Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1999

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1999 were Madison for girls (246 babies) and William for boys (336). Madison ranked #7 nationally for girls. William ranked #14 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,016 babies born in Mississippi in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1999

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

Girls

Jamya: 19 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Kalyn: 15 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Miracle: 20 babies, 7× the national rate
Precious: 27 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Jayla: 38 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Raven: 55 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Tatyana: 42 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kierra: 28 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Tamia: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ebony: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Kendarius: 15 babies, 37.1× the national rate
Ladarrius: 15 babies, 34.4× the national rate
Ladarius: 45 babies, 33× the national rate
Jamarcus: 21 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Jalon: 17 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Jarvis: 26 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Demarcus: 28 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Cornelius: 21 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Markel: 15 babies, 11× the national rate
Marquez: 18 babies, 9.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Madison	246	↑2	7
2	Hannah	230	–	2
3	Alexis	224	↓2	3
4	Anna	198	↑1	29
5	Emily	179	↑1	1
6	Destiny	173	↑2	28
7	Jasmine	159	↑3	26
8	Sarah	156	↑1	4
9	Taylor	149	↓5	8
10	Ashley	148	↓3	6
11	Kayla	148	↑2	13
12	Mary	144	–	45
13	Lauren	133	↑2	12
14	Brianna	129	↑6	14
15	Elizabeth	120	↑8	10
16	Haley	118	↑2	31
17	Victoria	115	–	16
18	Brittany	112	↓7	35
19	Morgan	109	–	24
20	Amber	105	↓6	41
21	Olivia	101	↑4	20
22	Savannah	100	↑7	42
23	Jessica	95	↓7	9
24	Courtney	93	↓3	44
25	Samantha	90	↑3	5
26	Megan	87	–	15
27	Kaitlyn	85	–	33
28	Katelyn	81	↑2	55
29	Jada	77	↑5	>100
30	Abigail	76	↑15	18
31	Breanna	76	↑5	74
32	Shelby	76	↓8	62
33	Alyssa	70	↓11	11
34	Sydney	70	↑1	23
35	Bailey	68	↑15	65
36	Diamond	66	↑11	>100
37	Kiara	66	new	78
38	Rachel	60	↓7	19
39	Allison	56	↑9	40
40	Angel	56	new	>100
41	Jordan	56	↓9	48
42	Rebecca	56	↓1	38
43	Emma	55	new	17
44	Raven	55	new	>100
45	Hailey	54	new	54
46	Makayla	54	↓9	66
47	Katie	52	new	92
48	Alexandria	51	↓2	83
49	Gabrielle	51	↓11	46
50	Kelsey	51	↓17	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	William	336	↑1	14
2	James	333	↓1	19
3	Christopher	330	–	6
4	Joshua	316	↑1	4
5	Michael	306	↑1	2
6	John	290	↑1	15
7	Jacob	279	↑1	1
8	Austin	264	↓4	13
9	Brandon	253	–	11
10	Tyler	219	↑2	10
11	Justin	200	↑2	20
12	Robert	192	↓1	26
13	Cameron	190	↑11	33
14	Matthew	179	↓4	3
15	Hunter	177	↑1	36
16	Joseph	177	↓2	8
17	Zachary	173	↑3	17
18	Jordan	154	↑1	30
19	Nicholas	154	↓4	5
20	David	150	↑2	16
21	Andrew	148	↓3	7
22	Thomas	140	↑3	31
23	Jonathan	136	↓2	22
24	Samuel	136	↑5	27
25	Christian	135	↑3	25
26	Anthony	132	↑5	18
27	Dylan	130	↓4	23
28	Charles	128	↓11	50
29	Ethan	115	↑8	37
30	Caleb	114	↓3	41
31	Timothy	111	↑3	49
32	Benjamin	105	↑7	29
33	Noah	103	↑3	24
34	Daniel	100	↓8	9
35	Logan	96	↑11	42
36	Ryan	91	↓4	12
37	Cody	89	↓7	45
38	Dalton	89	↑10	86
39	Nathan	85	↑8	32
40	Richard	76	↑3	61
41	Aaron	74	↓8	38
42	Steven	68	↓4	47
43	Devin	66	↓3	68
44	Kyle	66	new	28
45	Tyrese	66	new	>100
46	Alexander	65	↑3	21
47	Eric	62	↓6	39
48	Jason	62	↓6	40
49	Kenneth	62	↓4	89
50	Patrick	62	–	63

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