Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1961

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1961 were Mary for girls (838 babies) and James for boys (1,413). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 51,835 babies born in Mississippi in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1961

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

Girls

Bettye: 16 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Earnestine: 32 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Rosie: 118 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Pearlie: 17 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Fannie: 33 babies, 13× the national rate
Ollie: 18 babies, 13× the national rate
Bettie: 23 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Mattie: 48 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Hattie: 36 babies, 12× the national rate
Dorthy: 19 babies, 11.6× the national rate

Boys

Sammie: 57 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Tommie: 67 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Percy: 39 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Kennedy: 26 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Ollie: 15 babies, 11× the national rate
Earnest: 72 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Roosevelt: 59 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Jessie: 123 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Davis: 17 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Willie: 556 babies, 9.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	838	–	1
2	Linda	702	–	4
3	Brenda	595	–	11
4	Patricia	493	–	6
5	Lisa	466	↑6	2
6	Sandra	423	↓1	9
7	Cynthia	384	–	8
8	Barbara	362	↓2	12
9	Deborah	325	↑3	10
10	Debra	320	–	13
11	Shirley	318	↓2	85
12	Donna	309	↓4	7
13	Gloria	292	↑2	82
14	Pamela	269	–	15
15	Sharon	269	↑2	17
16	Teresa	261	↑3	18
17	Carolyn	257	↑1	42
18	Susan	243	↑3	3
19	Betty	238	↓6	87
20	Dorothy	238	↓4	99
21	Kathy	227	↓1	25
22	Elizabeth	211	↑2	19
23	Tammy	209	↑8	28
24	Angela	203	↑9	38
25	Karen	200	↓3	5
26	Jacqueline	196	new	37
27	Janice	191	↓4	52
28	Debbie	178	↓3	31
29	Joyce	172	–	62
30	Wanda	170	↓2	70
31	Sheila	167	↑6	59
32	Sherry	164	↑3	53
33	Martha	160	↓7	81
34	Annie	149	↓7	>100
35	Beverly	146	↓1	66
36	Margaret	141	↑2	40
37	Nancy	141	↓5	16
38	Janet	140	↓8	32
39	Judy	139	↑5	58
40	Carol	138	↑10	24
41	Rhonda	138	↑8	46
42	Connie	137	new	50
43	Rebecca	135	↑2	44
44	Cheryl	134	↓4	20
45	Laura	132	new	21
46	Doris	131	↓10	>100
47	Diane	130	↓6	26
48	Robin	123	new	27
49	Cindy	119	↓7	33
50	Rosie	118	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	James	1,413	–	4
2	Robert	887	–	5
3	John	872	↑1	3
4	Michael	827	↑1	1
5	David	822	↓2	2
6	Charles	658	–	13
7	William	611	–	7
8	Willie	556	–	86
9	Larry	434	–	30
10	Jerry	377	↑1	37
11	Kenneth	365	↓1	16
12	Terry	353	↑1	32
13	Thomas	327	↑1	9
14	Mark	324	↑1	6
15	Richard	324	↓3	8
16	Bobby	287	–	76
17	Gregory	287	↑11	23
18	Johnny	282	–	70
19	Anthony	262	↑6	25
20	Donald	260	↓3	22
21	Billy	250	↑1	68
22	Timothy	246	↓3	15
23	Ricky	241	↓3	44
24	Jimmy	240	↓1	71
25	Joseph	233	↓1	12
26	George	228	↓5	31
27	Eddie	223	↓1	>100
28	Gary	221	↑5	21
29	Paul	207	↑6	18
30	Ronald	195	↑10	24
31	Danny	194	↑3	54
32	Dennis	188	↓2	34
33	Tony	187	↑10	53
34	Randy	186	↑4	33
35	Joe	180	↓4	60
36	Curtis	178	–	75
37	Henry	176	↓10	92
38	Walter	169	↑6	74
39	Edward	167	–	29
40	Steven	164	↓8	10
41	Jeffery	160	↑5	50
42	Jeffrey	158	new	11
43	Tommy	146	↓1	>100
44	Roy	142	new	83
45	Carl	141	↓16	56
46	Melvin	141	↓9	>100
47	Roger	139	new	47
48	Calvin	136	↓1	>100
49	Ronnie	133	↓8	91
50	Albert	127	new	97

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