Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1957

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1957 were Mary for girls (1,163 babies) and James for boys (1,619). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 54,273 babies born in Mississippi in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1957

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

Girls

Myrtis: 23 babies, 35.4× the national rate
Deloise: 15 babies, 25× the national rate
Earnestine: 59 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Pearlie: 33 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Sammie: 15 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Willie: 139 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Bettye: 26 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Ollie: 29 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Rosie: 169 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Joe: 29 babies, 13.2× the national rate

Boys

Sammie: 68 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Otha: 15 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Jame: 15 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Isiah: 17 babies, 13× the national rate
Tommie: 77 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Roosevelt: 89 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Percy: 53 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Earnest: 85 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Willie: 801 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Jessie: 133 babies, 9.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	1,163	–	1
2	Linda	809	–	3
3	Patricia	602	–	8
4	Brenda	592	↑1	13
5	Deborah	511	↓1	6
6	Barbara	479	↑1	9
7	Shirley	470	↑1	46
8	Debra	439	↓2	4
9	Cynthia	415	↑5	7
10	Carolyn	361	↑2	33
11	Dorothy	358	↓2	74
12	Betty	350	↓2	50
13	Gloria	315	↑2	66
14	Sandra	295	↓3	15
15	Pamela	272	↑2	12
16	Martha	255	↑3	63
17	Sharon	255	↓1	14
18	Susan	254	↑5	2
19	Kathy	252	↑8	20
20	Donna	251	↓2	10
21	Janice	249	↓1	32
22	Joyce	246	↓1	40
23	Annie	238	↓10	>100
24	Elizabeth	221	↑1	22
25	Wanda	202	↓3	59
26	Karen	197	↑4	5
27	Beverly	191	↑1	48
28	Diane	190	↑3	17
29	Margaret	186	↑3	29
30	Judy	185	↓4	38
31	Rose	179	↑14	69
32	Teresa	171	↑8	24
33	Doris	169	↑3	>100
34	Rosie	169	↑1	>100
35	Rebecca	156	↓2	34
36	Sherry	156	↑10	55
37	Ruby	155	↑1	>100
38	Marilyn	153	↓9	82
39	Carol	144	new	18
40	Nancy	144	↓16	11
41	Debbie	143	new	27
42	Janet	141	↓8	23
43	Virginia	141	new	75
44	Willie	139	↓3	>100
45	Bobbie	137	↓6	>100
46	Rhonda	137	new	52
47	Gwendolyn	135	↑2	>100
48	Cathy	133	↓5	39
49	Alice	132	↓7	>100
50	Sarah	131	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	James	1,619	–	2
2	Robert	1,089	–	4
3	John	844	–	5
4	Willie	801	↑1	63
5	Charles	780	↓1	11
6	Larry	749	↑1	22
7	Michael	742	↑2	1
8	William	741	↓2	6
9	David	713	↓1	3
10	Jerry	423	↑1	35
11	Thomas	417	↓1	9
12	Richard	414	–	8
13	Johnny	345	↑3	61
14	Kenneth	336	↓1	14
15	Billy	312	↑3	64
16	Bobby	302	↓1	78
17	Donald	300	↓3	15
18	George	289	↓1	29
19	Jimmy	287	↑2	77
20	Terry	275	↑3	33
21	Eddie	273	↓2	95
22	Henry	262	↑3	75
23	Joseph	258	↓3	12
24	Mark	235	↑10	7
25	Joe	233	↑1	57
26	Gary	225	↑1	13
27	Edward	223	↓3	25
28	Ronald	223	↓6	17
29	Ricky	210	↑8	40
30	Danny	201	↓1	45
31	Paul	197	↑1	18
32	Walter	189	↓4	58
33	Gregory	184	↑9	23
34	Roy	179	↓1	65
35	Steven	179	↑1	10
36	Randy	178	↓6	31
37	Anthony	175	↑6	27
38	Dennis	171	↑2	28
39	Melvin	168	–	>100
40	Carl	165	↓9	49
41	Ronnie	160	↓3	73
42	Curtis	149	↑4	80
43	Tommy	149	↓8	>100
44	Timothy	147	↑3	19
45	Calvin	144	new	>100
46	Frank	142	↓5	38
47	Lee	142	new	>100
48	Jimmie	136	↑1	>100
49	Albert	135	↓5	84
50	Jessie	133	–	>100

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