Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1963

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1963 were Mary for girls (763 babies) and James for boys (1,327). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 49,469 babies born in Mississippi in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1963

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

Girls

Bobby: 21 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Earnestine: 21 babies, 15× the national rate
Ora: 20 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Pearlie: 15 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Willie: 67 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Lizzie: 18 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Lillie: 57 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Lula: 21 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Annie: 152 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Rosie: 76 babies, 10.6× the national rate

Boys

Sammie: 46 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Tommie: 67 babies, 14× the national rate
Roosevelt: 64 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Percy: 34 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Jessie: 101 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Sylvester: 51 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Willie: 454 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Elton: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Earnest: 41 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Jimmie: 95 babies, 6.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1963

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Mary	763	–	2
2	Linda	548	–	5
3	Brenda	501	–	15
4	Lisa	496	–	1
5	Patricia	439	–	7
6	Sandra	426	–	9
7	Cynthia	386	–	10
8	Donna	342	↑1	6
9	Barbara	339	↓1	17
10	Tammy	304	↑11	12
11	Angela	295	↑8	30
12	Pamela	281	↑4	14
13	Teresa	270	↓2	18
14	Sharon	269	↑3	19
15	Deborah	268	↓1	13
16	Debra	256	↓6	21
17	Carolyn	242	↓2	56
18	Shirley	235	↓6	99
19	Karen	227	↓6	4
20	Elizabeth	209	↑8	20
21	Susan	207	↓1	3
22	Jacqueline	202	↓4	51
23	Gloria	201	↑1	96
24	Dorothy	184	↓1	>100
25	Betty	177	–	>100
26	Sherry	177	↓4	49
27	Kathy	175	↑2	34
28	Janice	171	↓2	63
29	Sheila	162	↑1	50
30	Kimberly	159	↑4	11
31	Wanda	157	↓4	76
32	Joyce	156	↑3	84
33	Beverly	153	↓2	81
34	Annie	152	↓2	>100
35	Rhonda	149	↑5	45
36	Connie	145	↑7	55
37	Martha	139	↓1	90
38	Laura	133	↑7	16
39	Janet	130	↓2	40
40	Tina	129	↑1	35
41	Melissa	127	new	61
42	Debbie	125	↓9	41
43	Cindy	124	↓1	37
44	Lori	124	↑5	8
45	Cheryl	122	↑2	24
46	Gwendolyn	119	new	>100
47	Rebecca	119	new	44
48	Jennifer	117	↓9	36
49	Shelia	116	↓11	>100
50	Carol	115	new	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	James	1,327	–	4
2	Robert	852	–	5
3	John	840	↑1	2
4	Michael	803	↓1	1
5	David	711	–	3
6	Charles	595	↑1	16
7	William	570	↓1	7
8	Willie	454	–	93
9	Kenneth	387	↑2	18
10	Richard	360	↑2	8
11	Terry	349	↑3	32
12	Larry	340	↓3	36
13	Jerry	334	↓3	38
14	Anthony	325	↑4	22
15	Mark	323	↑1	6
16	Thomas	312	↓3	9
17	Gregory	287	–	21
18	Timothy	266	↑2	15
19	Johnny	257	↑2	71
20	Joseph	248	↑2	13
21	Donald	241	↓6	25
22	George	231	↑3	34
23	Bobby	229	↓4	75
24	Jimmy	228	↑3	78
25	Ricky	215	↓1	47
26	Billy	190	↓3	74
27	Ronald	184	↑2	23
28	Paul	178	↑7	17
29	Tony	178	↑3	52
30	Gary	177	↓4	24
31	Eddie	174	↓3	>100
32	Edward	170	↑5	27
33	Jeffrey	170	↓3	10
34	Tommy	169	↑7	>100
35	Joe	167	↓1	58
36	Kevin	167	↑11	11
37	Carl	158	↑1	54
38	Steven	157	↓2	14
39	Jeffery	144	↓6	46
40	Calvin	143	↑8	>100
41	Henry	143	↓1	94
42	Curtis	142	↑2	72
43	Danny	141	↓1	55
44	Randy	139	↓13	37
45	Walter	136	↑1	77
46	Melvin	133	↓3	>100
47	Douglas	128	new	28
48	Lee	128	new	>100
49	Ronnie	128	↓4	>100
50	Christopher	126	new	26

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