Popular baby names in Mississippi, 2002

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 2002 were Madison for girls (264 babies) and William for boys (336). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #11 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,900 babies born in Mississippi in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 2002

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: 33 babies, 21× the national rate
Jamia: 16 babies, 13× the national rate
Jamya: 17 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Shakira: 27 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Jaliyah: 15 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Ashanti: 149 babies, 8× the national rate
Taliyah: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Kierra: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Charity: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Tamia: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Boys

Kendarius: 16 babies, 44.4× the national rate
Jadarius: 16 babies, 29.2× the national rate
Jamarcus: 21 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Ladarius: 17 babies, 18× the national rate
Marquez: 19 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Demarcus: 22 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Kylan: 15 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Javion: 17 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Jaylon: 49 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Jaylan: 18 babies, 9.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Madison	264	–	2
2	Hannah	212	–	3
3	Anna	206	–	20
4	Alexis	177	–	5
5	Emily	159	↑4	1
6	Sarah	158	↑9	8
7	Ashanti	149	new	>100
8	Destiny	148	↓3	34
9	Mary	124	↓1	49
10	Elizabeth	121	↑1	11
11	Aaliyah	120	↑16	64
12	Taylor	120	↓6	18
13	Abigail	113	↑5	7
14	Haley	111	–	35
15	Brianna	105	↓5	17
16	Olivia	105	↓3	10
17	Emma	97	↑7	4
18	Kaitlyn	97	↑16	32
19	Chloe	95	↑9	25
20	Jasmine	95	↓4	26
21	Kayla	92	↓14	19
22	Victoria	91	↑3	21
23	Lauren	90	↓11	13
24	Morgan	84	↓1	29
25	Makayla	83	↑8	50
26	Ashley	82	↓7	6
27	Savannah	80	↓6	39
28	Jada	79	↓8	78
29	Shelby	78	↑10	75
30	Alyssa	73	↓13	12
31	Jordan	72	–	45
32	Gabrielle	61	↑15	66
33	Breanna	60	↑2	>100
34	Hailey	59	↓4	31
35	Isabella	58	new	14
36	Katelyn	57	↓14	53
37	Allison	56	↑8	44
38	Courtney	56	new	88
39	Kaylee	56	↓2	57
40	Amber	54	↓14	65
41	Angel	54	↑9	>100
42	Sydney	51	↑1	23
43	Rachel	50	↑3	24
44	Jessica	49	↓12	16
45	Megan	49	↓5	22
46	Alexandria	48	↑3	>100
47	Grace	47	new	15
48	Samantha	47	↓19	9
49	Trinity	47	new	70
50	Autumn	46	new	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	William	336	–	11
2	Christopher	297	↑3	8
3	James	286	↓1	18
4	Joshua	286	↑3	3
5	Jacob	250	↓2	1
6	John	244	–	17
7	Michael	241	↓3	2
8	Matthew	190	↑3	4
9	Ethan	185	↑5	5
10	Tyler	185	↓2	14
11	Austin	178	↓2	26
12	Joseph	173	–	7
13	Robert	170	↑5	34
14	Christian	166	↑8	24
15	Justin	162	↑8	22
16	Caleb	158	↑5	35
17	Brandon	157	↓7	20
18	Cameron	149	↓5	39
19	Hunter	144	–	38
20	Jordan	141	↑4	37
21	Dylan	140	↑10	23
22	Nicholas	140	↓7	9
23	Andrew	139	↓7	6
24	Samuel	134	↑4	25
25	David	129	↓8	13
26	Zachary	128	↓6	19
27	Thomas	127	↑2	36
28	Daniel	123	↑5	10
29	Jonathan	123	↓4	21
30	Charles	120	↓3	58
31	Anthony	112	↓5	12
32	Logan	106	↓2	29
33	Elijah	103	↑4	41
34	Nathan	86	–	28
35	Gabriel	85	new	32
36	Jeremiah	84	↓1	86
37	Timothy	83	↓1	70
38	Benjamin	80	↑8	27
39	Jason	80	↑2	42
40	Alexander	79	new	15
41	Noah	79	↓9	31
42	Jackson	76	new	50
43	Ryan	75	–	16
44	Jalen	68	↓4	>100
45	Landon	67	–	>100
46	Cody	65	↑1	71
47	Xavier	65	new	88
48	Mason	63	↓9	53
49	Devin	62	new	74
50	Patrick	61	new	79

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