Popular Names in Mississippi

Popular names in Mississippi 2022 are led by Ava and James. Ava and James are among the most popular baby names 2022, but Mississippi is the only state with this combination of top names. The top baby names in the US, Olivia and Liam, come in 2nd and 6th place in Mississippi, respectively.

Exactly half of Mississippi's Top 10 baby names are unique, ranking lower on the national charts. For girls, these are Nova, Kinsley, Brooklyn, Paisley, and Elizabeth. On the boys' side, the names that rank in Mississippi's Top 10 but not the national Top 10 are John, Asher, Waylon, Kingston, and Michael. While Kingston is Number 9 in Mississippi, it doesn't even crack the top 100 in the US.

Many place names (and their spelling variations) are more popular than average in Mississippi, including Londyn, Georgia, Malaysia, and Brooklyn for girls and Dallas for boys.

Word names such as Harmony, Journee, Miracle, Royalty, Trinity, 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, Kaylee, Kennedy, and Kennedi for girls, and Kingston, Kayden, Kaiden, Karson, Karter, Kyrie, Kashton, and Kayson all ranking much higher than the national average for boys.

Several alternate spellings are more popular girl names in Mississippi than the traditional forms. Aubree beats Aubrey, Everleigh ranks over Everly, and Adalynn is favored over Adeline.

National Top 10 favorite Theodore is among the least popular boy names in Mississippi, coming in at Number 128.

To browse popular names lists from the US and around the world, visit our main Popular Names page. You might also want to browse Nameberry's real-time lists of Popular Girl Names 2022 and Popular Boy Names 2022.

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