Popular baby names in Mississippi, 2012

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 2012 were Emma for girls (162 babies) and William for boys (226). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 24,089 babies born in Mississippi in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 2012

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: 31 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Anniston: 15 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Malaysia: 30 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Ann: 15 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Haleigh: 15 babies, 9× the national rate
Taraji: 16 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Zariyah: 17 babies, 8× the national rate
Kennedi: 24 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Madisyn: 31 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Kailyn: 24 babies, 6.4× the national rate

Boys

Tylan: 16 babies, 19.3× the national rate
Jamarion: 36 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Kylan: 29 babies, 11× the national rate
Braylen: 51 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Brentley: 16 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Jon: 18 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Kingston: 76 babies, 6× the national rate
Lawson: 21 babies, 6× the national rate
Kelvin: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Walker: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	162	↑1	2
2	Madison	149	↓1	9
3	Ava	148	–	5
4	Olivia	120	–	4
5	Chloe	112	↑2	11
6	Aubrey	107	↑3	15
7	Isabella	107	↓1	3
8	Brooklyn	102	–	29
9	Elizabeth	98	↑2	10
10	Mary	90	–	>100
11	Zoey	86	↑10	20
12	Addison	85	↓7	14
13	Anna	85	↑2	34
14	Kaylee	83	↑2	35
15	Taylor	83	↓2	46
16	Emily	81	↑2	6
17	Abigail	80	↑3	7
18	Aubree	80	↑22	60
19	Avery	80	↑3	13
20	Sophia	78	↓1	1
21	Ella	76	↓9	12
22	Lillian	74	↑8	25
23	Layla	72	↓9	31
24	Harper	69	↑23	24
25	Khloe	68	↓8	55
26	Skylar	67	new	87
27	London	63	↑4	94
28	Nevaeh	61	↓3	39
29	Londyn	59	↑7	>100
30	Trinity	59	↓3	91
31	Makenzie	58	↓3	>100
32	Paisley	56	new	>100
33	Aaliyah	54	↓9	36
34	Alyssa	53	↑5	44
35	Hannah	52	↓6	22
36	Mia	52	new	8
37	Amelia	51	↑5	23
38	Lauren	51	↑3	72
39	Ryleigh	51	↑9	>100
40	Sophie	51	↓6	52
41	Riley	49	new	47
42	Caroline	48	new	80
43	Alexis	46	↑6	40
44	Lily	45	↓12	16
45	Sarah	45	–	42
46	Serenity	45	↓8	58
47	Kylie	44	↓21	59
48	Savannah	44	↑2	43
49	Bella	43	new	54
50	Gabrielle	43	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	William	226	–	5
2	Mason	205	↑6	2
3	James	170	↓1	14
4	John	170	–	28
5	Jayden	167	↓2	8
6	Aiden	153	↑8	10
7	Brayden	150	↑5	39
8	Elijah	149	↓3	13
9	Noah	145	↑7	4
10	Joshua	140	↓1	17
11	Jacob	138	↓4	1
12	Christopher	136	↓6	23
13	Ethan	133	↓3	3
14	Michael	126	↓3	7
15	Christian	123	↑4	33
16	Landon	117	↓3	35
17	Ayden	114	↑5	68
18	Jordan	106	↑13	48
19	Matthew	106	↑5	12
20	Caleb	104	↓2	32
21	Jackson	102	–	21
22	Jeremiah	102	↓5	52
23	Bentley	97	↑3	75
24	Joseph	97	↓4	19
25	Andrew	93	–	18
26	Cameron	93	↓11	54
27	Hunter	88	↑8	45
28	Samuel	88	↑5	25
29	Carter	87	new	36
30	David	87	–	20
31	Brantley	85	new	>100
32	Bryson	85	↓9	94
33	Colton	83	new	65
34	Logan	83	↑13	22
35	Robert	82	↓6	60
36	Tyler	81	↓9	50
37	Charles	80	↓9	62
38	Braxton	79	new	>100
39	Carson	79	↑2	87
40	Levi	79	↑2	55
41	Gabriel	77	↓7	24
42	Kingston	76	new	>100
43	Dylan	75	new	31
44	Austin	73	↓7	58
45	Brandon	73	↑3	56
46	Jonathan	72	↓8	34
47	Wyatt	72	new	41
48	Anthony	70	↓2	15
49	Ashton	70	↓9	>100
50	Liam	70	new	6

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