Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1981

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (587 babies) and James for boys (706). James ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 35,087 babies born in Mississippi in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1981

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: 20 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Tomeka: 22 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Lawanda: 33 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Latoria: 18 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Lakeshia: 20 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Lashanda: 23 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Shonda: 16 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Latonya: 75 babies, 8× the national rate
Angelia: 20 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Lashonda: 32 babies, 7.4× the national rate

Boys

Sammie: 17 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Marchello: 18 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Kendrick: 75 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Demarcus: 20 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Rodrick: 16 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Cedric: 81 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Roderick: 65 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Cedrick: 15 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Fredrick: 47 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Kelvin: 49 babies, 7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	587	–	1
2	Amanda	469	–	3
3	Jessica	464	↑1	2
4	Kimberly	337	↓1	13
5	Tiffany	320	–	14
6	Ashley	243	↑4	34
7	April	234	–	25
8	Melissa	230	↓2	5
9	Latoya	217	↑10	69
10	Angela	214	↓2	15
11	Crystal	211	↑2	16
12	Mary	206	↓3	27
13	Stephanie	200	↓2	8
14	Brandy	180	↑3	41
15	Elizabeth	170	↓1	9
16	Amy	169	↓1	6
17	Heather	150	↓5	10
18	Rebecca	144	–	12
19	Emily	138	↑5	29
20	Sarah	136	↓4	4
21	Erica	129	↓1	36
22	Amber	128	↑1	20
23	Brandi	124	↑6	50
24	Latasha	123	↓2	>100
25	Courtney	121	↑11	43
26	Andrea	106	↑8	24
27	Rachel	104	↑6	22
28	Leslie	101	↑4	56
29	Christina	100	↓8	17
30	Laura	100	↓4	21
31	Monica	97	↑9	49
32	Lisa	94	↓7	18
33	Kelly	92	↓2	23
34	Katrina	90	↑4	95
35	Misty	87	↑4	61
36	Jamie	85	↓6	28
37	Lauren	85	new	35
38	Michelle	83	↓1	11
39	Pamela	81	↑2	76
40	Kristen	79	new	38
41	Candice	78	↑4	86
42	Natasha	78	↓14	85
43	Carrie	76	new	55
44	Latonya	75	new	>100
45	Christy	74	↓18	99
46	Shannon	73	↓11	32
47	Anna	71	↓5	54
48	Alicia	69	↓1	46
49	Katherine	67	new	39
50	Nicole	67	new	7

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	James	706	–	7
2	Christopher	627	–	2
3	Michael	566	–	1
4	Joshua	475	↑5	6
5	John	474	–	8
6	William	468	–	15
7	Jason	434	↓3	4
8	Robert	418	↓1	9
9	Jonathan	337	↑3	16
10	David	333	↓2	5
11	Joseph	330	↓1	11
12	Jeremy	299	↑3	22
13	Justin	298	–	12
14	Charles	289	↓3	31
15	Matthew	267	↑6	3
16	Anthony	247	–	23
17	Daniel	222	↑1	10
18	Marcus	218	↑1	67
19	Timothy	218	↓5	24
20	Eric	214	↓3	17
21	Brandon	208	↑13	19
22	Richard	201	↑3	27
23	Thomas	185	↓1	26
24	Brian	179	↓4	14
25	Derrick	177	↓2	78
26	Kevin	171	↓2	25
27	Steven	156	–	28
28	Benjamin	149	↑5	32
29	Willie	141	↓3	>100
30	Patrick	135	↓2	38
31	Andrew	134	↑8	18
32	Kenneth	132	–	41
33	Adam	130	↑3	20
34	Ryan	127	↑6	13
35	Nicholas	124	↓4	21
36	Larry	121	↓6	73
37	Stephen	118	↓2	39
38	Jeffrey	116	↓1	29
39	Gregory	108	↑3	46
40	Jerry	107	↑1	97
41	Antonio	104	↓12	75
42	Travis	103	↓4	40
43	Edward	102	↑4	51
44	Samuel	97	↑4	54
45	Dustin	96	new	42
46	Corey	93	new	69
47	Jeffery	88	new	93
48	Aaron	85	new	30
49	Paul	85	new	35
50	Johnny	84	↓4	>100

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