Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1947

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1947 were Mary for girls (1,741 babies) and James for boys (2,277). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 58,162 babies born in Mississippi in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1947

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: 25 babies, 27.8× the national rate
Lovie: 16 babies, 15× the national rate
Lue: 22 babies, 14× the national rate
Myrtis: 15 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Ora: 66 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Earnestine: 85 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Ruthie: 73 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Rosie: 212 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Pearlie: 52 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Maggie: 91 babies, 10.5× the national rate

Boys

Cleotha: 15 babies, 44.8× the national rate
Arther: 25 babies, 24.9× the national rate
Mcarthur: 15 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Otha: 26 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Unknown: 22 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Sammie: 99 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Roosevelt: 103 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Percy: 69 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Tommie: 105 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Jessie: 158 babies, 9.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Mary	1,741	–	2
2	Linda	1,233	–	1
3	Betty	731	–	17
4	Dorothy	730	↑1	26
5	Barbara	727	↓1	4
6	Patricia	578	↑2	3
7	Shirley	493	–	19
8	Annie	484	↓2	>100
9	Carolyn	428	–	15
10	Sandra	414	–	5
11	Martha	395	–	32
12	Brenda	351	–	21
13	Gloria	302	–	27
14	Margaret	292	–	16
15	Elizabeth	275	↑5	25
16	Judy	275	↓1	14
17	Helen	270	↑1	38
18	Ruby	264	↑5	>100
19	Willie	247	↓3	>100
20	Nancy	245	↓1	7
21	Peggy	239	↑1	42
22	Joyce	233	↓5	20
23	Bobbie	218	↑4	>100
24	Doris	216	↓3	58
25	Rosie	212	↓1	>100
26	Sarah	210	–	93
27	Alice	206	↓2	47
28	Janice	187	↑2	22
29	Frances	182	↑10	39
30	Lillie	180	↑7	>100
31	Patsy	178	–	87
32	Carol	174	↓4	6
33	Ethel	169	↑3	>100
34	Jo	165	↑7	51
35	Emma	162	↓6	>100
36	Virginia	161	↓3	34
37	Mattie	159	↓5	>100
38	Minnie	152	↓4	>100
39	Mildred	149	↑3	>100
40	Charlotte	139	new	68
41	Evelyn	139	↓3	72
42	Catherine	136	↑2	46
43	Wanda	134	new	66
44	Donna	133	new	10
45	Edna	132	↓10	>100
46	Rebecca	131	↑1	52
47	Glenda	130	↓1	96
48	Ruth	129	↓8	44
49	Susan	128	↓6	8
50	Judith	125	new	12

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	James	2,277	–	1
2	Robert	1,322	–	2
3	John	1,219	–	3
4	Willie	1,091	–	42
5	William	1,055	–	4
6	Charles	1,024	–	9
7	Larry	586	↑1	10
8	David	530	↑2	6
9	Jerry	500	↑2	20
10	Thomas	498	↓1	8
11	George	489	↓4	16
12	Jimmy	430	↑4	44
13	Billy	420	↓1	51
14	Richard	397	↓1	5
15	Johnny	372	–	49
16	Joe	355	↓2	43
17	Henry	354	–	46
18	Bobby	328	–	60
19	Eddie	325	↑1	80
20	Donald	284	↑2	13
21	Walter	278	↓2	34
22	Edward	258	↓1	19
23	Joseph	246	↑1	14
24	Michael	242	↑1	7
25	Ronald	236	↑9	11
26	Frank	227	–	23
27	Kenneth	225	↑1	15
28	Roy	214	↑3	48
29	Danny	205	↑4	39
30	Jimmie	205	↓7	>100
31	Tommy	205	↓4	79
32	Paul	203	↓3	18
33	Albert	181	↓1	55
34	Charlie	171	↑1	>100
35	Lee	167	↑4	92
36	Johnnie	163	↓6	>100
37	Jessie	158	↑1	>100
38	Arthur	149	↑2	38
39	Samuel	149	↑10	72
40	Gary	146	↓4	12
41	Harold	137	–	35
42	Leroy	132	–	98
43	Eugene	129	↑1	59
44	Clarence	126	↑1	88
45	Melvin	125	↑1	85
46	Fred	124	↓3	56
47	Curtis	120	↓10	99
48	Louis	120	↑2	64
49	Terry	117	new	26
50	Earl	112	↓2	83

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