Popular baby names in Mississippi, 2006

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 2006 were Madison for girls (284 babies) and William for boys (311). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #10 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,540 babies born in Mississippi in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 2006

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

Girls

Jakyra: 15 babies, 30.4× the national rate
Jakira: 17 babies, 29.7× the national rate
Jakayla: 47 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Jamiya: 21 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Jamiyah: 16 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Jamaya: 16 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Janya: 15 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Shaniya: 30 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Kinsley: 19 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Deasia: 15 babies, 9.5× the national rate

Boys

Kendarius: 16 babies, 54× the national rate
Jadarius: 22 babies, 36.2× the national rate
Jamarius: 20 babies, 26.4× the national rate
Ladarius: 19 babies, 22.5× the national rate
Tylan: 16 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Jakobe: 16 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Jamarcus: 22 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Jamarion: 58 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Omarion: 23 babies, 10× the national rate
Kylan: 22 babies, 9.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Madison	284	–	3
2	Anna	202	↑1	22
3	Emma	183	↓1	2
4	Hannah	155	↑1	8
5	Emily	148	↓1	1
6	Alexis	138	–	14
7	Chloe	128	↑5	18
8	Olivia	125	–	7
9	Ava	121	↑20	5
10	Isabella	117	↑15	4
11	Taylor	112	–	23
12	Destiny	109	↓5	36
13	Sarah	107	↑1	15
14	Makayla	102	↓4	45
15	Alyssa	100	↑2	19
16	Elizabeth	97	–	11
17	Abigail	96	↓2	6
18	Trinity	94	↑13	64
19	Mary	88	↓10	80
20	Jada	85	↓7	92
21	Lauren	84	↓1	24
22	Brianna	80	↓4	20
23	Morgan	79	↓1	35
24	Kaylee	78	–	42
25	Jasmine	77	↓4	29
26	Jayla	76	new	99
27	Kayla	75	↑3	26
28	Addison	73	↑6	28
29	Haley	72	↓10	75
30	Ella	71	↑5	21
31	Brooklyn	65	↑11	66
32	Savannah	64	↓5	30
33	Aaliyah	63	new	90
34	Mariah	59	new	82
35	Natalie	59	↓9	17
36	Kaitlyn	56	↓13	41
37	Lillian	56	new	38
38	Breanna	55	↑6	>100
39	Gabrielle	55	↓7	63
40	Gracie	55	↓12	>100
41	Hailey	55	↑4	25
42	Paris	55	↓2	>100
43	Sara	54	–	72
44	Autumn	52	new	95
45	Katelyn	51	↓12	61
46	Kennedy	50	new	>100
47	Layla	49	new	>100
48	Jessica	48	new	32
49	Allison	47	↑1	47
50	Ariel	47	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	William	311	–	10
2	James	303	–	16
3	Joshua	253	↑4	3
4	Christopher	240	–	8
5	John	234	↓2	19
6	Michael	223	–	2
7	Jacob	219	↓2	1
8	Tyler	206	↑1	18
9	Ethan	204	↓1	4
10	Jordan	169	↑8	46
11	Landon	167	↑4	50
12	Cameron	164	↓2	52
13	Caleb	152	↑3	34
14	Joseph	152	–	11
15	Matthew	151	↑2	5
16	Elijah	148	↓3	29
17	David	144	↑15	13
18	Jonathan	136	↑8	22
19	Christian	133	–	21
20	Brandon	130	↑8	27
21	Jackson	130	↑19	35
22	Robert	130	↑2	47
23	Austin	128	↓11	41
24	Jeremiah	123	↓4	71
25	Logan	123	↑12	20
26	Hunter	122	↑1	54
27	Andrew	117	↓16	7
28	Noah	115	↓6	15
29	Samuel	115	↓8	25
30	Mason	112	↑1	40
31	Nathan	109	↑7	23
32	Nicholas	109	↓7	17
33	Charles	107	↓4	60
34	Jayden	107	↑8	49
35	Anthony	106	↓12	9
36	Zachary	99	↑5	33
37	Hayden	98	↑2	73
38	Justin	96	↓5	45
39	Thomas	95	↓4	51
40	Timothy	94	new	93
41	Daniel	89	↓11	6
42	Aiden	87	↑6	32
43	Brayden	87	new	79
44	Dylan	85	↓10	26
45	Gabriel	83	↓1	28
46	Isaiah	82	new	39
47	Tristan	81	new	86
48	Caden	80	new	91
49	Ashton	79	↓13	>100
50	Benjamin	79	↓5	24

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