Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1951

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1951 were Mary for girls (1,593 babies) and James for boys (1,986). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 57,809 babies born in Mississippi in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1951

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: 21 babies, 30.7× the national rate
Myrtis: 15 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Lue: 16 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Rosie: 214 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Earnestine: 71 babies, 12× the national rate
Ruthie: 60 babies, 12× the national rate
Willie: 234 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Bettye: 83 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Pearlie: 42 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Dorthy: 37 babies, 10.8× the national rate

Boys

Ezell: 16 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Otha: 22 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Jame: 15 babies, 14× the national rate
Emmitt: 22 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Sammie: 73 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Tommie: 107 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Percy: 74 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Odis: 17 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Jessie: 159 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Mose: 15 babies, 10.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Mary	1,593	–	2
2	Linda	1,049	–	1
3	Patricia	676	↑1	3
4	Betty	649	↑1	29
5	Barbara	621	↓2	5
6	Dorothy	593	–	42
7	Shirley	544	–	27
8	Brenda	532	–	14
9	Deborah	437	↑8	4
10	Annie	409	↓1	>100
11	Gloria	372	–	31
12	Martha	358	–	38
13	Sandra	357	↓3	9
14	Carolyn	346	↓1	22
15	Judy	321	↓1	26
16	Joyce	269	–	28
17	Nancy	269	↑4	7
18	Margaret	252	↓3	17
19	Willie	234	–	>100
20	Janice	231	↑9	21
21	Bobbie	221	↓1	>100
22	Helen	221	↑8	54
23	Elizabeth	216	↓5	23
24	Rosie	214	↓1	>100
25	Donna	213	↑11	12
26	Ruby	208	↓1	>100
27	Peggy	207	↓1	40
28	Emma	203	↓4	>100
29	Susan	198	↓2	6
30	Wanda	197	↑1	52
31	Sarah	189	↓3	91
32	Beverly	185	↑3	33
33	Doris	182	↓11	80
34	Virginia	168	↑4	47
35	Pamela	163	new	16
36	Rebecca	162	↓2	32
37	Alice	161	↓5	62
38	Cynthia	160	↑5	20
39	Sharon	153	↑2	13
40	Evelyn	151	↑4	88
41	Rose	148	↑6	65
42	Catherine	147	↑3	34
43	Kathy	147	new	35
44	Carol	140	↓7	11
45	Glenda	137	↓5	89
46	Jo	137	↓4	67
47	Lillie	136	↓14	>100
48	Frances	134	–	59
49	Diane	130	↓3	15
50	Patsy	130	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	James	1,986	–	1
2	Robert	1,302	–	2
3	John	1,088	↑1	3
4	Willie	1,037	↓1	45
5	Charles	1,033	–	9
6	William	898	–	6
7	Larry	778	–	11
8	David	625	–	5
9	Jerry	523	↑1	24
10	George	464	↓1	22
11	Michael	448	↑1	4
12	Johnny	429	↑1	50
13	Thomas	415	↓2	8
14	Richard	375	↑3	7
15	Billy	364	↓1	64
16	Henry	344	↑2	47
17	Eddie	316	↓2	89
18	Jimmy	313	↓2	62
19	Joe	299	–	57
20	Edward	296	↑4	23
21	Donald	293	↑1	15
22	Kenneth	283	↓1	16
23	Joseph	279	↑2	14
24	Bobby	273	↓4	77
25	Ronald	247	↑1	12
26	Walter	239	↓3	42
27	Gary	220	↑6	10
28	Roy	208	–	52
29	Jimmie	198	↑1	>100
30	Frank	196	↓1	31
31	Albert	193	↑1	60
32	Danny	191	↓1	41
33	Tommy	189	↓6	94
34	Johnnie	177	↑3	>100
35	Curtis	173	↑6	91
36	Paul	166	↓2	18
37	Arthur	164	↑3	44
38	Jessie	159	↓2	>100
39	Lee	157	↓4	92
40	Charlie	156	↓1	>100
41	Dennis	140	↑7	17
42	Clarence	133	↑5	98
43	Terry	133	↓1	30
44	Louis	131	new	76
45	Carl	127	–	43
46	Douglas	124	new	27
47	Leroy	124	↓1	>100
48	Roger	124	↓4	29
49	Harold	123	new	46
50	Andrew	120	new	69

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