Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1949

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1949 were Mary for girls (1,766 babies) and James for boys (1,997). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 58,204 babies born in Mississippi in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1949

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: 29 babies, 23.6× the national rate
Kattie: 19 babies, 20.3× the national rate
Idella: 17 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Myrtis: 17 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Deloise: 17 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Charlie: 27 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Earnestine: 98 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Rosie: 268 babies, 13× the national rate
Lue: 16 babies, 13× the national rate
Ora: 68 babies, 11.7× the national rate

Boys

Otha: 29 babies, 16× the national rate
Percy: 86 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Ollie: 40 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Sammie: 89 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Tommie: 116 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Roosevelt: 111 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Isiah: 18 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Jessie: 152 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Willie: 1,130 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Will: 31 babies, 8.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Mary	1,766	–	2
2	Linda	1,123	–	1
3	Betty	652	↑2	22
4	Dorothy	646	–	32
5	Barbara	641	↓2	4
6	Shirley	586	↑1	18
7	Patricia	562	↓1	3
8	Annie	468	–	>100
9	Brenda	441	–	13
10	Sandra	402	↑3	6
11	Carolyn	386	↓1	17
12	Gloria	382	–	29
13	Martha	357	↓2	34
14	Judy	320	↑1	20
15	Margaret	290	↓1	14
16	Rosie	268	↑7	>100
17	Peggy	261	↑1	38
18	Willie	255	↓2	>100
19	Nancy	243	–	7
20	Joyce	240	↑1	26
21	Ruby	237	↑1	>100
22	Elizabeth	215	↑2	25
23	Bobbie	214	↓3	>100
24	Doris	206	↑4	69
25	Sarah	197	↑2	84
26	Alice	196	↓1	53
27	Janice	195	↓1	24
28	Helen	194	↓11	46
29	Susan	188	↑5	5
30	Emma	184	↓1	>100
31	Lillie	183	↓1	>100
32	Ethel	164	↓1	>100
33	Wanda	162	↑7	56
34	Virginia	160	↓1	39
35	Donna	159	↑3	12
36	Beverly	158	–	31
37	Frances	148	–	49
38	Patsy	144	↓3	>100
39	Mattie	143	↑3	>100
40	Carol	142	↑6	8
41	Diane	136	new	19
42	Glenda	135	↓10	87
43	Charlotte	132	new	71
44	Ella	130	new	>100
45	Mildred	130	↑2	>100
46	Evelyn	129	↑2	80
47	Bertha	128	↓8	>100
48	Catherine	128	↓3	37
49	Edna	127	↑1	>100
50	Jo	127	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	James	1,997	–	1
2	Robert	1,322	–	2
3	Willie	1,130	↑1	41
4	John	1,106	↓1	3
5	Charles	1,014	–	9
6	William	976	–	4
7	Larry	641	–	10
8	David	541	–	6
9	Jerry	470	–	23
10	Thomas	468	–	8
11	George	464	–	18
12	Johnny	383	↑2	49
13	Eddie	377	↑4	80
14	Henry	372	↑4	46
15	Richard	359	↓2	7
16	Michael	353	↑4	5
17	Jimmy	351	↓5	53
18	Billy	340	↓2	57
19	Joe	335	↓4	52
20	Bobby	312	↓1	67
21	Walter	288	–	37
22	Donald	276	–	13
23	Edward	259	–	21
24	Joseph	256	–	14
25	Kenneth	245	↑2	15
26	Ronald	225	↓1	11
27	Tommy	213	↑4	84
28	Frank	203	–	27
29	Roy	203	↑1	51
30	Jimmie	202	↓4	>100
31	Albert	198	↑2	56
32	Gary	194	↑11	12
33	Johnnie	189	↑1	>100
34	Paul	188	↓2	17
35	Danny	184	↓6	40
36	Lee	177	↑6	93
37	Charlie	169	↓2	>100
38	Terry	168	↑1	28
39	Samuel	159	↓1	62
40	Curtis	156	–	97
41	Roger	155	↑9	25
42	Jessie	152	↓6	>100
43	Arthur	147	↓6	44
44	Clarence	139	↓3	94
45	Jesse	139	new	>100
46	Harold	132	↑2	42
47	Leroy	125	↓3	>100
48	Louis	125	↓1	64
49	Melvin	124	new	82
50	Fred	123	new	72

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