77US #155
#51Melvin77US #49
#52Johnie73
#53Ray72US #57
#54Bennie70US #158
#55Kenneth69US #18
#56Clyde68US #74
#57Harry68US #27
#58Raymond67US #15
#59Jesse66US #93
#60Leon66US #81
#61Clifton65US #178
#62Harvey65US #90
#63Lewis65US #84
#64Oscar65US #117
#65Billie64US #122
#66Johnny64US #113
#67Marvin63US #46
#68Alfred61US #41
#69Lawrence58US #38
#70Tommie57
#71Cecil54US #101
#72Jerry54US #61
#73Ben53US #159
#74Allen51US #86
#75Donald51US #7
#76Lonnie49US #190
#77Otis49US #177
#78Ralph49US #26
#79Daniel48US #47
#80Mack47
#81Milton47US #94
#82Claude46US #119
#83Hubert46US #124
#84Jim45US #132
#85Leonard45US #42
#86Freddie44US #172
#87Will44
#88Sammie43
#89Homer42US #141
#90Tom42US #134
#91Vernon42US #71
#92Marion41US #118
#93Tommy41US #144
#94Clinton39US #183
#95Elbert39
#96Alvin38US #77
#97Julius38US #170
#98Lester38US #88
#99Calvin37US #109
#100Wallace37US #106

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑29Cora#56
↑29Harvey#62
↑27Lewis#63
↑26Melvin#51
↑24Jerry#72
↑23Bonnie#58
↑21Lonnie#76
↑20Nellie#60

Falling

↓31Laura#80
↓26Hubert#83
↓25Geneva#79
↓24Mamie#74
↓22Tom#90
↓21Elsie#88
↓21Will#87
↓20Edna#40

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.