Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1913

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1913 were Mary for girls (899 babies) and James for boys (716). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 22,603 babies born in Mississippi in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1913

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

Girls

Myrtis: 26 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Ruthie: 19 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Rosie: 137 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Magnolia: 15 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Pearlie: 27 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Earline: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Callie: 31 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Katie: 76 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Allie: 33 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Josie: 29 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Mose: 20 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Tommie: 44 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Roosevelt: 41 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Jeff: 21 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Jessie: 111 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Booker: 22 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Will: 40 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Percy: 49 babies, 7× the national rate
Moses: 27 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Cleveland: 21 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Mary	899	–	1
2	Annie	372	–	30
3	Willie	240	–	65
4	Ruby	204	↑1	23
5	Mattie	182	↓1	75
6	Lillie	158	↑4	71
7	Ethel	148	↑1	20
8	Ruth	144	↑1	5
9	Mildred	141	↑11	6
10	Beatrice	137	↑9	37
11	Rosie	137	↓4	>100
12	Bessie	134	↓1	47
13	Elizabeth	134	↑2	8
14	Minnie	127	↑13	63
15	Louise	126	↓9	17
16	Sarah	126	↑8	43
17	Edna	119	↑11	18
18	Lucille	119	↓4	31
19	Jessie	116	↓1	61
20	Emma	114	↓7	38
21	Gladys	114	↓5	19
22	Alice	110	↑1	11
23	Hattie	104	↓11	96
24	Clara	103	↓7	36
25	Margaret	103	↑13	4
26	Marie	99	–	10
27	Frances	95	↑8	9
28	Ella	93	new	70
29	Helen	93	↑19	2
30	Carrie	92	↓9	90
31	Fannie	92	↑3	91
32	Maggie	92	↓10	>100
33	Ida	89	↓8	49
34	Laura	89	↑10	62
35	Virginia	89	↑11	15
36	Lillian	88	–	16
37	Mamie	87	↑8	>100
38	Dorothy	86	↑9	3
39	Georgia	86	↑3	100
40	Lula	86	↓11	>100
41	Martha	85	↓10	28
42	Irene	81	↓9	21
43	Alma	80	↑7	64
44	Bertha	77	↓12	39
45	Cora	76	new	>100
46	Hazel	76	↓9	27
47	Katie	76	new	>100
48	Viola	76	new	52
49	Velma	75	new	89
50	Thelma	74	↓11	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	James	716	–	3
2	John	523	–	1
3	Willie	452	–	24
4	William	450	–	2
5	Robert	414	–	4
6	George	270	–	6
7	Henry	204	–	12
8	Charles	169	–	7
9	Walter	164	↑3	11
10	Thomas	150	–	10
11	Frank	142	–	9
12	Joe	129	↓3	37
13	Joseph	125	↑1	5
14	Charlie	124	↑1	62
15	Albert	111	↓2	16
16	Jessie	111	↑4	>100
17	Sam	102	–	65
18	Eddie	101	↑1	>100
19	Jack	98	↓3	28
20	Edward	97	↓2	8
21	Fred	97	↑1	27
22	Richard	83	↓1	19
23	Earl	78	↑2	31
24	Woodrow	77	↑8	44
25	Arthur	72	↑8	17
26	David	72	↑1	29
27	Johnnie	72	↑1	>100
28	Lee	72	↓2	78
29	Leroy	71	–	63
30	Andrew	69	↑7	47
31	Louis	66	–	20
32	Ernest	65	↓9	34
33	Clarence	62	↓9	21
34	Eugene	58	↑10	43
35	Roy	55	↓5	32
36	Howard	54	↑2	26
37	Paul	54	new	14
38	Samuel	52	↓4	36
39	Tom	52	↑2	>100
40	Jesse	50	↓5	79
41	Percy	49	↓2	>100
42	Clyde	46	new	64
43	Benjamin	45	new	70
44	Claude	44	↑2	88
45	Tommie	44	new	>100
46	Jimmie	42	↓1	>100
47	Oscar	42	↓11	76
48	Earnest	41	↓5	>100
49	Roosevelt	41	↓7	>100
50	Homer	40	new	96

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