State roster

Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,804 Mississippi births in 1932 across 907 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#50Tommieoutside the national top 200
#42Johnnie#190 nationally
#55Katieoutside the national top 200
#55Percyoutside the national top 200
#11Rosie#152 nationally
#61Essieoutside the national top 200
#64Maggieoutside the national top 200
#44Hattie#178 nationally
#41Roosevelt#171 nationally
#71Willoutside the national top 200
#72Sammieoutside the national top 200
#60Mamie#188 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,570US #1
#2Dorothy628US #4
#3Annie584US #41
#4Betty539US #2
#5Willie330US #91
#6Ruby320US #38
#7Helen288US #8
#8Martha263US #27
#9Doris255US #10
#10Mildred248US #26
#11Rosie248US #152
#12Mattie226US #125
#13Lillie224US #111
#14Frances214US #19
#15Emma203US #76
#16Elizabeth202US #17
#17Ruth200US #11
#18Louise195US #36
#19Barbara191US #3
#20Margaret188US #7
#21Sarah185US #67
#22Bessie175US #117
#23Bobbie172US #113
#24Ethel172US #66
#25Jessie167US #126
#26Bernice166US #71
#27Alice163US #21
#28Virginia158US #14
#29Clara156US #70
#30Minnie150US #129
#31Bertha148US #101
#32Edna146US #50
#33Gladys146US #54
#34Lula142US #157
#35Ida140US #105
#36Evelyn139US #23
#37Thelma139US #51
#38Juanita134US #58
#39Ella131US #108
#40Marie129US #31
#41Joyce126US #12
#42Johnnie124US #190
#43Fannie114US #164
#44Hattie114US #178
#45Peggy113US #40
#46Hazel112US #75
#47Carrie109US #145
#48Mae109US #141
#49Catherine108US #39
#50Billie106US #93
#51Bonnie102US #64
#52Christine98US #127
#53Laura98US #88
#54Lucille93US #63
#55Katie91
#56Eva90US #98
#57Georgia90US #118
#58Katherine89US #95
#59Lillian89US #48
#60Mamie89US #188
#61Essie88
#62Rose88US #33
#63Jean86US #15
#64Maggie85
#65Nancy83US #13
#66Nellie83US #123
#67Beatrice82US #87
#68Norma81US #22
#69Geneva80US #137
#70Daisy79US #176
#71Margie78US #102
#72Carolyn76US #46
#73Lois76US #20
#74Ann74US #34
#75Irene74US #43
#76Wilma74US #65
#77Marjorie73US #37
#78Patsy73US #77
#79Velma73US #133
#80Alma72US #119
#81Anna72US #24
#82Vera72US #121
#83Jimmie70
#84Josephine70US #57
#85Ollie69
#86Patricia69US #6
#87Julia68US #92
#88Lucy68US #128
#89Sara68US #130
#90Shirley68US #9
#91Flora67
#92Pauline65US #59
#93Ora64
#94Ruthie64
#95Ernestine63
#96Joan62US #5
#97Susie62
#98Gloria61US #25
#99Grace61US #72
#100Myrtle61US #135

Boys

#1James1,633US #2
#2Robert934US #1
#3John855US #3
#4Willie823US #31
#5Charles716US #6
#6William704US #4
#7George444US #8
#8Billy353US #20
#9Thomas314US #10
#10Henry311US #23
#11Joe281US #29
#12Bobby241US #30
#13Walter224US #21
#14Frank211US #15
#15Eddie204US #91
#16Charlie182US #90
#17Edward180US #11
#18Albert179US #26
#19Johnnie171US #113
#20Joseph171US #9
#21Richard170US #5
#22David162US #12
#23Jessie162US #137
#24Jimmie155US #75
#25Jack140US #17
#26Paul137US #13
#27Clarence130US #40
#28Fred127US #33
#29Eugene125US #22
#30Roy121US #38
#31Earl118US #41
#32Leroy117US #53
#33Curtis116US #103
#34Harold115US #18
#35Arthur114US #25
#36Louis114US #39
#37Donald109US #7
#38Lee108US #86
#39Jerry106US #34
#40Johnny106US #96
#41Roosevelt105US #171
#42Ernest102US #47
#43Sam93US #120
#44Samuel91US #56
#45Carl87US #28
#46Herbert85US #44
#47Howard84US #36
#48Jimmy84US #76
#49Kenneth82US #14
#50Tommie79
#51Earnest78US #169
#52Leon78US #83
#53Andrew77US #69
#54Herman77US #89
#55Percy76
#56Clyde71US #82
#57Lawrence69US #35
#58Tommy69US #109
#59Bennie67US #167
#60Luther67US #157
#61Floyd66US #68
#62Ralph65US #27
#63Milton64US #106
#64Melvin63US #51
#65Raymond63US #19
#66Allen62US #80
#67Billie62US #141
#68Calvin58US #119
#69Oscar58US #138
#70Harry56US #32
#71Will56
#72Sammie55
#73Mack54
#74Marvin54US #46
#75Alfred53US #49
#76Cecil53US #108
#77Johnie53
#78Otis53US #174
#79Sylvester53
#80Ben51US #156
#81Freddie51US #166
#82Jesse51US #99
#83Daniel50US #42
#84Lester50US #101
#85Ray50US #59
#86Clifton49US #183
#87Lonnie48US #179
#88Hugh47US #128
#89Nathaniel47US #176
#90Chester46US #112
#91Jim45US #104
#92Harvey43US #95
#93Leonard43US #48
#94Hubert42US #146
#95Marion42US #132
#96Bobbie41US #191
#97Gerald41US #24
#98Homer41US #148
#99Leo41US #74
#100Lewis41US #92

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑28Mamie#60
↑27Rose#62
↑26Mack#73
↑25Bertha#31
↑24Katie#55
↑24Norma#68
↑23Essie#61
↑20Juanita#38

Falling

↓33Ora#93
↓31Gloria#98
↓29Susie#97
↓24Jesse#82
↓24Gerald#97
↓21Beatrice#67
↓20Velma#79
↓20Hugh#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.