Name Legacy

Baby names in Mississippi, 2000s

2000–2009 · 271,882 recorded births

William was the most common name given in Mississippi across the 2000s, with 3,247 births in the decade. The state recorded 271,882 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Mississippi in the 2000s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Jadarrius5634×
Kendarius11933×
Ladarrius7829×
Markevious3424×
Jadarius13223×
Jakyla8521×
Jaquarius8221×
Cordarius4720×

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1William3,247
#2James2,802
#3Madison2,644
#4Christopher2,614
#5John2,405
#6Joshua2,393
#7Jacob2,290
#8Michael2,268
#9Jordan1,981
#10Tyler1,908
#11Ethan1,857
#12Anna1,828
#13Hannah1,770
#14Cameron1,769
#15Matthew1,659
#16Joseph1,626
#17Taylor1,595
#18Christian1,517
#19Alexis1,499
#20Emma1,496
#21Caleb1,473
#22Emily1,466
#23Austin1,424
#24Robert1,362
#25Andrew1,357

Other decades in Mississippi

All Mississippi names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org