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Baby names in Mississippi

What parents in Mississippi actually named their children in 2025, and which names the state uses far more than the country does.

Top 20 girls' names in Mississippi, 2025

#NameBirths
1 Amelia 105
2 Ava 100
3 Charlotte 94
4 Olivia 86
5 Elizabeth 81
6 Mary 71
7 Emma 69
8 Ivy 67
9 Nova 65
10 Lainey 63
11 Ellie 61
12 Harper 59
13 Naomi 56
14 Paisley 56
15 Avery 55
16 Ella 55
17 Sadie 55
18 Sophia 54
19 Kinsley 53
20 Hazel 49

Top 20 boys' names in Mississippi, 2025

#NameBirths
1 James 160
2 William 155
3 John 151
4 Noah 120
5 Elijah 109
6 Waylon 106
7 Liam 104
8 Henry 93
9 Hudson 90
10 Thomas 82
11 Levi 81
12 Cooper 77
13 Michael 75
14 Asher 71
15 Mason 70
16 Walker 68
17 Grayson 66
18 Oliver 66
19 Samuel 65
20 Weston 64

The most distinctive names in Mississippi

These are the names Mississippi uses most out of proportion to the rest of the country. The location quotient is the state's share of births going to a name divided by the national share, over 2016–2025. A quotient of 3.0 means the name is three times as common here as it is nationally.

NameBirths in MississippiLocation quotient
Swayze 127 22.8×
Amiracle 95 16.0×
Mabry 62 15.0×
Tylan 143 14.4×
Karleigh 109 12.9×
Jamarion 112 12.3×
Rivers 77 11.1×
Ann 166 10.7×
Jakayla 70 10.6×
Kamarion 74 10.2×
Amarion 82 9.8×
Demarcus 70 9.3×
Harmoni 178 8.7×
Kaisley 130 8.4×
Daylen 82 8.3×
Malaysia 263 8.3×
Lynlee 59 8.2×
Mattie 126 8.1×
Jamiyah 51 7.7×
Kaisen 102 7.5×

The number one name in Mississippi, year by year

Twenty years of first-place names.
YearGirlsBirthsBoysBirths
2025 Amelia 105 James 160
2024 Ava 94 William 162
2023 Ava 119 John 173
2022 Ava 136 James 175
2021 Ava 179 William 182
2020 Ava 183 James 191
2019 Ava 230 William 185
2018 Ava 217 William 194
2017 Ava 211 William 181
2016 Ava 211 William 226
2015 Ava 215 William 212
2014 Ava 176 William 226
2013 Ava 168 William 241
2012 Emma 162 William 226
2011 Madison 160 William 291
2010 Madison 203 William 219
2009 Madison 236 William 252
2008 Madison 253 William 288
2007 Madison 267 William 304
2006 Madison 284 William 311

State files start in 1910 and use the same five-birth reporting floor as the national data, applied per state, year and sex — so small states show fewer distinct names, not fewer names in use.