Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1980

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (561 babies) and James for boys (721). James ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,424 babies born in Mississippi in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1980

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: 15 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Lashunda: 18 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Shawanda: 18 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Shelia: 25 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Lashonda: 43 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Lashanda: 26 babies, 9× the national rate
Lawanda: 26 babies, 8× the national rate
Renada: 19 babies, 8× the national rate
Tomeka: 18 babies, 8× the national rate
Shonda: 18 babies, 7.7× the national rate

Boys

Kendrick: 78 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Reggie: 29 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Cedrick: 23 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Fredrick: 57 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Roderick: 69 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Kelvin: 51 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Willie: 177 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Cedric: 72 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jarvis: 24 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Scottie: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	561	↑1	1
2	Amanda	528	↓1	2
3	Kimberly	409	–	11
4	Jessica	407	↑2	3
5	Tiffany	283	↑6	14
6	Melissa	256	↓1	4
7	April	250	–	26
8	Angela	249	↓4	12
9	Mary	231	↓1	25
10	Ashley	216	↑9	40
11	Stephanie	201	↓1	13
12	Heather	200	↑2	6
13	Crystal	196	↓1	18
14	Elizabeth	177	↑1	9
15	Amy	176	↓6	8
16	Sarah	145	↑7	5
17	Brandy	140	↓4	42
18	Rebecca	132	↓2	17
19	Latoya	129	↑9	>100
20	Erica	128	↑4	34
21	Christina	121	↓1	15
22	Latasha	115	↑18	>100
23	Amber	114	↑8	22
24	Emily	114	↑3	31
25	Lisa	114	↓7	16
26	Laura	109	↓4	21
27	Christy	108	↓10	83
28	Natasha	102	↑20	89
29	Brandi	101	↑9	63
30	Jamie	100	↓1	24
31	Kelly	97	↓10	19
32	Leslie	96	↑4	61
33	Rachel	94	–	23
34	Andrea	92	↑3	28
35	Shannon	89	↓9	29
36	Courtney	87	new	48
37	Michelle	87	↓3	10
38	Katrina	84	↑1	90
39	Misty	84	↓7	49
40	Monica	84	↓15	45
41	Pamela	84	↑2	86
42	Anna	81	↑8	55
43	Tina	81	↓8	72
44	Tracy	80	↓14	56
45	Candice	79	new	99
46	Julie	77	new	32
47	Alicia	72	↓2	47
48	Kristy	72	new	78
49	Felicia	71	↓7	>100
50	Yolanda	69	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	James	721	–	5
2	Christopher	695	–	2
3	Michael	619	–	1
4	Jason	513	–	3
5	John	501	–	8
6	William	489	↑1	14
7	Robert	481	↓1	9
8	David	431	–	4
9	Joshua	397	↑2	7
10	Joseph	345	↑2	10
11	Charles	290	↓2	29
12	Jonathan	273	↑9	21
13	Justin	271	↑13	13
14	Timothy	266	↑2	20
15	Jeremy	261	↓5	18
16	Anthony	239	↓3	24
17	Eric	237	–	16
18	Daniel	232	↓3	11
19	Marcus	232	↓1	71
20	Brian	227	↓1	12
21	Matthew	221	↓1	6
22	Thomas	216	↑1	25
23	Derrick	186	↓1	74
24	Kevin	186	↓10	23
25	Richard	184	↓1	26
26	Willie	177	↓1	>100
27	Steven	147	↑3	28
28	Patrick	141	–	38
29	Antonio	139	↑3	77
30	Larry	139	↑3	70
31	Nicholas	139	↓2	17
32	Kenneth	136	↓5	41
33	Benjamin	122	↑1	32
34	Brandon	115	↑7	31
35	Stephen	115	–	40
36	Adam	114	↑1	22
37	Jeffrey	114	↓6	27
38	Travis	112	↓2	37
39	Andrew	111	↓1	19
40	Ryan	104	↑8	15
41	Jerry	103	↑3	94
42	Gregory	101	↓2	42
43	Donald	99	new	53
44	Mark	98	↓5	30
45	Mario	97	new	>100
46	Johnny	96	new	>100
47	Edward	95	–	52
48	Samuel	95	new	54
49	Billy	92	↓7	100
50	George	91	↓5	60

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