Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1950

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1950 were Mary for girls (1,636 babies) and James for boys (1,978). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 57,433 babies born in Mississippi in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1950

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: 27 babies, 26.3× the national rate
Kattie: 18 babies, 23.2× the national rate
Pearlie: 61 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Ora: 60 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Dorthy: 47 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Rosie: 210 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Ruthie: 71 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Earnestine: 75 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Pearline: 15 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Charlie: 18 babies, 10.7× the national rate

Boys

Otha: 37 babies, 21.3× the national rate
Percy: 87 babies, 13× the national rate
Sammie: 83 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Booker: 30 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Tommie: 117 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Williams: 16 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Roosevelt: 107 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Johnie: 26 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Jessie: 166 babies, 10× the national rate
Will: 36 babies, 9.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Mary	1,636	–	2
2	Linda	1,078	–	1
3	Barbara	628	↑2	4
4	Patricia	613	↑3	3
5	Betty	579	↓2	26
6	Dorothy	570	↓2	35
7	Shirley	567	↓1	19
8	Brenda	532	↑1	14
9	Annie	472	↓1	>100
10	Sandra	403	–	8
11	Gloria	397	↑1	30
12	Martha	356	↑1	32
13	Carolyn	352	↓2	20
14	Judy	284	–	25
15	Margaret	267	–	15
16	Joyce	266	↑4	27
17	Deborah	260	new	7
18	Elizabeth	237	↑4	24
19	Willie	231	↓1	>100
20	Bobbie	229	↑3	>100
21	Nancy	227	↓2	6
22	Doris	214	↑2	74
23	Rosie	210	↓7	>100
24	Emma	209	↑6	>100
25	Ruby	205	↓4	>100
26	Peggy	200	↓9	41
27	Susan	196	↑2	5
28	Sarah	191	↓3	88
29	Janice	188	↓2	22
30	Helen	186	↓2	50
31	Wanda	185	↑2	52
32	Alice	183	↓6	57
33	Lillie	183	↓2	>100
34	Rebecca	177	new	36
35	Beverly	173	↑1	31
36	Donna	165	↓1	13
37	Carol	159	↑3	9
38	Virginia	159	↓4	43
39	Ethel	150	↓7	>100
40	Glenda	148	↑2	87
41	Sharon	137	new	11
42	Jo	134	↑8	64
43	Cynthia	130	new	23
44	Evelyn	130	↑2	86
45	Catherine	128	↑3	34
46	Diane	123	↓5	16
47	Rose	123	new	69
48	Frances	120	↓11	51
49	Bertha	116	↓2	>100
50	Ella	115	↓6	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	James	1,978	–	1
2	Robert	1,392	–	2
3	Willie	1,143	–	42
4	John	1,090	–	3
5	Charles	1,012	–	9
6	William	969	–	6
7	Larry	813	–	11
8	David	605	–	5
9	George	476	↑2	20
10	Jerry	474	↓1	24
11	Thomas	453	↓1	8
12	Michael	407	↑4	4
13	Johnny	390	↓1	50
14	Billy	374	↑4	57
15	Eddie	358	↓2	89
16	Jimmy	356	↑1	55
17	Richard	343	↓2	7
18	Henry	330	↓4	47
19	Joe	310	–	54
20	Bobby	304	–	65
21	Kenneth	271	↑4	15
22	Donald	265	–	14
23	Walter	262	↓2	40
24	Edward	242	↓1	22
25	Joseph	240	↓1	13
26	Ronald	238	–	12
27	Tommy	205	–	94
28	Roy	198	↑1	51
29	Frank	196	↓1	29
30	Jimmie	189	–	>100
31	Danny	181	↑4	39
32	Albert	180	↓1	56
33	Gary	174	↓1	10
34	Paul	174	–	18
35	Lee	173	↑1	91
36	Jessie	166	↑6	>100
37	Johnnie	166	↓4	>100
38	Melvin	160	↑11	87
39	Charlie	159	↓2	>100
40	Arthur	158	↑3	46
41	Curtis	155	↓1	97
42	Terry	149	↓4	30
43	Samuel	147	↓4	62
44	Roger	133	↓3	27
45	Carl	129	new	44
46	Leroy	127	↑1	>100
47	Clarence	125	↓3	95
48	Dennis	124	new	17
49	Eugene	124	new	58
50	Tommie	117	new	>100

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