Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1976

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (611 babies) and James for boys (745). James ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 33,241 babies born in Mississippi in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1976

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

Girls

Shawanda: 26 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Tarsha: 18 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Lawanda: 49 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Catina: 15 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Latonia: 22 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Shelia: 31 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Lashanda: 23 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Chiquita: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Demetria: 19 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Latonya: 76 babies, 6.8× the national rate

Boys

Antonia: 15 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Kendrick: 49 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Percy: 16 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Tommie: 21 babies, 10× the national rate
Cedric: 93 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Cedrick: 15 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Fredrick: 58 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Dexter: 25 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Roderick: 65 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Kelvin: 60 babies, 7.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	611	–	1
2	Angela	370	–	5
3	Kimberly	363	–	7
4	Amanda	312	↑2	10
5	Amy	289	↓1	2
6	Melissa	242	↑1	3
7	Heather	229	↑2	4
8	Stephanie	221	↓3	11
9	Mary	213	↓1	22
10	Rebecca	140	↑10	12
11	Tiffany	139	↑7	32
12	Shannon	137	↑22	17
13	April	130	↑6	30
14	Lisa	127	↓4	9
15	Jessica	123	new	8
16	Christy	121	–	60
17	Tonya	116	↓5	58
18	Pamela	113	↓7	84
19	Tracy	109	↓6	37
20	Sharon	108	↓6	81
21	Cynthia	107	↑2	44
22	Brandy	105	↑16	55
23	Christina	105	↑13	14
24	Tammy	105	↑1	41
25	Felicia	104	↓1	>100
26	Laura	104	↑17	20
27	Jamie	98	new	18
28	Karen	98	↑5	31
29	Elizabeth	97	↓2	16
30	Stacy	94	↓9	38
31	Kelly	93	new	19
32	Misty	93	↓4	46
33	Michelle	91	↓16	6
34	Teresa	90	↑3	66
35	Emily	89	↑13	50
36	Brandi	87	new	79
37	Wendy	84	↓11	39
38	Latoya	82	new	>100
39	Julie	80	↓7	21
40	Susan	80	↓1	40
41	Patricia	77	↓19	43
42	Latonya	76	↑8	>100
43	Monica	75	↓14	45
44	Rachel	75	↓4	23
45	Tanya	75	↓15	61
46	Andrea	74	↑1	25
47	Katrina	74	new	>100
48	Crystal	72	new	36
49	Leslie	72	↓14	65
50	Melanie	72	new	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	James	745	↑1	5
2	Michael	732	↓1	1
3	Christopher	704	–	3
4	Jason	487	↑1	2
5	Robert	476	↓1	7
6	John	467	–	6
7	William	416	–	11
8	David	385	–	4
9	Charles	293	–	26
10	Anthony	275	–	22
11	Joseph	251	–	12
12	Timothy	246	–	21
13	Eric	238	↑4	13
14	Brian	230	–	8
15	Kevin	215	↓2	15
16	Thomas	212	–	23
17	Jeremy	202	↑5	14
18	Daniel	180	↑2	10
19	Richard	179	–	19
20	Kenneth	178	↑1	38
21	Steven	173	↓6	20
22	Matthew	172	↑6	9
23	Marcus	161	↓5	74
24	Jonathan	160	↑3	31
25	Willie	152	↓2	>100
26	Derrick	139	↑8	91
27	Larry	127	↓2	60
28	Gregory	118	↓2	35
29	Jeffrey	117	↓5	17
30	Rodney	112	↑11	88
31	Stephen	112	↓1	37
32	Joshua	110	↑14	18
33	Patrick	110	↓2	41
34	Benjamin	106	↑4	32
35	Antonio	105	↑12	71
36	Terry	105	↓4	75
37	Paul	104	↑2	28
38	Jimmy	100	↑6	>100
39	Mark	99	↓4	25
40	Bobby	97	↑3	96
41	Johnny	97	↓5	92
42	Samuel	97	new	59
43	Edward	95	↑7	45
44	Cedric	93	new	>100
45	Bradley	92	↑3	51
46	George	91	↓9	53
47	Jeffery	87	↑2	76
48	Chad	86	new	29
49	Jerry	86	↓20	67
50	Gary	81	↓8	52

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