Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1970

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1970 were Angela for girls (521 babies) and James for boys (971). Angela ranked #6 nationally for girls. James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,004 babies born in Mississippi in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1970

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

Girls

Jacquel: 15 babies, 63.4× the national rate
Willie: 29 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Sharron: 26 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Jacquline: 15 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Shelia: 117 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Annie: 43 babies, 8× the national rate
Rosie: 22 babies, 8× the national rate
Johnnie: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Lawanda: 26 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Aretha: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Boys

Sammie: 26 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Percy: 18 babies, 9× the national rate
Tommie: 30 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Dexter: 64 babies, 8× the national rate
Stevie: 26 babies, 8× the national rate
Willie: 273 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Bennie: 28 babies, 7× the national rate
Earnest: 29 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Roosevelt: 21 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Will: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Angela	521	–	6
2	Mary	406	↑1	9
3	Kimberly	386	↑1	3
4	Jennifer	375	↑4	1
5	Lisa	350	↓3	2
6	Pamela	343	↓1	26
7	Tammy	284	↓1	8
8	Melissa	278	↓1	7
9	Stephanie	271	↑1	17
10	Sharon	260	↓1	37
11	Tracy	241	↑5	10
12	Patricia	219	–	24
13	Amy	215	↑5	5
14	Sandra	203	↓1	27
15	Cynthia	202	↓1	25
16	Linda	201	↓5	38
17	Teresa	194	–	34
18	Tina	179	↑3	21
19	Michelle	177	↓4	4
20	Karen	168	↑2	12
21	Brenda	158	↓1	40
22	Jacqueline	156	↑5	66
23	Donna	155	↓4	32
24	Rhonda	151	↑6	46
25	Barbara	148	–	41
26	Elizabeth	145	–	18
27	Laura	135	↓4	13
28	Shannon	132	↑3	22
29	Carolyn	128	↓5	84
30	Tonya	122	↑12	49
31	Susan	121	↓3	15
32	Debra	120	↑4	47
33	Shelia	117	↑5	>100
34	Regina	110	↑14	86
35	Amanda	109	new	>100
36	Sherry	108	↓3	60
37	Stacy	107	new	42
38	Yolanda	103	↓6	>100
39	Cassandra	100	new	>100
40	Rebecca	97	↓11	29
41	Wanda	96	↑4	>100
42	Dana	94	new	54
43	Julie	91	new	11
44	Sheila	89	↓3	75
45	Connie	87	new	>100
46	Felicia	87	new	>100
47	Carla	86	↓1	94
48	Deborah	85	↓11	33
49	Kathy	85	new	77
50	Lori	85	↓15	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	James	971	–	2
2	Michael	861	–	1
3	John	738	–	4
4	Robert	641	–	5
5	William	572	–	7
6	David	552	–	3
7	Charles	486	–	21
8	Christopher	459	–	6
9	Anthony	359	↑2	22
10	Timothy	303	–	20
11	Richard	302	↓2	10
12	Kenneth	279	–	25
13	Willie	273	↑1	>100
14	Mark	248	↑1	9
15	Thomas	247	↓2	17
16	Joseph	245	↑2	16
17	Steven	245	↑2	15
18	Kevin	244	↑7	14
19	Jerry	221	↓3	45
20	Gregory	210	↓3	26
21	Terry	200	↑3	54
22	Jeffrey	191	↑1	11
23	Eric	187	↑9	18
24	Larry	180	↓4	43
25	Jason	176	↑20	13
26	Brian	172	↑8	8
27	Billy	164	↑3	78
28	Paul	163	↓1	23
29	Tony	160	↓7	57
30	Johnny	157	↑5	65
31	Stephen	153	↓2	27
32	Donald	152	↓11	30
33	Patrick	148	↓5	33
34	Jimmy	147	↑3	86
35	Ronald	139	↓9	29
36	Bobby	138	↓5	87
37	Scott	130	↑5	12
38	Edward	129	↓2	31
39	Gary	126	↑8	35
40	Jeffery	125	↑1	50
41	George	119	↓8	40
42	Tyrone	117	↑4	>100
43	Marcus	112	new	71
44	Randy	106	new	59
45	Daniel	102	↓5	19
46	Joe	100	↓3	90
47	Eddie	99	↑1	>100
48	Keith	98	↓4	38
49	Calvin	95	new	>100
50	Rodney	94	↓12	55

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