Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1960

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1960 were Mary for girls (937 babies) and James for boys (1,376). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,224 babies born in Mississippi in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1960

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

Girls

Lue: 15 babies, 25.5× the national rate
Eddie: 26 babies, 20.1× the national rate
Bettye: 20 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Ollie: 28 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Earnestine: 41 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Pearlie: 21 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Elnora: 17 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Dorthy: 18 babies, 12× the national rate
Mattie: 62 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Joe: 19 babies, 11.7× the national rate

Boys

Otha: 16 babies, 24× the national rate
Percy: 55 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Sammie: 50 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Tommie: 58 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Sylvester: 58 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Willie: 595 babies, 9× the national rate
Jessie: 99 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Earnest: 61 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Roosevelt: 49 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Johnnie: 98 babies, 6.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	937	–	1
2	Linda	775	–	3
3	Brenda	555	↑1	13
4	Patricia	543	↓1	7
5	Sandra	467	↑5	11
6	Barbara	409	↑1	12
7	Cynthia	397	↓2	9
8	Donna	394	↑3	5
9	Shirley	372	–	70
10	Debra	357	↓4	8
11	Lisa	338	↑8	6
12	Deborah	313	↓4	10
13	Betty	302	–	68
14	Pamela	267	↑2	14
15	Gloria	266	↑2	79
16	Dorothy	263	↓2	95
17	Sharon	262	↑1	16
18	Carolyn	258	↓6	43
19	Teresa	253	↑4	19
20	Kathy	237	↓5	21
21	Susan	225	↓1	2
22	Karen	215	↓1	4
23	Janice	212	↑1	41
24	Elizabeth	211	↑3	18
25	Debbie	210	–	24
26	Martha	207	–	83
27	Annie	206	↓5	>100
28	Wanda	203	–	66
29	Joyce	197	↑2	58
30	Janet	178	↑7	32
31	Tammy	171	↓2	31
32	Nancy	166	↓2	15
33	Angela	163	↑8	50
34	Beverly	162	↓2	60
35	Sherry	158	↑1	54
36	Doris	147	↑3	>100
37	Sheila	146	↑1	56
38	Margaret	144	↓4	36
39	Shelia	138	new	>100
40	Cheryl	132	↑2	17
41	Diane	130	↓8	22
42	Cindy	129	↓2	30
43	Paula	129	new	55
44	Judy	126	↓9	48
45	Rebecca	126	↓2	38
46	Annette	125	↓2	62
47	Evelyn	121	new	>100
48	Marilyn	119	new	>100
49	Rhonda	118	new	44
50	Carol	117	↓3	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	James	1,376	–	3
2	Robert	881	–	5
3	David	791	↑1	1
4	John	762	↓1	4
5	Michael	719	–	2
6	Charles	653	–	13
7	William	640	–	7
8	Willie	595	↑1	81
9	Larry	483	↓1	28
10	Kenneth	424	↑1	16
11	Jerry	388	↓1	37
12	Richard	374	–	8
13	Terry	351	↑5	34
14	Thomas	347	↓1	9
15	Mark	311	↑4	6
16	Bobby	284	↑5	73
17	Donald	282	↑3	19
18	Johnny	280	↓2	65
19	Timothy	274	↑4	11
20	Ricky	267	↓5	38
21	George	250	↓4	33
22	Billy	249	↓8	67
23	Jimmy	241	↑1	69
24	Joseph	228	↑5	12
25	Anthony	223	↑12	25
26	Eddie	217	↓4	>100
27	Henry	217	↓2	84
28	Gregory	216	↑3	24
29	Carl	206	↑14	53
30	Dennis	199	↓3	31
31	Joe	199	↑2	57
32	Steven	198	↑10	10
33	Gary	191	↓3	22
34	Danny	189	↑4	48
35	Paul	187	↓3	18
36	Curtis	178	↓2	79
37	Melvin	178	↑2	>100
38	Randy	178	↓2	32
39	Edward	177	↓13	26
40	Ronald	174	↓12	21
41	Ronnie	174	↓6	87
42	Tommy	173	↓1	>100
43	Tony	169	↑1	52
44	Walter	156	↓4	70
45	Micheal	134	new	>100
46	Jeffery	132	new	55
47	Calvin	131	↓1	>100
48	Frank	130	↑1	40
49	Douglas	124	new	30
50	Stephen	120	–	27

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