Popular baby names in Mississippi, 2025

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 2025 were Amelia for girls (105 babies) and James for boys (160). Amelia ranked #4 nationally for girls. James ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 19,736 babies born in Mississippi in 2025 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 2025

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

Girls

Mattie: 18 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Ann: 15 babies, 12× the national rate
Denver: 15 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Sariyah: 19 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Oakleigh: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Ryleigh: 30 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Londyn: 27 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Journee: 39 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Mary: 71 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Khloe: 36 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Kaisen: 20 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Jamir: 31 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Jamari: 29 babies, 9× the national rate
Truce: 19 babies, 9× the national rate
Karson: 31 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Major: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Akari: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Tru: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Khalil: 29 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Baylor: 28 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 2025

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2024	US rank
1	Amelia	105	↑2	4
2	Ava	100	↓1	11
3	Charlotte	94	↑3	2
4	Olivia	86	↓2	1
5	Elizabeth	81	↑2	17
6	Mary	71	↓1	>100
7	Emma	69	↑3	3
8	Ivy	67	–	39
9	Nova	65	–	46
10	Lainey	63	↑14	30
11	Ellie	61	↑11	24
12	Harper	59	↓8	16
13	Naomi	56	↑12	47
14	Paisley	56	↓3	67
15	Avery	55	↑30	37
16	Ella	55	↓2	29
17	Sadie	55	↑30	50
18	Sophia	54	↑15	5
19	Kinsley	53	↓2	93
20	Hazel	49	↓8	21
21	Josie	48	new	82
22	Lucy	48	↑24	25
23	Delilah	46	new	51
24	Kehlani	46	↓9	>100
25	Millie	46	↑12	73
26	Eleanor	45	↓5	12
27	Raelynn	45	↓1	>100
28	Evelyn	44	↓12	8
29	Serenity	44	↑3	>100
30	Oaklynn	43	↓1	>100
31	Chloe	42	↓3	23
32	Layla	42	↓1	36
33	Ailany	41	new	14
34	Isabella	41	↓14	7
35	Mia	41	↓22	6
36	Lillian	40	↑7	57
37	Oakley	40	new	>100
38	Journee	39	↓15	>100
39	Nora	38	↑5	20
40	Autumn	37	↓22	88
41	Aria	36	↓6	26
42	Khloe	36	↓15	>100
43	Lily	36	new	18
44	Violet	36	new	13
45	Eden	35	new	70
46	Riley	35	↓16	48
47	Saylor	35	new	>100
48	Vivian	35	new	72
49	Brooklyn	34	↓15	>100
50	Caroline	34	↓31	96

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2024	US rank
1	James	160	↑2	6
2	William	155	↓1	9
3	John	151	↓1	23
4	Noah	120	–	2
5	Elijah	109	↑1	7
6	Waylon	106	↑1	56
7	Liam	104	↓2	1
8	Henry	93	↑4	5
9	Hudson	90	↑12	17
10	Thomas	82	↑22	34
11	Levi	81	↑2	12
12	Cooper	77	↑16	27
13	Michael	75	↑9	21
14	Asher	71	↓5	28
15	Mason	70	↓7	39
16	Walker	68	↓6	78
17	Grayson	66	↑1	51
18	Oliver	66	↑1	3
19	Samuel	65	↓8	18
20	Weston	64	new	55
21	Silas	63	↑17	71
22	Josiah	62	↓5	54
23	Stetson	60	↑16	>100
24	Christopher	59	↑10	68
25	Jaxon	59	new	>100
26	Beau	57	↑4	60
27	Charles	57	↓7	48
28	Kayden	55	↓5	>100
29	Maverick	55	↓13	49
30	Nolan	55	↑5	65
31	Aiden	54	–	62
32	Carter	54	↓18	45
33	Rowan	54	new	59
34	Jack	53	↑6	15
35	Jackson	53	↓8	36
36	Wyatt	53	↓3	38
37	Amir	52	↓22	>100
38	Sawyer	51	↑4	>100
39	Isaiah	50	↑9	57
40	David	49	↓14	35
41	Joseph	49	new	29
42	Lucas	49	new	10
43	Matthew	47	new	32
44	Daniel	46	↑2	22
45	Elias	46	new	13
46	Legend	46	↓22	>100
47	Christian	45	↓2	96
48	Kingston	44	↓23	>100
49	Bennett	43	new	40
50	Brooks	43	new	64

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