Popular baby names in Mississippi, 2024

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 2024 were Ava for girls (94 babies) and William for boys (162). Ava ranked #9 nationally for girls. William ranked #10 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 19,897 babies born in Mississippi in 2024 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 2024

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

Girls

Swayze: 16 babies, 30× the national rate
Ann: 20 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Kyleigh: 15 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Malaysia: 20 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Kennedi: 23 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Royalty: 20 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Jaliyah: 16 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Jream: 21 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Journi: 20 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Londyn: 41 babies, 7.4× the national rate

Boys

Kaiser: 17 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Jamir: 28 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Kyson: 34 babies, 8× the national rate
Kashton: 41 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Cayson: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jakari: 19 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Kylan: 23 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Jamari: 22 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Baylor: 37 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Peyton: 17 babies, 6.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 2024

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Ava	94	–	9
2	Olivia	93	↑1	1
3	Amelia	86	↓1	3
4	Harper	82	↑1	12
5	Mary	80	↑3	>100
6	Charlotte	74	↓2	4
7	Elizabeth	74	↓1	17
8	Ivy	65	↑17	36
9	Nova	63	–	39
10	Emma	62	↓3	2
11	Paisley	60	↑7	61
12	Hazel	57	↑19	19
13	Mia	56	new	5
14	Ella	55	↓3	30
15	Kehlani	54	↑18	>100
16	Evelyn	53	↓6	8
17	Kinsley	51	↓1	85
18	Autumn	49	↓3	79
19	Caroline	49	↑17	92
20	Isabella	49	new	7
21	Eleanor	48	new	14
22	Ellie	48	↓3	21
23	Journee	48	↓9	>100
24	Lainey	48	↑5	38
25	Naomi	48	↑1	44
26	Raelynn	47	↑1	>100
27	Khloe	46	↓5	>100
28	Chloe	45	↓7	20
29	Oaklynn	45	new	>100
30	Riley	45	new	42
31	Layla	44	↓14	37
32	Serenity	44	↑3	>100
33	Sophia	43	↑16	6
34	Brooklyn	42	↓22	>100
35	Aria	41	↑2	26
36	Londyn	41	↑6	>100
37	Millie	40	↓14	87
38	Skylar	40	↓14	>100
39	Willow	40	↓7	41
40	Aurora	39	↑10	16
41	Emery	39	↓28	70
42	Scarlett	39	↑6	27
43	Lillian	38	↑2	54
44	Nora	38	new	22
45	Avery	37	↓7	31
46	Lucy	37	↓7	34
47	Sadie	37	↓27	57
48	Stella	37	new	49
49	Magnolia	36	new	>100
50	Luna	35	↓4	13

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	William	162	↑2	10
2	John	158	↓1	21
3	James	146	↓1	5
4	Noah	113	↑1	2
5	Liam	102	↑1	1
6	Elijah	101	↓2	8
7	Waylon	90	–	65
8	Mason	85	–	42
9	Asher	84	↑5	20
10	Walker	82	↑20	82
11	Samuel	81	↑10	17
12	Henry	80	↑3	6
13	Levi	77	↓1	12
14	Carter	73	↑13	46
15	Amir	72	↑18	95
16	Maverick	72	–	36
17	Josiah	71	↓7	53
18	Grayson	69	↓9	48
19	Oliver	69	↓1	3
20	Charles	67	↑8	51
21	Hudson	66	↑8	22
22	Michael	66	↓9	18
23	Kayden	65	↑12	>100
24	Legend	64	↓7	>100
25	Kingston	63	↓14	>100
26	David	62	new	31
27	Jackson	60	↓3	35
28	Cooper	59	↑11	50
29	Luke	59	↑5	34
30	Beau	58	new	69
31	Aiden	57	↓5	47
32	Thomas	57	↓12	39
33	Wyatt	57	↓8	38
34	Christopher	56	↓11	61
35	Nolan	55	↓3	64
36	Robert	53	↑1	90
37	Jayden	52	new	59
38	Silas	51	new	81
39	Stetson	51	new	>100
40	Jack	48	↑1	15
41	Joshua	47	new	57
42	Sawyer	47	↑3	>100
43	Benjamin	46	↓21	11
44	Bryson	46	new	>100
45	Christian	46	new	77
46	Daniel	46	↑4	16
47	Easton	46	↓7	>100
48	Isaiah	46	new	56
49	Kaiden	46	new	>100
50	Owen	46	new	26

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