Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1974

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (609 babies) and Michael for boys (792). Social Security records list 34,732 babies born in Mississippi in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1974

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

Girls

Latonia: 26 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Catina: 29 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Shelia: 48 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Lawanda: 32 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Angelia: 46 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lashonda: 31 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Tarsha: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Shonda: 28 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Sondra: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Annie: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Kendrick: 37 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Kelvin: 68 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Cedric: 73 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Fredrick: 58 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Earnest: 22 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Rodrick: 18 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Malcolm: 23 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Roderick: 57 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Bennie: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Willie: 140 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	609	–	1
2	Angela	426	–	5
3	Kimberly	377	–	6
4	Stephanie	317	–	9
5	Amy	277	↑2	2
6	Melissa	259	↓1	7
7	Mary	254	↓1	13
8	Tonya	203	↑5	37
9	Lisa	188	↓1	8
10	Amanda	183	↑9	34
11	Heather	164	↑13	4
12	Tracy	150	↑2	23
13	Michelle	144	↑3	3
14	Rebecca	141	↑8	10
15	Sharon	138	↓5	70
16	Tammy	138	↓7	24
17	Cynthia	134	↓5	33
18	Pamela	134	↓7	54
19	Christy	133	↑7	57
20	Patricia	131	↓3	29
21	Monica	127	↓1	43
22	Shannon	126	↑21	18
23	Teresa	121	↓5	52
24	Tina	119	↓9	25
25	April	118	↑14	28
26	Elizabeth	118	↓5	12
27	Tiffany	115	↑19	41
28	Tanya	111	↑8	46
29	Linda	105	↓4	75
30	Jacqueline	101	↑5	83
31	Sandra	99	–	44
32	Yolanda	94	↑8	>100
33	Kelly	92	new	15
34	Wendy	92	–	32
35	Susan	91	↓12	27
36	Julie	86	new	14
37	Karen	85	–	26
38	Stacy	84	↓11	38
39	Felicia	83	↓7	>100
40	Regina	82	new	>100
41	Dana	80	new	55
42	Laura	80	new	21
43	Rhonda	80	↓15	86
44	Christina	79	new	16
45	Lori	79	new	30
46	Jessica	78	new	17
47	Robin	78	new	63
48	Leslie	76	new	65
49	Donna	75	↓20	67
50	Barbara	74	↓6	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	792	↑1	1
2	James	773	↓1	5
3	Christopher	704	–	3
4	John	502	↑1	6
5	David	480	↑3	4
6	Robert	469	↓2	7
7	William	458	↓1	10
8	Jason	456	↓1	2
9	Charles	337	–	23
10	Timothy	283	↑3	22
11	Anthony	273	↓1	21
12	Kevin	270	–	14
13	Eric	244	↑1	13
14	Joseph	238	↑3	12
15	Brian	236	↓4	8
16	Richard	234	↓1	17
17	Thomas	234	↓1	20
18	Steven	185	↑2	19
19	Kenneth	172	↑6	34
20	Daniel	170	↑3	11
21	Marcus	169	↑5	73
22	Gregory	166	↓4	31
23	Larry	160	↑1	55
24	Jeffrey	144	↓2	15
25	Jerry	143	↑3	61
26	Willie	140	↓5	>100
27	Matthew	137	↑5	9
28	Jonathan	133	↑6	33
29	Stephen	132	↑7	35
30	Terry	130	↓3	69
31	Patrick	128	↓2	38
32	Billy	119	↓2	78
33	Mark	117	↓14	16
34	Jeremy	116	↑13	24
35	George	112	↑2	49
36	Derrick	109	↑5	87
37	Rodney	106	↓2	72
38	Jeffery	105	–	66
39	Tony	105	↑7	81
40	Bobby	104	↑3	92
41	Jimmy	100	↓8	99
42	Johnny	99	↓3	83
43	Paul	98	↓1	27
44	Gary	96	↑1	48
45	Joshua	89	new	29
46	Donald	87	↓15	41
47	Keith	87	↓7	44
48	Edward	85	↓4	40
49	Ronald	85	–	42
50	Tyrone	85	–	>100

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