State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,210 Mississippi births in 1931 across 880 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#49Tommieoutside the national top 200
#9Rosie#155 nationally
#57Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#59Johnieoutside the national top 200
#60Oraoutside the national top 200
#36Hattie#175 nationally
#62Percyoutside the national top 200
#50Johnnie#187 nationally
#68Susieoutside the national top 200
#70Earnestineoutside the national top 200
#72Maggieoutside the national top 200
#39Lula#162 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,464US #1
#2Dorothy587US #3
#3Annie552US #41
#4Betty480US #2
#5Willie332US #93
#6Ruby292US #39
#7Martha249US #28
#8Margaret230US #7
#9Rosie221US #155
#10Helen220US #6
#11Mildred216US #26
#12Louise213US #33
#13Doris194US #10
#14Elizabeth191US #16
#15Lillie189US #112
#16Mattie189US #130
#17Sarah189US #71
#18Ruth183US #11
#19Frances175US #18
#20Ethel167US #67
#21Bernice161US #63
#22Bobbie157US #124
#23Emma153US #76
#24Jessie151US #122
#25Minnie151US #129
#26Alice150US #21
#27Bessie146US #113
#28Gladys143US #55
#29Clara141US #61
#30Virginia141US #12
#31Ida133US #100
#32Thelma131US #53
#33Marie125US #27
#34Barbara123US #4
#35Edna122US #52
#36Hattie122US #175
#37Joyce119US #15
#38Evelyn116US #24
#39Lula116US #162
#40Ella110US #110
#41Carrie109US #148
#42Christine108US #125
#43Billie106US #81
#44Lucille105US #62
#45Peggy103US #42
#46Beatrice102US #85
#47Catherine102US #36
#48Mae102US #141
#49Hazel100US #74
#50Johnnie97US #187
#51Jean95US #13
#52Katherine95US #92
#53Nancy95US #17
#54Fannie93US #169
#55Eva92US #94
#56Bertha90US #102
#57Bonnie87US #73
#58Juanita87US #57
#59Velma85US #131
#60Ora83
#61Ann82US #35
#62Irene81US #37
#63Laura81US #89
#64Nellie79US #119
#65Lillian78US #47
#66Geneva76US #136
#67Gloria75US #23
#68Susie74
#69Georgia72US #120
#70Earnestine71
#71Lois71US #20
#72Maggie71
#73Daisy70US #178
#74Josephine70US #51
#75Maxine70US #101
#76Vera70US #111
#77Carolyn69US #60
#78Margie69US #107
#79Katie68
#80Anna67US #25
#81Lucy67US #126
#82Pauline66US #56
#83Sara66US #135
#84Essie65
#85Ernestine64US #193
#86Flora64US #188
#87Julia64US #91
#88Mamie63US #191
#89Rose63US #30
#90Shirley63US #9
#91Bettie62US #177
#92Norma62US #22
#93Alma60US #114
#94Cora60US #160
#95Wilma58US #69
#96Lizzie57
#97Patricia57US #8
#98Grace56US #70
#99Inez55US #166
#100Myrtle54US #134

Boys

#1James1,520US #2
#2Robert888US #1
#3John789US #3
#4Willie738US #31
#5William693US #4
#6Charles602US #6
#7George389US #8
#8Henry327US #22
#9Billy304US #19
#10Joe273US #29
#11Walter268US #20
#12Thomas261US #10
#13Bobby187US #32
#14David181US #13
#15Edward180US #11
#16Eddie178US #95
#17Jessie172US #135
#18Albert161US #24
#19Joseph160US #9
#20Charlie154US #94
#21Richard154US #5
#22Frank153US #16
#23Paul142US #12
#24Johnnie140US #110
#25Jimmie137US #81
#26Fred134US #33
#27Louis128US #37
#28Jack124US #15
#29Roy121US #35
#30Leroy118US #52
#31Howard105US #34
#32Arthur104US #23
#33Clarence103US #39
#34Harold102US #18
#35Lee102US #90
#36Samuel100US #56
#37Eugene99US #21
#38Earl95US #40
#39Curtis92US #108
#40Sam92US #118
#41Carl90US #28
#42Donald89US #7
#43Ernest86US #47
#44Johnny83US #105
#45Kenneth80US #14
#46Andrew78US #65
#47Clyde76US #77
#48Earnest74US #162
#49Tommie73
#50Jimmy71US #89
#51Billie70US #128
#52Melvin69US #51
#53Jerry68US #43
#54Herman67US #83
#55Leon67US #84
#56Raymond67US #17
#57Roosevelt67
#58Jesse65US #97
#59Johnie65
#60Luther65US #156
#61Herbert62US #41
#62Percy61
#63Harry58US #30
#64Oscar56US #129
#65Otis55US #181
#66Lawrence54US #38
#67Milton54US #99
#68Hugh53US #131
#69Ralph53US #25
#70Floyd51US #66
#71Cecil50US #102
#72Daniel49US #44
#73Gerald48US #26
#74Alfred47US #50
#75Edgar47US #122
#76Claude46US #134
#77Junior46US #150
#78Tommy46US #115
#79Bennie45US #169
#80Hubert45US #137
#81Marvin45US #45
#82Freddie44US #171
#83Douglas43US #85
#84Nathaniel43US #199
#85Calvin42US #119
#86Clifton42US #188
#87Lester41US #96
#88Marion41US #133
#89Norman41US #36
#90Sammie41
#91Jim40US #116
#92Leo40US #69
#93Lonnie40US #183
#94Sidney40US #158
#95Ray39US #60
#96Wayne39US #58
#97Ben38US #163
#98Harvey38US #93
#99Mack38
#100Rufus38

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑37Velma#59
↑32Barbara#34
↑24Donald#42
↑24Daniel#72
↑23Earnestine#70
↑21Ann#61
↑21Tommy#78
↑19Jimmy#50

Falling

↓29Julia#87
↓27Myrtle#100
↓26Mamie#88
↓25Bertha#56
↓25Ben#97
↓24Ray#95
↓23Herbert#61
↓20Cora#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.