State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,400 Mississippi births in 1930 across 937 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#43Tommieoutside the national top 200
#45Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#46Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#54Oraoutside the national top 200
#58Percyoutside the national top 200
#13Rosie#153 nationally
#61Katieoutside the national top 200
#67Essieoutside the national top 200
#70Johnieoutside the national top 200
#71Ruthieoutside the national top 200
#72Maggieoutside the national top 200
#62Mamie#187 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,664US #1
#2Annie650US #40
#3Dorothy634US #3
#4Betty412US #2
#5Willie341US #87
#6Ruby299US #36
#7Helen276US #4
#8Ruth259US #10
#9Lillie251US #111
#10Mildred250US #21
#11Martha242US #27
#12Louise231US #31
#13Rosie227US #153
#14Mattie218US #128
#15Doris212US #9
#16Margaret203US #5
#17Sarah202US #70
#18Emma188US #73
#19Frances188US #16
#20Minnie183US #122
#21Elizabeth182US #15
#22Bernice179US #58
#23Bessie175US #108
#24Ethel172US #65
#25Virginia172US #12
#26Bobbie156US #135
#27Alice153US #20
#28Jessie153US #114
#29Ella151US #107
#30Clara148US #64
#31Bertha146US #95
#32Thelma145US #45
#33Gladys143US #48
#34Lula142US #157
#35Evelyn141US #19
#36Hattie140US #160
#37Hazel138US #71
#38Marie136US #26
#39Ida130US #94
#40Edna129US #51
#41Carrie120US #145
#42Juanita119US #57
#43Mae114US #137
#44Fannie112US #166
#45Beatrice111US #76
#46Johnnie111
#47Joyce111US #18
#48Catherine107US #35
#49Billie105US #79
#50Christine98US #124
#51Jean98US #14
#52Lucille96US #59
#53Peggy96US #67
#54Ora95
#55Eva93US #86
#56Bonnie92US #78
#57Georgia91US #117
#58Julia91US #90
#59Katherine90US #85
#60Irene89US #33
#61Katie88
#62Mamie88US #187
#63Margie84US #112
#64Lois83US #17
#65Lillian81US #44
#66Barbara79US #6
#67Essie79
#68Josephine77US #49
#69Nellie77US #113
#70Geraldine75US #43
#71Ruthie75
#72Maggie74
#73Myrtle74US #123
#74Cora73US #161
#75Laura73US #89
#76Vera73US #104
#77Carolyn72US #72
#78Lucy72US #119
#79Alma71US #109
#80Rose71US #29
#81Gloria70US #30
#82Ann69US #41
#83Geneva69US #133
#84Marjorie69US #32
#85Norma69US #25
#86Pauline69US #52
#87Edith68US #61
#88Maxine68US #93
#89Inez67US #171
#90Florence66US #38
#91Alberta65US #146
#92Dora63US #142
#93Earnestine63
#94Shirley63US #11
#95Flora62US #174
#96Velma62US #127
#97Anna61US #23
#98Lena61US #144
#99Addie60
#100Jimmie59

Boys

#1James1,737US #2
#2John923US #3
#3Willie913US #29
#4Robert901US #1
#5William807US #4
#6Charles628US #6
#7George438US #8
#8Billy312US #20
#9Thomas304US #11
#10Joe301US #27
#11Henry297US #22
#12Walter263US #19
#13Eddie222US #97
#14Edward217US #10
#15Joseph199US #9
#16Frank191US #13
#17Jessie190US #133
#18Albert182US #24
#19Johnnie181US #104
#20David179US #15
#21Charlie176US #91
#22Bobby173US #41
#23Jimmie173US #86
#24Richard156US #5
#25Jack154US #14
#26Louis154US #34
#27Eugene140US #21
#28Clarence130US #39
#29Roy130US #33
#30Lee129US #82
#31Fred125US #32
#32Howard119US #31
#33Paul118US #12
#34Arthur117US #23
#35Earl116US #38
#36Andrew109US #62
#37Leroy108US #53
#38Herbert105US #35
#39Curtis104US #106
#40Samuel103US #55
#41Sam102US #110
#42Harold101US #18
#43Tommie95
#44Ernest92US #43
#45Roosevelt91
#46Kenneth90US #17
#47Leon88US #81
#48Carl85US #26
#49Clyde80US #76
#50Johnny80US #101
#51Raymond79US #16
#52Herman78US #78
#53Floyd76US #61
#54Earnest75US #153
#55Jerry74US #51
#56Luther72US #148
#57Jesse71US #94
#58Percy71
#59Bennie70US #162
#60Milton68US #93
#61Cecil65US #99
#62Marvin64US #48
#63Billie62US #123
#64Melvin62US #50
#65Lawrence61US #36
#66Donald60US #7
#67Hugh60US #131
#68Harry59US #28
#69Jimmy58US #102
#70Johnie58
#71Ray58US #57
#72Ben55US #154
#73Ralph55US #25
#74Calvin54US #111
#75Alfred53US #46
#76Clifton53US #184
#77Gerald53US #30
#78Otis53US #172
#79Tom53US #132
#80Allen52US #85
#81Lonnie52US #193
#82Lewis51US #87
#83Oscar50US #124
#84Sidney50US #150
#85Lester49US #95
#86Chester48US #103
#87Archie46US #179
#88Junior46US #135
#89Nathaniel46US #185
#90Sammie46
#91Dan45US #165
#92Freddie45US #171
#93Hubert44US #137
#94Will44
#95Booker43
#96Daniel42US #47
#97Jim42US #125
#98Sylvester42
#99Tommy42US #127
#100Vernon42US #72

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑33Ora#54
↑30Geraldine#70
↑29Barbara#66
↑27Tommie#43
↑25Calvin#74
↑24Peggy#53
↑21Jean#51
↑21Milton#60

Falling

↓34Anna#97
↓33Pauline#86
↓31Velma#96
↓25Lena#98
↓19Lewis#82
↓19Oscar#83
↓18Cora#74
↓18Johnie#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.