Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1994

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1994 were Ashley for girls (311 babies) and James for boys (406). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #14 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,839 babies born in Mississippi in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1994

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

Girls

Laken: 24 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Kadijah: 31 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Denisha: 16 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Kierra: 41 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Precious: 30 babies, 7× the national rate
Aaliyah: 63 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Ebony: 37 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Raven: 76 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Justice: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dallas: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Boys

Jadarius: 17 babies, 46.6× the national rate
Cordarius: 15 babies, 33.7× the national rate
Ladarius: 36 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Jarvis: 67 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Marquez: 18 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Dalvin: 15 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Jamarcus: 21 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Jaylon: 19 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Demarcus: 37 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Devonta: 20 babies, 8.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Ashley	311	–	2
2	Jessica	287	↑1	1
3	Jasmine	256	↑1	23
4	Brittany	255	↓2	7
5	Amber	197	–	21
6	Kayla	187	↑3	12
7	Courtney	173	–	22
8	Emily	163	↓2	3
9	Taylor	161	↑3	6
10	Mary	159	↑1	37
11	Hannah	158	↑2	16
12	Alexis	151	↑3	18
13	Sarah	148	↓5	5
14	Lauren	147	↓4	14
15	Anna	146	↑5	41
16	Haley	137	↑3	36
17	Victoria	137	↓3	19
18	Elizabeth	131	–	9
19	Samantha	121	↓3	4
20	Morgan	117	↑1	25
21	Shelby	113	↑1	40
22	Brianna	105	↑8	27
23	Kelsey	103	↑4	29
24	Kimberly	101	↑1	32
25	Rachel	96	↑4	13
26	Heather	94	↑5	44
27	Amanda	91	↓4	8
28	Megan	89	↓4	10
29	Kristen	87	↑15	55
30	Tiffany	85	↓4	35
31	Danielle	80	↑12	20
32	Chelsea	78	↓15	38
33	Olivia	76	↑5	50
34	Raven	76	↓6	>100
35	Allison	74	new	34
36	Rebecca	72	↓3	24
37	Brittney	69	↑5	89
38	Whitney	69	↓3	91
39	Jordan	68	↑10	52
40	Katherine	68	↓4	30
41	Stephanie	68	↓7	15
42	Madison	66	↑5	51
43	Breanna	65	↓2	85
44	Alexandria	64	↓4	73
45	Aaliyah	63	new	>100
46	Jennifer	63	↓14	17
47	Sara	63	new	43
48	Katelyn	61	new	58
49	Crystal	58	↓1	64
50	Destiny	57	new	86

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	James	406	–	14
2	Christopher	403	–	2
3	William	386	↑1	19
4	Michael	379	↓1	1
5	Joshua	349	–	4
6	Austin	313	↑10	17
7	Brandon	282	–	6
8	Justin	266	–	20
9	John	261	↓3	15
10	Jacob	233	↑7	7
11	Tyler	232	↑1	5
12	Robert	231	↓3	21
13	Matthew	218	↓2	3
14	Zachary	218	↓1	12
15	Joseph	204	–	11
16	Jonathan	193	↓2	23
17	David	192	↓7	13
18	Cody	176	↑1	25
19	Charles	175	↓1	43
20	Daniel	163	↑2	8
21	Anthony	155	↑3	18
22	Thomas	153	↑4	27
23	Andrew	151	↓3	10
24	Jeremy	149	↓3	47
25	Nicholas	144	↓2	9
26	Aaron	128	↑2	28
27	Dustin	117	↑15	56
28	Hunter	117	↑6	67
29	Timothy	115	↑1	39
30	Ryan	109	↓5	16
31	Jordan	107	↑4	29
32	Steven	107	↓5	34
33	Samuel	105	↑3	33
34	Benjamin	100	↑3	31
35	Caleb	95	new	60
36	Patrick	95	↓7	42
37	Dylan	88	↑6	32
38	Marcus	88	new	75
39	Kevin	87	↓7	26
40	Kenneth	86	↓1	65
41	Taylor	83	↑5	54
42	Darius	81	new	>100
43	Eric	81	↓10	30
44	Nathan	81	↑6	40
45	Richard	76	↓14	41
46	Alexander	74	↓8	22
47	Devin	71	↑2	61
48	Stephen	70	↓4	49
49	Christian	68	new	35
50	Jarvis	67	new	>100

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