Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1987

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1987 were Jessica for girls (614 babies) and Christopher for boys (634). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 29,670 babies born in Mississippi in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1987

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: 29 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Lakeshia: 28 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Latoria: 15 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Santana: 21 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Marquita: 20 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Jerrica: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Latonya: 17 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lashonda: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Chasity: 31 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Adrian: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Boys

Lamarcus: 20 babies, 26.8× the national rate
Kendrick: 65 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Demarcus: 30 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Demario: 21 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Clifton: 37 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Jarvis: 33 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Cornelius: 25 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Desmond: 36 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Roderick: 36 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Willie: 87 babies, 6.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Jessica	614	↑1	1
2	Ashley	564	↓1	2
3	Brittany	361	–	7
4	Amanda	297	–	3
5	Jennifer	260	–	4
6	Kimberly	255	–	23
7	Tiffany	216	–	18
8	Kayla	199	↑17	27
9	Amber	185	↑1	15
10	Heather	182	↓2	9
11	Lauren	165	↑5	16
12	Mary	160	–	37
13	Sarah	156	↑1	5
14	Samantha	153	↑10	11
15	Courtney	150	↓6	33
16	Crystal	146	↓3	26
17	Elizabeth	143	↓6	10
18	Whitney	139	↑1	32
19	Stephanie	136	↓2	6
20	Emily	131	↑2	19
21	Megan	131	↓3	12
22	Erica	120	↓7	31
23	Melissa	115	↑13	13
24	Laura	106	↓1	22
25	Anna	103	↑4	52
26	April	101	↓5	58
27	Brittney	98	↓1	61
28	Lindsey	98	↑3	41
29	Rachel	98	↓2	17
30	Victoria	98	↑5	50
31	Angela	91	↓1	35
32	Amy	90	↓12	24
33	Andrea	77	↑9	36
34	Katherine	77	↑4	28
35	Candace	75	↑14	>100
36	Kristen	75	↑3	42
37	Rebecca	74	↓3	25
38	Christina	70	↓10	20
39	Brandi	68	↓2	88
40	Jasmine	68	new	79
41	Latoya	66	↓9	>100
42	Alicia	64	↑3	46
43	Jamie	64	↓10	39
44	Sara	63	↓3	29
45	Shannon	63	↓5	45
46	Kelly	62	↑4	30
47	Danielle	61	–	14
48	Krystal	59	↓5	70
49	Erin	57	↓1	34
50	Katie	56	↓6	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Christopher	634	–	2
2	James	489	–	8
3	Michael	447	–	1
4	Justin	434	↑7	9
5	Joshua	431	–	4
6	William	386	↓2	15
7	John	339	↓1	11
8	Jeremy	331	↑1	29
9	Robert	310	↑1	10
10	Matthew	301	↓2	3
11	Brandon	297	↓4	14
12	Jonathan	275	↑1	18
13	David	263	↓1	5
14	Joseph	261	↑1	12
15	Daniel	222	↑1	7
16	Andrew	218	↑1	6
17	Timothy	194	↑3	26
18	Anthony	192	↑1	17
19	Charles	184	↓5	35
20	Thomas	175	↑1	24
21	Marcus	168	↑1	67
22	Eric	151	↑1	21
23	Kevin	144	↑2	19
24	Jason	143	↓6	23
25	Brian	137	↑4	20
26	Steven	136	–	25
27	Richard	122	↓3	30
28	Derrick	121	↑12	86
29	Ryan	121	↑2	13
30	Benjamin	117	↑2	28
31	Kenneth	117	↑2	53
32	Adam	112	↑7	27
33	Dustin	111	↓5	44
34	Zachary	109	↑2	33
35	Patrick	108	↓8	41
36	Corey	106	↑2	57
37	Jacob	103	↑8	31
38	Nicholas	102	↓3	16
39	Stephen	100	↓5	38
40	Travis	90	↑1	42
41	Willie	87	↓4	>100
42	Jeffrey	85	–	32
43	Gregory	84	↑6	47
44	Phillip	82	new	68
45	Antonio	81	↓15	72
46	Bradley	81	new	56
47	Larry	81	↑1	>100
48	Samuel	80	↑2	50
49	Mark	79	↓6	36
50	Kyle	76	↓3	22

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