Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1984

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1984 were Ashley for girls (504 babies) and Christopher for boys (745). Ashley ranked #3 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 32,888 babies born in Mississippi in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1984

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: 15 babies, 21.5× the national rate
Santana: 27 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Latoria: 17 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Chiquita: 16 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Marquita: 87 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Daphne: 17 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Lakesha: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lashonda: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Latonya: 34 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Latasha: 78 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Lamarcus: 18 babies, 20.7× the national rate
Kendrick: 63 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Cedrick: 19 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Rodrick: 22 babies, 12× the national rate
Jarvis: 43 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Demarcus: 24 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Cedric: 64 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Fredrick: 31 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kelvin: 44 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Roderick: 40 babies, 6.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Ashley	504	↑1	3
2	Jessica	493	↑1	2
3	Jennifer	447	↓2	1
4	Amanda	369	–	4
5	Kimberly	301	–	22
6	Crystal	238	↑1	12
7	Tiffany	225	↓1	14
8	Heather	204	↑1	9
9	Stephanie	202	↓1	6
10	Latoya	194	↑11	60
11	Mary	193	–	33
12	Amber	185	↑5	18
13	April	174	↑2	42
14	Lauren	159	↑13	21
15	Sarah	158	↓3	5
16	Erica	157	–	34
17	Melissa	147	↓3	8
18	Elizabeth	144	↑1	10
19	Amy	137	↓1	13
20	Angela	135	↓10	26
21	Emily	133	↑4	24
22	Alicia	122	–	40
23	Courtney	115	↑5	46
24	Megan	114	↑14	11
25	Rebecca	112	↓5	23
26	Laura	109	–	19
27	Brandi	106	↓4	61
28	Lindsey	105	↑2	35
29	Andrea	102	↑12	28
30	Brittany	96	new	41
31	Rachel	94	–	15
32	Anna	91	new	57
33	Christina	89	↓4	20
34	Brandy	87	↓10	64
35	Marquita	87	↓22	>100
36	Kristen	85	new	38
37	Monica	83	↑2	58
38	Leslie	81	↑7	75
39	Shannon	81	↑10	37
40	Samantha	79	↓6	39
41	Latasha	78	↓6	>100
42	Danielle	77	new	16
43	Katherine	77	↑3	30
44	Kayla	77	↓12	100
45	Candace	76	↑5	>100
46	Erin	75	↓9	25
47	Victoria	75	↓7	59
48	Jamie	74	↓12	31
49	Michelle	70	↓2	17
50	Natasha	70	new	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Christopher	745	–	2
2	James	600	–	7
3	Michael	557	–	1
4	Joshua	455	↑2	4
5	William	440	↓1	16
6	John	413	↓1	8
7	Robert	399	–	9
8	Matthew	367	–	3
9	David	359	–	5
10	Jonathan	330	↑1	19
11	Justin	300	↑1	13
12	Joseph	283	↑1	10
13	Marcus	274	↑1	57
14	Charles	271	↑1	33
15	Jason	267	↓5	11
16	Brandon	261	–	15
17	Anthony	244	↑1	21
18	Daniel	243	↑2	6
19	Jeremy	237	↓2	31
20	Brian	202	↑3	17
21	Thomas	193	–	25
22	Timothy	186	–	26
23	Kevin	185	↑1	24
24	Eric	165	↓5	22
25	Steven	163	–	23
26	Adam	160	–	18
27	Richard	155	–	27
28	Andrew	147	–	14
29	Stephen	136	↑6	35
30	Kenneth	132	–	46
31	Derrick	124	↓2	79
32	Patrick	124	–	36
33	Dustin	119	↓2	41
34	Nicholas	115	–	20
35	Ryan	115	↑1	12
36	Benjamin	113	↑3	30
37	Antonio	105	↑7	77
38	Jeffrey	103	↑3	28
39	Corey	100	↑4	69
40	Larry	96	–	91
41	Willie	96	↓8	>100
42	Aaron	95	new	29
43	Gregory	95	↓6	44
44	Mark	92	↑3	32
45	Jacob	85	new	37
46	Travis	83	↓8	42
47	Samuel	77	↓5	55
48	Terry	77	new	>100
49	Bryan	75	new	48
50	Jerry	74	–	>100

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