Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1946

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1946 were Mary for girls (1,621 babies) and James for boys (2,138). Social Security records list 53,312 babies born in Mississippi in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1946

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

Girls

Earlean: 18 babies, 25.4× the national rate
Kattie: 17 babies, 20.5× the national rate
Deloise: 16 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Unknown: 22 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Myrtis: 17 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Allie: 18 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Earnestine: 80 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Lizzie: 54 babies, 11× the national rate
Ora: 65 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Pearlie: 60 babies, 10.9× the national rate

Boys

Percy: 78 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Mose: 17 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Mcarthur: 17 babies, 12× the national rate
Tommie: 113 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Will: 36 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Sammie: 71 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Ollie: 33 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Johnie: 30 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Roosevelt: 78 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Jessie: 152 babies, 9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	1,621	–	1
2	Linda	803	↑3	2
3	Betty	691	↓1	14
4	Barbara	653	–	4
5	Dorothy	642	↓2	23
6	Annie	505	–	97
7	Shirley	486	–	18
8	Patricia	471	–	3
9	Carolyn	383	–	12
10	Sandra	372	↑3	6
11	Martha	368	↓1	32
12	Brenda	309	↑6	24
13	Gloria	307	↓2	26
14	Margaret	265	↑2	17
15	Judy	258	↑12	11
16	Willie	244	↓4	>100
17	Joyce	240	↑6	20
18	Helen	239	↑1	36
19	Nancy	235	↑7	7
20	Elizabeth	232	–	25
21	Doris	228	–	51
22	Peggy	222	↑2	43
23	Ruby	217	↓9	>100
24	Rosie	215	↓9	>100
25	Alice	213	–	44
26	Sarah	198	↓4	92
27	Bobbie	186	↓10	>100
28	Carol	173	↑3	5
29	Emma	167	↑1	>100
30	Janice	162	↑13	22
31	Patsy	155	↑4	85
32	Mattie	154	↑6	>100
33	Virginia	153	–	31
34	Minnie	149	↑3	>100
35	Edna	144	↑1	>100
36	Ethel	139	↓4	>100
37	Lillie	139	↓8	>100
38	Evelyn	134	↑10	65
39	Frances	134	↓11	39
40	Ruth	133	–	38
41	Jo	132	new	53
42	Mildred	132	–	>100
43	Susan	132	new	8
44	Catherine	131	↓3	48
45	Jessie	129	↓11	>100
46	Glenda	128	new	99
47	Rebecca	126	new	68
48	Bessie	119	↓4	>100
49	Clara	119	new	>100
50	Beverly	114	new	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	James	2,138	–	1
2	Robert	1,278	–	2
3	John	1,171	↑1	3
4	Willie	1,043	↓1	40
5	William	1,004	–	4
6	Charles	954	–	9
7	George	472	–	16
8	Larry	434	↑6	11
9	Thomas	433	↓1	8
10	David	423	↑2	6
11	Jerry	422	↓2	20
12	Billy	404	↑4	45
13	Richard	375	↑4	5
14	Joe	362	↑1	37
15	Johnny	360	↓4	47
16	Jimmy	359	↓3	42
17	Henry	337	↓7	41
18	Bobby	318	–	53
19	Walter	285	↑1	30
20	Eddie	277	↓1	85
21	Edward	261	↑1	19
22	Donald	257	↑4	13
23	Jimmie	233	–	>100
24	Joseph	229	↓3	14
25	Michael	222	↑7	7
26	Frank	217	↓2	22
27	Tommy	204	↑7	77
28	Kenneth	196	↓1	15
29	Paul	182	–	18
30	Johnnie	175	↑1	>100
31	Roy	168	↓6	43
32	Albert	161	↓2	52
33	Danny	160	new	46
34	Ronald	159	↑3	10
35	Charlie	158	↓2	>100
36	Gary	156	↑13	12
37	Curtis	152	↑4	99
38	Jessie	152	↓3	>100
39	Lee	149	↓11	91
40	Arthur	139	↓4	36
41	Harold	139	↑1	33
42	Leroy	138	↑3	90
43	Fred	135	↑5	51
44	Eugene	129	↓6	57
45	Clarence	122	↓2	89
46	Melvin	120	new	86
47	Tommie	113	↓1	>100
48	Earl	109	new	82
49	Samuel	108	↓9	70
50	Louis	107	↓11	63

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