Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1953

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1953 were Mary for girls (1,500 babies) and James for boys (1,844). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 56,742 babies born in Mississippi in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1953

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: 18 babies, 28.9× the national rate
Rutha: 15 babies, 18.8× the national rate
Ouida: 15 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Earnestine: 72 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Pearlie: 42 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Bettye: 70 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Essie: 55 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Rosie: 200 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Deloise: 16 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Bobby: 25 babies, 12.4× the national rate

Boys

Otha: 26 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Sammie: 72 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Cleo: 21 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Tommie: 103 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Percy: 71 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Jessie: 160 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Will: 31 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Ivory: 17 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Willie: 981 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Roosevelt: 79 babies, 9.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Mary	1,500	–	1
2	Linda	916	–	2
3	Deborah	600	↑4	3
4	Patricia	593	↓1	4
5	Barbara	582	↓1	6
6	Dorothy	565	–	49
7	Shirley	565	↑2	29
8	Betty	534	↓3	33
9	Brenda	465	↓1	18
10	Carolyn	349	↑2	25
11	Annie	340	↓1	>100
12	Gloria	340	↑1	38
13	Martha	335	↑1	41
14	Sandra	324	↓3	11
15	Debra	297	↑11	7
16	Judy	272	↓1	27
17	Elizabeth	270	↓1	21
18	Joyce	267	↓1	26
19	Pamela	250	↑16	10
20	Janice	243	–	22
21	Donna	232	↑4	13
22	Margaret	225	↓4	20
23	Nancy	220	↓4	8
24	Cynthia	219	↓1	12
25	Doris	216	↓1	87
26	Ruby	212	↑6	>100
27	Susan	212	↑3	5
28	Kathy	205	↑5	23
29	Rosie	200	↓8	>100
30	Bobbie	194	↑1	>100
31	Beverly	191	↑3	34
32	Wanda	188	↑5	57
33	Sharon	185	↑6	15
34	Peggy	184	↓12	44
35	Rebecca	183	↑3	24
36	Willie	183	↓9	>100
37	Marilyn	177	new	36
38	Sarah	171	↓2	93
39	Alice	166	↓11	73
40	Virginia	166	↑5	53
41	Diane	161	–	17
42	Helen	160	↓13	65
43	Karen	153	new	9
44	Rose	149	↑2	59
45	Jo	142	↓2	54
46	Janet	131	↑3	19
47	Catherine	130	↑3	35
48	Emma	128	↓8	>100
49	Lillie	127	↓7	>100
50	Carol	125	↓6	16

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	James	1,844	–	2
2	Robert	1,202	–	1
3	John	1,049	↑1	4
4	Willie	981	↑1	49
5	Charles	971	↓2	9
6	William	887	–	6
7	Larry	785	–	18
8	David	669	–	5
9	Michael	594	–	3
10	Thomas	444	↑1	8
11	Jerry	436	↓1	29
12	George	418	↑1	22
13	Richard	412	↓1	7
14	Johnny	363	–	52
15	Henry	354	↑1	54
16	Billy	327	↑2	65
17	Donald	300	↑2	14
18	Eddie	300	↓3	97
19	Joe	287	↓2	66
20	Walter	280	↑5	45
21	Joseph	271	↑1	13
22	Bobby	270	↑2	74
23	Jimmy	269	↓3	72
24	Kenneth	263	↓1	17
25	Edward	260	↓4	23
26	Gary	235	↑2	10
27	Ronald	231	↓1	15
28	Danny	220	↓1	41
29	Tommy	205	↑5	95
30	Paul	198	↑1	16
31	Terry	195	↓2	30
32	Frank	178	↑5	33
33	Melvin	173	↑14	91
34	Dennis	171	↑9	19
35	Lee	170	↓3	93
36	Johnnie	169	↑2	>100
37	Roy	167	↓4	55
38	Carl	161	↑4	44
39	Jessie	160	↑5	>100
40	Jimmie	157	↓10	>100
41	Roger	156	↑5	31
42	Albert	152	↓6	69
43	Charlie	148	↓3	>100
44	Curtis	136	↓9	86
45	Samuel	136	↓4	70
46	Ronnie	134	↓1	79
47	Stephen	131	new	21
48	Steven	131	new	11
49	Arthur	128	↓10	50
50	Daniel	121	new	20

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