Southern Name Generator

Five real first names a press, given mostly in the Southern states, each with its best decade and state.

BuckBoys' name. 79 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1910s. Best state rank: 820 in Oklahoma.
WinfordBoys' name. 94 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 721 in Alabama.
TylanBoys' name. 86 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 647 in Mississippi.
DeasiaGirls' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 1,005 in South Carolina.
RubyeGirls' name. 99 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 612 in Mississippi.

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How it works

This random southern name generator draws five first names per press from 417 that Social Security records place mostly in the South: at least 65 in every 100 births of each name were in 16 Southern states and Washington, D.C.

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What Southern means here

The South is the Census Bureau's South region, from Delaware to Texas. It holds 35 in every 100 births in the state records of 1910 to 2025. A name is listed when the records hold at least 2,000 births of it and 65 in every 100 were there. Mattie stands at 91.

Reading a card

A card gives the South's share of the name's births, the decade with the most Southern births, and the state where the name ranked best. Willie's best rank is 5, in Mississippi.

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229 names are girls' names and 188 are boys' names; the menu under the button keeps one or the other.
9 cards print 100 in every 100, Ouida, Mittie and Mozelle among them.

Questions and answers

What are some Southern names?

Mattie, Lula, Hattie, Rufus, Buford and Odis are six from the list. For each, at least 80 in every 100 births on record were in the Southern states. Press the button for five more.

Does it make double names like Mary Beth or Billy Ray?

No. The record counts the first-name field with hyphens and spaces taken out, so a Mary Beth is filed as Marybeth, and it counts no middle names. This page deals single first names only.

Which states count as the South?

The Census Bureau's South region: Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, plus Washington, D.C.

Are Southern names still given today?

Some are. 111 names on the list had their best decade in the 1980s or later, such as Ansley, whose best decade was the 2000s. 231 belong to the years before 1940, such as Lessie and Buford.

All 417 Southern names

Southern girls' names 229

Addie Girls' name. 87 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 198 in Mississippi.
Adell Girls' name. 97 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 696 in Alabama.
Alaysia Girls' name. 65 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 969 in Mississippi.
Albertha Girls' name. 99 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 342 in South Carolina.
Alene Girls' name. 76 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 679 in Kentucky.
Aline Girls' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 456 in Louisiana.
Allene Girls' name. 76 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 715 in Kentucky.

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Southern girls' names, continued

Alpha Girls' name. 79 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 695 in Kentucky.
Angelia Girls' name. 71 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1960s. Best state rank: 446 in Alabama.
Annie Girls' name. 81 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 2 in Alabama.
Anniston Girls' name. 81 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 1,106 in Mississippi.
Ansley Girls' name. 93 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 276 in Georgia.
Aretha Girls' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1960s. Best state rank: 864 in Mississippi.
Artie Girls' name. 96 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1910s. Best state rank: 789 in Arkansas.
Bayleigh Girls' name. 69 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 1,143 in Mississippi.
Berta Girls' name. 79 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 957 in Texas.
Bertie Girls' name. 95 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 704 in South Carolina.
Bessie Girls' name. 71 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 54 in Mississippi.
Bettie Girls' name. 71 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1930s. Best state rank: 181 in Mississippi.
Bettye Girls' name. 91 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 219 in Mississippi.
Billye Girls' name. 99 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 702 in Oklahoma.
Birdie Girls' name. 81 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 554 in Mississippi.
Blanch Girls' name. 81 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 980 in West Virginia.
Bobbie Girls' name. 75 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1930s. Best state rank: 51 in Mississippi.
Bobbye Girls' name. 99 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1930s. Best state rank: 730 in Mississippi.
Briley Girls' name. 68 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 758 in Tennessee.
Bryleigh Girls' name. 73 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 1,097 in Tennessee.
Carleigh Girls' name. 68 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 1,111 in Virginia.
Catarina Girls' name. 72 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2020s. Best state rank: 1,382 in Texas.
Catina Girls' name. 72 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1970s. Best state rank: 841 in Delaware.
Charline Girls' name. 67 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 767 in Arkansas.
Chasity Girls' name. 71 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1980s. Best state rank: 423 in Tennessee.
Cherry Girls' name. 71 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1950s. Best state rank: 807 in Mississippi.
Chiquita Girls' name. 79 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1980s. Best state rank: 708 in Mississippi.
Christene Girls' name. 88 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 776 in Arkansas.
Concepcion Girls' name. 65 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 814 in Texas.
Corine Girls' name. 87 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 448 in Mississippi.
Deasia Girls' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 1,005 in South Carolina.
Dedra Girls' name. 71 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1960s. Best state rank: 1,406 in Louisiana.
Delma Girls' name. 77 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 648 in West Virginia.
Delois Girls' name. 95 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 490 in Arkansas.
Demetria Girls' name. 69 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1970s. Best state rank: 765 in Mississippi.
Dessie Girls' name. 92 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 517 in Mississippi.
Dollie Girls' name. 85 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 436 in West Virginia.
Dominga Girls' name. 94 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 805 in Texas.
Doretha Girls' name. 90 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1950s. Best state rank: 553 in Mississippi.
Dorris Girls' name. 69 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 676 in Mississippi.
Dortha Girls' name. 73 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 555 in West Virginia.
Dorthy Girls' name. 81 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1930s. Best state rank: 299 in Arkansas.
Dottie Girls' name. 69 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 472 in West Virginia.
Dovie Girls' name. 98 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1910s. Best state rank: 620 in Arkansas.
Earlene Girls' name. 68 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 472 in Mississippi.
Earline Girls' name. 89 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 277 in Mississippi.
Earnestine Girls' name. 97 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 171 in Mississippi.
Easter Girls' name. 99 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 651 in Mississippi.
Effie Girls' name. 77 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1910s. Best state rank: 379 in Mississippi.
Elida Girls' name. 85 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 513 in Texas.
Elnora Girls' name. 75 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 306 in Mississippi.
Elouise Girls' name. 81 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 409 in South Carolina.
Emogene Girls' name. 78 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 513 in West Virginia.
Era Girls' name. 95 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1910s. Best state rank: 685 in Alabama.
Ernestine Girls' name. 66 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 221 in Mississippi.
Essie Girls' name. 95 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 151 in Mississippi.
Estell Girls' name. 100 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 740 in South Carolina.
Ester Girls' name. 74 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 540 in Mississippi.
Eula Girls' name. 88 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 232 in Alabama.
Fannie Girls' name. 78 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 102 in Mississippi.
Felecia Girls' name. 71 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1960s. Best state rank: 635 in Alabama.
Florene Girls' name. 88 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 837 in Oklahoma.
Florine Girls' name. 76 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 609 in Mississippi.
Flossie Girls' name. 84 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1910s. Best state rank: 435 in South Carolina.
Floy Girls' name. 90 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 512 in Arkansas.
Gaynell Girls' name. 96 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 735 in Louisiana.
Gearldine Girls' name. 92 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1930s. Best state rank: 909 in Arkansas.
Geneva Girls' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 101 in Kentucky.
Georgie Girls' name. 88 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 718 in West Virginia.
Gertie Girls' name. 95 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1910s. Best state rank: 682 in Louisiana.
Gussie Girls' name. 87 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1910s. Best state rank: 517 in Alabama.
Hadleigh Girls' name. 67 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 1,142 in Arkansas.
Harleigh Girls' name. 73 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 1,117 in Mississippi.
Harmoni Girls' name. 74 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 966 in Mississippi.
Hattie Girls' name. 81 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 72 in Mississippi.
Hellen Girls' name. 78 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 915 in South Carolina.
Herlinda Girls' name. 75 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1950s. Best state rank: 809 in Texas.
Herminia Girls' name. 79 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 929 in Texas.
Hester Girls' name. 79 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 520 in West Virginia.
Hettie Girls' name. 96 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1910s. Best state rank: 994 in Mississippi.
Hortencia Girls' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 879 in Texas.
Idella Girls' name. 89 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 614 in Mississippi.
Ima Girls' name. 95 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 628 in Oklahoma.
Imogene Girls' name. 68 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 262 in Oklahoma.
Ivey Girls' name. 88 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2020s. Best state rank: 982 in Georgia.
Jaci Girls' name. 82 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 970 in Louisiana.
Jakayla Girls' name. 86 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 578 in Mississippi.
Jaleah Girls' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 1,433 in Mississippi.
Jaliyah Girls' name. 65 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 652 in Mississippi.
Jamia Girls' name. 73 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 877 in the District of Columbia.
Jamiya Girls' name. 83 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 990 in Mississippi.
Jamiyah Girls' name. 74 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 1,047 in Mississippi.
Jamya Girls' name. 74 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 882 in Mississippi.
Janie Girls' name. 78 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1950s. Best state rank: 100 in South Carolina.
Jannie Girls' name. 97 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 187 in South Carolina.
Jaunita Girls' name. 86 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 553 in West Virginia.
Jerrie Girls' name. 72 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 1,175 in Alabama.
Jewel Girls' name. 72 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 275 in Arkansas.
Jewell Girls' name. 81 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 287 in Arkansas.
Jonnie Girls' name. 85 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 1,007 in Mississippi.
Josefa Girls' name. 88 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 915 in Texas.
Journi Girls' name. 68 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2020s. Best state rank: 1,069 in Delaware.
Joycelyn Girls' name. 73 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1950s. Best state rank: 527 in Louisiana.
Kaisley Girls' name. 76 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2020s. Best state rank: 1,230 in Mississippi.
Kamiya Girls' name. 65 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 1,406 in South Carolina.
Karleigh Girls' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 1,076 in Mississippi.
Karmen Girls' name. 66 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 1,223 in Mississippi.
Kattie Girls' name. 90 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 469 in Mississippi.
Kaylan Girls' name. 72 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1990s. Best state rank: 1,489 in Mississippi.
Kennedi Girls' name. 66 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 577 in Louisiana.
Kensley Girls' name. 68 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 712 in Alabama.
Khalani Girls' name. 74 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2020s. Best state rank: 1,441 in Mississippi.
Kyndal Girls' name. 79 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 1,488 in Oklahoma.
Kyndall Girls' name. 76 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 1,095 in North Carolina.
Laken Girls' name. 78 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1990s. Best state rank: 680 in Mississippi.
Lakesha Girls' name. 65 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1970s. Best state rank: 750 in the District of Columbia.
Lakeshia Girls' name. 79 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1980s. Best state rank: 805 in Mississippi.
Landry Girls' name. 82 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 859 in Louisiana.
Laquita Girls' name. 79 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1980s. Best state rank: 865 in Mississippi.
Lashanda Girls' name. 68 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1970s. Best state rank: 937 in Mississippi.
Lashonda Girls' name. 66 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1970s. Best state rank: 646 in Mississippi.
Lawanda Girls' name. 68 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1970s. Best state rank: 559 in the District of Columbia.
Leatha Girls' name. 81 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 919 in Mississippi.
Lelia Girls' name. 84 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 524 in Virginia.
Leola Girls' name. 73 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 314 in Louisiana.
Lesia Girls' name. 80 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1960s. Best state rank: 1,027 in Mississippi.
Lessie Girls' name. 99 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1910s. Best state rank: 424 in Mississippi.
Letha Girls' name. 67 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 479 in Oklahoma.
Lettie Girls' name. 81 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 734 in Mississippi.
Lillie Girls' name. 85 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 22 in Mississippi.
Linnie Girls' name. 97 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 647 in Mississippi.
Lizzie Girls' name. 93 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1910s. Best state rank: 231 in South Carolina.
Lona Girls' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1910s. Best state rank: 620 in West Virginia.
Lorine Girls' name. 90 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 580 in Mississippi.
Lottie Girls' name. 65 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 278 in South Carolina.
Lovie Girls' name. 99 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 591 in Mississippi.
Lucile Girls' name. 68 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1910s. Best state rank: 259 in South Carolina.
Lue Girls' name. 100 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 444 in Mississippi.
Lula Girls' name. 87 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 83 in Mississippi.
Lura Girls' name. 73 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 870 in West Virginia.
Mable Girls' name. 75 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 205 in Mississippi.
Makiyah Girls' name. 71 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 1,190 in the District of Columbia.
Mamie Girls' name. 86 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 120 in South Carolina.
Manuela Girls' name. 69 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 491 in Texas.
Margarett Girls' name. 94 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 1,107 in Arkansas.
Margarette Girls' name. 83 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 1,054 in West Virginia.
Margret Girls' name. 65 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 814 in Mississippi.
Marleigh Girls' name. 68 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 1,042 in Mississippi.
Mattie Girls' name. 91 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 28 in Mississippi.
Maud Girls' name. 79 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1910s. Best state rank: 1,012 in Mississippi.
Maude Girls' name. 71 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1910s. Best state rank: 546 in North Carolina.
Maudie Girls' name. 92 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 542 in Kentucky.
Mazie Girls' name. 66 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 732 in South Carolina.
Melba Girls' name. 68 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1930s. Best state rank: 246 in Arkansas.
Minnie Girls' name. 75 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 49 in Mississippi.
Mittie Girls' name. 100 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 716 in Alabama.
Mozelle Girls' name. 100 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 749 in North Carolina.
Myrtice Girls' name. 100 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 500 in Georgia.
Myrtis Girls' name. 100 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 381 in Mississippi.
Nannie Girls' name. 99 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 288 in Virginia.
Nelda Girls' name. 77 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 422 in Texas.
Nell Girls' name. 89 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 346 in Alabama.
Nettie Girls' name. 74 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 301 in Alabama.
Nita Girls' name. 66 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1950s. Best state rank: 616 in Oklahoma.
Novella Girls' name. 94 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 884 in North Carolina.
Odessa Girls' name. 85 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 418 in Mississippi.
Ola Girls' name. 94 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 304 in Alabama.
Oleta Girls' name. 94 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 432 in Oklahoma.
Ollie Girls' name. 93 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 179 in Mississippi.
Oma Girls' name. 87 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 500 in Kentucky.
Ona Girls' name. 78 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1910s. Best state rank: 808 in West Virginia.
Ora Girls' name. 85 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 150 in Mississippi.
Oralia Girls' name. 88 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 584 in Texas.
Ouida Girls' name. 100 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 581 in Mississippi.
Paisleigh Girls' name. 69 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 1,267 in West Virginia.
Pansy Girls' name. 80 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 501 in West Virginia.
Patsy Girls' name. 69 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 53 in Arkansas.
Pattie Girls' name. 75 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1950s. Best state rank: 533 in North Carolina.
Pearlie Girls' name. 99 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 226 in Mississippi.
Pearline Girls' name. 98 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 572 in Mississippi.
Peggie Girls' name. 84 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 706 in Mississippi.
Preslee Girls' name. 66 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 1,281 in Oklahoma.
Queen Girls' name. 90 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 323 in South Carolina.
Raylee Girls' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 962 in Oklahoma.
Reba Girls' name. 80 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 235 in Tennessee.
Retha Girls' name. 87 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 546 in Arkansas.
Robbie Girls' name. 91 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1950s. Best state rank: 288 in Tennessee.
Rosie Girls' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 21 in Mississippi.
Roxie Girls' name. 75 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1910s. Best state rank: 553 in Kentucky.
Rubie Girls' name. 88 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 762 in Mississippi.
Rubye Girls' name. 99 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 612 in Mississippi.
Ruthie Girls' name. 82 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1930s. Best state rank: 192 in Mississippi.
Sallie Girls' name. 82 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1910s. Best state rank: 203 in South Carolina.
Samaria Girls' name. 66 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 1,412 in South Carolina.
Sanjuanita Girls' name. 99 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1950s. Best state rank: 737 in Texas.
Shameka Girls' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1980s. Best state rank: 855 in the District of Columbia.
Shaniya Girls' name. 65 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 908 in the District of Columbia.
Shaniyah Girls' name. 65 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 1,121 in Delaware.
Shelia Girls' name. 80 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1960s. Best state rank: 180 in Mississippi.
Sherita Girls' name. 65 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1980s. Best state rank: 771 in the District of Columbia.
Shonda Girls' name. 65 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1970s. Best state rank: 893 in Mississippi.
Stormi Girls' name. 72 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2020s. Best state rank: 1,353 in Oklahoma.
Stormy Girls' name. 69 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1990s. Best state rank: 805 in Oklahoma.
Susie Girls' name. 67 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 133 in Mississippi.
Sybil Girls' name. 74 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 471 in South Carolina.
Syble Girls' name. 99 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 602 in Arkansas.
Tangela Girls' name. 90 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1970s. Best state rank: 959 in Florida.
Taniya Girls' name. 65 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 882 in the District of Columbia.
Taraji Girls' name. 69 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 1,406 in Mississippi.
Teressa Girls' name. 72 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1960s. Best state rank: 985 in South Carolina.
Tinsley Girls' name. 71 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 1,329 in Arkansas.
Tomasa Girls' name. 88 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 1,027 in Texas.
Tomeka Girls' name. 83 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1970s. Best state rank: 964 in Mississippi.
Tressie Girls' name. 95 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 736 in West Virginia.
Vergie Girls' name. 97 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 1,077 in West Virginia.
Vernell Girls' name. 92 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1930s. Best state rank: 513 in South Carolina.
Vernice Girls' name. 71 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 782 in Mississippi.
Virgie Girls' name. 90 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 356 in Mississippi.
Whitley Girls' name. 74 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2020s. Best state rank: 755 in Kentucky.
Winnie Girls' name. 72 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 378 in Mississippi.
Zaniya Girls' name. 69 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 1,223 in the District of Columbia.
Zelma Girls' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 509 in West Virginia.

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Alton Boys' name. 76 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1930s. Best state rank: 194 in Louisiana.
Alvis Boys' name. 98 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 831 in North Carolina.
Arlie Boys' name. 84 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 421 in West Virginia.
Arnoldo Boys' name. 72 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1960s. Best state rank: 669 in Texas.
Arnulfo Boys' name. 65 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1950s. Best state rank: 602 in Texas.
Arther Boys' name. 99 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 492 in Mississippi.
Artis Boys' name. 95 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1950s. Best state rank: 762 in Mississippi.
Bennie Boys' name. 75 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1930s. Best state rank: 125 in Mississippi.
Billy Boys' name. 74 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1930s. Best state rank: 8 in Arkansas.
Bobby Boys' name. 78 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1930s. Best state rank: 16 in Arkansas.
Booker Boys' name. 88 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1910s. Best state rank: 299 in Mississippi.
Boyce Boys' name. 99 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1930s. Best state rank: 521 in South Carolina.
Brannon Boys' name. 80 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1990s. Best state rank: 874 in Alabama.
Braylen Boys' name. 69 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 481 in Mississippi.
Braylin Boys' name. 69 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 1,049 in South Carolina.
Brentley Boys' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 745 in West Virginia.
Britton Boys' name. 65 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 1,131 in Tennessee.
Buck Boys' name. 79 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1910s. Best state rank: 820 in Oklahoma.
Buddy Boys' name. 68 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1930s. Best state rank: 339 in Oklahoma.
Buford Boys' name. 94 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 415 in Tennessee.
Burl Boys' name. 79 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 417 in West Virginia.
Buster Boys' name. 97 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1910s. Best state rank: 570 in South Carolina.
Canaan Boys' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 836 in Tennessee.
Carrol Boys' name. 69 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1930s. Best state rank: 661 in Arkansas.
Cason Boys' name. 75 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 600 in Georgia.
Cecil Boys' name. 67 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 105 in West Virginia.
Cedric Boys' name. 69 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1970s. Best state rank: 193 in Mississippi.
Cedrick Boys' name. 85 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1980s. Best state rank: 630 in Mississippi.
Channing Boys' name. 68 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 708 in Mississippi.
Charley Boys' name. 77 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 331 in Oklahoma.
Charlie Boys' name. 73 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 37 in Mississippi.
Claud Boys' name. 90 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 472 in Arkansas.
Cleveland Boys' name. 88 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 265 in Mississippi.
Clifton Boys' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1950s. Best state rank: 114 in Mississippi.
Coleman Boys' name. 71 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 456 in Alabama.
Columbus Boys' name. 99 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 548 in Mississippi.
Coy Boys' name. 88 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 351 in Arkansas.
Darrius Boys' name. 69 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1990s. Best state rank: 714 in Mississippi.
Darron Boys' name. 66 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1960s. Best state rank: 846 in Mississippi.
Daylen Boys' name. 66 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 953 in Mississippi.
Dedrick Boys' name. 94 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1970s. Best state rank: 743 in Louisiana.
Demarcus Boys' name. 84 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1990s. Best state rank: 362 in Mississippi.
Demario Boys' name. 65 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1980s. Best state rank: 709 in Mississippi.
Demarion Boys' name. 67 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 828 in Mississippi.
Derrell Boys' name. 67 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1950s. Best state rank: 771 in the District of Columbia.
Destin Boys' name. 65 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 853 in Louisiana.
Devonta Boys' name. 74 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1990s. Best state rank: 858 in Mississippi.
Dewey Boys' name. 78 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 243 in West Virginia.
Dewitt Boys' name. 80 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 484 in Mississippi.
Dock Boys' name. 100 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 721 in Mississippi.
Domingo Boys' name. 69 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 366 in Texas.
Donnie Boys' name. 77 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1950s. Best state rank: 141 in Kentucky.
Donny Boys' name. 73 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1950s. Best state rank: 566 in Arkansas.
Dorsey Boys' name. 82 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 442 in West Virginia.
Doyle Boys' name. 67 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1930s. Best state rank: 169 in Arkansas.
Earnest Boys' name. 86 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 95 in Mississippi.
Edd Boys' name. 99 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 731 in Mississippi.
Elbert Boys' name. 78 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 251 in Mississippi.
Elmo Boys' name. 75 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 561 in Louisiana.
Elton Boys' name. 66 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 343 in Louisiana.
Emory Boys' name. 76 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 287 in Georgia.
Erasmo Boys' name. 81 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1950s. Best state rank: 733 in Texas.
Everette Boys' name. 85 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 464 in West Virginia.
Felton Boys' name. 96 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 431 in Louisiana.
Freddie Boys' name. 73 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 129 in Mississippi.
Freeman Boys' name. 69 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 636 in Alabama.
Garland Boys' name. 82 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 251 in Virginia.
Gatlin Boys' name. 67 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2020s. Best state rank: 803 in West Virginia.
Glynn Boys' name. 96 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 572 in Louisiana.
Grady Boys' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 167 in Georgia.
Grover Boys' name. 78 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 338 in West Virginia.
Hardy Boys' name. 95 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 693 in Mississippi.
Harmon Boys' name. 80 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 794 in Mississippi.
Hayward Boys' name. 94 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1930s. Best state rank: 563 in West Virginia.
Haywood Boys' name. 97 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 458 in North Carolina.
Hermon Boys' name. 100 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 700 in Mississippi.
Hershel Boys' name. 73 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 422 in Kentucky.
Hilario Boys' name. 67 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1950s. Best state rank: 756 in Texas.
Hilton Boys' name. 89 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 569 in Louisiana.
Hobert Boys' name. 91 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 381 in West Virginia.
Hollis Boys' name. 80 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 435 in Mississippi.
Homero Boys' name. 89 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1980s. Best state rank: 662 in Texas.
Horace Boys' name. 78 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 174 in Georgia.
Houston Boys' name. 83 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 368 in Mississippi.
Hoyt Boys' name. 91 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 482 in Alabama.
Hubert Boys' name. 69 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 200 in Mississippi.
Huey Boys' name. 98 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1930s. Best state rank: 268 in Louisiana.
Ike Boys' name. 84 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1910s. Best state rank: 623 in Mississippi.
Jacky Boys' name. 66 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1950s. Best state rank: 714 in Tennessee.
Jacobi Boys' name. 78 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 1,094 in Georgia.
Jakari Boys' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2020s. Best state rank: 837 in South Carolina.
Jakobe Boys' name. 75 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 753 in Mississippi.
Jamarcus Boys' name. 97 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 499 in Mississippi.
Jamari Boys' name. 66 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 441 in the District of Columbia.
Jamarion Boys' name. 74 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 464 in Mississippi.
Jarvis Boys' name. 85 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1980s. Best state rank: 329 in Mississippi.
Javonte Boys' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1990s. Best state rank: 1,040 in Louisiana.
Jaylan Boys' name. 73 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 781 in Mississippi.
Jaylon Boys' name. 81 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 450 in Mississippi.
Jimmie Boys' name. 72 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1930s. Best state rank: 47 in Mississippi.
Jimmy Boys' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 20 in Arkansas.
Johnie Boys' name. 94 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 208 in Mississippi.
Johnnie Boys' name. 78 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 48 in Mississippi.
Johnny Boys' name. 67 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1950s. Best state rank: 24 in Mississippi.
Judson Boys' name. 69 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 474 in Alabama.
Junius Boys' name. 98 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 496 in Louisiana.
Kace Boys' name. 67 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2020s. Best state rank: 1,171 in Mississippi.
Kendrick Boys' name. 67 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1980s. Best state rank: 229 in Mississippi.
Kennith Boys' name. 74 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1950s. Best state rank: 419 in West Virginia.
Kentrell Boys' name. 84 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 614 in Louisiana.
Kylan Boys' name. 68 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 470 in Mississippi.
Kylen Boys' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 853 in Mississippi.
Kyron Boys' name. 68 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 709 in Louisiana.
Ladarius Boys' name. 96 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1990s. Best state rank: 471 in Mississippi.
Langston Boys' name. 66 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 694 in the District of Columbia.
Lawson Boys' name. 67 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 527 in Alabama.
Lazaro Boys' name. 71 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 519 in Florida.
Lemuel Boys' name. 76 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 724 in North Carolina.
Lenard Boys' name. 73 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 585 in Mississippi.
Linwood Boys' name. 80 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1950s. Best state rank: 230 in Virginia.
Loyd Boys' name. 79 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 260 in Arkansas.
Lucious Boys' name. 99 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 641 in Mississippi.
Lucius Boys' name. 74 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 517 in South Carolina.
Luther Boys' name. 78 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 145 in Mississippi.
Lynwood Boys' name. 88 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 625 in Virginia.
Mack Boys' name. 75 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 190 in Mississippi.
Major Boys' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 399 in Mississippi.
Margarito Boys' name. 69 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 659 in Texas.
Markel Boys' name. 71 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 895 in the District of Columbia.
Marquez Boys' name. 78 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1990s. Best state rank: 660 in Georgia.
Maxie Boys' name. 99 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1930s. Best state rank: 523 in South Carolina.
Millard Boys' name. 69 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 392 in Kentucky.
Monroe Boys' name. 72 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 385 in Mississippi.
Montrell Boys' name. 76 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1990s. Best state rank: 876 in Louisiana.
Mose Boys' name. 92 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1910s. Best state rank: 421 in Mississippi.
Murphy Boys' name. 66 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 390 in Louisiana.
Napoleon Boys' name. 81 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 643 in Mississippi.
Norris Boys' name. 73 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1950s. Best state rank: 462 in Louisiana.
Odell Boys' name. 91 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 312 in South Carolina.
Odis Boys' name. 98 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 428 in Arkansas.
Olen Boys' name. 88 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 523 in Arkansas.
Olin Boys' name. 74 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1930s. Best state rank: 371 in South Carolina.
Omarion Boys' name. 69 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 769 in Mississippi.
Otha Boys' name. 96 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 381 in Mississippi.
Otis Boys' name. 73 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 142 in Mississippi.
Ottis Boys' name. 99 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 636 in Mississippi.
Percy Boys' name. 74 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 112 in Mississippi.
Raleigh Boys' name. 86 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 673 in Virginia.
Rayford Boys' name. 98 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1930s. Best state rank: 544 in Alabama.
Raymon Boys' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 818 in Alabama.
Reymundo Boys' name. 75 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1950s. Best state rank: 696 in Texas.
Rickey Boys' name. 65 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1950s. Best state rank: 147 in Arkansas.
Rodrick Boys' name. 81 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1970s. Best state rank: 580 in Mississippi.
Roel Boys' name. 93 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1980s. Best state rank: 567 in Texas.
Rogers Boys' name. 97 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 510 in Louisiana.
Roosevelt Boys' name. 85 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1930s. Best state rank: 90 in Mississippi.
Roscoe Boys' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 355 in West Virginia.
Rowdy Boys' name. 74 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2020s. Best state rank: 644 in Oklahoma.
Rufus Boys' name. 88 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 222 in South Carolina.
Sammie Boys' name. 93 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 147 in Mississippi.
Sammy Boys' name. 68 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 237 in Mississippi.
Scottie Boys' name. 81 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1970s. Best state rank: 489 in Kentucky.
Scotty Boys' name. 75 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1970s. Best state rank: 383 in Kentucky.
Shelton Boys' name. 86 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1970s. Best state rank: 483 in North Carolina.
Shepherd Boys' name. 65 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2020s. Best state rank: 763 in Tennessee.
Slade Boys' name. 68 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 966 in Louisiana.
Tahj Boys' name. 66 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 775 in Louisiana.
Talmadge Boys' name. 99 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 659 in Alabama.
Tavon Boys' name. 78 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1990s. Best state rank: 306 in Maryland.
Teodoro Boys' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 934 in Texas.
Thurman Boys' name. 86 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 381 in North Carolina.
Tommie Boys' name. 84 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 92 in Mississippi.
Tommy Boys' name. 68 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 51 in Oklahoma.
Toney Boys' name. 89 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1960s. Best state rank: 758 in West Virginia.
Trevion Boys' name. 71 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2000s. Best state rank: 1,151 in Arkansas.
Truett Boys' name. 70 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2020s. Best state rank: 1,103 in Arkansas.
Turner Boys' name. 68 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 774 in North Carolina.
Tylan Boys' name. 86 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 2010s. Best state rank: 647 in Mississippi.
Waymon Boys' name. 99 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1930s. Best state rank: 766 in Arkansas.
Weldon Boys' name. 81 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 467 in Texas.
Wilburn Boys' name. 91 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 466 in Arkansas.
Wiley Boys' name. 88 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 414 in Mississippi.
Williams Boys' name. 77 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 610 in Mississippi.
Willie Boys' name. 86 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1940s. Best state rank: 5 in Mississippi.
Wilton Boys' name. 93 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 461 in Louisiana.
Winford Boys' name. 94 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 721 in Alabama.
Winfred Boys' name. 89 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1920s. Best state rank: 567 in Arkansas.
Woodrow Boys' name. 75 in every 100 births on record were in the South. Best decade there: the 1910s. Best state rank: 191 in South Carolina.

How this list was compiled: A list by a written rule, computed on 3 October 2026 from the Social Security Administration's file of first names by state (namesbystate.zip, linked from https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/limits.html, births of 1910 to 2025 in the 50 states and the District of Columbia; ssa.gov refuses scripted downloads, so the official zip was read from the Internet Archive's copy captured 2026-09-27, https://web.archive.org/web/20260927185641/https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/state/namesbystate.zip, 24,383,479 bytes). The South is the Census Bureau's South region: Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas (https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/maps/reference/us_regdiv.pdf, read the same day). Those 17 hold 35.1 in every 100 births in the file. A name is listed for girls, or for boys, when the file holds at least 2,000 births of it for that sex, that sex has more of its births than the other, and at least 65 in every 100 of those births were in the South. That leaves 417 names: 229 for girls and 188 for boys. The record's placeholder entries (Infant, Unknown) are left out, and so is one name that is also a crude word. The share on a card is the South's share of the name's births in the file, rounded to a whole number; a card prints 100 only when every birth on record was in the South. Best decade is the decade with the most births of the name in the South; the 2020s hold six years so far. Best state rank is the name's best place among its sex's names in any of the 17, by all births of 1910 to 2025, with the state. A state file lists a name only in a year when at least 5 babies of that sex got it in that state, so a name spread thin over many states is undercounted next to one gathered in a few. Every spelling counts as its own name. The list says where a name was given; it says nothing about any person or family. Double names such as Mary Beth are not listed as pairs: the file counts the first-name field of the Social Security card application with hyphens and spaces taken out, so a double first name is filed run together, and it counts no middle names (https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/background.html). Licence: Public domain: the file is a work of the US federal government, which copyright does not cover (17 U.S.C. 105). The rule, the shares and the state ranks are our own work.