Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1969

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1969 were Angela for girls (461 babies) and James for boys (1,065). Angela ranked #7 nationally for girls. James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,515 babies born in Mississippi in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1969

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

Girls

Hattie: 15 babies, 12× the national rate
Lesia: 15 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Robbie: 26 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Rosie: 32 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Annie: 62 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Johnnie: 17 babies, 8× the national rate
Willie: 17 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Casandra: 20 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Shelia: 109 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Lawanda: 21 babies, 6.8× the national rate

Boys

Sammie: 27 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Darron: 25 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Dexter: 58 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Earnest: 36 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Percy: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Willie: 248 babies, 7× the national rate
Stevie: 19 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Cedric: 51 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Roosevelt: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Jessie: 52 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Angela	461	–	7
2	Lisa	423	–	1
3	Mary	374	–	8
4	Kimberly	351	↑2	4
5	Pamela	300	↑3	24
6	Tammy	296	↓2	9
7	Melissa	288	↓2	5
8	Jennifer	260	↑7	3
9	Sharon	251	–	36
10	Stephanie	251	↑3	19
11	Linda	235	↓1	33
12	Patricia	235	↓5	18
13	Sandra	233	↓2	25
14	Cynthia	216	–	23
15	Michelle	209	↑3	2
16	Tracy	203	↑11	17
17	Teresa	194	↑3	32
18	Amy	189	↑8	6
19	Donna	188	↓3	26
20	Brenda	186	↓8	38
21	Tina	167	↓2	22
22	Karen	165	↑1	13
23	Laura	157	↑9	10
24	Carolyn	154	↓7	71
25	Barbara	149	↓4	39
26	Elizabeth	145	↑3	16
27	Jacqueline	145	↓2	62
28	Susan	142	↓6	11
29	Rebecca	139	↑10	28
30	Rhonda	134	–	44
31	Shannon	121	new	31
32	Yolanda	121	↑3	98
33	Sherry	113	–	55
34	Shirley	113	↓6	>100
35	Lori	112	new	20
36	Debra	111	↓12	43
37	Deborah	109	↓6	27
38	Shelia	109	↑3	>100
39	Paula	107	↓2	50
40	Carol	105	↑7	56
41	Sheila	105	↓5	68
42	Tonya	105	↑2	54
43	Cheryl	104	new	41
44	Betty	98	↓4	>100
45	Wanda	95	↓7	>100
46	Carla	91	new	90
47	Janice	88	↓4	>100
48	Regina	88	↓14	86
49	Robin	86	new	46
50	Beverly	85	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	James	1,065	–	3
2	Michael	826	–	1
3	John	673	↑1	4
4	Robert	664	↓1	5
5	William	585	↑1	6
6	David	565	↓1	2
7	Charles	434	–	19
8	Christopher	343	↑4	7
9	Richard	307	↑1	10
10	Timothy	306	↑1	17
11	Anthony	304	↓3	20
12	Kenneth	260	↑1	23
13	Thomas	259	↑1	13
14	Willie	248	↓5	>100
15	Mark	243	–	8
16	Jerry	238	↑1	45
17	Gregory	237	↑2	26
18	Joseph	235	↓2	15
19	Steven	204	↑3	14
20	Larry	200	–	40
21	Donald	187	↑7	30
22	Tony	181	↑1	54
23	Jeffrey	177	↓5	11
24	Terry	177	↓3	52
25	Kevin	171	↓1	16
26	Ronald	169	–	29
27	Paul	160	↑4	22
28	Patrick	155	↑4	31
29	Stephen	154	↑1	27
30	Billy	153	↑5	77
31	Bobby	153	↓4	82
32	Eric	152	↑6	21
33	George	151	↑3	38
34	Brian	150	↑5	9
35	Johnny	150	↓6	67
36	Edward	140	↓2	32
37	Jimmy	138	↓12	79
38	Rodney	133	↓1	49
39	Ricky	132	↑2	90
40	Daniel	121	↑3	18
41	Jeffery	120	↓8	48
42	Scott	115	↑8	12
43	Joe	114	new	83
44	Keith	112	↑1	36
45	Jason	103	new	25
46	Tyrone	103	new	>100
47	Gary	100	↓3	35
48	Eddie	99	↓1	>100
49	Tommy	98	new	>100
50	Marvin	96	new	>100

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