Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1948

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1948 were Mary for girls (1,714 babies) and James for boys (2,138). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 56,973 babies born in Mississippi in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1948

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: 23 babies, 23.6× the national rate
Kattie: 18 babies, 21.4× the national rate
Lue: 17 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Rosie: 222 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Earnestine: 92 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Bobby: 25 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Eddie: 46 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Maggie: 85 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Ora: 56 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Dorthy: 46 babies, 10× the national rate

Boys

Jame: 15 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Otha: 23 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Mose: 16 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Percy: 73 babies, 11× the national rate
Sammie: 82 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Ivory: 21 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Tommie: 106 babies, 10× the national rate
Roosevelt: 92 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Rogers: 22 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Booker: 22 babies, 9.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Mary	1,714	–	2
2	Linda	1,095	–	1
3	Barbara	724	↑2	3
4	Dorothy	712	–	29
5	Betty	699	↓2	18
6	Patricia	523	–	4
7	Shirley	519	–	20
8	Annie	486	–	97
9	Brenda	426	↑3	17
10	Carolyn	398	↓1	14
11	Martha	377	–	32
12	Gloria	355	↑1	28
13	Sandra	350	↓3	6
14	Margaret	279	–	13
15	Judy	274	↑1	16
16	Willie	267	↑3	>100
17	Helen	256	–	40
18	Peggy	252	↑3	38
19	Nancy	248	↑1	7
20	Bobbie	241	↑3	>100
21	Joyce	238	↑1	21
22	Ruby	237	↓4	>100
23	Rosie	222	↑2	>100
24	Elizabeth	214	↓9	26
25	Alice	206	↑2	49
26	Janice	204	↑2	23
27	Sarah	204	↓1	85
28	Doris	197	↓4	64
29	Emma	191	↑6	>100
30	Lillie	177	–	>100
31	Ethel	167	↑2	>100
32	Glenda	166	↑15	92
33	Virginia	164	↑3	36
34	Susan	159	↑15	5
35	Patsy	158	↓4	98
36	Beverly	149	new	31
37	Frances	145	↓8	42
38	Donna	143	↑6	11
39	Bertha	142	new	>100
40	Wanda	140	↑3	57
41	Bessie	136	new	>100
42	Mattie	135	↓5	>100
43	Minnie	135	↓5	>100
44	Rebecca	134	↑2	50
45	Catherine	132	↓3	41
46	Carol	128	↓14	8
47	Mildred	128	↓8	>100
48	Evelyn	127	↓7	74
49	Clara	126	new	>100
50	Edna	124	↓5	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	James	2,138	–	1
2	Robert	1,264	–	2
3	John	1,147	–	3
4	Willie	1,090	–	40
5	Charles	966	↑1	9
6	William	941	↓1	4
7	Larry	569	–	11
8	David	542	–	5
9	Jerry	507	–	21
10	Thomas	495	–	8
11	George	482	–	16
12	Jimmy	402	–	50
13	Richard	360	↑1	7
14	Johnny	359	↑1	52
15	Joe	352	↑1	47
16	Billy	340	↓3	53
17	Eddie	323	↑2	78
18	Henry	318	↓1	45
19	Bobby	317	↓1	62
20	Michael	307	↑4	6
21	Walter	275	–	35
22	Donald	258	↓2	14
23	Edward	258	↓1	19
24	Joseph	256	↓1	13
25	Ronald	249	–	10
26	Jimmie	232	↑4	>100
27	Kenneth	204	–	15
28	Frank	203	↓2	25
29	Danny	199	–	39
30	Roy	189	↓2	49
31	Tommy	186	–	79
32	Paul	185	–	18
33	Albert	165	–	55
34	Johnnie	159	↑2	>100
35	Charlie	158	↓1	>100
36	Jessie	154	↑1	>100
37	Arthur	152	↑1	44
38	Samuel	151	↑1	70
39	Terry	151	↑10	26
40	Curtis	149	↑7	>100
41	Clarence	147	↑3	87
42	Lee	147	↓7	93
43	Gary	146	↓3	12
44	Leroy	145	↓2	97
45	Eugene	141	↓2	61
46	Howard	131	new	63
47	Louis	130	↑1	64
48	Harold	127	↓7	36
49	Carl	124	new	42
50	Roger	124	new	24

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