Popular baby names in Mississippi, 2003

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 2003 were Madison for girls (303 babies) and William for boys (334). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #11 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,511 babies born in Mississippi in 2003 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 2003

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: 39 babies, 19.2× the national rate
Taniya: 24 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Jamya: 24 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Ashanti: 47 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Chasity: 16 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Shakira: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Amya: 30 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Miracle: 25 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Carley: 20 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Janiya: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Boys

Jamarius: 16 babies, 23.2× the national rate
Ladarius: 19 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Jamarcus: 20 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Cornelius: 21 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Demarcus: 22 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Jaylon: 48 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Jamarion: 24 babies, 10× the national rate
Jacoby: 15 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Willie: 34 babies, 8× the national rate
Jaylan: 15 babies, 7.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 2003

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Madison	303	–	3
2	Hannah	197	–	4
3	Anna	187	–	21
4	Emma	169	↑13	2
5	Emily	167	–	1
6	Alexis	166	↓2	7
7	Taylor	134	↑5	19
8	Sarah	125	↓2	11
9	Destiny	123	↓1	37
10	Olivia	118	↑6	5
11	Makayla	115	↑14	51
12	Abigail	113	↑1	6
13	Brianna	113	↑2	17
14	Mary	113	↓5	59
15	Kayla	102	↑6	16
16	Chloe	101	↑3	24
17	Haley	101	↓3	34
18	Alyssa	98	↑12	14
19	Jasmine	92	↑1	27
20	Ashley	85	↑6	8
21	Jada	83	↑7	79
22	Elizabeth	82	↓12	9
23	Kaitlyn	82	↓5	32
24	Lauren	81	↓1	15
25	Kaylee	79	↑14	53
26	Morgan	77	↓2	29
27	Shelby	72	↑2	94
28	Trinity	72	↑21	56
29	Isabella	70	↑6	12
30	Aaliyah	69	↓19	90
31	Hailey	68	↑3	26
32	Sydney	66	↑10	25
33	Savannah	64	↓6	41
34	Angel	61	↑7	>100
35	Victoria	61	↓13	22
36	Breanna	60	↓3	>100
37	Jordan	60	↓6	48
38	Jessica	58	↑6	18
39	Katelyn	55	↓3	58
40	Amber	52	–	74
41	Natalie	51	new	23
42	Gracie	50	new	>100
43	Mackenzie	50	new	45
44	Autumn	49	↑6	75
45	Bailey	49	new	98
46	Reagan	49	new	>100
47	Ashanti	47	↓40	>100
48	Jayla	47	new	>100
49	Madeline	47	new	61
50	Gabrielle	45	↓18	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	William	334	–	11
2	Christopher	294	–	9
3	James	279	–	18
4	Jacob	264	↑1	1
5	Joshua	249	↓1	3
6	John	241	–	17
7	Michael	227	–	2
8	Ethan	211	↑1	7
9	Tyler	210	↑1	15
10	Matthew	191	↓2	4
11	Cameron	179	↑7	40
12	Joseph	169	–	6
13	Caleb	155	↑3	34
14	Jordan	154	↑6	38
15	Robert	140	↓2	35
16	Hunter	139	↑3	41
17	Zachary	139	↑9	20
18	Andrew	137	↑5	5
19	Dylan	135	↑2	19
20	David	134	↑5	14
21	Brandon	133	↓4	21
22	Daniel	132	↑6	8
23	Justin	131	↓8	27
24	Nicholas	131	↓2	12
25	Austin	129	↓14	33
26	Christian	128	↓12	25
27	Jonathan	117	↑2	22
28	Samuel	116	↓4	23
29	Logan	110	↑3	28
30	Charles	109	–	57
31	Elijah	108	↑2	37
32	Anthony	106	↓1	10
33	Jackson	106	↑9	52
34	Landon	101	↑11	97
35	Thomas	100	↓8	36
36	Jeremiah	90	–	90
37	Timothy	90	–	76
38	Nathan	89	↓4	26
39	Hayden	83	new	84
40	Ryan	80	↑3	13
41	Devin	78	↑8	74
42	Gavin	78	new	51
43	Connor	76	new	43
44	Noah	76	↓3	31
45	Gabriel	75	↓10	29
46	Mason	73	↑2	54
47	Benjamin	71	↓9	24
48	Aaron	66	new	50
49	Jaylen	66	new	>100
50	Alexander	65	↓10	16

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