Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1986

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1986 were Ashley for girls (587 babies) and Christopher for boys (676). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,818 babies born in Mississippi in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1986

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

Girls

Shaquita: 19 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Santana: 37 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Laquita: 17 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Chiquita: 25 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Lakeshia: 20 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Marquita: 25 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Latonya: 23 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Lashonda: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Chasity: 31 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Latasha: 55 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Cedrick: 16 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Kendrick: 59 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Earnest: 16 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Demario: 19 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Willie: 104 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Roderick: 39 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Cornelius: 24 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Jarvis: 32 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Fredrick: 24 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Cedric: 40 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	587	–	2
2	Jessica	487	–	1
3	Brittany	362	↑3	8
4	Amanda	345	↓1	3
5	Jennifer	279	↓1	4
6	Kimberly	267	↓1	18
7	Tiffany	218	–	17
8	Heather	185	↑1	9
9	Courtney	178	↑7	35
10	Amber	172	↑5	13
11	Elizabeth	172	↑7	10
12	Mary	160	–	37
13	Crystal	156	↓5	25
14	Sarah	147	–	5
15	Erica	145	↑13	31
16	Lauren	144	↓3	14
17	Stephanie	144	↓7	6
18	Megan	140	↑6	11
19	Whitney	128	new	32
20	Amy	127	↑1	22
21	April	126	↓10	53
22	Emily	121	↑1	24
23	Laura	118	↓4	20
24	Samantha	110	↑6	21
25	Kayla	107	↑22	64
26	Brittney	106	new	65
27	Rachel	106	↓7	15
28	Christina	104	↓2	19
29	Anna	99	↓4	51
30	Angela	95	↓8	33
31	Lindsey	95	↓2	39
32	Latoya	88	↓15	>100
33	Jamie	86	↓1	34
34	Rebecca	85	–	26
35	Victoria	84	↑3	54
36	Melissa	83	↓9	12
37	Brandi	79	↓6	79
38	Katherine	78	↑5	28
39	Kristen	77	–	41
40	Shannon	75	↑8	44
41	Sara	74	↑4	27
42	Andrea	72	↓6	36
43	Krystal	72	↓10	61
44	Katie	70	new	38
45	Alicia	69	↓3	45
46	Dominique	69	new	98
47	Danielle	68	↓6	16
48	Erin	68	↓8	30
49	Candace	66	new	>100
50	Kelly	66	↓6	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Christopher	676	–	2
2	James	537	–	7
3	Michael	499	–	1
4	William	455	↑1	15
5	Joshua	424	↓1	4
6	John	385	–	10
7	Brandon	376	–	13
8	Matthew	353	↑1	3
9	Jeremy	351	↑6	28
10	Robert	336	↓2	9
11	Justin	318	↑1	14
12	David	317	↓1	5
13	Jonathan	315	↓3	16
14	Charles	225	↑3	34
15	Joseph	222	↓2	12
16	Daniel	217	↓2	6
17	Andrew	212	↑6	8
18	Jason	211	↓2	18
19	Anthony	185	↓1	19
20	Timothy	173	–	27
21	Thomas	172	–	26
22	Marcus	171	↓3	63
23	Eric	167	↓1	22
24	Richard	154	–	29
25	Kevin	147	↑2	21
26	Steven	146	–	25
27	Patrick	135	↑1	39
28	Dustin	134	↑7	42
29	Brian	129	↓4	20
30	Antonio	123	↑8	73
31	Ryan	122	–	11
32	Benjamin	120	↑1	30
33	Kenneth	117	↑1	50
34	Stephen	117	↓2	36
35	Nicholas	110	↓5	17
36	Zachary	107	↑3	38
37	Willie	104	↑3	>100
38	Corey	100	↑4	62
39	Adam	95	↓3	24
40	Derrick	94	↓11	87
41	Travis	94	–	49
42	Jeffrey	91	↑2	32
43	Mark	91	↑2	35
44	Aaron	88	↓1	33
45	Jacob	88	↓8	31
46	Nathan	86	↑3	43
47	Kyle	85	new	23
48	Larry	85	–	>100
49	Gregory	84	↓2	46
50	Samuel	82	↓4	52

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