Mississippi · 1926

Top 100 names in Mississippi, 1926, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,714
#2	Annie	729
#3	Dorothy	562
#4	Willie	489
#5	Ruby	359
#6	Helen	343
#7	Mildred	289
#8	Louise	277
#9	Lillie	267
#10	Ruth	266
#11	Rosie	258
#12	Mattie	245
#13	Emma	239
#14	Bessie	238
#15	Margaret	237
#16	Martha	236
#17	Frances	234
#18	Elizabeth	218
#19	Sarah	218
#20	Doris	215
#21	Jessie	210
#22	Minnie	194
#23	Virginia	191
#24	Ethel	190
#25	Gladys	187
#26	Alice	183
#27	Edna	183
#28	Betty	180
#29	Marie	179
#30	Thelma	166
#31	Lula	162
#32	Lucille	153
#33	Bernice	152
#34	Ida	151
#35	Clara	149
#36	Hazel	146
#37	Evelyn	145
#38	Bertha	144
#39	Hattie	138
#40	Ella	134
#41	Mae	134
#42	Christine	130
#43	Carrie	128
#44	Lillian	127
#45	Beatrice	125
#46	Fannie	123
#47	Catherine	122
#48	Maggie	121
#49	Lois	120
#50	Juanita	117
#51	Irene	117
#52	Pauline	116
#53	Mamie	116
#54	Eva	111
#55	Laura	111
#56	Geneva	106
#57	Georgia	102
#58	Katherine	100
#59	Daisy	96
#60	Margie	95
#61	Vera	94
#62	Edith	93
#63	Myrtle	93
#64	Josephine	92
#65	Alma	90
#66	Johnnie	89
#67	Katie	83
#68	Nellie	83
#69	Essie	83
#70	Velma	83
#71	Julia	82
#72	Lena	81
#73	Addie	79
#74	Cora	79
#75	Ora	78
#76	Anna	76
#77	Elsie	75
#78	Susie	73
#79	Vivian	72
#80	Inez	71
#81	Dora	71
#82	Grace	71
#83	Marjorie	69
#84	Nancy	68
#85	Sadie	68
#86	Lee	67
#87	Ada	67
#88	Flora	66
#89	Eunice	65
#90	Joyce	65
#91	Jean	64
#92	Hilda	63
#93	Ollie	63
#94	Alberta	63
#95	Bobbie	63
#96	Sara	62
#97	Bonnie	62
#98	Wilma	61
#99	Maxine	60
#100	Rosa	60

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
Kattie	30	13	1
Birtha	22	9	1
Magnolia	28	12	1
Myrtis	35	15	1
Lue	22	9	1
Rosie	258	109	13
Freddie	33	14	2
Idella	25	11	1
Johnie	29	12	2
Sammie	20	8	1
Ouida	20	8	1
Eddie	51	22	3

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.