Popular baby names in Mississippi, 2016

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 2016 were Ava for girls (211 babies) and William for boys (226). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 24,530 babies born in Mississippi in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 2016

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: 18 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Anniston: 19 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Diamond: 15 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Ann: 16 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Harmoni: 15 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Malaysia: 37 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Mariyah: 16 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Kennedi: 36 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Kyleigh: 28 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Emory: 19 babies, 6.8× the national rate

Boys

Jamarion: 16 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Princeton: 50 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Braylen: 36 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Kylan: 21 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Kyson: 24 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Karson: 45 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Braylon: 30 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kamari: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kingston: 119 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Karter: 73 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Ava	211	–	3
2	Olivia	138	↑1	2
3	Emma	134	↓1	1
4	Harper	114	↑15	11
5	Brooklyn	113	–	34
6	Skylar	110	↑7	42
7	Paisley	107	↓1	46
8	Madison	105	↓4	15
9	Chloe	91	–	20
10	Isabella	91	↑7	5
11	Avery	87	↑1	16
12	Mary	87	↓2	>100
13	Elizabeth	86	↓2	13
14	Aubrey	84	↓6	25
15	Mia	81	↑25	6
16	Addison	79	↓9	29
17	Anna	76	↑14	49
18	Amelia	75	↑2	10
19	Abigail	74	↓3	8
20	Ella	74	↓2	17
21	Khloe	68	↑2	>100
22	Londyn	67	–	>100
23	Caroline	66	↑5	56
24	Taylor	66	–	89
25	Zoey	65	↓11	26
26	Charlotte	61	↑16	7
27	Layla	61	↑2	30
28	Sophia	60	↑5	4
29	Kennedy	59	new	59
30	Kylie	59	↑8	83
31	Sadie	59	↓16	60
32	Autumn	57	↑3	65
33	Evelyn	57	new	12
34	Kaylee	56	↓8	72
35	Kinsley	54	↑12	86
36	Riley	54	↑5	22
37	Ryleigh	54	↑7	>100
38	Aubree	53	↓17	84
39	Lillian	53	↓9	28
40	Hadley	52	new	>100
41	Serenity	50	↓9	70
42	Hannah	49	new	33
43	London	47	↓18	>100
44	Emily	45	↓7	9
45	Bella	44	new	78
46	Nevaeh	44	new	73
47	Scarlett	44	new	18
48	Audrey	42	new	39
49	Lily	42	↓6	24
50	Madelyn	42	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	William	226	–	3
2	James	207	↑1	5
3	Mason	201	↑1	4
4	John	186	↓2	28
5	Elijah	167	–	9
6	Noah	153	↑1	1
7	Carter	142	↑1	26
8	Aiden	131	↓2	16
9	Kingston	119	↑4	>100
10	Michael	109	–	8
11	Christopher	108	↑5	36
12	Jayden	104	↓3	27
13	Jaxon	103	↑11	41
14	Bryson	97	↑29	94
15	Christian	95	↓4	46
16	Logan	94	↑3	18
17	Levi	93	↑30	42
18	Easton	92	↑19	66
19	Ethan	91	↓1	10
20	Cameron	90	↑8	57
21	Thomas	87	new	48
22	Grayson	86	↑7	37
23	Colton	85	↑23	68
24	Braxton	84	↑11	>100
25	Kaiden	83	new	>100
26	Landon	83	↓14	53
27	Ayden	82	↓5	92
28	Joseph	82	↓8	20
29	Luke	82	↑20	29
30	Jackson	81	↓15	17
31	Samuel	80	↓4	21
32	Brayden	79	↑4	64
33	Liam	79	↓12	2
34	Carson	78	↑4	81
35	Jace	78	↑5	76
36	Robert	78	↓11	62
37	Caleb	77	↓4	44
38	Charles	77	↓7	52
39	Gabriel	77	–	25
40	Jacob	77	↓14	7
41	Jordan	75	↓11	65
42	Kayden	74	↓8	>100
43	Joshua	73	↓29	35
44	Karter	73	↓3	>100
45	Isaiah	72	new	47
46	Jeremiah	72	↓23	58
47	Matthew	69	↑3	15
48	Andrew	67	new	34
49	Eli	67	new	50
50	Benjamin	66	↓8	6

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