Mississippi · 1918

Top 100 names in Mississippi, 1918, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,348
#2	Annie	555
#3	Willie	422
#4	Ruby	287
#5	Ruth	242
#6	Mildred	237
#7	Frances	224
#8	Mattie	219
#9	Louise	210
#10	Lillie	205
#11	Ethel	204
#12	Dorothy	204
#13	Elizabeth	198
#14	Bessie	191
#15	Rosie	190
#16	Margaret	190
#17	Helen	183
#18	Lucille	181
#19	Minnie	177
#20	Emma	177
#21	Alice	176
#22	Jessie	170
#23	Martha	168
#24	Gladys	161
#25	Clara	158
#26	Edna	158
#27	Sarah	154
#28	Thelma	152
#29	Ida	151
#30	Hazel	149
#31	Hattie	148
#32	Lillian	147
#33	Lula	145
#34	Marie	143
#35	Beatrice	143
#36	Carrie	133
#37	Evelyn	128
#38	Fannie	122
#39	Irene	121
#40	Mamie	118
#41	Myrtle	116
#42	Virginia	116
#43	Ella	114
#44	Maggie	113
#45	Katie	111
#46	Laura	111
#47	Grace	101
#48	Alma	98
#49	Bertha	95
#50	Velma	94
#51	Susie	92
#52	Ora	91
#53	Alberta	91
#54	Mae	90
#55	Eva	90
#56	Anna	89
#57	Gertrude	88
#58	Julia	88
#59	Pauline	88
#60	Bernice	86
#61	Christine	86
#62	Edith	86
#63	Doris	84
#64	Lucy	84
#65	Lois	82
#66	Georgia	82
#67	Catherine	81
#68	Josephine	80
#69	Lena	79
#70	Viola	79
#71	Flora	78
#72	Katherine	77
#73	Essie	76
#74	Johnnie	72
#75	Lizzie	72
#76	Vera	72
#77	Ollie	72
#78	Juanita	71
#79	Geneva	71
#80	Mable	71
#81	Cora	69
#82	Sallie	69
#83	Sara	68
#84	Inez	66
#85	Florence	66
#86	Lucile	64
#87	Rosa	64
#88	Addie	63
#89	Elsie	63
#90	Daisy	60
#91	Nancy	58
#92	Betty	56
#93	Wilma	54
#94	Pearl	53
#95	Mabel	53
#96	Effie	53
#97	Eunice	53
#98	Vivian	53
#99	Nellie	52
#100	Nettie	50

Uniquely popular in Mississippi

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

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Lue	21	11	1
Freddie	24	12	1
Myrtis	26	13	1
Magnolia	24	12	1
Rosie	190	98	10
Eddie	48	25	3
Johnie	25	13	2
Pearlie	37	19	3
Ruthie	20	10	2
Queen	24	12	2
Katie	111	58	9
Willie	422	219	33

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.