Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1939

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1939 were Mary for girls (1,562 babies) and James for boys (1,758). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,149 babies born in Mississippi in 1939 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1939

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

Girls

Lovie: 16 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Earlean: 20 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Ouida: 26 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Myrtis: 21 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Augusta: 15 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Pearlie: 64 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Rosie: 210 babies, 9× the national rate
Earnestine: 67 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Callie: 25 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Ora: 71 babies, 8.1× the national rate

Boys

Mckinley: 18 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Rosevelt: 15 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Roosevelt: 112 babies, 10× the national rate
Percy: 68 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Booker: 28 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Arther: 18 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Ollie: 31 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Otha: 17 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Carey: 15 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Will: 39 babies, 9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1939

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Mary	1,562	–	1
2	Betty	659	–	4
3	Dorothy	586	–	9
4	Barbara	466	↑2	2
5	Annie	456	↓1	54
6	Shirley	390	↓1	5
7	Martha	341	–	27
8	Willie	271	–	>100
9	Ruby	239	–	67
10	Doris	226	–	29
11	Margaret	225	–	10
12	Patricia	218	↑14	3
13	Rosie	210	↑1	>100
14	Peggy	209	↓2	34
15	Carolyn	206	↑3	14
16	Helen	205	–	16
17	Bobbie	201	↑5	>100
18	Sarah	195	↓1	68
19	Alice	187	↑4	31
20	Mildred	185	↑5	55
21	Frances	184	↑3	26
22	Lillie	178	↓9	>100
23	Nancy	176	↑13	7
24	Emma	174	↓4	89
25	Virginia	174	↑3	21
26	Louise	172	↑4	59
27	Elizabeth	166	↓12	18
28	Linda	150	new	15
29	Bessie	145	↑11	>100
30	Ethel	142	↓11	100
31	Joyce	142	↓4	12
32	Bernice	141	↑6	>100
33	Clara	139	↓1	>100
34	Mattie	139	↓13	>100
35	Minnie	138	–	>100
36	Ruth	136	↓5	22
37	Thelma	130	↑8	88
38	Hattie	122	↑10	>100
39	Jessie	119	↓10	>100
40	Edna	116	↓6	81
41	Ella	116	↓8	>100
42	Ida	115	new	>100
43	Gloria	114	new	36
44	Mae	114	↑2	>100
45	Jo	111	new	70
46	Marie	108	↑3	37
47	Ann	107	new	33
48	Bertha	106	↓5	>100
49	Johnnie	103	↓12	>100
50	Juanita	103	↓6	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	James	1,758	–	2
2	Robert	1,011	–	1
3	John	932	–	3
4	Willie	860	–	33
5	William	805	↑1	4
6	Charles	802	↓1	6
7	Joe	425	↑2	27
8	George	413	–	11
9	Billy	403	↓2	24
10	Bobby	356	↑1	29
11	Thomas	344	↓1	9
12	Henry	330	–	31
13	Jimmy	256	–	43
14	David	238	↑1	7
15	Walter	234	↓1	25
16	Jerry	220	–	16
17	Eddie	218	↑1	81
18	Frank	206	↑5	20
19	Edward	199	↓2	15
20	Jimmie	197	↓1	80
21	Richard	196	↓1	5
22	Joseph	177	–	12
23	Paul	164	↑6	17
24	Donald	156	↑4	8
25	Albert	155	↓1	41
26	Charlie	149	↓5	>100
27	Jessie	148	↑13	>100
28	Roy	145	↑9	42
29	Johnny	143	↑1	62
30	Arthur	138	↑3	32
31	Johnnie	131	↓6	>100
32	Fred	127	↓1	40
33	Kenneth	127	↑5	13
34	Larry	120	↑11	14
35	Lee	120	↓9	78
36	Harold	115	↓1	23
37	Eugene	113	↑6	37
38	Roosevelt	112	↓6	>100
39	Carl	109	↑9	30
40	Samuel	108	↓4	63
41	Howard	106	↑5	47
42	Leroy	103	↓15	61
43	Jack	102	↑7	26
44	Louis	101	↓10	49
45	Clarence	99	↓6	60
46	Tommy	96	↓5	77
47	Earl	95	↓3	50
48	Gerald	95	new	19
49	Curtis	89	↓7	98
50	Sam	89	new	>100

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