Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1982

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (545 babies) and Christopher for boys (774). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 35,228 babies born in Mississippi in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1982

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

Girls

Lashundra: 15 babies, 30.6× the national rate
Lashunda: 18 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Shemeka: 15 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Lakeshia: 21 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Chiquita: 20 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Lawanda: 26 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Lashonda: 43 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Lashanda: 21 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Laquita: 17 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Latonya: 58 babies, 8.4× the national rate

Boys

Lamarcus: 27 babies, 30.3× the national rate
Sedrick: 15 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Kendrick: 67 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Percy: 15 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Cedrick: 21 babies, 11× the national rate
Demarcus: 28 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Rodrick: 21 babies, 10× the national rate
Andrae: 15 babies, 10× the national rate
Tommie: 19 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Fredrick: 55 babies, 9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	545	–	1
2	Jessica	504	↑1	2
3	Amanda	419	↓1	3
4	Ashley	354	↑2	17
5	Kimberly	328	↓1	14
6	Tiffany	301	↓1	13
7	Crystal	268	↑4	9
8	Mary	261	↑4	30
9	Stephanie	215	↑4	7
10	Melissa	208	↓2	5
11	Angela	203	↓1	16
12	April	197	↓5	32
13	Heather	179	↑4	12
14	Amy	175	↑2	10
15	Elizabeth	167	–	8
16	Sarah	167	↑4	4
17	Latoya	154	↓8	91
18	Erica	146	↑3	35
19	Brandy	134	↓5	50
20	Emily	130	↓1	24
21	Laura	128	↑9	22
22	Amber	124	–	18
23	Brandi	115	–	55
24	Rebecca	114	↓6	15
25	Courtney	109	–	43
26	Rachel	105	↑1	21
27	Leslie	104	↑1	60
28	Lauren	101	↑9	26
29	Latasha	95	↓5	>100
30	Christina	94	↓1	19
31	Kelly	93	↑2	25
32	Michelle	92	↑6	11
33	Monica	92	↓2	52
34	Christy	91	↑11	>100
35	Lindsey	91	new	40
36	Jamie	90	–	29
37	Pamela	89	↑2	82
38	Andrea	87	↓12	27
39	Natasha	83	↑3	71
40	Alicia	77	↑8	53
41	Kayla	77	new	>100
42	Samantha	76	new	44
43	Shannon	74	↑3	38
44	Anna	73	↑3	56
45	Lisa	72	↓13	23
46	Kristen	71	↓6	33
47	Tara	70	new	47
48	Cassandra	69	new	62
49	Katrina	69	↓15	87
50	Misty	69	↓15	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Christopher	774	↑1	2
2	James	643	↓1	6
3	Michael	569	–	1
4	John	476	↑1	8
5	Joshua	441	↓1	7
6	William	441	–	15
7	Jason	425	–	4
8	Robert	402	–	9
9	David	358	↑1	5
10	Matthew	349	↑5	3
11	Justin	335	↑2	12
12	Joseph	328	↓1	11
13	Jonathan	320	↓4	16
14	Charles	295	–	31
15	Thomas	263	↑8	23
16	Daniel	235	↑1	10
17	Jeremy	235	↓5	28
18	Marcus	230	–	63
19	Anthony	223	↓3	21
20	Brian	214	↑4	14
21	Brandon	210	–	18
22	Timothy	209	↓3	24
23	Eric	186	↓3	20
24	Steven	174	↑3	26
25	Richard	167	↓3	27
26	Kevin	163	–	25
27	Nicholas	137	↑8	22
28	Willie	137	↑1	>100
29	Kenneth	133	↑3	45
30	Ryan	131	↑4	13
31	Andrew	129	–	17
32	Derrick	128	↓7	78
33	Patrick	127	↓3	37
34	Gregory	123	↑5	40
35	Benjamin	120	↓7	33
36	Adam	115	↓3	19
37	Jeffrey	115	↑1	29
38	Antonio	114	↑3	76
39	Stephen	107	↓2	38
40	Travis	102	↑2	39
41	Johnny	99	↑9	>100
42	Mark	98	new	32
43	Dustin	96	↑2	42
44	Edward	88	↓1	53
45	Cedric	87	new	>100
46	Samuel	85	↓2	56
47	George	84	new	62
48	Donald	83	new	58
49	Corey	81	↓3	74
50	Jerry	81	↓10	100

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