Popular baby names in Mississippi, 2001

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 2001 were Madison for girls (264 babies) and William for boys (339). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #10 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,282 babies born in Mississippi in 2001 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 2001

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: 36 babies, 20.9× the national rate
Jamya: 20 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Beyonce: 22 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Shaniya: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Miracle: 24 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Zaria: 23 babies, 7× the national rate
Ebony: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Carley: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kierra: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Tatyana: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Boys

Ladarrius: 15 babies, 48.4× the national rate
Jadarius: 18 babies, 28.4× the national rate
Jamarcus: 27 babies, 22.2× the national rate
Jarvis: 24 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Ladarius: 17 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Demarcus: 20 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Jaylon: 44 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Willie: 39 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Jacoby: 15 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Kendrick: 29 babies, 8.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Madison	264	↑1	2
2	Hannah	257	↓1	3
3	Anna	237	–	19
4	Alexis	194	↑1	5
5	Destiny	173	↓1	22
6	Taylor	151	↑1	12
7	Kayla	150	↑5	17
8	Mary	150	–	48
9	Emily	135	↓3	1
10	Brianna	125	↑1	18
11	Elizabeth	123	↓1	9
12	Lauren	113	↑7	15
13	Olivia	112	↑4	10
14	Haley	106	↑6	34
15	Sarah	106	↓6	6
16	Jasmine	101	↓3	25
17	Alyssa	100	↑21	14
18	Abigail	98	↑15	8
19	Ashley	93	↓4	4
20	Jada	91	↑3	75
21	Savannah	83	↑6	42
22	Katelyn	82	↑10	52
23	Morgan	82	↓2	29
24	Emma	81	↑13	13
25	Victoria	81	↓3	21
26	Amber	80	↓8	51
27	Aaliyah	78	new	96
28	Chloe	78	–	30
29	Samantha	75	–	7
30	Hailey	74	↑1	33
31	Jordan	74	↑3	47
32	Jessica	73	↓18	11
33	Makayla	72	↓3	54
34	Kaitlyn	69	↓18	31
35	Breanna	65	↓10	94
36	Mackenzie	65	↑11	40
37	Kaylee	63	new	66
38	Bailey	62	↑4	69
39	Shelby	62	↓15	68
40	Megan	59	–	20
41	Sara	58	new	58
42	Brittany	57	↓6	>100
43	Sydney	56	↓4	23
44	Diamond	55	↓1	>100
45	Allison	54	new	44
46	Rachel	54	↓2	24
47	Gabrielle	53	↓1	50
48	Katherine	53	new	35
49	Alexandria	51	↓8	91
50	Angel	51	↓15	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	William	339	–	10
2	James	289	–	19
3	Jacob	282	↑2	1
4	Michael	278	–	2
5	Christopher	273	↓2	5
6	John	256	–	14
7	Joshua	246	–	4
8	Tyler	214	–	13
9	Austin	212	↑1	25
10	Brandon	195	↑2	18
11	Matthew	188	–	3
12	Joseph	180	↓3	8
13	Cameron	170	↑1	35
14	Ethan	155	↑8	17
15	Nicholas	155	↑8	6
16	Andrew	153	↑3	7
17	David	152	↑3	12
18	Robert	149	↓3	30
19	Hunter	147	↓1	36
20	Zachary	142	↓3	16
21	Caleb	141	↑5	37
22	Christian	138	↓6	24
23	Justin	136	↓10	22
24	Jordan	135	–	39
25	Jonathan	123	↑2	23
26	Anthony	121	↑4	11
27	Charles	119	↓6	55
28	Samuel	119	↑4	26
29	Thomas	110	↓4	33
30	Logan	109	↑6	29
31	Dylan	107	↓3	21
32	Noah	101	↑1	28
33	Daniel	97	↓4	9
34	Nathan	90	↓3	31
35	Jeremiah	89	new	90
36	Timothy	88	↓2	67
37	Elijah	82	↑6	45
38	Aaron	74	↑6	42
39	Mason	73	new	54
40	Jalen	72	↓1	>100
41	Jason	71	↓3	41
42	Richard	71	↑5	73
43	Ryan	71	↓3	15
44	Steven	71	↑4	63
45	Landon	69	new	>100
46	Benjamin	68	↓5	27
47	Cody	67	↓12	64
48	Dalton	66	↓6	98
49	Jeremy	66	new	89
50	Kevin	66	new	32

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