Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1965

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1965 were Lisa for girls (647 babies) and James for boys (1,161). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,282 babies born in Mississippi in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1965

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

Girls

Earline: 22 babies, 22× the national rate
Bobby: 19 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Delois: 17 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Earnestine: 16 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Rosie: 77 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Mattie: 41 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Willie: 51 babies, 13× the national rate
Hattie: 25 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Lula: 15 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Fannie: 16 babies, 10× the national rate

Boys

Sammie: 31 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Kennedy: 17 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Tommie: 40 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Willie: 416 babies, 9× the national rate
Earnest: 46 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Bobbie: 15 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Roosevelt: 35 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Percy: 17 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Cleveland: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Lyndon: 26 babies, 7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	647	↑2	1
2	Mary	617	↓1	2
3	Angela	444	↑5	10
4	Patricia	426	–	6
5	Linda	413	↓3	8
6	Brenda	360	↓1	23
7	Cynthia	318	–	9
8	Sandra	318	↓2	15
9	Tammy	271	↑5	11
10	Sharon	265	↑2	22
11	Pamela	261	↑2	12
12	Teresa	251	↑3	24
13	Donna	249	↓3	7
14	Karen	248	↑5	3
15	Barbara	247	↓4	25
16	Jacqueline	235	↓7	47
17	Deborah	215	↑1	13
18	Melissa	205	↑10	38
19	Debra	203	↓2	27
20	Carolyn	202	↓4	58
21	Kimberly	201	↑4	4
22	Rhonda	189	↑19	37
23	Wanda	174	↑11	81
24	Shirley	170	↓4	>100
25	Jennifer	163	new	20
26	Sherry	163	–	56
27	Tina	156	↑6	29
28	Betty	155	↓5	>100
29	Susan	149	↓8	5
30	Janice	146	↓1	73
31	Gloria	142	↓7	>100
32	Elizabeth	138	↓5	16
33	Shelia	131	↓1	>100
34	Dorothy	130	↓12	>100
35	Joyce	127	↑1	90
36	Janet	124	↑6	55
37	Sheila	122	↓6	50
38	Rebecca	121	↑1	41
39	Sarah	120	↑4	92
40	Connie	118	↓3	61
41	Stephanie	114	new	44
42	Beverly	112	↑2	>100
43	Cheryl	112	↓5	31
44	Robin	111	↑6	33
45	Laura	105	↓5	17
46	Regina	103	new	82
47	Carol	102	↓17	42
48	Tracy	101	new	36
49	Margaret	99	new	52
50	Nancy	99	new	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	James	1,161	–	4
2	Robert	763	↑1	5
3	John	728	↓1	2
4	Michael	695	–	1
5	David	573	–	3
6	Charles	531	↑1	20
7	William	520	↓1	6
8	Willie	416	–	93
9	Kenneth	346	–	21
10	Richard	318	–	8
11	Anthony	290	↑6	22
12	Timothy	288	↑2	12
13	Thomas	276	↓1	9
14	Jerry	274	↑1	41
15	Terry	266	↓4	40
16	Larry	251	↓3	38
17	Gregory	236	↓1	23
18	Mark	229	–	7
19	Johnny	224	↑5	76
20	Joseph	216	↑3	11
21	Bobby	205	–	80
22	Billy	204	–	77
23	George	197	↓4	34
24	Donald	195	↓4	26
25	Jimmy	188	↑3	81
26	Tony	186	↑1	48
27	Christopher	175	↑21	18
28	Paul	167	↑1	16
29	Ronald	167	↑2	24
30	Ricky	164	↓5	57
31	Steven	158	↑2	14
32	Jeffrey	154	–	10
33	Randy	154	↓7	42
34	Gary	150	↑6	27
35	Kevin	138	–	13
36	Edward	137	↓6	29
37	Tommy	135	↑9	>100
38	Eddie	134	↓4	>100
39	Jeffery	131	↓1	47
40	Joe	131	↑2	71
41	Melvin	130	↑3	>100
42	Danny	129	↑1	56
43	Patrick	127	↓6	31
44	Carl	121	↓3	54
45	Rodney	121	new	33
46	Curtis	119	↓1	75
47	Eric	117	new	25
48	Dennis	112	↓9	44
49	Daniel	109	↑1	17
50	Calvin	108	↓1	>100

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