Names of Mississippi

4,242,975 births across 6,051 different names since 1910. No name belongs to Mississippi more than Myrtis.

Most concentrated in Mississippi

Names given far more often here than in the country as a whole. The multiplier is how much more concentrated the name is than the state’s size alone would predict.

Name	Born here	Concentration
Myrtis	1,211	22.1×
Otha	991	18.5×
Lue	944	18.0×
Mose	789	17.1×
Earnestine	2,863	15.7×
Ouida	604	14.6×
Dewitt	583	14.3×
Percy	4,032	13.6×
Sammie	3,773	13.5×
Booker	1,356	13.2×
Ladarius	616	13.2×
Pearlie	2,252	12.4×
Rosie	11,181	12.2×
Roosevelt	4,966	11.8×
Ruthie	2,590	11.3×
Tommie	6,174	11.2×
Pearline	616	11.2×
Johnie	2,748	11.1×
Linnie	487	11.0×
Earline	1,820	10.2×

Most given, girls

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	87,586
2	Annie	26,726
3	Dorothy	25,824
4	Linda	22,236
5	Betty	21,104
6	Barbara	18,382
7	Elizabeth	18,129
8	Patricia	17,344
9	Willie	15,728
10	Sarah	15,385
11	Shirley	15,282
12	Martha	14,574
13	Ruby	13,949
14	Margaret	12,862
15	Brenda	12,658

Most given, boys

#	Name	Births
1	James	115,744
2	John	70,709
3	Robert	67,891
4	William	64,646
5	Willie	49,142
6	Charles	47,455
7	Michael	35,775
8	David	33,862
9	Thomas	27,055
10	George	25,167
11	Christopher	24,191
12	Joseph	22,795
13	Richard	19,876
14	Henry	19,252
15	Larry	18,086

Other states and the District of Columbia

Source: US Social Security Administration state baby-name files, 1910 onwards. A name given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year is not published, so a name can be more common here than the table shows. Concentration is measured against the other state files, not against national totals, which cover more years and more names.