Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1979

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1979 were Amanda for girls (507 babies) and James for boys (727). Amanda ranked #3 nationally for girls. James ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 34,511 babies born in Mississippi in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1979

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: 29 babies, 21.3× the national rate
Tamekia: 18 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Lawanda: 40 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Latonia: 18 babies, 10× the national rate
Tawanda: 17 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Lakeshia: 28 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Shelia: 20 babies, 9× the national rate
Latonya: 77 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Shawanda: 15 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Tomeka: 21 babies, 8.1× the national rate

Boys

Antonia: 17 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Kendrick: 83 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Adrain: 15 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Fredrick: 71 babies, 10× the national rate
Rodrick: 21 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Cornelius: 38 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Cedric: 75 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Earnest: 22 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Kelvin: 57 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Dexter: 21 babies, 7.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Amanda	507	↑1	3
2	Jennifer	493	↓1	1
3	Kimberly	371	↑1	12
4	Angela	316	↓1	8
5	Melissa	299	↑1	2
6	Jessica	260	↑3	4
7	April	232	↑3	23
8	Mary	221	↑3	24
9	Amy	205	↓4	5
10	Stephanie	189	↓3	15
11	Tiffany	174	↑8	28
12	Crystal	172	↑2	18
13	Brandy	164	–	39
14	Heather	163	↓6	7
15	Elizabeth	141	↑1	11
16	Rebecca	137	↑5	17
17	Christy	130	↑3	72
18	Lisa	120	↓6	13
19	Ashley	118	↑23	67
20	Christina	115	↓3	14
21	Kelly	105	↓6	16
22	Laura	103	↑3	20
23	Sarah	103	–	6
24	Erica	99	↑4	32
25	Monica	99	↑13	40
26	Shannon	99	↑10	25
27	Emily	97	↑6	34
28	Latoya	94	↑13	>100
29	Jamie	93	↓7	19
30	Tracy	93	↑17	49
31	Amber	90	new	22
32	Misty	90	↓6	42
33	Rachel	90	↓4	27
34	Michelle	89	↓7	10
35	Tina	89	↓17	58
36	Leslie	85	↓4	65
37	Andrea	84	–	26
38	Brandi	83	↓14	61
39	Katrina	82	new	99
40	Latasha	82	↓1	>100
41	Dana	78	new	54
42	Felicia	78	↓2	>100
43	Pamela	78	↓8	90
44	Latonya	77	new	>100
45	Alicia	75	new	47
46	Cynthia	75	↓16	55
47	Natalie	75	new	68
48	Natasha	74	↓3	>100
49	Sharon	74	new	>100
50	Anna	72	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	James	727	–	5
2	Christopher	700	–	2
3	Michael	622	–	1
4	Jason	526	–	3
5	John	491	–	7
6	Robert	460	↑1	8
7	William	457	↓1	13
8	David	355	–	4
9	Charles	301	–	28
10	Jeremy	285	↑4	16
11	Joshua	277	↑7	9
12	Joseph	264	↓1	11
13	Anthony	247	–	21
14	Kevin	239	↓2	19
15	Daniel	233	↑8	12
16	Timothy	233	↓6	18
17	Eric	201	↓1	17
18	Marcus	201	↑1	76
19	Brian	200	↓4	10
20	Matthew	200	↑5	6
21	Jonathan	192	–	31
22	Derrick	187	↓5	80
23	Thomas	181	↓3	26
24	Richard	176	↓2	25
25	Willie	166	↑2	>100
26	Justin	158	↑4	22
27	Kenneth	150	↓3	41
28	Patrick	149	↑1	39
29	Nicholas	137	↑2	15
30	Steven	135	↓4	27
31	Jeffrey	130	↓3	24
32	Antonio	128	↑1	79
33	Larry	127	↓1	69
34	Benjamin	120	↑5	33
35	Stephen	113	↓1	40
36	Travis	111	new	36
37	Adam	108	↑13	23
38	Andrew	102	↑9	20
39	Mark	102	↓3	30
40	Gregory	100	↓5	42
41	Brandon	95	↑4	35
42	Billy	93	↓5	97
43	Terry	92	new	96
44	Jerry	90	–	85
45	George	88	↓3	57
46	Bradley	86	↓6	47
47	Edward	86	↓1	48
48	Ryan	86	new	14
49	Reginald	84	–	>100
50	Kendrick	83	new	>100

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