United States · Mississippi
Baby names in Mississippi
Lifetime totals from Mississippi's birth registrations, 1910 to 2025.
Most registered girls' names in Mississippi
| # | Name | Births since 1910 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annie | 26,726 |
| 2 | Willie | 15,728 |
| 3 | Ruby | 13,949 |
| 4 | Rosie | 11,150 |
| 5 | Lillie | 10,379 |
| 6 | Mattie | 9,503 |
| 7 | Ethel | 8,061 |
| 8 | Minnie | 7,379 |
| 9 | Bobbie | 7,329 |
| 10 | Jessie | 7,322 |
| 11 | Bessie | 7,300 |
| 12 | Hattie | 5,831 |
| 13 | Bertha | 5,804 |
| 14 | Georgia | 5,632 |
| 15 | Ida | 5,540 |
| 16 | Lula | 5,375 |
| 17 | Maggie | 5,358 |
| 18 | Johnnie | 4,898 |
| 19 | Fannie | 4,815 |
| 20 | Mae | 4,604 |
| 21 | Velma | 3,941 |
| 22 | Mamie | 3,736 |
| 23 | Susie | 3,635 |
| 24 | Daisy | 3,407 |
| 25 | Ora | 3,380 |
| 26 | Essie | 3,365 |
| 27 | Geneva | 3,213 |
| 28 | Flora | 2,963 |
| 29 | Alberta | 2,907 |
| 30 | Earnestine | 2,863 |
| 31 | Ollie | 2,747 |
| 32 | Shelia | 2,745 |
| 33 | Bettie | 2,713 |
| 34 | Dora | 2,596 |
| 35 | Ruthie | 2,590 |
| 36 | Janie | 2,553 |
| 37 | Addie | 2,544 |
| 38 | Mable | 2,439 |
| 39 | Inez | 2,429 |
| 40 | Lee | 2,338 |
Most registered boys' names in Mississippi
| # | Name | Births since 1910 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willie | 49,142 |
| 2 | Joe | 16,782 |
| 3 | Billy | 16,222 |
| 4 | Eddie | 14,032 |
| 5 | Bobby | 13,759 |
| 6 | Johnny | 13,147 |
| 7 | Jimmy | 12,101 |
| 8 | Charlie | 9,840 |
| 9 | Jessie | 9,612 |
| 10 | Lee | 8,747 |
| 11 | Jimmie | 8,513 |
| 12 | Johnnie | 8,182 |
| 13 | Tommy | 7,437 |
| 14 | Roosevelt | 4,966 |
| 15 | Tommie | 4,876 |
| 16 | Sam | 4,818 |
| 17 | Earnest | 4,723 |
| 18 | Percy | 4,006 |
| 19 | Clifton | 3,928 |
| 20 | Bennie | 3,730 |
| 21 | Freddie | 3,615 |
| 22 | Lonnie | 3,323 |
| 23 | Otis | 3,258 |
| 24 | Luther | 3,164 |
| 25 | Sammie | 3,141 |
| 26 | Sylvester | 2,957 |
| 27 | Sidney | 2,663 |
| 28 | Ben | 2,565 |
| 29 | Will | 2,406 |
| 30 | Mack | 2,352 |
| 31 | Cedric | 2,269 |
| 32 | Hubert | 2,173 |
| 33 | Archie | 2,149 |
| 34 | Johnie | 2,114 |
| 35 | Kelvin | 2,089 |
| 36 | Ellis | 2,017 |
| 37 | Rufus | 1,932 |
| 38 | Kendrick | 1,864 |
| 39 | Roderick | 1,809 |
| 40 | Sammy | 1,790 |
These are totals over 115 years, so they lean toward names that were popular when the state's population was largest.
SOURCE·US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data·Public domain. SSA lists a name only if it was given to at least 5 babies of that sex that year.·REVIEWED JUL 2026
SOURCE·US SSA (1880–2025) + NZ DIA (1900–2025) birth registrations·ranks and shares computed from the source files, see method·REVIEWED JUL 2026