Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1972

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1972 were Angela for girls (584 babies) and James for boys (904). Angela ranked #6 nationally for girls. James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,254 babies born in Mississippi in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1972

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

Girls

Cotina: 17 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Johnnie: 15 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Shelia: 82 babies, 9× the national rate
Contina: 21 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Rosie: 23 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Lillie: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Tarsha: 19 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Annie: 36 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Bridgett: 26 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lawanda: 27 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Boys

Percy: 24 babies, 11× the national rate
Kendrick: 34 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Sammie: 17 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Cedric: 85 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Tommie: 22 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Stevie: 24 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Garland: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Earnest: 29 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Dexter: 41 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Willie: 203 babies, 6.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Angela	584	–	6
2	Jennifer	566	–	1
3	Kimberly	401	–	4
4	Mary	315	–	13
5	Stephanie	295	↑1	8
6	Melissa	281	↓1	7
7	Tammy	245	↑1	11
8	Lisa	237	↓1	3
9	Amy	230	↑1	5
10	Cynthia	199	↑5	25
11	Sharon	191	–	50
12	Tina	175	↑6	18
13	Tracy	163	–	19
14	Pamela	158	↓5	34
15	Michelle	154	↑6	2
16	Tonya	153	↑12	37
17	Teresa	146	↓3	39
18	Elizabeth	139	↑1	15
19	Linda	139	↓2	51
20	Sandra	138	↓4	31
21	Stacy	137	↑2	33
22	Patricia	136	↓10	27
23	Susan	131	↑3	24
24	Donna	128	–	45
25	Rebecca	127	↑5	14
26	Brenda	121	↑1	44
27	Rhonda	114	↓2	60
28	Amanda	112	↑13	76
29	Christy	112	↑13	74
30	Karen	112	↓10	21
31	Jacqueline	107	↑1	79
32	Yolanda	101	↑8	89
33	Shannon	98	↓11	22
34	Regina	97	↓1	>100
35	Katina	95	new	>100
36	Laura	95	↓5	17
37	Barbara	94	↓8	58
38	Carolyn	93	–	>100
39	Monica	93	↑10	47
40	Melanie	92	new	42
41	Felicia	91	↑3	>100
42	Sherry	91	↓5	70
43	Tiffany	91	↓4	61
44	Debra	88	↓8	66
45	Tara	88	new	38
46	Tanya	87	new	54
47	Andrea	86	new	30
48	Denise	86	new	35
49	Dana	85	↓15	52
50	Catina	84	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	James	904	–	3
2	Michael	810	–	1
3	Christopher	769	↑2	2
4	John	611	↓1	5
5	Robert	550	↓1	6
6	William	519	–	9
7	David	430	–	4
8	Charles	347	–	23
9	Jason	310	↑3	7
10	Anthony	306	↓1	22
11	Timothy	291	↓1	21
12	Brian	263	↑13	8
13	Kevin	247	↑2	13
14	Joseph	244	↑3	12
15	Thomas	228	↓2	20
16	Richard	225	–	14
17	Eric	220	↑1	16
18	Gregory	205	↑2	26
19	Willie	203	↓8	>100
20	Kenneth	189	↓6	27
21	Steven	185	↓2	19
22	Larry	168	↓1	47
23	Jerry	166	–	53
24	Patrick	161	↑2	35
25	Mark	152	↓1	18
26	Stephen	151	↑11	29
27	Daniel	148	↑17	15
28	Jeffrey	147	↓1	17
29	Johnny	146	–	74
30	Paul	137	–	24
31	Terry	136	↓9	62
32	Keith	134	↑10	38
33	Marcus	133	↓2	71
34	Jimmy	130	↓1	97
35	Donald	124	↓1	36
36	Tony	122	↓8	68
37	George	119	↑2	44
38	Jonathan	119	new	37
39	Billy	117	↓3	81
40	Edward	117	↑8	34
41	Scott	114	↓3	11
42	Bobby	110	↓10	90
43	Jeffery	108	↓3	58
44	Gary	106	↓3	41
45	Ronald	105	↓10	32
46	Rodney	100	↓3	65
47	Tracy	98	–	>100
48	Derrick	97	new	91
49	Matthew	91	new	10
50	Chad	90	new	25

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