Popular baby names in Mississippi, 2000

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 2000 were Hannah for girls (283 babies) and William for boys (391). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #11 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,583 babies born in Mississippi in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 2000

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

Girls

Jakayla: 25 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Jamia: 17 babies, 15× the national rate
Jamya: 16 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Kierra: 32 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Ebony: 19 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jayla: 48 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Destini: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Tamia: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Tamara: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Christian: 15 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Jadarius: 15 babies, 29.6× the national rate
Ladarius: 36 babies, 27.4× the national rate
Jamarcus: 18 babies, 15× the national rate
Fredrick: 27 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Jaylon: 62 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Demarcus: 31 babies, 13× the national rate
Jarvis: 20 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Marquez: 17 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Kendrick: 34 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Jaylan: 16 babies, 7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Hannah	283	↑1	2
2	Madison	233	↓1	3
3	Anna	228	↑1	22
4	Destiny	202	↑2	24
5	Alexis	197	↓2	6
6	Emily	164	↓1	1
7	Taylor	156	↑2	10
8	Mary	152	↑4	46
9	Sarah	152	↓1	5
10	Elizabeth	140	↑5	9
11	Brianna	133	↑3	15
12	Kayla	133	↓1	13
13	Jasmine	132	↓6	27
14	Jessica	120	↑9	8
15	Ashley	117	↓5	4
16	Kaitlyn	114	↑11	30
17	Olivia	114	↑4	16
18	Amber	107	↑2	47
19	Lauren	103	↓6	11
20	Haley	101	↓4	28
21	Morgan	95	↓2	25
22	Victoria	93	↓5	20
23	Jada	89	↑6	84
24	Shelby	86	↑8	70
25	Breanna	83	↑6	80
26	Courtney	81	↓2	59
27	Savannah	78	↓5	37
28	Chloe	77	new	38
29	Samantha	77	↓4	7
30	Makayla	74	↑16	67
31	Hailey	73	↑14	35
32	Katelyn	73	↓4	54
33	Abigail	72	↓3	14
34	Jordan	69	↑7	50
35	Angel	68	↑5	>100
36	Brittany	65	↓18	60
37	Emma	65	↑6	17
38	Alyssa	64	↓5	12
39	Sydney	63	↓5	23
40	Megan	62	↓14	18
41	Alexandria	60	↑7	91
42	Bailey	60	↓7	68
43	Diamond	59	↓7	>100
44	Rachel	58	↓6	21
45	Rebecca	58	↓3	39
46	Gabrielle	52	↑3	49
47	Mackenzie	50	new	43
48	Trinity	50	new	74
49	Caitlin	49	new	76
50	Erin	49	new	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	William	391	–	11
2	James	326	–	18
3	Christopher	316	–	5
4	Michael	270	↑1	2
5	Jacob	269	↑2	1
6	John	267	–	14
7	Joshua	257	↓3	4
8	Tyler	217	↑2	10
9	Joseph	214	↑7	8
10	Austin	208	↓2	23
11	Matthew	206	↑3	3
12	Brandon	202	↓3	12
13	Justin	198	↓2	19
14	Cameron	182	↓1	31
15	Robert	178	↓3	29
16	Christian	164	↑9	22
17	Zachary	163	–	15
18	Hunter	162	↓3	35
19	Andrew	158	↑2	7
20	David	152	–	16
21	Charles	144	↑7	51
22	Ethan	141	↑7	25
23	Nicholas	139	↓4	6
24	Jordan	137	↓6	36
25	Thomas	135	↓3	33
26	Caleb	126	↑4	38
27	Jonathan	123	↓4	21
28	Dylan	120	↓1	24
29	Daniel	118	↑5	9
30	Anthony	114	↓4	17
31	Nathan	104	↑8	30
32	Samuel	103	↓8	28
33	Noah	98	–	27
34	Timothy	98	↓3	58
35	Cody	94	↑2	60
36	Logan	92	↓1	40
37	Devin	90	↑6	69
38	Jason	89	↑10	39
39	Jalen	88	new	>100
40	Ryan	85	↓4	13
41	Benjamin	82	↓9	26
42	Dalton	82	↓4	91
43	Elijah	75	new	52
44	Aaron	72	↓3	41
45	Eric	72	↑2	42
46	Xavier	71	new	>100
47	Richard	70	↓7	65
48	Steven	68	↓6	54
49	Patrick	67	↑1	68
50	Seth	65	new	63

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