Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1967

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1967 were Mary for girls (512 babies) and James for boys (992). Mary ranked #4 nationally for girls. James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,285 babies born in Mississippi in 1967 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1967

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

Girls

Earnestine: 17 babies, 20× the national rate
Ruthie: 15 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Willie: 31 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Miranda: 20 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Rosie: 40 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Mattie: 19 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Robbie: 20 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Johnnie: 18 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Annie: 58 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Lillie: 24 babies, 7.2× the national rate

Boys

Sammie: 28 babies, 14× the national rate
Tommie: 36 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Percy: 21 babies, 10× the national rate
Jessie: 80 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Willie: 316 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Gerry: 19 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Earnest: 30 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Cedric: 56 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Malcolm: 31 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Sylvester: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1967

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Mary	512	↑1	4
2	Lisa	504	↓1	1
3	Angela	447	–	7
4	Patricia	330	↑1	11
5	Melissa	312	↑9	9
6	Linda	309	↓2	26
7	Pamela	292	↑3	17
8	Kimberly	290	↑3	2
9	Cynthia	279	↓3	18
10	Sandra	275	↓2	20
11	Sharon	265	↑1	30
12	Brenda	260	↓5	31
13	Tammy	249	↓4	8
14	Teresa	229	↑3	28
15	Stephanie	226	↑18	25
16	Donna	198	↓1	19
17	Carolyn	197	↑2	60
18	Barbara	174	↓5	33
19	Tina	169	↑5	21
20	Rhonda	167	↑5	41
21	Jennifer	165	↓1	10
22	Karen	164	↓6	6
23	Debra	154	–	38
24	Susan	153	↑5	5
25	Deborah	148	↓7	22
26	Shirley	147	–	>100
27	Jacqueline	146	↓6	52
28	Elizabeth	145	↓6	13
29	Michelle	140	↑6	3
30	Sherry	140	↓2	51
31	Tracy	137	↑10	29
32	Rebecca	129	↑11	39
33	Amy	123	new	12
34	Betty	123	↓3	>100
35	Amanda	120	new	>100
36	Dorothy	120	↓6	>100
37	Shelia	116	↓5	>100
38	Laura	110	↑9	15
39	Janice	109	↓12	99
40	Wanda	109	↓6	100
41	Paula	105	↑5	46
42	Margaret	103	new	58
43	Sheila	102	↓7	56
44	Beverly	93	↓5	>100
45	Carol	92	↓5	47
46	Connie	91	↓4	75
47	Joyce	90	↑3	>100
48	Martha	89	↓4	>100
49	Robin	87	new	45
50	Anita	85	new	98

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	James	992	–	3
2	Michael	756	–	1
3	Robert	682	↑1	5
4	John	665	↓1	4
5	David	603	–	2
6	William	513	↑1	6
7	Charles	428	↓1	20
8	Timothy	352	↑4	11
9	Richard	326	↑1	8
10	Willie	316	↓2	92
11	Anthony	303	–	21
12	Kenneth	282	↓3	22
13	Christopher	247	↑6	9
14	Thomas	238	↑1	12
15	Mark	237	↑1	7
16	Terry	229	↓3	42
17	Jerry	228	↓3	41
18	Donald	222	↑4	27
19	Larry	213	↑2	38
20	Gregory	210	↓3	25
21	Joseph	206	↓1	15
22	Steven	199	↑1	14
23	Patrick	184	↑13	30
24	Billy	180	↑4	76
25	Paul	176	↑5	18
26	Bobby	174	↑5	83
27	Jeffrey	173	↓3	13
28	Jimmy	173	↓10	74
29	Ronald	170	↑6	24
30	Tony	169	↓5	50
31	Kevin	162	↑11	17
32	Jeffery	145	↑1	47
33	Johnny	144	↓6	70
34	George	142	↓8	36
35	Stephen	138	↑4	26
36	Gary	133	↑2	32
37	Keith	132	↑3	34
38	Brian	128	new	10
39	Dennis	128	↑2	43
40	Randy	127	↑5	49
41	Edward	126	↓12	31
42	Rodney	126	↓8	37
43	Eric	123	new	23
44	Eddie	122	↓12	>100
45	Tommy	117	new	>100
46	Curtis	112	↑2	77
47	Henry	111	↓3	93
48	Ricky	111	↓11	75
49	Daniel	104	↓6	19
50	Danny	99	–	68

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