Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1958

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1958 were Mary for girls (1,005 babies) and James for boys (1,492). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,338 babies born in Mississippi in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1958

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

Girls

Deloise: 19 babies, 26× the national rate
Earnestine: 45 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Joe: 33 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Bettye: 22 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Ollie: 24 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Willie: 115 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Bobby: 16 babies, 13× the national rate
Rosie: 141 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Eddie: 21 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Queen: 16 babies, 11.7× the national rate

Boys

Otha: 15 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Sammie: 59 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Tommie: 89 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Percy: 49 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Roosevelt: 66 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Jessie: 122 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Willie: 653 babies, 9× the national rate
Bobbie: 17 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Jimmie: 128 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Johnnie: 121 babies, 7.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	1,005	–	1
2	Linda	744	–	3
3	Patricia	565	–	5
4	Brenda	543	–	16
5	Barbara	433	↑1	9
6	Debra	429	↑2	6
7	Shirley	425	–	52
8	Deborah	420	↓3	7
9	Cynthia	375	–	8
10	Sandra	344	↑4	15
11	Dorothy	335	–	86
12	Betty	318	–	54
13	Pamela	308	↑2	11
14	Carolyn	283	↓4	37
15	Donna	266	↑5	10
16	Gloria	261	↓3	77
17	Kathy	253	↑2	14
18	Susan	252	–	2
19	Annie	241	↑4	>100
20	Janice	241	↑1	35
21	Martha	233	↓5	69
22	Sharon	221	↓5	17
23	Karen	209	↑3	4
24	Joyce	206	↓2	46
25	Elizabeth	196	↓1	22
26	Lisa	195	new	19
27	Debbie	183	↑14	24
28	Wanda	178	↓3	66
29	Judy	175	↑1	36
30	Beverly	174	↓3	55
31	Diane	170	↓3	18
32	Cathy	166	↑16	34
33	Nancy	162	↑7	12
34	Teresa	158	↓2	26
35	Marilyn	157	↑3	96
36	Cheryl	156	new	13
37	Janet	153	↑5	28
38	Bobbie	152	↑7	>100
39	Margaret	152	↓10	31
40	Ruby	150	↓3	>100
41	Helen	149	new	100
42	Peggy	144	new	42
43	Rebecca	144	↓8	41
44	Doris	143	↓11	>100
45	Sheila	142	new	59
46	Rosie	141	↓12	>100
47	Sherry	141	↓11	67
48	Annette	133	new	76
49	Vickie	127	new	75
50	Cindy	124	new	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	James	1,492	–	3
2	Robert	965	–	4
3	John	823	–	5
4	David	737	↑5	2
5	William	732	↑3	6
6	Charles	718	↓1	11
7	Michael	675	–	1
8	Larry	653	↓2	22
9	Willie	653	↓5	70
10	Jerry	422	–	35
11	Richard	396	↑1	8
12	Kenneth	380	↑2	14
13	Thomas	334	↓2	9
14	Bobby	329	↑2	69
15	Terry	319	↑5	33
16	Johnny	317	↓3	61
17	Billy	303	↓2	64
18	George	282	–	31
19	Donald	278	↓2	18
20	Jimmy	270	↓1	73
21	Joseph	240	↑2	12
22	Ricky	238	↑7	34
23	Eddie	231	↓2	100
24	Gary	224	↑2	17
25	Mark	224	↓1	7
26	Ronald	223	↑2	19
27	Paul	203	↑4	15
28	Edward	197	↓1	28
29	Gregory	196	↑4	23
30	Joe	195	↓5	56
31	Timothy	194	↑13	13
32	Danny	181	↓2	45
33	Randy	180	↑3	32
34	Ronnie	179	↑7	66
35	Tommy	179	↑8	>100
36	Henry	178	↓14	83
37	Anthony	177	–	27
38	Dennis	171	–	29
39	Curtis	168	↑3	82
40	Walter	158	↓8	63
41	Frank	149	↑5	38
42	Carl	147	↓2	51
43	Calvin	139	↑2	>100
44	Tony	138	new	57
45	Rickey	136	new	>100
46	Melvin	135	↓7	>100
47	Steven	135	↓12	10
48	Jimmie	128	–	>100
49	Samuel	127	new	85
50	Albert	125	↓1	89

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