Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1993

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1993 were Ashley for girls (403 babies) and James for boys (439). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #14 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,252 babies born in Mississippi in 1993 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1993

Names given at least 15 times in Mississippi that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Laquita: 16 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Porsha: 15 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Laken: 15 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Shaniqua: 25 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Jalisa: 18 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Iesha: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Latoya: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Kierra: 34 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Jada: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Chasity: 29 babies, 6× the national rate

Boys

Ladarius: 37 babies, 20.1× the national rate
Dalvin: 19 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Jamarcus: 20 babies, 13× the national rate
Jarvis: 47 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Demarcus: 37 babies, 10× the national rate
Fredrick: 24 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Cedric: 35 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Kendrick: 36 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Shelby: 23 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Cornelius: 17 babies, 6.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1993

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Ashley	403	–	2
2	Brittany	318	↑1	6
3	Jessica	299	↓1	1
4	Jasmine	292	–	23
5	Amber	229	↑1	17
6	Emily	179	↑9	5
7	Courtney	163	–	20
8	Sarah	158	–	3
9	Kayla	155	↓4	16
10	Lauren	154	↓1	12
11	Mary	147	↓1	36
12	Taylor	147	↑10	7
13	Hannah	146	↑11	21
14	Victoria	144	↑9	19
15	Alexis	133	↑22	27
16	Samantha	131	↑4	4
17	Chelsea	130	↑2	25
18	Elizabeth	126	↓7	9
19	Haley	126	↑7	42
20	Anna	119	↓6	47
21	Morgan	117	↑4	34
22	Shelby	115	↓5	37
23	Amanda	110	↓11	8
24	Megan	108	↓8	11
25	Kimberly	107	↓12	39
26	Tiffany	106	↓8	33
27	Kelsey	100	↑6	24
28	Raven	93	↑4	>100
29	Rachel	88	↓1	14
30	Brianna	87	↑9	32
31	Heather	83	↓10	38
32	Jennifer	83	↓5	15
33	Rebecca	77	↑10	22
34	Stephanie	77	↓5	10
35	Whitney	72	↑13	82
36	Katherine	71	↓2	29
37	Ariel	69	↓2	>100
38	Olivia	65	↓8	50
39	Erica	64	↓3	49
40	Alexandria	63	↑10	69
41	Breanna	63	new	83
42	Brittney	63	↓11	77
43	Danielle	63	↓3	18
44	Kristen	63	↓6	61
45	Lindsey	61	↓3	56
46	Christina	60	↓1	35
47	Madison	56	new	78
48	Crystal	55	↓2	57
49	Jordan	54	new	58
50	Melissa	54	new	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	James	439	↑1	14
2	Christopher	430	↓1	2
3	Michael	380	–	1
4	William	375	–	18
5	Joshua	353	–	4
6	John	284	–	16
7	Brandon	277	–	6
8	Justin	273	–	20
9	Robert	260	–	17
10	David	234	↑5	11
11	Matthew	223	↓1	3
12	Tyler	222	↑5	5
13	Zachary	216	↓1	15
14	Jonathan	207	↓1	22
15	Joseph	206	↓4	12
16	Austin	204	↑14	26
17	Jacob	199	↓1	9
18	Charles	175	↑1	44
19	Cody	175	↓1	24
20	Andrew	161	–	10
21	Jeremy	161	↓7	46
22	Daniel	158	↓1	7
23	Nicholas	155	–	8
24	Anthony	154	↓2	19
25	Ryan	148	↑1	13
26	Thomas	143	↓1	27
27	Steven	132	↓3	31
28	Aaron	121	–	30
29	Patrick	118	↑2	43
30	Timothy	116	↓3	38
31	Richard	114	↑5	40
32	Kevin	104	↑9	25
33	Eric	101	↓1	29
34	Hunter	96	↑15	97
35	Jordan	95	↓1	28
36	Samuel	93	↑8	37
37	Benjamin	90	–	32
38	Alexander	86	new	21
39	Kenneth	86	↓4	60
40	Corey	83	↑3	68
41	Brian	81	↑1	34
42	Dustin	80	↓13	59
43	Dylan	75	↓10	33
44	Stephen	75	↓5	47
45	Travis	74	new	50
46	Taylor	73	new	51
47	Antonio	72	↓1	89
48	Kyle	72	new	23
49	Devin	71	new	71
50	Nathan	71	new	41

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