Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1931

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1931 were Mary for girls (1,465 babies) and James for boys (1,520). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,211 babies born in Mississippi in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1931

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

Girls

Kattie: 24 babies, 20.2× the national rate
Magnolia: 25 babies, 19.2× the national rate
Earlean: 17 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Johnie: 22 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Earnestine: 71 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Ouida: 23 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Lue: 19 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Rosie: 221 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Myrtis: 21 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Ora: 83 babies, 7.8× the national rate

Boys

Ezell: 16 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Rosevelt: 18 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Booker: 28 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Dewitt: 17 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Will: 36 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Tommie: 73 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Johnie: 65 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Percy: 61 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Roosevelt: 67 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Jeff: 22 babies, 8.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Mary	1,465	–	1
2	Dorothy	587	↑1	3
3	Annie	552	↓1	41
4	Betty	480	–	2
5	Willie	332	–	93
6	Ruby	292	–	39
7	Martha	249	↑4	28
8	Margaret	230	↑8	7
9	Rosie	221	↑4	>100
10	Helen	220	↓3	6
11	Mildred	216	↓1	26
12	Louise	213	–	33
13	Doris	194	↑2	10
14	Elizabeth	191	↑7	16
15	Lillie	189	↓6	>100
16	Mattie	189	↓2	>100
17	Sarah	189	–	71
18	Ruth	183	↓10	11
19	Frances	175	–	18
20	Ethel	167	↑4	67
21	Bernice	161	↑1	63
22	Bobbie	157	↑4	>100
23	Emma	153	↓5	76
24	Jessie	151	↑4	>100
25	Minnie	151	↓5	>100
26	Alice	149	↑1	21
27	Bessie	146	↓4	>100
28	Gladys	143	↑5	55
29	Clara	141	↑1	61
30	Virginia	141	↓5	12
31	Ida	133	↑8	100
32	Thelma	131	–	53
33	Marie	125	↑5	27
34	Barbara	123	new	4
35	Edna	122	↑5	52
36	Hattie	122	–	>100
37	Joyce	119	↑10	15
38	Evelyn	117	↓3	24
39	Lula	116	↓5	>100
40	Ella	110	↓11	>100
41	Carrie	109	–	>100
42	Christine	108	↑8	>100
43	Billie	106	↑6	81
44	Lucille	105	new	62
45	Beatrice	102	–	85
46	Catherine	102	↑2	36
47	Mae	102	↓4	>100
48	Peggy	102	new	42
49	Hazel	100	↓12	74
50	Johnnie	97	↓4	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	James	1,520	–	2
2	Robert	888	↑2	1
3	John	789	↓1	3
4	Willie	738	↓1	31
5	William	693	–	4
6	Charles	602	–	6
7	George	389	–	8
8	Henry	327	↑3	22
9	Billy	304	↓1	19
10	Joe	273	–	29
11	Walter	268	↑1	20
12	Thomas	261	↓3	10
13	Bobby	187	↑9	32
14	David	181	↑6	13
15	Edward	180	↓1	11
16	Eddie	178	↓3	95
17	Jessie	172	–	>100
18	Albert	161	–	24
19	Joseph	160	↓4	9
20	Charlie	154	↑1	94
21	Richard	154	↑3	5
22	Frank	153	↓6	16
23	Paul	142	↑10	12
24	Johnnie	140	↓5	>100
25	Jimmie	137	↓2	81
26	Fred	134	↑5	33
27	Louis	128	↓1	37
28	Jack	124	↓3	15
29	Roy	121	–	35
30	Leroy	118	↑7	52
31	Howard	105	↑1	34
32	Arthur	104	↑2	23
33	Clarence	103	↓5	39
34	Harold	102	↑8	18
35	Lee	102	↓5	90
36	Samuel	100	↑4	56
37	Eugene	99	↓10	21
38	Earl	95	↓3	40
39	Curtis	92	–	>100
40	Sam	92	↑1	>100
41	Carl	90	↑7	28
42	Donald	89	new	7
43	Ernest	86	↑1	47
44	Johnny	84	↑6	>100
45	Kenneth	80	↑1	14
46	Andrew	78	↓10	65
47	Clyde	76	↑2	77
48	Earnest	74	new	>100
49	Tommie	73	↓6	>100
50	Jimmy	71	new	89

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