Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1985

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1985 were Ashley for girls (599 babies) and Christopher for boys (679). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 32,103 babies born in Mississippi in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1985

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

Girls

Kenyatta: 15 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Santana: 37 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Chiquita: 32 babies, 10× the national rate
Bridgett: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Kristian: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Marquita: 30 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Latonya: 27 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Lashonda: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Deidre: 18 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Kenya: 15 babies, 6× the national rate

Boys

Kendrick: 56 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Jarvis: 44 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Demarcus: 34 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Cornelius: 31 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Roderick: 51 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Cedric: 63 babies, 8× the national rate
Kelvin: 47 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Willie: 96 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Dexter: 25 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Dewayne: 18 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	599	–	2
2	Jessica	502	–	1
3	Amanda	395	↑1	4
4	Jennifer	379	↓1	3
5	Kimberly	327	–	19
6	Brittany	282	↑24	17
7	Tiffany	229	–	23
8	Crystal	203	↓2	21
9	Heather	190	↓1	8
10	Stephanie	185	↓1	6
11	April	181	↑2	47
12	Mary	171	↓1	35
13	Lauren	166	↑1	15
14	Sarah	157	↑1	5
15	Amber	153	↓3	16
16	Courtney	148	↑7	43
17	Latoya	146	↓7	81
18	Elizabeth	140	–	9
19	Laura	139	↑7	14
20	Rachel	127	↑11	13
21	Amy	125	↓2	20
22	Angela	125	↓2	31
23	Emily	124	↓2	24
24	Megan	124	–	10
25	Anna	121	↑7	54
26	Christina	120	↑7	12
27	Melissa	119	↓10	11
28	Erica	116	↓12	34
29	Lindsey	100	↓1	37
30	Samantha	99	↑10	29
31	Brandi	97	↓4	69
32	Jamie	97	↑16	27
33	Krystal	93	new	53
34	Rebecca	93	↓9	25
35	Brandy	89	↓1	70
36	Andrea	84	↓7	33
37	Leslie	84	↑1	76
38	Victoria	81	↑9	59
39	Kristen	80	↓3	38
40	Erin	79	↑6	26
41	Danielle	75	↑1	18
42	Alicia	74	↓20	45
43	Katherine	71	–	32
44	Kelly	70	new	28
45	Sara	70	new	30
46	Felicia	68	new	>100
47	Kayla	66	↓3	>100
48	Shannon	66	↓9	41
49	Holly	65	new	56
50	Candice	64	new	86

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Christopher	679	–	2
2	James	565	–	7
3	Michael	493	–	1
4	Joshua	489	–	4
5	William	427	–	16
6	John	392	–	9
7	Brandon	380	↑9	13
8	Robert	378	↓1	8
9	Matthew	330	↓1	3
10	Jonathan	311	–	17
11	David	309	↓2	6
12	Justin	302	↓1	15
13	Joseph	290	↓1	10
14	Daniel	271	↑4	5
15	Jeremy	269	↑4	30
16	Jason	248	↓1	14
17	Charles	230	↓3	34
18	Anthony	226	↓1	20
19	Marcus	214	↓6	61
20	Timothy	191	↑2	26
21	Thomas	190	–	25
22	Eric	167	↑2	21
23	Andrew	162	↑5	11
24	Richard	161	↑3	28
25	Brian	155	↓5	18
26	Steven	155	↓1	24
27	Kevin	152	↓4	23
28	Patrick	131	↑4	37
29	Derrick	123	↑2	83
30	Nicholas	118	↑4	19
31	Ryan	114	↑4	12
32	Stephen	113	↓3	36
33	Benjamin	111	↑3	31
34	Kenneth	111	↓4	47
35	Dustin	110	↓2	41
36	Adam	109	↓10	22
37	Jacob	104	↑8	35
38	Antonio	103	↓1	73
39	Zachary	99	new	39
40	Willie	96	↑1	>100
41	Travis	87	↑5	46
42	Corey	86	↓3	63
43	Aaron	81	↓1	33
44	Jeffrey	81	↓6	29
45	Mark	81	↓1	32
46	Samuel	78	↑1	54
47	Gregory	74	↓4	45
48	Larry	73	↓8	97
49	Nathan	72	new	40
50	Bradley	70	new	53

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