Name Legacy

Baby names in Mississippi, 2010s

2010–2019 · 244,333 recorded births

William was the most common name given in Mississippi across the 2010s, with 2,201 births in the decade. The state recorded 244,333 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Mississippi in the 2010s

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
Swayze8918×
Zykeria3015×
Tylan13414×
Amiracle8412×
Bryston5211×
Jamarion23911×
Jakayla18711×
Jakyla3711×

Top 25 in the 2010s

RankNameBirths
#1William2,201
#2James1,868
#3Ava1,836
#4John1,833
#5Mason1,694
#6Elijah1,589
#7Noah1,463
#8Emma1,457
#9Jayden1,375
#10Aiden1,362
#11Madison1,278
#12Olivia1,245
#13Christopher1,212
#14Michael1,178
#15Joshua1,117
#16Jacob1,088
#17Ethan1,074
#18Carter1,073
#19Brayden1,056
#20Jordan1,018
#21Avery1,015
#22Christian1,002
#22Isabella1,002
#22Landon1,002
#25Chloe990

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