Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1978

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (572 babies) and James for boys (722). James ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 33,793 babies born in Mississippi in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1978

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: 28 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Temeka: 15 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Chiquita: 22 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Tawanda: 25 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Shelia: 23 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Lawanda: 40 babies, 9× the national rate
Kizzy: 35 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Lakeshia: 21 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Lashanda: 21 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Lakeisha: 52 babies, 6.4× the national rate

Boys

Demetric: 17 babies, 20.7× the national rate
Sedrick: 15 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Kendrick: 65 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Cedrick: 24 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Kelvin: 78 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Roderick: 62 babies, 8× the national rate
Rodrick: 20 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Fredrick: 54 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Earnest: 17 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Cedric: 59 babies, 6.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	572	–	1
2	Amanda	356	↑2	6
3	Angela	318	–	7
4	Kimberly	315	↓2	13
5	Amy	254	–	4
6	Melissa	219	–	2
7	Stephanie	217	–	16
8	Heather	205	↑1	5
9	Jessica	201	↑1	3
10	April	192	↑2	27
11	Mary	191	↓3	24
12	Lisa	149	↑11	11
13	Brandy	147	↑2	37
14	Crystal	145	↑11	18
15	Kelly	135	↓2	12
16	Elizabeth	134	↓2	14
17	Christina	133	↑1	15
18	Tina	127	↑26	45
19	Tiffany	125	↓8	32
20	Christy	122	–	59
21	Rebecca	119	↑3	17
22	Jamie	110	↓3	20
23	Sarah	109	↑9	8
24	Brandi	107	↑5	61
25	Laura	104	↑11	19
26	Misty	97	↑4	43
27	Michelle	95	–	9
28	Erica	89	↑14	34
29	Rachel	89	↑10	25
30	Cynthia	88	↓9	50
31	Kristy	86	new	51
32	Leslie	84	new	63
33	Emily	83	–	33
34	Tonya	82	↓8	77
35	Pamela	81	↑10	>100
36	Shannon	81	↓20	22
37	Andrea	80	↑3	23
38	Monica	80	↓3	42
39	Latasha	79	↑4	>100
40	Felicia	78	↓18	>100
41	Latoya	78	↓13	>100
42	Ashley	77	new	87
43	Karen	73	↓6	39
44	Wendy	71	↓6	56
45	Natasha	70	new	>100
46	Yolanda	70	↓15	>100
47	Tracy	69	–	47
48	Carrie	66	↑2	35
49	Stacy	66	new	44
50	Melanie	65	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	James	722	–	5
2	Christopher	675	↑1	3
3	Michael	628	↓1	1
4	Jason	549	–	2
5	John	462	↑1	7
6	William	448	↑1	13
7	Robert	427	↓2	8
8	David	354	–	4
9	Charles	310	–	27
10	Timothy	296	–	17
11	Joseph	286	–	10
12	Kevin	256	–	15
13	Anthony	240	↑1	20
14	Jeremy	229	↑1	18
15	Brian	218	↓2	9
16	Eric	208	–	16
17	Derrick	199	↑5	76
18	Joshua	197	↑10	12
19	Marcus	195	↓1	70
20	Thomas	187	↓1	23
21	Jonathan	184	↓1	31
22	Richard	177	↓5	21
23	Daniel	175	↑2	11
24	Kenneth	168	–	41
25	Matthew	168	↓2	6
26	Steven	156	↓5	24
27	Willie	144	↑2	>100
28	Jeffrey	138	↑6	19
29	Patrick	132	↓2	42
30	Justin	130	↑8	28
31	Nicholas	123	new	25
32	Larry	121	↓6	64
33	Antonio	118	↑4	79
34	Stephen	118	↑6	37
35	Gregory	113	↓2	38
36	Mark	110	↓4	26
37	Billy	109	↑11	99
38	Samuel	109	new	57
39	Benjamin	107	↓9	34
40	Bradley	103	↑9	53
41	Paul	98	↑5	33
42	George	97	–	58
43	Corey	96	↓12	61
44	Jerry	89	↓8	82
45	Brandon	87	new	40
46	Edward	87	new	47
47	Andrew	83	–	22
48	Gary	82	↓5	60
49	Reginald	82	new	>100
50	Adam	81	new	29

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