Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1998

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1998 were Alexis for girls (235 babies) and James for boys (383). Alexis ranked #6 nationally for girls. James ranked #18 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,521 babies born in Mississippi in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1998

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: 27 babies, 21.9× the national rate
Jayla: 38 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Destiney: 19 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Precious: 30 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Miracle: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Christian: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Yasmine: 24 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Tamara: 31 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Carley: 25 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Robin: 17 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Kendarius: 16 babies, 39.1× the national rate
Lamarcus: 17 babies, 31.6× the national rate
Ladarius: 40 babies, 23.5× the national rate
Jamarcus: 25 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Demarcus: 41 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Jarvis: 24 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Fredrick: 20 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Kendrick: 37 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Marquez: 16 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Jaylon: 27 babies, 7.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Alexis	235	↑1	6
2	Hannah	233	↓1	2
3	Madison	231	↑7	9
4	Taylor	202	↑1	7
5	Anna	186	↓1	31
6	Emily	183	–	1
7	Ashley	173	↓4	5
8	Destiny	169	↑11	34
9	Sarah	158	–	4
10	Jasmine	152	↓3	26
11	Brittany	141	↑2	25
12	Mary	141	–	44
13	Kayla	127	↓5	12
14	Amber	125	↑2	37
15	Lauren	125	–	14
16	Jessica	124	↓5	8
17	Victoria	122	↑3	16
18	Haley	114	–	36
19	Morgan	111	↑3	23
20	Brianna	110	↑1	17
21	Courtney	109	↓4	39
22	Alyssa	103	↑23	11
23	Elizabeth	100	–	10
24	Shelby	99	↓10	49
25	Olivia	92	–	21
26	Megan	88	↑3	13
27	Kaitlyn	86	–	35
28	Samantha	85	↓4	3
29	Savannah	84	↑2	45
30	Katelyn	80	↓2	58
31	Rachel	79	↓1	15
32	Jordan	75	↓6	42
33	Kelsey	72	↑11	56
34	Jada	68	↑2	>100
35	Sydney	68	↑2	28
36	Breanna	67	↓2	76
37	Makayla	65	new	71
38	Gabrielle	63	↑8	47
39	Kimberly	63	↓6	54
40	Danielle	60	new	41
41	Rebecca	60	↓6	30
42	Katherine	59	–	33
43	Summer	59	new	>100
44	Amanda	58	↓5	19
45	Abigail	57	↓7	18
46	Alexandria	54	↓6	81
47	Diamond	53	new	>100
48	Allison	51	↓7	38
49	Sara	51	new	48
50	Bailey	49	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	James	383	↑2	18
2	William	380	↓1	14
3	Christopher	333	↓1	5
4	Austin	301	↑5	10
5	Joshua	301	↓1	4
6	Michael	297	–	1
7	John	269	↓2	15
8	Jacob	268	↑3	2
9	Brandon	260	↓2	7
10	Matthew	234	↑2	3
11	Robert	209	↓1	23
12	Tyler	208	↓4	8
13	Justin	204	–	20
14	Joseph	177	↑1	11
15	Nicholas	173	↑4	6
16	Hunter	163	↑6	36
17	Charles	159	↑7	48
18	Andrew	156	↓2	9
19	Jordan	153	↑2	27
20	Zachary	152	↓6	16
21	Jonathan	149	↓4	21
22	David	143	↓4	13
23	Dylan	141	↑3	25
24	Cameron	138	↑12	35
25	Thomas	133	–	31
26	Daniel	121	↓3	12
27	Caleb	119	↑5	42
28	Christian	118	↑3	26
29	Samuel	114	↓2	28
30	Cody	107	↓1	43
31	Anthony	105	↓11	19
32	Ryan	105	↓2	17
33	Aaron	97	–	37
34	Timothy	97	↓6	49
35	Jeremy	88	–	68
36	Noah	88	↑9	29
37	Ethan	86	↑12	38
38	Steven	83	↓1	46
39	Benjamin	82	↓1	30
40	Devin	79	new	62
41	Eric	77	↓2	39
42	Jason	77	new	40
43	Richard	76	–	56
44	Dustin	75	↑3	>100
45	Kenneth	73	new	87
46	Logan	71	↓4	44
47	Nathan	71	↓3	34
48	Dalton	68	↓14	88
49	Alexander	61	↓1	22
50	Patrick	60	↓4	57

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