Popular baby names in Mississippi, 2013

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 2013 were Ava for girls (168 babies) and William for boys (241). Ava ranked #5 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 24,401 babies born in Mississippi in 2013 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 2013

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: 17 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Ann: 19 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Aleigha: 16 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Malaysia: 31 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Kennedi: 31 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Mariyah: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Journee: 25 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Lauryn: 23 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Amari: 22 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Charleigh: 19 babies, 6× the national rate

Boys

Tylan: 16 babies, 26.4× the national rate
Jamarion: 20 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Kylan: 21 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Triston: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jon: 19 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Braylen: 40 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jamari: 21 babies, 6× the national rate
Braylon: 42 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kingston: 82 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jayceon: 68 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 2013

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2012	US rank
1	Ava	168	↑2	5
2	Emma	146	↓1	2
3	Madison	144	↓1	9
4	Aubrey	117	↑2	18
5	Chloe	115	–	14
6	Brooklyn	112	↑2	28
7	Addison	107	↑5	19
8	Olivia	99	↓4	3
9	Taylor	98	↑6	59
10	Isabella	97	↓3	4
11	Aubree	89	↑7	53
12	Ella	89	↑9	15
13	Elizabeth	88	↓4	10
14	Khloe	83	↑11	78
15	Sophia	83	↑5	1
16	Sadie	81	new	49
17	Avery	78	↑2	12
18	Mary	78	↓8	>100
19	Anna	77	↓6	35
20	Layla	77	↑3	30
21	Paisley	76	↑11	80
22	Zoey	75	↓11	24
23	Emily	73	↓7	7
24	Harper	73	–	16
25	Serenity	73	↑21	52
26	Skylar	70	–	73
27	Abigail	69	↓10	8
28	Mariah	68	new	>100
29	Hannah	65	↑6	23
30	London	65	↓3	85
31	Aaliyah	64	↑2	37
32	Trinity	61	↓2	>100
33	Londyn	58	↓4	>100
34	Lillian	57	↓12	26
35	Ryleigh	55	↑4	>100
36	Amelia	54	↑1	17
37	Peyton	53	new	51
38	Lily	52	↑6	27
39	Caroline	49	↑3	63
40	Kaylee	49	↓26	40
41	Lauren	49	↓3	92
42	Nevaeh	49	↓14	46
43	Natalie	48	new	21
44	Sarah	48	↑1	48
45	Morgan	47	new	100
46	Kennedy	46	new	65
47	Piper	46	new	97
48	Kylie	45	↓1	61
49	Riley	45	↓8	45
50	Makayla	44	new	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2012	US rank
1	William	241	–	5
2	Mason	208	–	4
3	James	199	–	13
4	John	187	–	27
5	Aiden	150	↑1	12
6	Noah	143	↑3	1
7	Jayden	140	↓2	9
8	Elijah	135	–	11
9	Christopher	133	↑3	26
10	Jacob	132	↑1	2
11	Joshua	132	↓1	21
12	Brayden	122	↓5	48
13	Michael	119	↑1	7
14	Jordan	116	↑4	53
15	Ethan	110	↓2	6
16	Landon	104	–	39
17	Caleb	100	↑3	32
18	Christian	100	↓3	35
19	Hunter	98	↑8	36
20	Joseph	98	↑4	20
21	Jackson	97	–	16
22	Bryson	96	↑10	>100
23	Ayden	95	↓6	71
24	Cameron	94	↑2	59
25	Jace	94	new	66
26	David	93	↑4	17
27	Jeremiah	88	↓5	58
28	Andrew	87	↓3	22
29	Jaxon	87	new	45
30	Tyler	87	↑6	63
31	Levi	85	↑9	49
32	Logan	85	↑2	18
33	Kaiden	83	new	>100
34	Robert	83	↑1	62
35	Kingston	82	↑7	>100
36	Samuel	82	↓8	25
37	Liam	81	↑13	3
38	Bentley	78	↓15	81
39	Grayson	77	new	77
40	Kayden	77	new	93
41	Carter	76	↓12	33
42	Jase	76	new	89
43	Charles	74	↓6	57
44	Colton	74	↓11	65
45	Daniel	72	new	10
46	Luke	72	new	34
47	Matthew	72	↓28	15
48	Braxton	71	↓10	>100
49	Brantley	70	↓18	>100
50	Gabriel	69	↓9	24

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