Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1989

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1989 were Brittany for girls (562 babies) and Christopher for boys (590). Brittany ranked #3 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,859 babies born in Mississippi in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1989

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: 15 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Laquita: 15 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Valencia: 15 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Latrice: 19 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Octavia: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Kierra: 24 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Precious: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lakeisha: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jerrica: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Jalisa: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Lamarcus: 22 babies, 25.9× the national rate
Kiara: 16 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Rodrick: 19 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Earnest: 16 babies, 11× the national rate
Jarvis: 57 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Cedrick: 15 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Cornelius: 36 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Demarcus: 35 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Kendrick: 49 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Darrius: 20 babies, 7.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Brittany	562	↑2	3
2	Ashley	508	–	2
3	Jessica	478	↓2	1
4	Amanda	257	–	4
5	Courtney	248	↑3	21
6	Kayla	236	–	20
7	Amber	226	↑4	14
8	Jasmine	219	↑10	30
9	Tiffany	208	↓4	16
10	Lauren	186	↑3	9
11	Sarah	180	↑4	5
12	Kimberly	179	↓5	28
13	Heather	176	↓4	15
14	Samantha	169	↑3	6
15	Jennifer	159	↓5	7
16	Emily	151	↑8	13
17	Megan	151	↓1	11
18	Brittney	150	↑3	41
19	Mary	145	↓7	38
20	Elizabeth	144	–	10
21	Whitney	123	↓7	57
22	Anna	119	↓3	51
23	Stephanie	119	↓1	8
24	Kristen	118	↑4	36
25	Crystal	113	↓2	32
26	Erica	112	–	34
27	Hannah	102	↑16	42
28	Victoria	95	↑1	44
29	Laura	93	↓4	25
30	April	92	–	66
31	Rachel	90	↓4	18
32	Rebecca	86	↑2	24
33	Christina	84	↑5	23
34	Kiara	84	new	>100
35	Alicia	80	↑6	53
36	Katherine	79	↑4	26
37	Lindsey	78	↓5	48
38	Chelsea	73	↑9	27
39	Andrea	72	↓2	39
40	Morgan	71	new	69
41	Angela	69	↓8	47
42	Katie	68	↑2	45
43	Melissa	65	↓7	19
44	Haley	62	new	>100
45	Kristin	61	new	60
46	Brandi	60	↓1	98
47	Erin	60	↑2	40
48	Danielle	59	new	17
49	Jamie	59	↑1	52
50	Kelsey	56	new	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Christopher	590	–	2
2	James	498	↑1	9
3	Justin	494	↓1	8
4	Joshua	486	–	4
5	Michael	451	–	1
6	William	418	–	15
7	Robert	344	↑2	10
8	Jeremy	326	↑4	34
9	Matthew	320	↓2	3
10	John	308	↓2	12
11	David	266	–	5
12	Jonathan	259	↓2	17
13	Brandon	254	–	18
14	Joseph	242	↑1	11
15	Charles	215	↓1	36
16	Andrew	199	–	7
17	Daniel	198	↑2	6
18	Timothy	179	–	28
19	Steven	171	↑4	22
20	Thomas	171	–	23
21	Anthony	164	↓4	16
22	Zachary	158	↑10	25
23	Nicholas	145	↑3	14
24	Marcus	142	↓3	67
25	Jacob	141	↑3	26
26	Ryan	129	↑12	13
27	Cody	127	↑8	45
28	Travis	123	↑17	41
29	Corey	122	↑1	55
30	Eric	122	↓8	21
31	Kenneth	120	↓2	53
32	Stephen	112	↑5	40
33	Benjamin	111	↓8	29
34	Adam	110	↑6	27
35	Patrick	110	↑1	38
36	Tyler	110	↑6	30
37	Richard	109	↓4	33
38	Antonio	107	↑3	76
39	Dustin	107	↓12	48
40	Aaron	102	↑7	31
41	Derrick	102	↑7	99
42	Kevin	101	↓18	19
43	Brian	99	↓9	24
44	Jason	90	↓13	35
45	Samuel	89	↓6	47
46	Kyle	87	–	20
47	Bradley	83	new	58
48	Larry	83	new	>100
49	Nathan	82	new	43
50	Willie	79	↓7	>100

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