Popular Names in Mississippi
Popular names in Mississippi in 2024 are led by Ava and William. Both sit at the bottom of the top 10 baby names of 2024 with Ava at Number 9 and William at Number 10 in the national data.
Nearly half of Mississippi's Top 10 baby names are unique, ranking lower on the national charts. For girls, these are Harper, Mary, Elizabeth, Ivy, and Nova. On the boys' side, the names that rank in Mississippi's Top 10 but not the national Top 10 are John, Waylon, Mason, Asher, and Samuel.
Many place names (and their spelling variations) are more popular than average in Mississippi, including Londyn, Georgia, and Brooklyn for girls and Kingston and Dallas for boys.
Word names such as Harmony, Journee, and Serenity for girls, as well as Legend, Messiah, and Maverick for boys, are popular Mississippi baby names as well.
K names are particularly popular in Mississippi, with Kinsley, Khloe, Kehlani, Kali, Kennedy, and Kalani for girls, and Kingston, Kayden, Karson, Kyrie, Kamari, Kaiden, Karter, Kyson, and Kashton for boys all ranking much higher than the national average.
Several alternate spellings are more popular girl names in Mississippi than the traditional forms. Emersyn beats Emerson, Everleigh ranks over Everly, and Khloe and Chloe were essentially equal in rank.
National Top 10 favorite Theodore is among the least popular boy names in Mississippi, coming in at Number 70.
To see popular names lists from the US and around the world, visit our main Popular Names page. The official list of US most popular baby names 2024 includes the country's top 1000 for both genders. You might also want to browse Nameberry's real-time lists of Popular Girl Names 2025 and Popular Boy Names 2025.
For more local data, search the full lists of Popular Names by State.