Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1995

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1995 were Ashley for girls (278 babies) and James for boys (395). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #17 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,145 babies born in Mississippi in 1995 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1995

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: 23 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Iesha: 19 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Raven: 78 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lyric: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Reagan: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Tatyana: 26 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Precious: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Chasity: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ebony: 32 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tiara: 44 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Jadarius: 17 babies, 51.2× the national rate
Kadarius: 17 babies, 34.1× the national rate
Ladarius: 40 babies, 19.5× the national rate
Jarvis: 44 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Jamarcus: 26 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Damarcus: 17 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Devonta: 26 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Anfernee: 22 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Demarcus: 38 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Darrius: 19 babies, 9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1995

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Ashley	278	–	2
2	Brittany	236	↑2	8
3	Jessica	212	↓1	1
4	Kayla	198	↑2	11
5	Hannah	194	↑6	7
6	Mary	194	↑4	40
7	Jasmine	192	↓4	25
8	Emily	174	–	3
9	Taylor	174	–	6
10	Amber	173	↓5	22
11	Courtney	170	↓4	17
12	Anna	164	↑3	31
13	Alexis	159	↓1	14
14	Sarah	146	↓1	5
15	Lauren	145	↓1	15
16	Victoria	140	↑1	20
17	Haley	137	↓1	32
18	Shelby	133	↑3	38
19	Samantha	120	–	4
20	Destiny	119	↑30	66
21	Megan	107	↑7	13
22	Morgan	105	↓2	23
23	Madison	104	↑19	29
24	Rachel	104	↑1	12
25	Brianna	100	↓3	21
26	Elizabeth	98	↓8	10
27	Katelyn	81	↑21	59
28	Breanna	80	↑15	76
29	Chelsea	79	↑3	47
30	Heather	79	↓4	54
31	Kimberly	79	↓7	37
32	Amanda	78	↓5	9
33	Raven	78	↑1	>100
34	Kelsey	77	↓11	33
35	Olivia	73	↓2	39
36	Allison	72	↓1	34
37	Kristen	71	↓8	65
38	Kaitlyn	70	new	42
39	Tiffany	68	↓9	46
40	Brittney	66	↓3	99
41	Jordan	66	↓2	50
42	Laura	63	new	56
43	Sara	61	↑4	48
44	Rebecca	60	↓8	28
45	Savannah	60	new	68
46	Erin	59	new	49
47	Katherine	59	↓7	30
48	Briana	58	new	74
49	Erica	58	new	69
50	Jennifer	57	↓4	18

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	James	395	–	17
2	Christopher	380	–	3
3	William	377	–	20
4	Joshua	344	↑1	5
5	Michael	319	↓1	1
6	Austin	283	–	10
7	John	272	↑2	13
8	Justin	270	–	18
9	Robert	256	↑3	22
10	Brandon	242	↓3	8
11	Jacob	237	↓1	4
12	Tyler	235	↓1	6
13	Matthew	220	–	2
14	Joseph	216	↑1	12
15	Zachary	186	↓1	14
16	Nicholas	180	↑9	7
17	David	173	–	16
18	Daniel	170	↑2	9
19	Cody	162	↓1	26
20	Andrew	160	↑3	11
21	Jonathan	154	↓5	23
22	Thomas	142	–	27
23	Hunter	140	↑5	53
24	Anthony	136	↓3	19
25	Charles	128	↓6	44
26	Dustin	124	↑1	62
27	Timothy	124	↑2	40
28	Ryan	116	↑2	15
29	Aaron	114	↓3	30
30	Devin	107	↑17	58
31	Benjamin	105	↑3	31
32	Jeremy	105	↓8	48
33	Christian	100	↑16	28
34	Steven	99	↓2	37
35	Jordan	96	↓4	29
36	Samuel	96	↓3	33
37	Caleb	85	↓2	54
38	Eric	84	↑5	32
39	Richard	82	↑6	42
40	Alexander	80	↑6	21
41	Patrick	80	↓5	43
42	Darius	79	–	>100
43	Stephen	77	↑5	57
44	Jason	75	new	41
45	Dylan	74	↓8	34
46	Kevin	73	↓7	25
47	Kenneth	72	↓7	72
48	Gregory	70	new	84
49	Corey	69	new	74
50	Cameron	67	new	49

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