Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1928

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1928 were Mary for girls (1,679 babies) and James for boys (1,690). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,357 babies born in Mississippi in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1928

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

Girls

Magnolia: 35 babies, 18× the national rate
Jettie: 18 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Birtha: 16 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Kattie: 19 babies, 14× the national rate
Myrtis: 37 babies, 13× the national rate
Ira: 23 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Evie: 16 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Rosie: 255 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Earnestine: 61 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Lue: 23 babies, 8.9× the national rate

Boys

Rosevelt: 19 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Mose: 24 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Will: 62 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Percy: 82 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Roosevelt: 81 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Ivory: 15 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Tommie: 68 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Booker: 25 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Anderson: 18 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Jessie: 196 babies, 7.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Mary	1,679	–	1
2	Dorothy	628	↑1	3
3	Annie	604	↓1	37
4	Willie	395	–	74
5	Ruby	361	–	34
6	Mildred	300	–	15
7	Helen	287	–	4
8	Rosie	255	↑5	>100
9	Betty	252	↑6	2
10	Ruth	249	–	6
11	Martha	235	–	22
12	Doris	232	↑5	7
13	Mattie	231	↑1	>100
14	Margaret	229	↑5	5
15	Lillie	221	↓6	>100
16	Sarah	209	↑8	64
17	Frances	205	↓5	13
18	Elizabeth	200	↑4	14
19	Louise	200	↓11	31
20	Edna	196	↑3	45
21	Evelyn	192	↑10	17
22	Virginia	189	↑5	9
23	Bessie	187	↓7	>100
24	Minnie	185	↑1	>100
25	Emma	178	↓4	67
26	Bernice	167	↑10	53
27	Jessie	166	↓7	>100
28	Ethel	161	↓10	55
29	Lucille	153	↑4	51
30	Alice	151	↓4	19
31	Marie	147	↓3	21
32	Clara	146	↓2	65
33	Hazel	146	↓1	59
34	Ida	143	↑6	87
35	Ella	135	↑6	100
36	Christine	134	↓1	>100
37	Thelma	132	–	40
38	Gladys	126	↓9	41
39	Bertha	125	↑6	81
40	Catherine	125	↑8	33
41	Fannie	124	↑3	>100
42	Lula	118	↓8	>100
43	Juanita	113	↓4	58
44	Beatrice	112	↓1	70
45	Bobbie	112	new	>100
46	Hattie	112	↓4	>100
47	Maggie	112	–	>100
48	Carrie	107	↓10	>100
49	Laura	103	–	83
50	Mamie	103	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	James	1,690	–	3
2	John	937	–	2
3	William	928	↑1	4
4	Willie	859	↑1	29
5	Robert	839	↓2	1
6	Charles	592	–	5
7	George	471	–	8
8	Henry	357	–	21
9	Thomas	304	–	11
10	Joe	264	–	30
11	Walter	260	–	18
12	Charlie	229	↑6	80
13	Edward	215	↑1	10
14	Joseph	210	↓1	9
15	Jessie	196	↑1	>100
16	Frank	195	↓4	12
17	Albert	194	↑2	23
18	Eddie	187	↓3	>100
19	Billy	176	↑1	27
20	Jack	176	↓3	15
21	Richard	170	↑2	6
22	Jimmie	165	↑7	100
23	Johnnie	163	↑1	>100
24	David	158	↓3	19
25	Fred	142	↓3	36
26	Clarence	135	–	35
27	Leroy	132	↑7	51
28	Louis	132	–	32
29	Eugene	129	↑1	20
30	Howard	126	↓3	31
31	Paul	125	↑5	13
32	Roy	123	–	34
33	Harold	118	↑4	14
34	Lee	118	↑4	87
35	Herbert	110	new	25
36	Earl	105	↓5	37
37	Curtis	103	↓4	>100
38	Samuel	103	↓13	52
39	Ernest	99	↑5	43
40	Andrew	98	↓1	60
41	Sam	97	↓6	>100
42	Arthur	91	↓1	22
43	Percy	82	↑3	>100
44	Jesse	81	↓1	91
45	Roosevelt	81	↑5	>100
46	Earnest	80	↑3	>100
47	Herman	76	new	78
48	Floyd	73	↓8	54
49	Leon	71	↓4	81
50	Bobby	68	new	65

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