Popular baby names in Mississippi, 2008

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 2008 were Madison for girls (253 babies) and William for boys (288). Madison ranked #6 nationally for girls. William ranked #8 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,211 babies born in Mississippi in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 2008

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

Girls

Zykeria: 17 babies, 36.3× the national rate
Markayla: 15 babies, 17× the national rate
Kaniya: 15 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Jakayla: 45 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Akeelah: 15 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Alaysia: 18 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Jamiya: 24 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Jamya: 33 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Dixie: 15 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Janiya: 45 babies, 7.5× the national rate

Boys

Tylan: 20 babies, 20.1× the national rate
Jamarcus: 23 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Amarion: 15 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Kylan: 21 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Jamarion: 39 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Demarion: 15 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Cedric: 22 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Jaylon: 24 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Javion: 24 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Demarcus: 17 babies, 6.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Madison	253	–	6
2	Emma	191	–	1
3	Ava	152	↑7	5
4	Addison	150	↑1	12
5	Anna	143	↑1	26
6	Olivia	142	↑1	4
7	Chloe	127	↓4	10
8	Makayla	120	↑6	37
9	Taylor	114	↑7	22
10	Elizabeth	113	↓1	9
11	Emily	106	↓3	3
12	Abigail	105	–	8
13	Hannah	104	↓9	17
14	Mary	104	↑8	96
15	Destiny	100	↑2	47
16	Isabella	100	↑2	2
17	Alyssa	97	↓2	16
18	Alexis	92	↓7	15
19	Brooklyn	86	↑10	48
20	Sarah	86	↓7	20
21	Kaylee	84	↑2	31
22	Brianna	70	↑6	23
23	Lillian	70	↑18	29
24	Kaitlyn	67	↑2	53
25	Trinity	67	↑7	70
26	Ella	66	↓5	19
27	Mariah	63	↑18	77
28	Morgan	63	↓9	46
29	Katelyn	62	↑14	80
30	Natalie	62	↑7	13
31	Jada	61	↓11	>100
32	Savannah	61	↑8	33
33	Aaliyah	60	–	76
34	Avery	59	↓4	38
35	Riley	59	new	39
36	Kennedy	58	new	>100
37	Aubrey	57	new	42
38	Jayla	57	↑1	>100
39	Layla	57	↓4	55
40	Makenzie	57	new	>100
41	Bailey	56	↓5	82
42	Lily	56	new	24
43	Angel	55	↑7	>100
44	Hailey	55	–	25
45	Zoey	54	↑1	98
46	Lauren	53	↓19	30
47	Caroline	52	new	94
48	Kayla	51	↓17	28
49	Madelyn	51	↓1	64
50	Jasmine	50	↓26	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	William	288	–	8
2	James	237	–	17
3	Christopher	226	–	9
4	Jayden	225	↑5	11
5	John	224	↓1	20
6	Joshua	215	↓1	4
7	Michael	193	↑1	2
8	Ethan	182	↓2	3
9	Landon	173	↑1	45
10	Jacob	169	↓3	1
11	Tyler	165	↑1	28
12	Joseph	162	↑3	13
13	Christian	159	↑5	23
14	Elijah	151	↑2	22
15	Jordan	151	↓4	48
16	Cameron	149	↓2	53
17	Caleb	138	↓4	34
18	Matthew	135	↓1	10
19	Aiden	131	↑20	16
20	Brayden	128	↑10	51
21	David	127	↑5	14
22	Charles	124	↑3	63
23	Noah	123	↓4	15
24	Jeremiah	122	↓4	68
25	Hunter	121	↓2	54
26	Hayden	117	↑1	76
27	Anthony	115	↑5	7
28	Samuel	113	↑3	27
29	Robert	110	↓8	49
30	Andrew	104	↓8	12
31	Logan	104	↑2	19
32	Daniel	100	↑4	5
33	Jackson	99	↓9	32
34	Jonathan	98	↑4	26
35	Gabriel	97	↑15	24
36	Brandon	95	↓2	33
37	Dylan	95	↑3	31
38	Justin	91	↑10	44
39	Zachary	89	↑10	47
40	Nicholas	86	↓5	29
41	Austin	85	↓12	55
42	Thomas	85	↓1	52
43	Ashton	81	↑4	>100
44	Jaden	81	↓2	88
45	Caden	80	–	96
46	Jaylen	80	–	>100
47	Isaiah	79	new	42
48	Gavin	78	↓11	30
49	Tristan	78	↓6	81
50	Mason	76	↓22	35

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