Most Popular Baby Names in Mississippi (2025)

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 2025 were Amelia for girls and James for boys, based on Social Security data for babies born in the state.

Names that rank much higher in Mississippi than in the country as a whole include Mary, Paisley, Kinsley, Waylon, Walker, and Silas.

State data is published a year behind the national list, and it only includes names given to at least five babies of one sex in the state.

Top 100 baby names in Mississippi

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Amelia	105	↑ 2
2	Ava	100	↓ 1
3	Charlotte	94	↑ 3
4	Olivia	86	↓ 2
5	Elizabeth	81	↑ 2
6	Mary	71	↓ 1
7	Emma	69	↑ 3
8	Ivy	67	–
9	Nova	65	–
10	Lainey	63	↑ 14
11	Ellie	61	↑ 11
12	Harper	59	↓ 8
13	Naomi	56	↑ 12
14	Paisley	56	↓ 3
15	Avery	55	↑ 30
16	Ella	55	↓ 2
17	Sadie	55	↑ 30
18	Sophia	54	↑ 15
19	Kinsley	53	↓ 2
20	Hazel	49	↓ 8
21	Josie	48	↑ 31
22	Lucy	48	↑ 24
23	Delilah	46	↑ 35
24	Kehlani	46	↓ 9
25	Millie	46	↑ 12
26	Eleanor	45	↓ 5
27	Raelynn	45	↓ 1
28	Evelyn	44	↓ 12
29	Serenity	44	↑ 3
30	Oaklynn	43	↓ 1
31	Chloe	42	↓ 3
32	Layla	42	↓ 1
33	Ailany	41	new
34	Isabella	41	↓ 14
35	Mia	41	↓ 22
36	Lillian	40	↑ 7
37	Oakley	40	↑ 34
38	Journee	39	↓ 15
39	Nora	38	↑ 5
40	Autumn	37	↓ 22
41	Aria	36	↓ 6
42	Khloe	36	↓ 15
43	Lily	36	↑ 20
44	Violet	36	↑ 28
45	Eden	35	↑ 14
46	Riley	35	↓ 16
47	Saylor	35	new
48	Vivian	35	↑ 8
49	Brooklyn	34	↓ 15
50	Caroline	34	↓ 31
51	Emery	34	↓ 10
52	Hallie	34	new
53	Leilani	34	↑ 30
54	Magnolia	34	↓ 5
55	Willow	34	↓ 16
56	Annie	33	↑ 43
57	Daisy	32	new
58	Emily	32	↑ 18
59	Harmony	32	↑ 33
60	Stella	32	↓ 12
61	Emersyn	31	↓ 1
62	Nevaeh	31	↑ 2
63	Ryleigh	30	↑ 30
64	Addison	29	↓ 9
65	Alani	29	new
66	Elsie	29	new
67	Georgia	29	↑ 14
68	Luna	29	↓ 18
69	Rylee	29	↑ 11
70	Abigail	28	↓ 5
71	Aurora	28	↓ 31
72	Kennedy	28	↓ 4
73	Lyla	28	↓ 12
74	Remi	28	new
75	Scarlett	28	↓ 33
76	Skylar	28	↓ 38
77	Audrey	27	new
78	Eliana	27	↓ 12
79	Londyn	27	↓ 43
80	Eliza	26	new
81	Evie	26	new
82	Isla	26	new
83	Melody	26	↑ 3
84	Wrenley	26	↓ 33
85	Zoey	26	↓ 28
86	Blakely	25	↓ 12
87	Clara	25	new
88	Everleigh	25	↓ 26
89	Adalyn	24	new
90	Kali	24	↓ 36
91	Kylie	24	new
92	Lydia	24	new
93	Madelyn	24	new
94	Malani	24	↓ 25
95	Piper	24	new
96	Grace	23	↓ 18
97	Ruby	23	new
98	Sofia	23	new
99	Aaliyah	22	↓ 11
100	Hadley	22	↓ 33

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	James	160	↑ 2
2	William	155	↓ 1
3	John	151	↓ 1
4	Noah	120	–
5	Elijah	109	↑ 1
6	Waylon	106	↑ 1
7	Liam	104	↓ 2
8	Henry	93	↑ 4
9	Hudson	90	↑ 12
10	Thomas	82	↑ 22
11	Levi	81	↑ 2
12	Cooper	77	↑ 16
13	Michael	75	↑ 9
14	Asher	71	↓ 5
15	Mason	70	↓ 7
16	Walker	68	↓ 6
17	Grayson	66	↑ 1
18	Oliver	66	↑ 1
19	Samuel	65	↓ 8
20	Weston	64	↑ 31
21	Silas	63	↑ 17
22	Josiah	62	↓ 5
23	Stetson	60	↑ 16
24	Christopher	59	↑ 10
25	Jaxon	59	↑ 33
26	Beau	57	↑ 4
27	Charles	57	↓ 7
28	Kayden	55	↓ 5
29	Maverick	55	↓ 13
30	Nolan	55	↑ 5
31	Aiden	54	–
32	Carter	54	↓ 18
33	Rowan	54	↑ 28
34	Jack	53	↑ 6
35	Jackson	53	↓ 8
36	Wyatt	53	↓ 3
37	Amir	52	↓ 22
38	Sawyer	51	↑ 4
39	Isaiah	50	↑ 9
40	David	49	↓ 14
41	Joseph	49	↑ 18
42	Lucas	49	↑ 11
43	Matthew	47	↑ 55
44	Daniel	46	↑ 2
45	Elias	46	↑ 40
46	Legend	46	↓ 22
47	Christian	45	↓ 2
48	Kingston	44	↓ 23
49	Bennett	43	↑ 33
50	Brooks	43	↑ 33
51	Dylan	43	↑ 1
52	Luke	42	↓ 23
53	Joshua	41	↓ 12
54	Easton	40	↓ 7
55	Jayden	39	↓ 18
56	Robert	39	↓ 20
57	Kayson	38	↑ 35
58	Logan	38	↓ 3
59	Benjamin	37	↓ 16
60	Colton	37	↑ 36
61	Jeremiah	37	new
62	Karter	37	↑ 14
63	Kohen	37	new
64	Atlas	36	new
65	Beckham	36	new
66	Hayes	36	↑ 23
67	Messiah	36	↓ 3
68	Myles	36	new
69	Wesley	36	new
70	Alexander	35	new
71	Dawson	35	↓ 14
72	Micah	35	↑ 16
73	Riley	35	new
74	Cameron	34	↑ 21
75	Gabriel	34	↓ 3
76	Jaxson	34	new
77	Kyrie	34	–
78	Landon	34	new
79	Carson	33	↑ 5
80	Kaiden	33	↓ 31
81	Malachi	33	↑ 12
82	Timothy	33	new
83	Dallas	32	↓ 8
84	Greyson	32	↓ 18
85	Parker	32	↓ 16
86	Ashton	31	↓ 24
87	Ethan	31	new
88	Jacob	31	↓ 21
89	Jamir	31	new
90	Karson	31	↑ 1
91	River	31	↓ 26
92	Ryder	31	↓ 12
93	Sebastian	31	new
94	Theodore	31	↓ 24
95	Owen	30	↓ 45
96	Ryker	30	new
97	Amari	29	↓ 19
98	Archer	29	new
99	Bryson	29	↓ 55
100	Hunter	29	new

Names more popular in Mississippi

Names in the state's top 50 that rank far higher in Mississippi than across the US.

Girls

Name	Mississippi	US
Mary	#6	#125
Paisley	#14	#67
Kinsley	#19	#93
Josie	#21	#82
Kehlani	#24	#149
Millie	#25	#73
Raelynn	#27	#116
Serenity	#29	#129

Boys

Name	Mississippi	US
Waylon	#6	#56
Walker	#16	#78
Silas	#21	#71
Stetson	#23	#136
Christopher	#24	#68
Jaxon	#25	#115
Kayden	#28	#135
Amir	#37	#105

Number-one names in Mississippi by year

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Amelia (105)	James (160)
2024	Ava (94)	William (162)
2023	Ava (119)	John (173)
2022	Ava (136)	James (175)
2021	Ava (179)	William (182)
2020	Ava (183)	James (191)
2019	Ava (230)	William (185)
2018	Ava (217)	William (194)
2017	Ava (211)	John (181)
2016	Ava (211)	William (226)
2015	Ava (215)	William (212)
2014	Ava (176)	William (226)

Source: US Social Security Administration state files. A name only appears in a state list if at least five babies of one sex received it there that year.

Top 100 baby names in Mississippi

Girls

Boys

Names more popular in Mississippi

Girls

Boys

Number-one names in Mississippi by year

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