Popular baby names in Mississippi, 2005

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 2005 were Madison for girls (272 babies) and William for boys (337). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #11 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,327 babies born in Mississippi in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 2005

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

Girls

Jamiyah: 18 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Jamia: 17 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Jakayla: 31 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Tamya: 17 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Ashanti: 27 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Jaliyah: 20 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Janiya: 45 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Taniya: 21 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Destini: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Taliyah: 18 babies, 7.9× the national rate

Boys

Ladarius: 22 babies, 32× the national rate
Tylan: 21 babies, 21.7× the national rate
Aubrey: 15 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Jaylon: 53 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Jamarcus: 15 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Jamarion: 61 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Jarvis: 17 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Omarion: 54 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Demarion: 25 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Amarion: 23 babies, 8.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Madison	272	–	3
2	Emma	186	↑3	2
3	Anna	172	↑1	22
4	Emily	168	↓2	1
5	Hannah	156	↓2	7
6	Alexis	131	–	13
7	Destiny	130	↑7	32
8	Olivia	123	↑1	5
9	Mary	121	↑4	72
10	Makayla	119	↑8	44
11	Taylor	117	↓4	24
12	Chloe	112	↑8	19
13	Jada	107	↑10	76
14	Sarah	104	↓6	15
15	Abigail	96	↓4	4
16	Elizabeth	96	↓6	11
17	Alyssa	90	↓5	16
18	Brianna	88	↑3	20
19	Haley	83	–	53
20	Lauren	83	↓5	21
21	Jasmine	82	↓5	29
22	Morgan	79	↑8	33
23	Kaitlyn	78	↓6	34
24	Kaylee	77	–	40
25	Isabella	76	↑7	6
26	Natalie	72	↑5	18
27	Savannah	68	↑7	35
28	Gracie	66	↑9	94
29	Ava	64	new	9
30	Kayla	64	↓8	25
31	Trinity	64	↓4	48
32	Gabrielle	63	↑3	55
33	Katelyn	61	↓8	59
34	Addison	59	new	>100
35	Ella	57	↑10	23
36	Victoria	56	↑6	28
37	Ashley	55	↓11	10
38	Bailey	55	new	>100
39	Sydney	55	–	30
40	Paris	54	↑6	>100
41	Shelby	53	–	>100
42	Brooklyn	51	↑1	78
43	Sara	51	new	75
44	Breanna	50	new	>100
45	Hailey	50	↓16	26
46	Katherine	50	new	36
47	Mia	50	new	17
48	Riley	50	new	54
49	Allie	49	new	>100
50	Allison	46	↓6	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	William	337	–	11
2	James	287	–	17
3	John	237	–	18
4	Christopher	234	↑2	10
5	Jacob	233	↑2	1
6	Michael	222	↓1	2
7	Joshua	217	↓3	3
8	Ethan	199	↑1	5
9	Tyler	180	↓1	16
10	Cameron	154	↑6	52
11	Andrew	146	↑1	6
12	Austin	144	↑6	38
13	Elijah	143	↓2	31
14	Joseph	143	–	9
15	Landon	143	↑2	61
16	Caleb	141	↓3	35
17	Matthew	141	↓7	4
18	Jordan	138	↓3	46
19	Christian	128	↑2	22
20	Jeremiah	124	↑17	78
21	Samuel	120	↑8	21
22	Noah	119	↑12	23
23	Anthony	117	↑10	8
24	Robert	115	↓4	37
25	Nicholas	112	↓1	15
26	Jonathan	111	↓3	19
27	Hunter	110	↓8	53
28	Brandon	109	↑2	27
29	Charles	109	↓4	56
30	Daniel	107	↑5	7
31	Mason	104	↑9	42
32	David	103	↓10	12
33	Justin	102	↓5	36
34	Dylan	101	↓2	24
35	Thomas	100	↑4	40
36	Ashton	96	↓9	>100
37	Logan	95	↓6	26
38	Nathan	94	↓12	20
39	Hayden	88	↓3	76
40	Jackson	87	↑1	44
41	Zachary	83	↓3	29
42	Jayden	80	↑5	54
43	Gavin	79	↑1	47
44	Gabriel	78	↑2	28
45	Benjamin	75	↓3	25
46	Alexander	72	new	13
47	Ryan	72	↓4	14
48	Aiden	71	new	50
49	Kaleb	69	new	>100
50	Kevin	64	new	33

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