Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1959

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1959 were Mary for girls (1,009 babies) and James for boys (1,471). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 53,656 babies born in Mississippi in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1959

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

Girls

Earnestine: 38 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Willie: 112 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Pearlie: 24 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Dorthy: 22 babies, 13× the national rate
Essie: 25 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Bettye: 20 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Joe: 24 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Lula: 35 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Mattie: 59 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Annie: 219 babies, 10.7× the national rate

Boys

Napoleon: 17 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Sammie: 45 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Roosevelt: 73 babies, 12× the national rate
Tommie: 62 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Percy: 34 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Earnest: 69 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Sylvester: 63 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Willie: 601 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Odell: 15 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Jessie: 105 babies, 8.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	1,009	–	1
2	Linda	806	–	3
3	Patricia	551	–	6
4	Brenda	538	–	16
5	Cynthia	434	↑4	8
6	Debra	421	–	7
7	Barbara	411	↓2	11
8	Deborah	402	–	9
9	Shirley	400	↓2	61
10	Sandra	397	–	13
11	Donna	386	↑4	5
12	Carolyn	308	↑2	42
13	Betty	290	↓1	59
14	Dorothy	288	↓3	94
15	Kathy	277	↑2	15
16	Pamela	274	↓3	12
17	Gloria	270	↓1	81
18	Sharon	258	↑4	17
19	Lisa	255	↑7	10
20	Susan	247	↓2	2
21	Karen	246	↑2	4
22	Annie	219	↓3	>100
23	Teresa	218	↑11	24
24	Janice	217	↓4	37
25	Debbie	208	↑2	20
26	Martha	208	↓5	72
27	Elizabeth	201	↓2	21
28	Wanda	192	–	65
29	Tammy	188	new	31
30	Nancy	184	↑3	14
31	Joyce	182	↓7	50
32	Beverly	181	↓2	55
33	Diane	180	↓2	19
34	Margaret	172	↑5	36
35	Judy	163	↓6	41
36	Sherry	163	↑11	58
37	Janet	162	–	28
38	Sheila	154	↑7	52
39	Doris	151	↑5	>100
40	Cindy	148	↑10	25
41	Angela	138	new	68
42	Cheryl	136	↓6	18
43	Rebecca	135	–	38
44	Annette	134	↑4	64
45	Gwendolyn	134	new	>100
46	Alice	133	new	>100
47	Carol	124	new	22
48	Rose	121	new	88
49	Ruby	120	↓9	>100
50	Cathy	116	↓18	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	James	1,471	–	3
2	Robert	944	–	5
3	John	833	–	4
4	David	812	–	2
5	Michael	735	↑2	1
6	Charles	721	–	11
7	William	677	↓2	7
8	Larry	603	–	25
9	Willie	601	–	78
10	Jerry	407	–	36
11	Kenneth	393	↑1	15
12	Richard	385	↓1	8
13	Thomas	371	–	9
14	Billy	335	↑3	65
15	Ricky	321	↑7	34
16	Johnny	316	–	64
17	George	302	↑1	32
18	Terry	301	↓3	33
19	Mark	298	↑6	6
20	Donald	276	↓1	19
21	Bobby	273	↓7	71
22	Eddie	273	↑1	>100
23	Timothy	273	↑8	12
24	Jimmy	268	↓4	69
25	Henry	220	↑11	83
26	Edward	218	↑2	27
27	Dennis	215	↑11	29
28	Ronald	215	↓2	21
29	Joseph	212	↓8	13
30	Gary	203	↓6	20
31	Gregory	202	↓2	23
32	Paul	202	↓5	17
33	Joe	201	↓3	57
34	Curtis	200	↑5	75
35	Ronnie	194	↓1	77
36	Randy	192	↓3	31
37	Anthony	180	–	26
38	Danny	180	↓6	48
39	Melvin	173	↑7	>100
40	Walter	166	–	66
41	Tommy	162	↓6	>100
42	Steven	157	↑5	10
43	Carl	151	↓1	54
44	Tony	151	–	53
45	Rickey	150	–	>100
46	Calvin	147	↓3	>100
47	Lee	141	new	>100
48	Roy	134	new	81
49	Frank	131	↓8	42
50	Stephen	131	new	28

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