Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1973

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (592 babies) and James for boys (792). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 35,374 babies born in Mississippi in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1973

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

Girls

Willie: 17 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Shelia: 75 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Lillie: 15 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Sharron: 16 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Lawanda: 36 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Chiquita: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Ella: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Annie: 32 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Catina: 75 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Daphne: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Reginal: 15 babies, 20.5× the national rate
Sammie: 19 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Dexter: 42 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Percy: 18 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Rodrick: 19 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Kendrick: 34 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Cedric: 70 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Kelvin: 61 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Willie: 173 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Earnest: 22 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	592	↑1	1
2	Angela	480	↓1	7
3	Kimberly	382	–	4
4	Stephanie	328	↑1	9
5	Melissa	285	↑1	6
6	Mary	284	↓2	14
7	Amy	250	↑2	2
8	Lisa	219	–	5
9	Tammy	184	↓2	15
10	Sharon	166	↑1	57
11	Pamela	164	↑3	47
12	Cynthia	161	↓2	26
13	Tonya	161	↑3	36
14	Tracy	161	↓1	20
15	Tina	159	↓3	24
16	Michelle	145	↓1	3
17	Patricia	138	↑5	27
18	Teresa	138	↓1	45
19	Amanda	132	↑9	51
20	Monica	131	↑19	40
21	Elizabeth	123	↓3	13
22	Rebecca	122	↑3	10
23	Susan	122	–	25
24	Heather	119	new	8
25	Linda	118	↓6	61
26	Christy	114	↑3	73
27	Stacy	111	↓6	32
28	Rhonda	110	↓1	70
29	Donna	103	↓5	55
30	Andrea	102	↑17	30
31	Sandra	102	↓11	39
32	Felicia	101	↑9	>100
33	Sonya	100	new	>100
34	Wendy	100	new	29
35	Jacqueline	99	↓4	88
36	Tanya	99	↑10	50
37	Karen	98	↓7	23
38	Crystal	97	new	48
39	April	96	new	33
40	Yolanda	96	↓8	>100
41	Brenda	95	↓15	53
42	Katina	94	↓7	>100
43	Shannon	90	↓10	22
44	Barbara	89	↓7	63
45	Denise	84	↑3	38
46	Tiffany	84	↓3	52
47	Stacey	80	new	41
48	Cassandra	79	new	>100
49	Sherry	77	↓7	76
50	Catina	75	–	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	James	792	–	4
2	Michael	740	–	1
3	Christopher	711	–	2
4	Robert	528	↑1	7
5	John	504	↓1	6
6	William	473	–	9
7	Jason	447	↑2	3
8	David	430	↓1	5
9	Charles	342	↓1	23
10	Anthony	282	–	21
11	Brian	272	↑1	8
12	Kevin	270	↑1	14
13	Timothy	243	↓2	22
14	Eric	224	↑3	13
15	Richard	224	↑1	16
16	Thomas	212	↓1	19
17	Joseph	210	↓3	12
18	Gregory	184	–	26
19	Mark	184	↑6	15
20	Steven	179	↑1	20
21	Willie	173	↓2	>100
22	Jeffrey	171	↑6	17
23	Daniel	168	↑4	11
24	Larry	167	↓2	50
25	Kenneth	166	↓5	28
26	Marcus	165	↑7	72
27	Terry	146	↑4	65
28	Jerry	135	↓5	57
29	Patrick	133	↓5	37
30	Billy	131	↑9	76
31	Donald	130	↑4	38
32	Matthew	128	↑17	10
33	Jimmy	126	↑1	95
34	Jonathan	120	↑4	31
35	Rodney	120	↑11	68
36	Stephen	120	↓10	32
37	George	119	–	46
38	Jeffery	118	↑5	64
39	Johnny	117	↓10	82
40	Keith	115	↓8	41
41	Derrick	108	↑7	87
42	Paul	108	↓12	24
43	Bobby	104	↓1	93
44	Edward	102	↓4	39
45	Gary	99	↓1	44
46	Tony	99	↓10	78
47	Jeremy	96	new	33
48	Scott	93	↓7	18
49	Ronald	89	↓4	40
50	Tyrone	88	new	>100

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