Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1977

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (560 babies) and James for boys (728). James ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 34,983 babies born in Mississippi in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1977

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

Girls

Lashunda: 19 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Latrina: 17 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Shelia: 34 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Lakeshia: 33 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Tomeka: 34 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Lawanda: 58 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Latonia: 18 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Shawanda: 17 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Latonya: 76 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Felecia: 18 babies, 7.5× the national rate

Boys

Kendrick: 61 babies, 11× the national rate
Kenyatta: 16 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Cedric: 87 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Dexter: 26 babies, 8× the national rate
Sylvester: 20 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Fredrick: 60 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Earnest: 24 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Kelvin: 64 babies, 7× the national rate
Bennie: 19 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Roosevelt: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	560	–	1
2	Kimberly	336	↑1	8
3	Angela	319	↓1	6
4	Amanda	302	–	9
5	Amy	261	–	3
6	Melissa	251	–	2
7	Stephanie	244	↑1	14
8	Mary	232	↑1	21
9	Heather	214	↓2	5
10	Jessica	193	↑5	4
11	Tiffany	150	–	34
12	April	145	↑1	29
13	Kelly	133	↑18	10
14	Elizabeth	132	↑15	13
15	Brandy	128	↑7	51
16	Shannon	123	↓4	19
17	Sharon	123	↑3	95
18	Christina	115	↑5	16
19	Jamie	115	↑8	18
20	Christy	114	↓4	59
21	Cynthia	112	–	48
22	Felicia	111	↑3	>100
23	Lisa	111	↓9	12
24	Rebecca	109	↓14	17
25	Crystal	107	↑23	25
26	Tonya	106	↓9	64
27	Michelle	105	↑6	7
28	Latoya	104	↑10	>100
29	Brandi	100	↑7	71
30	Misty	98	↑2	40
31	Yolanda	97	new	>100
32	Sarah	94	new	11
33	Emily	92	↑2	37
34	Tammy	92	↓10	55
35	Monica	91	↑8	39
36	Laura	89	↓10	20
37	Karen	88	↓9	32
38	Wendy	87	↓1	49
39	Rachel	85	↑5	26
40	Andrea	84	↑6	24
41	Tara	83	new	35
42	Erica	82	new	38
43	Latasha	82	new	>100
44	Tina	80	new	58
45	Pamela	79	↓27	>100
46	Sabrina	78	new	63
47	Tracy	77	↓28	50
48	Latonya	76	↓6	>100
49	Julie	73	↓10	22
50	Carrie	72	new	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	James	728	–	5
2	Michael	678	–	1
3	Christopher	671	–	3
4	Jason	576	–	2
5	Robert	473	–	6
6	John	466	–	7
7	William	405	–	12
8	David	394	–	4
9	Charles	309	–	26
10	Timothy	270	↑2	18
11	Joseph	269	–	10
12	Kevin	266	↑3	13
13	Brian	263	↑1	8
14	Anthony	255	↓4	21
15	Jeremy	230	↑2	15
16	Eric	215	↓3	17
17	Richard	199	↑2	20
18	Marcus	197	↑5	72
19	Thomas	195	↓3	22
20	Jonathan	193	↑4	28
21	Steven	175	–	23
22	Derrick	171	↑4	80
23	Matthew	161	↓1	9
24	Kenneth	155	↓4	39
25	Daniel	152	↓7	11
26	Larry	152	↑1	62
27	Patrick	150	↑6	40
28	Joshua	149	↑4	14
29	Willie	148	↓4	>100
30	Benjamin	134	↑4	29
31	Corey	126	new	52
32	Mark	126	↑7	25
33	Gregory	121	↓5	35
34	Jeffrey	119	↓5	19
35	Terry	119	↑1	83
36	Jerry	114	↑13	75
37	Antonio	112	↓2	77
38	Justin	111	new	30
39	Jimmy	106	↓1	98
40	Stephen	103	↓9	38
41	Ryan	101	new	16
42	George	98	↑4	57
43	Gary	97	↑7	58
44	Jeffery	97	↑3	78
45	Johnny	96	↓4	93
46	Paul	96	↓9	31
47	Andrew	94	new	24
48	Billy	94	new	91
49	Bradley	93	↓4	49
50	Cedric	87	↓6	>100

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