Mississippi · 1928

Top 100 names in Mississippi, 1928, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,679
#2	Dorothy	628
#3	Annie	604
#4	Willie	395
#5	Ruby	361
#6	Mildred	300
#7	Helen	287
#8	Rosie	255
#9	Betty	252
#10	Ruth	249
#11	Martha	235
#12	Doris	232
#13	Mattie	231
#14	Margaret	229
#15	Lillie	221
#16	Sarah	209
#17	Frances	205
#18	Elizabeth	200
#19	Louise	200
#20	Edna	196
#21	Evelyn	192
#22	Virginia	189
#23	Bessie	187
#24	Minnie	185
#25	Emma	178
#26	Bernice	167
#27	Jessie	166
#28	Ethel	161
#29	Lucille	153
#30	Alice	151
#31	Marie	147
#32	Hazel	146
#33	Clara	146
#34	Ida	143
#35	Ella	135
#36	Christine	134
#37	Thelma	132
#38	Gladys	126
#39	Bertha	125
#40	Catherine	125
#41	Fannie	124
#42	Lula	118
#43	Juanita	113
#44	Maggie	112
#45	Bobbie	112
#46	Hattie	112
#47	Beatrice	112
#48	Carrie	107
#49	Mamie	103
#50	Laura	103
#51	Velma	101
#52	Mae	100
#53	Pauline	99
#54	Geneva	98
#55	Essie	97
#56	Joyce	96
#57	Lillian	96
#58	Eva	94
#59	Johnnie	93
#60	Julia	89
#61	Irene	89
#62	Vera	86
#63	Georgia	86
#64	Jimmie	86
#65	Josephine	84
#66	Katie	83
#67	Rose	82
#68	Grace	82
#69	Elsie	82
#70	Katherine	82
#71	Margie	81
#72	Billie	81
#73	Susie	81
#74	Lois	80
#75	Jean	79
#76	Alma	78
#77	Anna	78
#78	Myrtle	77
#79	Nellie	77
#80	Daisy	77
#81	Ora	75
#82	Bonnie	75
#83	Inez	74
#84	Flora	73
#85	Cora	70
#86	Edith	69
#87	Addie	68
#88	Alberta	67
#89	Gloria	64
#90	Eula	64
#91	Jewel	64
#92	Geraldine	63
#93	Lena	63
#94	Ann	62
#95	Marjorie	62
#96	Barbara	62
#97	Ollie	62
#98	Nancy	61
#99	Earnestine	61
#100	Sadie	61

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	35	16	1
Myrtis	37	17	1
Ira	23	10	1
Rosie	255	114	12
Earnestine	61	27	3
Lue	23	10	1
Johnie	23	10	1
Jimmie	86	38	5
Ruthie	57	25	3
Freddie	31	14	2
Essie	97	43	7
Addie	68	30	5

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.