Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1988

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1988 were Jessica for girls (550 babies) and Christopher for boys (573). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 29,851 babies born in Mississippi in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1988

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

Girls

Valencia: 17 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Latonya: 23 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Chiquita: 15 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Lakeshia: 17 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Marquita: 18 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Chasity: 40 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Jerrica: 24 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Jalisa: 25 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Constance: 23 babies, 6× the national rate
Adrian: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Boys

Jamarcus: 19 babies, 20.2× the national rate
Earnest: 15 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Roderick: 50 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Demarcus: 36 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Jarvis: 46 babies, 9× the national rate
Quincy: 20 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Kendrick: 45 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Willie: 93 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Cordero: 15 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Cordell: 15 babies, 7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Jessica	550	–	1
2	Ashley	521	–	2
3	Brittany	397	–	6
4	Amanda	315	–	3
5	Tiffany	245	↑2	13
6	Kayla	233	↑2	20
7	Kimberly	223	↓1	25
8	Courtney	222	↑7	24
9	Heather	202	↑1	14
10	Jennifer	198	↓5	5
11	Amber	182	↓2	15
12	Mary	179	–	34
13	Lauren	163	↓2	11
14	Whitney	150	↑4	39
15	Sarah	147	↓2	4
16	Megan	146	↑5	12
17	Samantha	140	↓3	8
18	Jasmine	136	↑22	53
19	Anna	128	↑6	54
20	Elizabeth	128	↓3	10
21	Brittney	126	↑6	52
22	Stephanie	122	↓3	7
23	Crystal	117	↓7	28
24	Emily	117	↓4	18
25	Laura	108	↓1	23
26	Erica	98	↓4	31
27	Rachel	93	↑2	19
28	Kristen	92	↑8	36
29	Victoria	90	↑1	42
30	April	87	↓4	65
31	Amy	83	↑1	29
32	Lindsey	79	↓4	48
33	Angela	76	↓2	38
34	Rebecca	73	↑3	26
35	Candace	72	–	>100
36	Melissa	72	↓13	16
37	Andrea	68	↓4	35
38	Christina	66	–	22
39	Latoya	64	↑2	>100
40	Katherine	63	↓6	27
41	Alicia	62	↑1	50
42	Sara	62	↑2	30
43	Hannah	61	new	61
44	Katie	61	↑6	40
45	Brandi	57	↓6	91
46	Allison	56	new	46
47	Chelsea	55	new	33
48	Nicole	54	new	9
49	Erin	53	–	37
50	Jamie	51	↓7	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Christopher	573	–	2
2	Justin	527	↑2	7
3	James	497	↓1	9
4	Joshua	475	↑1	4
5	Michael	440	↓2	1
6	William	392	–	16
7	Matthew	337	↑3	3
8	John	327	↓1	11
9	Robert	302	–	10
10	Jonathan	287	↑2	15
11	David	284	↑2	6
12	Jeremy	277	↓4	35
13	Brandon	258	↓2	17
14	Charles	217	↑5	37
15	Joseph	212	↓1	12
16	Andrew	207	–	5
17	Anthony	192	↑1	18
18	Timothy	187	↓1	25
19	Daniel	180	↓4	8
20	Thomas	168	–	23
21	Marcus	150	–	66
22	Eric	140	–	19
23	Steven	140	↑3	24
24	Kevin	129	↓1	20
25	Benjamin	128	↑5	30
26	Nicholas	127	↑12	14
27	Dustin	125	↑6	48
28	Jacob	124	↑9	28
29	Kenneth	123	↑2	51
30	Corey	122	↑6	56
31	Jason	120	↓7	27
32	Zachary	119	↑2	29
33	Richard	107	↓6	32
34	Brian	106	↓9	22
35	Cody	106	new	43
36	Patrick	99	↓1	42
37	Stephen	99	↑2	40
38	Ryan	97	↓9	13
39	Samuel	94	↑9	45
40	Adam	93	↓8	26
41	Antonio	93	↑4	72
42	Tyler	93	new	33
43	Willie	93	↓2	>100
44	Gregory	92	↓1	50
45	Travis	89	↓5	41
46	Kyle	86	↑4	21
47	Aaron	84	new	31
48	Derrick	75	↓20	97
49	Phillip	72	↓5	71
50	Johnny	69	new	>100

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