Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1952

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1952 were Mary for girls (1,531 babies) and James for boys (1,838). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 57,014 babies born in Mississippi in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1952

Names given at least 15 times in Mississippi that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Kattie: 22 babies, 25.8× the national rate
Earlean: 18 babies, 21.1× the national rate
Pearlie: 66 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Myrtis: 16 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Earnestine: 88 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Glory: 15 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Rosie: 213 babies, 14× the national rate
Ora: 59 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Ruthie: 78 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Dorthy: 37 babies, 13× the national rate

Boys

Jame: 16 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Sammie: 70 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Will: 41 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Percy: 84 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Wardell: 15 babies, 12× the national rate
Roosevelt: 101 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Tommie: 99 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Booker: 23 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Houston: 16 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Bobbie: 22 babies, 9.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Mary	1,531	–	2
2	Linda	1,000	–	1
3	Patricia	649	–	3
4	Barbara	582	↑1	6
5	Betty	573	↓1	32
6	Dorothy	561	–	46
7	Deborah	530	↑2	4
8	Brenda	522	–	15
9	Shirley	514	↓2	28
10	Annie	422	–	>100
11	Sandra	360	↑2	10
12	Carolyn	349	↑2	24
13	Gloria	336	↓2	36
14	Martha	291	↓2	40
15	Judy	266	–	26
16	Elizabeth	262	↑7	22
17	Joyce	244	↓1	27
18	Margaret	236	–	21
19	Nancy	236	↓2	7
20	Janice	222	–	23
21	Rosie	213	↑3	>100
22	Peggy	210	↑5	43
23	Cynthia	203	↑15	18
24	Doris	203	↑9	83
25	Donna	197	–	13
26	Debra	195	new	9
27	Willie	194	↓8	>100
28	Alice	193	↑9	69
29	Helen	189	↓7	63
30	Susan	188	↓1	5
31	Bobbie	185	↓10	>100
32	Ruby	182	↓6	>100
33	Kathy	180	↑10	29
34	Beverly	179	↓2	35
35	Pamela	178	–	17
36	Sarah	178	↓5	93
37	Wanda	178	↓7	54
38	Rebecca	176	↓2	30
39	Sharon	176	–	14
40	Emma	175	↓12	>100
41	Diane	158	↑8	16
42	Lillie	150	↑5	>100
43	Jo	144	↑3	55
44	Carol	143	–	12
45	Virginia	143	↓11	49
46	Rose	141	↓5	62
47	Mattie	136	new	>100
48	Ethel	129	new	>100
49	Janet	129	new	19
50	Catherine	128	↓8	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	James	1,838	–	1
2	Robert	1,204	–	2
3	Charles	1,029	↑2	9
4	John	1,012	↓1	3
5	Willie	961	↓1	48
6	William	846	–	6
7	Larry	828	–	14
8	David	689	–	5
9	Michael	480	↑2	4
10	Jerry	465	↓1	26
11	Thomas	437	↑2	8
12	Richard	419	↑2	7
13	George	410	↓3	22
14	Johnny	387	↓2	53
15	Eddie	332	↑2	93
16	Henry	329	–	50
17	Joe	302	↑2	62
18	Billy	286	↓3	65
19	Donald	285	↑2	13
20	Jimmy	285	↓2	72
21	Edward	278	↓1	23
22	Joseph	276	↑1	12
23	Kenneth	275	↓1	16
24	Bobby	269	–	77
25	Walter	244	↑1	44
26	Ronald	232	↓1	15
27	Danny	220	↑5	40
28	Gary	199	↓1	10
29	Terry	199	↑14	29
30	Jimmie	194	↓1	>100
31	Paul	185	↑5	19
32	Lee	184	↑7	92
33	Roy	179	↓5	55
34	Tommy	178	↓1	97
35	Curtis	171	–	86
36	Albert	165	↓5	66
37	Frank	163	↓7	32
38	Johnnie	163	↓4	>100
39	Arthur	160	↓2	47
40	Charlie	157	–	>100
41	Samuel	153	new	67
42	Carl	149	↑3	45
43	Dennis	146	↓2	18
44	Jessie	142	↓6	>100
45	Ronnie	134	new	82
46	Roger	129	↑2	30
47	Melvin	128	new	91
48	Clarence	126	↓6	>100
49	Eugene	123	new	71
50	Harold	123	↓1	51

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