Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1996

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1996 were Ashley for girls (234 babies) and William for boys (378). Ashley ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #18 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,751 babies born in Mississippi in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1996

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

Girls

Jalisa: 15 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Tamera: 17 babies, 9× the national rate
Iesha: 15 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Jayla: 20 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Moesha: 20 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Reagan: 25 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Ebony: 34 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Chasity: 22 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Aaliyah: 32 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Tamia: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Kendarius: 23 babies, 44.9× the national rate
Ladarrius: 15 babies, 34.7× the national rate
Ladarius: 42 babies, 23.3× the national rate
Jamarcus: 26 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Jarvis: 38 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Demarcus: 44 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Jaylon: 32 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Devontae: 15 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Anfernee: 27 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Darrius: 18 babies, 8.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Ashley	234	–	3
2	Hannah	224	↑3	7
3	Alexis	205	↑10	8
4	Jasmine	197	↑3	28
5	Taylor	185	↑4	6
6	Jessica	177	↓3	2
7	Anna	174	↑5	33
8	Brittany	173	↓6	14
9	Kayla	156	↓5	11
10	Amber	154	–	27
11	Emily	153	↓3	1
12	Sarah	149	↑2	4
13	Madison	146	↑10	15
14	Mary	145	↓8	44
15	Haley	136	↑2	30
16	Courtney	127	↓5	21
17	Elizabeth	120	↑9	10
18	Brianna	119	↑7	17
19	Lauren	119	↓4	16
20	Shelby	115	↓2	35
21	Samantha	110	↓2	5
22	Victoria	105	↓6	18
23	Destiny	100	↓3	56
24	Morgan	98	↓2	25
25	Megan	93	↓4	12
26	Rachel	93	↓2	9
27	Breanna	86	↑1	74
28	Savannah	86	↑17	43
29	Kimberly	81	↑2	41
30	Kelsey	72	↑4	36
31	Amanda	71	↑1	13
32	Katelyn	71	↓5	64
33	Allison	70	↑3	38
34	Katherine	70	↑13	31
35	Rebecca	70	↑9	24
36	Kristen	68	↑1	70
37	Olivia	64	↓2	34
38	Chelsea	62	↓9	55
39	Alexandria	61	new	77
40	Jordan	60	↑1	49
41	Bailey	58	new	85
42	Sara	58	↑1	50
43	Kaitlyn	57	↓5	40
44	Tiffany	57	↓5	52
45	Heather	56	↓15	71
46	Briana	54	↑2	72
47	Danielle	53	new	29
48	Lindsey	53	new	86
49	Erica	52	–	79
50	Raven	52	↓17	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	William	378	↑2	18
2	Christopher	375	–	4
3	Joshua	349	↑1	5
4	James	333	↓3	17
5	Austin	320	↑1	9
6	Michael	294	↓1	1
7	Justin	271	↑1	20
8	Brandon	263	↑2	8
9	John	258	↓2	15
10	Jacob	243	↑1	3
11	Matthew	238	↑2	2
12	Tyler	207	–	7
13	Robert	200	↓4	23
14	Joseph	197	–	12
15	Zachary	192	–	14
16	David	178	↑1	13
17	Jonathan	174	↑4	21
18	Nicholas	160	↓2	6
19	Charles	155	↑6	43
20	Hunter	155	↑3	47
21	Andrew	150	↓1	10
22	Cody	146	↓3	31
23	Thomas	136	↓1	28
24	Daniel	129	↓6	11
25	Anthony	128	↓1	19
26	Jordan	114	↑9	27
27	Christian	112	↑6	24
28	Dylan	108	↑17	33
29	Ryan	108	↓1	16
30	Samuel	107	↑6	30
31	Dustin	102	↓5	79
32	Timothy	102	↓5	40
33	Aaron	99	↓4	34
34	Caleb	97	↑3	48
35	Benjamin	89	↓4	29
36	Steven	89	↓2	38
37	Malik	88	new	97
38	Patrick	88	↑3	44
39	Eric	82	↓1	35
40	Jeremy	78	↓8	56
41	Kevin	77	↑5	26
42	Devin	75	↓12	60
43	Stephen	75	–	59
44	Cameron	74	↑6	49
45	Alexander	72	↓5	22
46	Richard	72	↓7	45
47	Dakota	71	new	58
48	Jason	71	↓4	41
49	Nathan	71	new	37
50	Taylor	71	new	82

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