Mississippi · 1929

Top 100 names in Mississippi, 1929, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,623
#2	Annie	628
#3	Dorothy	564
#4	Willie	400
#5	Betty	323
#6	Ruby	293
#7	Helen	280
#8	Lillie	267
#9	Mildred	260
#10	Louise	255
#11	Mattie	245
#12	Doris	237
#13	Ruth	234
#14	Martha	225
#15	Rosie	211
#16	Frances	208
#17	Margaret	201
#18	Jessie	183
#19	Elizabeth	182
#20	Sarah	176
#21	Emma	171
#22	Bernice	167
#23	Virginia	164
#24	Clara	161
#25	Bessie	161
#26	Ethel	156
#27	Minnie	154
#28	Bertha	150
#29	Evelyn	150
#30	Hattie	144
#31	Alice	143
#32	Lula	143
#33	Hazel	142
#34	Marie	141
#35	Ida	139
#36	Thelma	136
#37	Bobbie	136
#38	Lucille	132
#39	Ella	132
#40	Edna	129
#41	Gladys	127
#42	Catherine	121
#43	Juanita	118
#44	Carrie	114
#45	Mae	114
#46	Beatrice	108
#47	Joyce	105
#48	Fannie	104
#49	Johnnie	104
#50	Georgia	100
#51	Lillian	95
#52	Eva	94
#53	Pauline	94
#54	Irene	93
#55	Christine	92
#56	Cora	91
#57	Maggie	91
#58	Bonnie	90
#59	Nellie	88
#60	Billie	88
#61	Katie	87
#62	Essie	86
#63	Margie	84
#64	Anna	84
#65	Velma	82
#66	Katherine	81
#67	Josephine	81
#68	Grace	80
#69	Daisy	79
#70	Myrtle	79
#71	Lois	78
#72	Jean	77
#73	Lena	75
#74	Mamie	75
#75	Vera	75
#76	Julia	74
#77	Peggy	74
#78	Geneva	73
#79	Laura	73
#80	Ann	73
#81	Gloria	72
#82	Wilma	72
#83	Susie	72
#84	Ollie	68
#85	Inez	67
#86	Eula	66
#87	Ora	66
#88	Elsie	65
#89	Maxine	65
#90	Mable	64
#91	Alma	64
#92	Earline	64
#93	Flora	64
#94	Dora	63
#95	Sara	60
#96	Sadie	60
#97	Barbara	60
#98	Geraldine	58
#99	Earnestine	58
#100	Eddie	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
Earlean	21	10	0
Magnolia	23	11	1
Myrtis	29	13	1
Eddie	58	27	3
Earnestine	58	27	3
Lue	23	11	1
Lessie	39	18	2
Rosie	211	98	12
Earline	64	30	4
Ruthie	56	26	3
Queen	37	17	2
Pearlie	48	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.