Popular baby names in Mississippi, 2019

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 2019 were Ava for girls (230 babies) and William for boys (185). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 23,322 babies born in Mississippi in 2019 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 2019

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

Girls

Karleigh: 20 babies, 19.4× the national rate
Harmoni: 34 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Ann: 20 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Kamari: 19 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Kaisley: 16 babies, 8× the national rate
Malaysia: 27 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Kayleigh: 30 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Kennedi: 29 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Kassidy: 20 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Journi: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate

Boys

Tylan: 23 babies, 22.9× the national rate
Kylan: 34 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Braylon: 27 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Princeton: 41 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Baylor: 25 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Jaiden: 41 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Jayceon: 36 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Karson: 57 babies, 6× the national rate
Braylen: 24 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Cayson: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 2019

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Ava	230	–	3
2	Olivia	121	↑1	1
3	Emma	112	↓1	2
4	Amelia	103	–	7
5	Harper	94	↑2	9
6	Paisley	90	↑3	53
7	Skylar	88	↓2	56
8	Ella	86	↑8	13
9	Elizabeth	81	↑10	14
10	Mary	81	↑2	>100
11	Aubrey	79	↑17	46
12	Madison	78	↑2	26
13	Brooklyn	77	↓2	52
14	Isabella	74	↓8	5
15	Charlotte	73	↑7	6
16	Kinsley	69	↑1	74
17	Layla	69	↑3	23
18	Chloe	67	↓5	24
19	Serenity	67	↑6	77
20	Evelyn	63	↑11	10
21	Caroline	62	↑9	61
22	Lillian	62	↑2	37
23	Sophia	59	new	4
24	Ryleigh	58	↑5	>100
25	Addison	57	↓15	47
26	Zoey	57	↓5	31
27	Londyn	55	↑10	>100
28	Avery	54	↓20	18
29	Riley	54	↑9	30
30	Anna	53	↓12	63
31	Aria	53	new	20
32	Taylor	53	↑9	>100
33	Bella	52	↑1	50
34	Khloe	51	↓11	>100
35	Scarlett	51	new	21
36	Everleigh	49	new	>100
37	Nova	49	↑3	51
38	Raelynn	47	↓12	>100
39	Stella	47	↓12	40
40	Abigail	46	↓7	11
41	Everly	46	new	42
42	Journee	45	↑8	>100
43	Willow	45	new	45
44	Aubree	44	↓29	>100
45	Kennedy	44	new	68
46	Nevaeh	44	↑3	89
47	Emery	42	new	93
48	Lily	42	new	34
49	Lucy	42	new	48
50	Piper	42	new	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	William	185	–	4
2	Noah	171	↑1	2
3	James	168	↑2	6
4	Elijah	159	–	5
5	John	151	↓3	28
6	Liam	132	↑1	1
7	Mason	124	↓1	9
8	Aiden	111	↑2	20
9	Grayson	102	↑3	33
10	Michael	101	↑15	14
11	Kingston	100	↓3	>100
12	Levi	96	new	25
13	Jackson	90	↑11	17
14	Carter	87	↓5	30
15	Christopher	84	–	44
16	Jaxon	84	↓3	42
17	Thomas	80	↑10	47
18	Ethan	79	↑21	11
19	Oliver	79	↑14	3
20	Samuel	79	↑17	22
21	Bryson	77	↑8	>100
22	Waylon	77	new	>100
23	Wyatt	77	↓12	29
24	Braxton	76	new	>100
25	Charles	75	↑13	52
26	Jayden	75	↓7	35
27	Kayden	75	↓1	97
28	Ashton	74	↑16	>100
29	Logan	73	↓9	16
30	Kaiden	71	↑2	>100
31	Asher	69	↓13	43
32	Easton	69	↓15	74
33	Jacob	69	↑8	12
34	Jeremiah	69	↑15	69
35	Joshua	69	↓21	48
36	Cameron	67	new	67
37	Landon	67	↑9	63
38	Benjamin	66	↑5	7
39	Cooper	66	new	80
40	Josiah	66	↓24	45
41	Karter	65	↓5	>100
42	Luke	65	new	32
43	Joseph	64	↓21	24
44	Robert	63	new	76
45	Lucas	62	↓5	8
46	Messiah	62	new	>100
47	Henry	61	↓16	13
48	Legend	61	new	>100
49	Andrew	60	new	46
50	Christian	59	↓29	57

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