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Top names in Mississippi

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Mississippi birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,945 Mississippi births in 1934 across 902 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
#43Johnnie#190 nationally
#15Rosie#160 nationally
#58Percyoutside the national top 200
#36Hattie#176 nationally
#46Fannie#185 nationally
#65Maggieoutside the national top 200
#69Oraoutside the national top 200
#21Roosevelt#149 nationally
#73Essieoutside the national top 200
#81Johnieoutside the national top 200
#27Jessie#144 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,492US #1
#2Dorothy657US #5
#3Betty578US #2
#4Annie549US #38
#5Willie312US #102
#6Ruby283US #39
#7Martha268US #27
#8Helen255US #9
#9Margaret235US #8
#10Doris230US #11
#11Barbara224US #3
#12Sarah217US #67
#13Mildred216US #35
#14Frances211US #19
#15Rosie208US #160
#16Lillie207US #116
#17Louise193US #40
#18Bobbie187US #110
#19Ruth185US #13
#20Elizabeth184US #18
#21Mattie183US #132
#22Emma177US #85
#23Ethel160US #78
#24Jessie159US #129
#25Bessie156US #128
#26Minnie156US #133
#27Edna154US #55
#28Shirley152US #4
#29Joyce151US #12
#30Bernice149US #82
#31Peggy148US #36
#32Virginia147US #15
#33Clara132US #76
#34Alice126US #25
#35Thelma125US #65
#36Hattie124US #176
#37Billie123US #92
#38Ella122US #113
#39Juanita122US #64
#40Georgia121US #122
#41Catherine120US #42
#42Gladys119US #66
#43Johnnie117US #190
#44Ida115US #118
#45Evelyn112US #29
#46Fannie112US #185
#47Hazel110US #87
#48Carolyn109US #33
#49Bertha107US #112
#50Christine106US #121
#51Ann105US #32
#52Carrie104US #158
#53Lula104US #166
#54Marie100US #34
#55Mae98US #147
#56Nancy97US #10
#57Vera95US #127
#58Anna94US #31
#59Eva94US #100
#60Bonnie93US #58
#61Jean91US #16
#62Josephine89US #60
#63Lucille89US #84
#64Jo85US #75
#65Maggie84
#66Katherine83US #101
#67Patricia83US #6
#68Julia80US #105
#69Ora80
#70Rose80US #37
#71Patsy79US #59
#72Laura78US #96
#73Essie76
#74Irene75US #49
#75Alma74US #123
#76Gloria74US #30
#77Margie73US #103
#78Norma73US #24
#79Alberta72US #167
#80Beatrice72US #99
#81Daisy72US #187
#82Geneva72US #139
#83Joan72US #7
#84Lois72US #20
#85Mamie71
#86Nellie70US #126
#87Geraldine68US #43
#88Lillian68US #52
#89Ernestine67
#90Jimmie66
#91Katie65
#92Pauline64US #71
#93Sara64US #125
#94Velma64US #144
#95Bettie63US #196
#96Cora63US #168
#97Susie59
#98Bettye58
#99Ruthie57
#100Lucy56US #134

Boys

#1James1,601US #2
#2Robert892US #1
#3John873US #3
#4Willie799US #30
#5William728US #4
#6Charles715US #7
#7Billy449US #20
#8George396US #8
#9Joe323US #26
#10Bobby313US #23
#11Thomas308US #9
#12Henry293US #27
#13Walter216US #21
#14David195US #12
#15Frank191US #16
#16Edward169US #13
#17Richard169US #5
#18Eddie167US #92
#19Joseph164US #10
#20Jimmie159US #68
#21Roosevelt156US #149
#22Albert148US #32
#23Charlie148US #100
#24Johnnie139US #116
#25Jack135US #17
#26Lee134US #79
#27Jessie131US #144
#28Jerry129US #25
#29Paul129US #14
#30Eugene125US #24
#31Louis125US #40
#32Harold124US #18
#33Clarence119US #45
#34Fred117US #33
#35Jimmy113US #56
#36Roy112US #35
#37Leroy109US #54
#38Earl108US #41
#39Arthur107US #29
#40Carl101US #28
#41Howard101US #37
#42Donald100US #6
#43Curtis99US #103
#44Samuel98US #66
#45Johnny97US #83
#46Tommy89US #98
#47Kenneth87US #15
#48Melvin87US #55
#49Earnest86US #161
#50Tommie85
#51Andrew84US #76
#52Ernest80US #51
#53Sam79US #127
#54Leon72US #87
#55Raymond72US #19
#56Bennie71US #173
#57Lawrence67US #34
#58Percy67
#59Oscar66US #143
#60Herman64US #97
#61Jesse64US #102
#62Gerald63US #22
#63Ray63US #63
#64Floyd62US #73
#65Otis61US #177
#66Cecil60US #111
#67Daniel59US #42
#68Franklin58US #46
#69Alfred56US #64
#70Clyde56US #84
#71Harvey55US #99
#72Nathaniel55US #174
#73Herbert54US #57
#74Luther54US #167
#75Allen53US #88
#76Harry53US #36
#77Milton53US #115
#78Billie49US #147
#79Claude49US #130
#80Freddie49US #152
#81Johnie49
#82Gene48US #67
#83Ralph48US #31
#84Marvin47US #44
#85Wayne47US #48
#86Mack46
#87Sylvester46
#88Calvin45US #128
#89Clifton45US #189
#90Will44
#91Alvin43US #93
#92Jim42US #90
#93Lonnie42US #180
#94Hubert40US #150
#95Larry40US #43
#96Lewis40US #94
#97Vernon40US #89
#98Ben39US #169
#99Rufus39
#100Bill38US #59

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑35Anna#58
↑35Jo#64
↑27Ann#51
↑27Patricia#67
↑27Gerald#62
↑26Shirley#28
↑25Daniel#67
↑20Georgia#40

Falling

↓32Lillian#88
↓29Nellie#86
↓28Beatrice#80
↓23Gloria#76
↓22Marvin#84
↓21Franklin#68
↓20Lewis#96
↓19Sara#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.