Popular baby names in Mississippi, 2014

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 2014 were Ava for girls (176 babies) and William for boys (226). Ava ranked #5 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,054 babies born in Mississippi in 2014 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 2014

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: 20 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Anniston: 20 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Alaysia: 18 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Ann: 17 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Mariyah: 16 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Lauryn: 31 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Hadleigh: 16 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Janiya: 16 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Karlie: 15 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Malaysia: 37 babies, 7.1× the national rate

Boys

Jamarion: 22 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Kylen: 17 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Channing: 25 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Kylan: 26 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Braylen: 39 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Lawson: 29 babies, 7× the national rate
Karson: 45 babies, 6× the national rate
Payton: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Braylon: 34 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kyson: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 2014

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	Ava	176	–	5
2	Emma	155	–	1
3	Olivia	151	↑5	2
4	Madison	145	↓1	9
5	Aubrey	115	↓1	21
6	Brooklyn	108	–	26
7	Paisley	103	↑14	53
8	Isabella	101	↑2	4
9	Chloe	99	↓4	18
10	Harper	95	↑14	11
11	Avery	93	↑6	14
12	Skylar	92	↑14	48
13	Zoey	91	↑9	22
14	Elizabeth	90	↓1	13
15	Anna	87	↑4	34
16	Ella	87	↓4	17
17	Addison	86	↓10	24
18	Mary	82	–	>100
19	Sophia	81	↓4	3
20	Aaliyah	79	↑11	45
21	Khloe	77	↓7	88
22	Amelia	76	↑14	15
23	Abigail	75	↑4	8
24	Serenity	74	↑1	58
25	Aubree	73	↓14	62
26	Lillian	72	↑8	25
27	Emily	70	↓4	7
28	Layla	70	↓8	29
29	Taylor	69	↓20	77
30	Trinity	65	↑2	>100
31	London	62	↓1	93
32	Londyn	62	↑1	>100
33	Caroline	59	↑6	59
34	Mariah	58	↓6	>100
35	Lily	57	↑3	27
36	Sadie	57	↓20	46
37	Ryleigh	54	↓2	>100
38	Jordyn	53	new	>100
39	Autumn	51	new	71
40	Hannah	51	↓11	28
41	Evelyn	50	new	16
42	Mia	50	new	6
43	Peyton	50	↓6	56
44	Hadley	48	new	100
45	Kaylee	48	↓5	52
46	Kinsley	48	new	>100
47	Kylie	48	↑1	73
48	Kennedy	47	↓2	54
49	Charlotte	46	new	10
50	Adalynn	45	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	William	226	–	5
2	James	195	↑1	9
3	John	192	↑1	26
4	Elijah	176	↑4	11
5	Mason	172	↓3	3
6	Noah	152	–	1
7	Aiden	140	↓2	14
8	Christopher	140	↑1	30
9	Jayden	138	↓2	15
10	Carter	133	↑31	27
11	Brayden	118	↑1	62
12	Ayden	116	↑11	74
13	Michael	112	–	7
14	Jacob	111	↓4	4
15	Joshua	111	↓4	25
16	Jeremiah	109	↑11	56
17	Ethan	106	↓2	6
18	Jordan	106	↓4	55
19	Hunter	104	–	40
20	Christian	102	↓2	42
21	Jaxon	100	↑8	46
22	Jackson	98	↓1	18
23	Charles	97	↑20	51
24	Kingston	97	↑11	>100
25	Logan	95	↑7	13
26	Luke	92	↑20	28
27	Joseph	91	↓7	20
28	Landon	91	↓12	43
29	Jace	89	↓4	68
30	Levi	89	↑1	45
31	Liam	89	↑6	2
32	Bentley	88	↑6	89
33	Samuel	88	↑3	23
34	Braxton	86	↑14	>100
35	Cameron	85	↓11	53
36	Bryson	84	↓14	>100
37	David	81	↓11	17
38	Carson	80	new	91
39	Robert	80	↓5	60
40	Tyler	80	↓10	72
41	Thomas	79	new	54
42	Andrew	77	↓14	22
43	Easton	77	new	83
44	Ashton	74	new	>100
45	Caleb	74	↓28	35
46	Gabriel	73	↑4	24
47	Wyatt	72	new	39
48	Grayson	69	↓9	63
49	Benjamin	67	new	12
50	Matthew	67	↓3	16

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