Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1983

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (526 babies) and Christopher for boys (806). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 33,377 babies born in Mississippi in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1983

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

Girls

Chiquita: 21 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Latoria: 16 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Sherita: 15 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Daphne: 25 babies, 9× the national rate
Shameka: 32 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Laquita: 17 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Marquita: 170 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Latonya: 40 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Lakeisha: 30 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Latasha: 90 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Boys

Kendrick: 70 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Cedric: 76 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Cornelius: 36 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Roderick: 60 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Fredrick: 38 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Kelvin: 46 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Willie: 120 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Jarvis: 26 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Demarcus: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Charlie: 28 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	526	–	1
2	Ashley	478	↑2	4
3	Jessica	445	↓1	2
4	Amanda	394	↓1	3
5	Kimberly	302	–	15
6	Tiffany	295	–	14
7	Crystal	229	–	11
8	Stephanie	218	↑1	8
9	Heather	185	↑4	9
10	Angela	180	↑1	22
11	Mary	178	↓3	32
12	Sarah	174	↑4	5
13	Marquita	170	new	>100
14	Melissa	170	↓4	6
15	April	169	↓3	39
16	Erica	169	↑2	33
17	Amber	160	↑5	17
18	Amy	159	↓4	12
19	Elizabeth	149	↓4	10
20	Rebecca	128	↑4	19
21	Latoya	127	↓4	90
22	Alicia	122	↑18	41
23	Brandi	122	–	56
24	Brandy	120	↓5	57
25	Emily	120	↓5	25
26	Laura	120	↓5	23
27	Lauren	114	↑1	24
28	Courtney	109	↓3	44
29	Christina	107	↑1	16
30	Lindsey	105	↑5	35
31	Rachel	102	↓5	20
32	Kayla	96	↑9	81
33	Kelly	93	↓2	26
34	Samantha	92	↑8	40
35	Latasha	90	↓6	>100
36	Jamie	85	–	28
37	Erin	78	new	18
38	Megan	78	new	21
39	Monica	78	↓6	54
40	Victoria	77	new	58
41	Andrea	76	↓3	30
42	Felicia	74	new	>100
43	Nicole	73	new	7
44	Candice	72	new	84
45	Leslie	71	↓18	67
46	Katherine	68	new	34
47	Michelle	68	↓15	13
48	Sara	67	new	31
49	Shannon	66	↓6	38
50	Candace	65	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Christopher	806	–	2
2	James	626	–	6
3	Michael	536	–	1
4	William	436	↑2	16
5	John	434	↓1	9
6	Joshua	411	↓1	5
7	Robert	406	↑1	10
8	Matthew	359	↑2	3
9	David	347	–	4
10	Jason	344	↓3	7
11	Jonathan	329	↑2	19
12	Justin	319	↓1	12
13	Joseph	276	↓1	11
14	Marcus	276	↑4	58
15	Charles	265	↓1	33
16	Brandon	248	↑5	17
17	Jeremy	246	–	30
18	Anthony	236	↑1	22
19	Eric	226	↑4	20
20	Daniel	215	↓4	8
21	Thomas	200	↓6	24
22	Timothy	193	–	26
23	Brian	185	↓3	14
24	Kevin	171	↑2	25
25	Steven	169	↓1	23
26	Adam	150	↑10	18
27	Richard	148	↓2	27
28	Andrew	137	↑3	15
29	Derrick	130	↑3	78
30	Kenneth	127	↓1	45
31	Dustin	122	↑12	43
32	Patrick	120	↑1	37
33	Willie	120	↓5	>100
34	Nicholas	119	↓7	21
35	Stephen	118	↑4	35
36	Ryan	110	↓6	13
37	Gregory	107	↓3	42
38	Travis	106	↑2	41
39	Benjamin	105	↓4	32
40	Larry	102	new	85
41	Jeffrey	101	↓4	28
42	Samuel	101	↑4	54
43	Corey	89	↑6	74
44	Antonio	86	↓6	76
45	Nathan	86	new	40
46	Jeffery	84	new	91
47	Mark	84	↓5	31
48	Paul	83	new	39
49	Bradley	78	new	52
50	Jerry	78	–	>100

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