Mississippi · 1938

Top 100 names in Mississippi, 1938, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#1	Mary	1,539
#2	Betty	663
#3	Dorothy	635
#4	Annie	527
#5	Shirley	449
#6	Barbara	431
#7	Martha	324
#8	Willie	288
#9	Ruby	267
#10	Doris	254
#11	Margaret	236
#12	Peggy	214
#13	Lillie	210
#14	Rosie	207
#15	Helen	205
#16	Elizabeth	205
#17	Sarah	204
#18	Carolyn	191
#19	Ethel	191
#20	Emma	190
#21	Mattie	189
#22	Bobbie	187
#23	Alice	186
#24	Frances	186
#25	Mildred	185
#26	Patricia	179
#27	Joyce	171
#28	Virginia	163
#29	Jessie	159
#30	Louise	156
#31	Ruth	152
#32	Clara	146
#33	Ella	144
#34	Edna	143
#35	Minnie	142
#36	Nancy	132
#37	Johnnie	130
#38	Bernice	124
#39	Catherine	121
#40	Bessie	119
#41	Lula	119
#42	Evelyn	118
#43	Bertha	117
#44	Juanita	115
#45	Thelma	115
#46	Mae	111
#47	Bonnie	109
#48	Hattie	106
#49	Marie	104
#50	Margie	102
#51	Gloria	100
#52	Patsy	96
#53	Ann	95
#54	Laura	94
#55	Fannie	94
#56	Gladys	93
#57	Ida	92
#58	Jo	90
#59	Josephine	87
#60	Rose	87
#61	Billie	85
#62	Sylvia	84
#63	Bettie	84
#64	Hazel	84
#65	Bettye	83
#66	Christine	81
#67	Lucille	81
#68	Georgia	80
#69	Pearlie	80
#70	Katie	79
#71	Carrie	79
#72	Nellie	78
#73	Ora	78
#74	Jean	78
#75	Vera	77
#76	Linda	76
#77	Geneva	75
#78	Eva	75
#79	Essie	75
#80	Norma	74
#81	Maggie	73
#82	Annette	73
#83	Katherine	71
#84	Maxine	70
#85	Geraldine	69
#86	Cora	69
#87	Yvonne	68
#88	Jimmie	68
#89	Flora	66
#90	Beatrice	65
#91	Mamie	65
#92	Julia	65
#93	Ruthie	63
#94	Janice	61
#95	Velma	61
#96	Pauline	61
#97	Irene	60
#98	Earnestine	60
#99	Alma	59
#100	Glenda	59

Uniquely popular in Mississippi

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Geburten	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Earlean	20	9	1
Lue	26	12	1
Myrtis	24	11	1
Pearlie	80	35	3
Ora	78	35	4
Rosie	207	92	11
Earnestine	60	27	3
Essie	75	33	4
Callie	30	13	2
Ruthie	63	28	4
Queen	36	16	2
Johnnie	130	58	8

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.