Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1971

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1971 were Angela for girls (523 babies) and James for boys (967). Angela ranked #6 nationally for girls. James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,969 babies born in Mississippi in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1971

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

Girls

Minnie: 15 babies, 10× the national rate
Shelia: 89 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Johnnie: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Rosie: 21 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Tarsha: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Sharron: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Annie: 34 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lillie: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Felecia: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lawanda: 26 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Sammie: 16 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Dexter: 56 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Stevie: 26 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Willie: 259 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Ellis: 17 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Fredrick: 80 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Earnest: 27 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Dewayne: 37 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Tommie: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kendrick: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Angela	523	–	6
2	Jennifer	450	↑2	1
3	Kimberly	411	–	4
4	Mary	353	↓2	9
5	Melissa	305	↑3	7
6	Stephanie	288	↑3	11
7	Lisa	278	↓2	3
8	Tammy	273	↓1	8
9	Pamela	267	↓3	28
10	Amy	247	↑3	5
11	Sharon	234	↓1	40
12	Patricia	216	–	26
13	Tracy	210	↓2	13
14	Teresa	193	↑3	34
15	Cynthia	191	–	24
16	Sandra	191	↓2	31
17	Linda	177	↓1	42
18	Tina	154	–	20
19	Elizabeth	153	↑7	19
20	Karen	151	–	15
21	Michelle	151	↓2	2
22	Shannon	150	↑6	21
23	Stacy	149	↑14	32
24	Donna	145	↓1	38
25	Rhonda	138	↓1	46
26	Susan	137	↑5	17
27	Brenda	127	↓6	43
28	Tonya	127	↑2	45
29	Barbara	126	↓4	47
30	Rebecca	125	↑10	23
31	Laura	123	↓4	16
32	Jacqueline	120	↓10	75
33	Regina	108	↑1	90
34	Dana	105	↑8	44
35	Wendy	105	new	29
36	Debra	102	↓4	57
37	Sherry	102	↓1	60
38	Carolyn	101	↓9	>100
39	Tiffany	100	new	62
40	Yolanda	100	↓2	98
41	Amanda	99	↓6	84
42	Christy	97	new	89
43	Wanda	94	↓2	>100
44	Felicia	93	↑2	>100
45	Julie	93	↓2	10
46	Sheila	93	↓2	81
47	Sonya	90	new	>100
48	Cassandra	89	↓9	>100
49	Monica	89	new	48
50	Shelia	89	↓17	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	James	967	–	2
2	Michael	841	–	1
3	John	661	–	4
4	Robert	660	–	5
5	Christopher	616	↑3	6
6	William	568	↓1	7
7	David	502	↓1	3
8	Charles	413	↓1	22
9	Anthony	342	–	23
10	Timothy	294	–	21
11	Willie	259	↑2	>100
12	Jason	253	↑13	8
13	Thomas	251	↑2	17
14	Kenneth	250	↓2	25
15	Kevin	249	↑3	14
16	Richard	247	↓5	11
17	Joseph	237	↓1	15
18	Eric	226	↑5	18
19	Steven	218	↓2	16
20	Gregory	216	–	26
21	Larry	200	↑3	44
22	Terry	198	↓1	56
23	Jerry	197	↓4	50
24	Mark	194	↓10	13
25	Brian	188	↑1	9
26	Patrick	180	↑7	35
27	Jeffrey	171	↓5	12
28	Tony	164	↑1	62
29	Johnny	161	↑1	74
30	Paul	159	↓2	24
31	Marcus	156	↑12	65
32	Bobby	154	↑4	79
33	Jimmy	152	↑1	93
34	Donald	150	↓2	34
35	Ronald	147	–	31
36	Billy	141	↓9	75
37	Stephen	135	↓6	27
38	Scott	134	↓1	10
39	George	133	↑2	42
40	Jeffery	128	–	53
41	Gary	118	↓2	38
42	Keith	116	↑6	37
43	Rodney	116	↑7	59
44	Daniel	114	↑1	20
45	Frederick	101	new	>100
46	Curtis	97	new	89
47	Tracy	97	new	>100
48	Edward	93	↓10	32
49	Dennis	92	new	49
50	Ricky	92	new	>100

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