Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1962

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1962 were Mary for girls (814 babies) and James for boys (1,308). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 51,554 babies born in Mississippi in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1962

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

Girls

Joe: 27 babies, 21.1× the national rate
Pearlie: 26 babies, 20.9× the national rate
Eddie: 22 babies, 20.4× the national rate
Earnestine: 24 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Mattie: 57 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Bobby: 19 babies, 14× the national rate
Rosie: 102 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Bettie: 18 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Ora: 18 babies, 12× the national rate
Essie: 15 babies, 11× the national rate

Boys

Otha: 15 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Sammie: 46 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Tommie: 58 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Percy: 39 babies, 12× the national rate
Roosevelt: 55 babies, 10× the national rate
Jasper: 19 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Willie: 529 babies, 9× the national rate
Earnest: 58 babies, 9× the national rate
Jessie: 108 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Norris: 23 babies, 8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Mary	814	–	2
2	Linda	589	–	5
3	Brenda	586	–	12
4	Lisa	448	↑1	1
5	Patricia	448	↓1	6
6	Sandra	411	–	10
7	Cynthia	403	–	8
8	Barbara	354	–	14
9	Donna	335	↑3	7
10	Debra	296	–	15
11	Teresa	290	↑5	18
12	Shirley	282	↓1	96
13	Karen	275	↑12	4
14	Deborah	273	↓5	9
15	Carolyn	268	↑2	46
16	Pamela	268	↓2	13
17	Sharon	266	↓2	17
18	Jacqueline	248	↑8	44
19	Angela	247	↑5	36
20	Susan	224	↓2	3
21	Tammy	217	↑2	23
22	Sherry	215	↑10	48
23	Dorothy	213	↓3	>100
24	Gloria	213	↓11	90
25	Betty	212	↓6	97
26	Janice	192	↑1	58
27	Wanda	189	↑3	77
28	Elizabeth	181	↓6	20
29	Kathy	177	↓8	27
30	Sheila	169	↑1	52
31	Beverly	165	↑4	69
32	Annie	164	↑2	>100
33	Debbie	161	↓5	32
34	Kimberly	157	new	16
35	Joyce	152	↓6	74
36	Martha	152	↓3	87
37	Janet	150	↑1	35
38	Shelia	149	new	>100
39	Jennifer	148	new	41
40	Rhonda	148	↑1	45
41	Tina	141	new	33
42	Cindy	138	↑7	34
43	Connie	135	↓1	51
44	Margaret	135	↓8	43
45	Laura	130	–	21
46	Sarah	129	new	98
47	Cheryl	126	↓3	24
48	Judy	124	↓9	63
49	Lori	124	new	11
50	Nancy	123	↓13	19

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	James	1,308	–	4
2	Robert	901	–	5
3	Michael	847	↑1	1
4	John	843	↓1	3
5	David	714	–	2
6	William	673	↑1	7
7	Charles	597	↓1	15
8	Willie	529	–	89
9	Larry	398	–	31
10	Jerry	395	–	38
11	Kenneth	382	–	18
12	Richard	354	↑3	8
13	Thomas	354	–	9
14	Terry	334	↓2	34
15	Donald	308	↑5	23
16	Mark	308	↓2	6
17	Gregory	280	–	21
18	Anthony	275	↑1	24
19	Bobby	265	↓3	78
20	Timothy	263	↑2	16
21	Johnny	262	↓3	69
22	Joseph	240	↑3	13
23	Billy	235	↓2	71
24	Ricky	233	↓1	50
25	George	228	↑1	32
26	Gary	208	↑2	22
27	Jimmy	207	↓3	75
28	Eddie	197	↓1	>100
29	Ronald	196	↑1	25
30	Jeffrey	191	↑12	10
31	Randy	191	↑3	35
32	Tony	191	↑1	52
33	Jeffery	190	↑8	45
34	Joe	187	↑1	59
35	Paul	185	↓6	19
36	Steven	185	↑4	12
37	Edward	178	↑2	29
38	Carl	171	↑7	58
39	Dennis	169	↓7	37
40	Henry	165	↓3	92
41	Tommy	159	↑2	>100
42	Danny	156	↓11	54
43	Melvin	153	↑3	>100
44	Curtis	149	↓8	73
45	Ronnie	134	↑4	100
46	Walter	132	↓8	79
47	Kevin	131	new	14
48	Calvin	124	–	>100
49	Daniel	121	new	17
50	Roger	120	↓3	47

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