Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1964

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1964 were Mary for girls (722 babies) and James for boys (1,242). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 47,873 babies born in Mississippi in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1964

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

Girls

Patrici: 20 babies, 69.5× the national rate
Jacquel: 15 babies, 56.9× the national rate
Earnestine: 16 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Willie: 62 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Hattie: 26 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Ora: 15 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Lula: 23 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Rosie: 68 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Fannie: 20 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Minnie: 25 babies, 9.4× the national rate

Boys

Sammie: 44 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Tommie: 60 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Davis: 16 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Willie: 466 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Earnest: 47 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Roosevelt: 43 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Percy: 22 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Sylvester: 41 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Jessie: 94 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Amos: 18 babies, 7.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Mary	722	–	2
2	Linda	488	–	8
3	Lisa	478	↑1	1
4	Patricia	427	↑1	5
5	Brenda	382	↓2	18
6	Sandra	361	–	13
7	Cynthia	352	–	9
8	Angela	344	↑3	22
9	Jacqueline	312	↑13	37
10	Donna	305	↓2	7
11	Barbara	296	↓2	19
12	Sharon	296	↑2	20
13	Pamela	294	↓1	11
14	Tammy	287	↓4	10
15	Teresa	275	↓2	21
16	Carolyn	243	↑1	56
17	Debra	238	↓1	24
18	Deborah	234	↓3	12
19	Karen	228	–	4
20	Shirley	221	↓2	>100
21	Susan	216	–	3
22	Dorothy	194	↑2	>100
23	Betty	176	↑2	>100
24	Gloria	171	↓1	>100
25	Kimberly	171	↑5	6
26	Sherry	164	–	50
27	Elizabeth	163	↓7	16
28	Melissa	158	↑13	53
29	Janice	152	↓1	69
30	Carol	151	↑20	36
31	Sheila	151	↓2	51
32	Shelia	149	↑17	>100
33	Tina	143	↑7	34
34	Wanda	142	↓3	81
35	Kathy	136	↓8	39
36	Joyce	134	↓4	87
37	Connie	133	↓1	64
38	Cheryl	127	↑7	29
39	Rebecca	124	↑8	46
40	Laura	123	↓2	14
41	Rhonda	123	↓6	43
42	Janet	122	↓3	48
43	Sarah	121	new	92
44	Beverly	119	↓11	91
45	Paula	116	new	45
46	Annie	115	↓12	>100
47	Debbie	112	↓5	52
48	Valerie	112	new	66
49	Annette	111	new	68
50	Robin	110	new	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	James	1,242	–	4
2	John	893	↑1	2
3	Robert	814	↓1	5
4	Michael	811	–	1
5	David	641	–	3
6	William	582	↑1	7
7	Charles	575	↓1	17
8	Willie	466	–	90
9	Kenneth	380	–	18
10	Richard	358	–	8
11	Terry	340	–	35
12	Thomas	317	↑4	9
13	Larry	316	↓1	36
14	Timothy	289	↑4	15
15	Jerry	285	↓2	40
16	Gregory	276	↑1	22
17	Anthony	268	↓3	21
18	Mark	263	↓3	6
19	George	240	↑3	33
20	Donald	239	↑1	25
21	Bobby	231	↑2	73
22	Billy	229	↑4	71
23	Joseph	227	↓3	11
24	Johnny	219	↓5	74
25	Ricky	215	–	54
26	Randy	200	↑18	38
27	Tony	199	↑2	50
28	Jimmy	198	↓4	78
29	Paul	197	↓1	16
30	Edward	187	↑2	27
31	Ronald	186	↓4	24
32	Jeffrey	184	↑1	10
33	Steven	184	↑5	12
34	Eddie	181	↓3	>100
35	Kevin	179	↑1	13
36	Henry	171	↑5	92
37	Patrick	161	new	30
38	Jeffery	153	↑1	45
39	Dennis	150	new	42
40	Gary	149	↓10	26
41	Carl	148	↓4	55
42	Joe	148	↓7	62
43	Danny	146	–	56
44	Melvin	141	↑2	>100
45	Curtis	140	↓3	75
46	Tommy	139	↓12	>100
47	Lee	129	↑1	>100
48	Christopher	125	↑2	23
49	Calvin	121	↓9	>100
50	Daniel	119	new	19

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