Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1997

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1997 were Hannah for girls (203 babies) and William for boys (378). Hannah ranked #5 nationally for girls. William ranked #19 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,480 babies born in Mississippi in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1997

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, 20.4× the national rate
Moesha: 17 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Tamera: 19 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Jayla: 25 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Kierra: 34 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Ebony: 28 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Tierra: 24 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jada: 65 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Chasity: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Harley: 23 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Ladarrius: 20 babies, 48.5× the national rate
Jadarius: 18 babies, 30.2× the national rate
Ladarius: 32 babies, 20× the national rate
Demarcus: 47 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Anfernee: 21 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Jamarcus: 19 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Devonta: 17 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Jarvis: 27 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Cortez: 19 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Jaylin: 16 babies, 8.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Hannah	203	↑1	5
2	Alexis	202	↑1	8
3	Ashley	202	↓2	3
4	Anna	183	↑3	33
5	Taylor	181	–	7
6	Emily	178	↑5	1
7	Jasmine	178	↓3	24
8	Kayla	171	↑1	12
9	Sarah	167	↑3	4
10	Madison	155	↑3	10
11	Jessica	153	↓5	2
12	Mary	145	↑2	46
13	Brittany	143	↓5	20
14	Shelby	141	↑6	43
15	Lauren	135	↑4	14
16	Amber	133	↓6	29
17	Courtney	123	↓1	28
18	Haley	122	↓3	31
19	Destiny	120	↑4	42
20	Victoria	117	↑2	19
21	Brianna	115	↓3	17
22	Morgan	112	↑2	22
23	Elizabeth	99	↓6	9
24	Samantha	99	↓3	6
25	Olivia	88	↑12	27
26	Jordan	82	↑14	40
27	Kaitlyn	80	↑16	41
28	Katelyn	77	↑4	63
29	Megan	77	↓4	11
30	Rachel	74	↓4	13
31	Savannah	74	↓3	47
32	Kristen	72	↑4	82
33	Kimberly	70	↓4	49
34	Breanna	68	↓7	74
35	Rebecca	68	–	25
36	Jada	65	new	>100
37	Sydney	64	new	35
38	Abigail	62	new	26
39	Amanda	62	↓8	16
40	Alexandria	61	↓1	78
41	Allison	61	↓8	39
42	Katherine	58	↓8	32
43	Chelsea	57	↓5	73
44	Kelsey	55	↓14	57
45	Alyssa	54	new	15
46	Gabrielle	53	new	51
47	Raven	51	↑3	>100
48	Erin	50	new	52
49	Tiffany	50	↓5	61
50	Aaliyah	49	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	William	378	–	19
2	Christopher	357	–	4
3	James	341	↑1	17
4	Joshua	336	↓1	5
5	John	305	↑4	15
6	Michael	290	–	1
7	Brandon	282	↑1	8
8	Tyler	253	↑4	10
9	Austin	248	↓4	9
10	Robert	238	↑3	23
11	Jacob	236	↓1	2
12	Matthew	232	↓1	3
13	Justin	221	↓6	20
14	Zachary	190	↑1	13
15	Joseph	186	↓1	12
16	Andrew	175	↑5	7
17	Jonathan	171	–	21
18	David	153	↓2	14
19	Nicholas	152	↓1	6
20	Anthony	141	↑5	18
21	Jordan	135	↑5	26
22	Hunter	130	↓2	44
23	Daniel	129	↑1	11
24	Charles	128	↓5	49
25	Thomas	127	↓2	31
26	Dylan	123	↑2	30
27	Samuel	116	↑3	27
28	Timothy	114	↑4	43
29	Cody	113	↓7	36
30	Ryan	111	↓1	16
31	Christian	105	↓4	25
32	Caleb	103	↑2	47
33	Aaron	92	–	33
34	Dalton	89	new	90
35	Jeremy	89	↑5	64
36	Cameron	88	↑8	45
37	Steven	87	↓1	40
38	Benjamin	86	↓3	29
39	Eric	78	–	35
40	Malik	78	↓3	>100
41	Kevin	77	–	28
42	Logan	75	new	42
43	Richard	75	↑3	51
44	Nathan	73	↑5	34
45	Noah	70	new	38
46	Patrick	70	↓8	50
47	Dustin	67	↓16	88
48	Alexander	65	↓3	22
49	Ethan	63	new	46
50	Kyle	63	new	24

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