Popular baby names in Mississippi, 2020

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 2020 were Ava for girls (183 babies) and James for boys (191). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. James ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 22,255 babies born in Mississippi in 2020 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 2020

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

Girls

Khalani: 21 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Mattie: 16 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Kaisley: 22 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Kyleigh: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Malaysia: 23 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Harmoni: 19 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Journi: 19 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Kayleigh: 33 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Charleigh: 27 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Paris: 31 babies, 6.6× the national rate

Boys

Tylan: 20 babies, 21.8× the national rate
Cayson: 23 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Princeton: 43 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Kylan: 28 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Korbin: 18 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Karsyn: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Braylen: 26 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Kamari: 34 babies, 6× the national rate
Kyson: 27 babies, 6× the national rate
Kashton: 28 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 2020

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Ava	183	–	3
2	Olivia	153	–	1
3	Amelia	109	↑1	6
4	Kinsley	91	↑12	59
5	Harper	87	–	10
6	Charlotte	83	↑9	5
7	Elizabeth	83	↑2	16
8	Emma	83	↓5	2
9	Paisley	82	↓3	49
10	Avery	76	↑18	19
11	Mary	73	↓1	>100
12	Ella	70	↓4	15
13	Skylar	70	↓6	64
14	Brooklyn	67	↓1	54
15	Isabella	65	↓1	7
16	Aubrey	63	↓5	56
17	Nova	63	↑20	38
18	Caroline	61	↑3	71
19	Ivy	60	new	57
20	Madison	59	↓8	23
21	Serenity	59	↓2	69
22	Khloe	58	↑12	>100
23	Aubree	57	↑21	>100
24	Layla	57	↓7	24
25	Ellie	56	new	29
26	Sophia	56	↓3	4
27	Raelynn	55	↑11	>100
28	Evelyn	54	↓8	9
29	Chloe	52	↓11	25
30	Zoey	52	↓4	32
31	Addison	51	↓6	47
32	Londyn	51	↓5	>100
33	Everleigh	50	↑3	94
34	Mia	49	new	8
35	Lillian	48	↓13	46
36	Rylee	48	new	>100
37	Autumn	47	new	82
38	Nevaeh	47	↑8	83
39	Aria	46	↓8	27
40	Emery	46	↑7	89
41	Stella	46	↓2	42
42	Abigail	45	↓2	12
43	Anna	44	↓13	68
44	Bella	44	↓11	63
45	Ryleigh	44	↓21	>100
46	Eleanor	43	new	22
47	Madelyn	43	new	66
48	Journee	42	↓6	>100
49	Willow	42	↓6	48
50	Everly	41	↓9	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	James	191	↑2	6
2	William	171	↓1	5
3	Elijah	169	↑1	4
4	John	162	↑1	27
5	Noah	153	↓3	2
6	Mason	120	↑1	11
7	Kingston	116	↑4	>100
8	Liam	106	↓2	1
9	Asher	99	↑22	32
10	Grayson	87	↓1	35
11	Carter	81	↑3	33
12	Waylon	81	↑10	>100
13	Aiden	78	↓5	24
14	Christopher	78	↑1	47
15	Joseph	75	↑28	26
16	Charles	74	↑9	46
17	Jace	74	new	96
18	Jaxon	74	↓2	48
19	Oliver	74	–	3
20	Samuel	74	–	25
21	Michael	73	↓11	12
22	Jacob	72	↑11	15
23	Josiah	72	↑17	49
24	Benjamin	71	↑14	7
25	Levi	70	↓13	18
26	Ashton	69	↑2	>100
27	Kayden	69	–	99
28	Jayden	68	↓2	37
29	Kaiden	67	↑1	>100
30	Karter	67	↑11	>100
31	Colton	66	new	66
32	Easton	66	–	73
33	Carson	65	new	84
34	Greyson	65	new	81
35	Wyatt	65	↓12	29
36	Jackson	64	↓23	17
37	Luke	64	↑5	31
38	David	63	new	28
39	Christian	61	↑11	62
40	Nolan	61	new	61
41	Robert	61	↑3	80
42	Jeremiah	60	↓8	74
43	Thomas	59	↓26	45
44	Henry	58	↑3	9
45	Jayce	57	new	>100
46	Joshua	57	↓11	53
47	Ayden	56	new	>100
48	Bryson	55	↓27	>100
49	Lucas	55	↓4	8
50	Braxton	54	↓26	>100

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