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Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,043 Mississippi births in 1933 across 895 distinct names.

Distinctively Mississippi

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

#51Tommieoutside the national top 200
#54Percyoutside the national top 200
#49Johnnie#195 nationally
#12Rosie#155 nationally
#67Oraoutside the national top 200
#34Hattie#167 nationally
#41Fannie#174 nationally
#37Lula#166 nationally
#72Mamieoutside the national top 200
#73Maggieoutside the national top 200
#73Willoutside the national top 200
#77Essieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,496US #1
#2Dorothy641US #4
#3Annie553US #37
#4Betty549US #2
#5Willie313US #93
#6Martha276US #27
#7Ruby239US #43
#8Lillie232US #111
#9Helen222US #8
#10Sarah215US #58
#11Doris212US #10
#12Rosie211US #155
#13Barbara209US #3
#14Ruth209US #13
#15Emma191US #75
#16Frances185US #18
#17Louise183US #39
#18Margaret183US #7
#19Mildred173US #32
#20Bessie163US #117
#21Elizabeth159US #17
#22Mattie157US #130
#23Bobbie153US #114
#24Ethel148US #71
#25Virginia145US #15
#26Alice142US #22
#27Peggy139US #36
#28Minnie133US #135
#29Bernice130US #83
#30Clara130US #67
#31Bertha125US #106
#32Edna125US #55
#33Joyce125US #12
#34Hattie123US #167
#35Jessie123US #127
#36Gladys121US #60
#37Lula121US #166
#38Ella117US #113
#39Hazel113US #82
#40Carrie112US #150
#41Fannie110US #174
#42Thelma109US #57
#43Marie107US #33
#44Christine106US #128
#45Ida105US #109
#46Evelyn103US #30
#47Billie102US #92
#48Juanita102US #63
#49Johnnie101US #195
#50Catherine98US #44
#51Carolyn97US #40
#52Beatrice92US #94
#53Gloria91US #31
#54Shirley91US #9
#55Lucille90US #78
#56Lillian89US #51
#57Nellie89US #120
#58Josephine84US #62
#59Katherine83US #100
#60Georgia82US #126
#61Mae82US #148
#62Margie82US #95
#63Bonnie81US #68
#64Jean80US #14
#65Joan79US #5
#66Nancy79US #11
#67Ora77
#68Vera76US #121
#69Laura75US #91
#70Julia74US #97
#71Lois74US #19
#72Mamie74
#73Maggie73
#74Sara73US #123
#75Eva71US #101
#76Pauline71US #64
#77Essie70
#78Ann69US #34
#79Earnestine69
#80Bettie68US #185
#81Bettye68
#82Rose68US #35
#83Irene67US #46
#84Katie67
#85Cora65US #157
#86Alma64US #124
#87Daisy64US #197
#88Jimmie63
#89Flora62US #188
#90Geraldine62US #42
#91Ollie62
#92Velma62US #137
#93Anna61US #29
#94Patricia61US #6
#95Lena60US #165
#96Earline59
#97Inez59US #194
#98Ruthie59
#99Jo58US #90
#100Mable58

Boys

#1James1,511US #2
#2Robert855US #1
#3John771US #3
#4Willie748US #32
#5William719US #4
#6Charles682US #6
#7George364US #8
#8Billy341US #20
#9Joe308US #27
#10Thomas275US #10
#11Henry268US #24
#12Bobby219US #26
#13Edward216US #11
#14David210US #13
#15Walter210US #21
#16Frank185US #16
#17Eddie179US #93
#18Charlie173US #95
#19Albert166US #30
#20Roosevelt162US #132
#21Jimmie159US #72
#22Joseph158US #9
#23Richard153US #5
#24Jessie135US #143
#25Paul131US #14
#26Jack127US #17
#27Johnnie127US #115
#28Roy126US #39
#29Lee123US #79
#30Harold117US #18
#31Jerry114US #31
#32Eugene113US #23
#33Fred110US #34
#34Leroy109US #56
#35Johnny105US #90
#36Clarence103US #43
#37Louis100US #40
#38Curtis98US #107
#39Jimmy97US #64
#40Howard93US #36
#41Earl92US #41
#42Samuel92US #61
#43Earnest91US #166
#44Leon90US #85
#45Arthur86US #25
#46Donald86US #7
#47Franklin86US #33
#48Bennie84US #169
#49Kenneth84US #15
#50Ernest83US #50
#51Tommie79
#52Sam75US #121
#53Tommy74US #109
#54Percy73
#55Andrew72US #76
#56Herman72US #96
#57Jesse72US #100
#58Carl68US #28
#59Clyde67US #87
#60Herbert67US #49
#61Raymond67US #19
#62Marvin61US #44
#63Oscar60US #142
#64Melvin59US #51
#65Otis59US #175
#66Floyd58US #69
#67Milton58US #113
#68Nathaniel57US #178
#69Alfred55US #57
#70Lawrence55US #38
#71Luther54US #162
#72Ralph54US #29
#73Will54
#74Harry53US #35
#75Clifton51US #177
#76Lewis51US #92
#77Lonnie51US #176
#78Ray51US #62
#79Sammie51
#80Cecil48US #111
#81Billie47US #146
#82Freddie47US #156
#83Calvin46US #112
#84Tom45US #117
#85Harvey44US #97
#86Hubert44US #155
#87Larry42US #58
#88Archie41US #186
#89Gerald41US #22
#90Ben40US #163
#91Allen39US #84
#92Daniel39US #42
#93Edgar39US #135
#94Gene39US #66
#95Sidney39US #152
#96Horace38US #165
#97Johnie38
#98Lester38US #108
#99Homer37US #150
#100Chester36US #119

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑45Gloria#53
↑36Shirley#54
↑31Joan#65
↑26Josephine#58
↑26Ora#67
↑25Jesse#57
↑24Lewis#76
↑21Carolyn#51

Falling

↓29Katie#84
↓25Allen#91
↓20Rose#82
↓20Johnie#97
↓19Eva#75
↓17Daisy#87
↓16Laura#69
↓16Essie#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.