Mississippi · 1922

Top 100 names in Mississippi, 1922, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,720
#2	Annie	653
#3	Willie	452
#4	Dorothy	398
#5	Mildred	301
#6	Ruby	300
#7	Louise	275
#8	Lillie	274
#9	Mattie	267
#10	Helen	263
#11	Ruth	257
#12	Frances	248
#13	Rosie	241
#14	Martha	220
#15	Elizabeth	211
#16	Ethel	205
#17	Minnie	204
#18	Margaret	195
#19	Sarah	195
#20	Jessie	194
#21	Marie	191
#22	Emma	190
#23	Gladys	188
#24	Bessie	186
#25	Edna	183
#26	Virginia	178
#27	Alice	177
#28	Hazel	174
#29	Lucille	171
#30	Doris	161
#31	Fannie	157
#32	Ida	155
#33	Thelma	155
#34	Bernice	148
#35	Irene	148
#36	Clara	146
#37	Lula	145
#38	Hattie	141
#39	Ella	140
#40	Beatrice	140
#41	Evelyn	138
#42	Lillian	138
#43	Maggie	136
#44	Laura	132
#45	Juanita	128
#46	Carrie	127
#47	Bertha	125
#48	Mamie	120
#49	Eva	119
#50	Pauline	116
#51	Velma	112
#52	Georgia	110
#53	Geneva	110
#54	Christine	107
#55	Catherine	107
#56	Katie	101
#57	Essie	97
#58	Grace	96
#59	Inez	95
#60	Myrtle	95
#61	Mae	93
#62	Lois	93
#63	Anna	92
#64	Katherine	91
#65	Edith	90
#66	Vera	89
#67	Johnnie	89
#68	Cora	89
#69	Alma	88
#70	Margie	86
#71	Marjorie	84
#72	Josephine	84
#73	Susie	84
#74	Mable	84
#75	Alberta	83
#76	Julia	83
#77	Ollie	79
#78	Betty	78
#79	Elsie	76
#80	Ora	76
#81	Flora	75
#82	Daisy	75
#83	Gertrude	75
#84	Rosa	73
#85	Lucy	72
#86	Florence	71
#87	Nancy	70
#88	Sallie	69
#89	Addie	68
#90	Lizzie	68
#91	Viola	67
#92	Lena	66
#93	Nellie	66
#94	Vivian	66
#95	Eddie	64
#96	Rose	63
#97	Eunice	62
#98	Ada	62
#99	Sadie	61
#100	Lee	58

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
Magnolia	41	18	1
Rosie	241	107	12
Myrtis	25	11	1
Lue	25	11	1
Eddie	64	28	3
Ruthie	42	19	2
Ouida	23	10	1
Earline	47	21	3
Earnestine	31	14	2
Idella	21	9	1
Bennie	27	12	2
Freddie	22	10	2

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.