Mississippi · 1939

Top 100 names in Mississippi, 1939, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,562
#2	Betty	659
#3	Dorothy	586
#4	Barbara	466
#5	Annie	456
#6	Shirley	390
#7	Martha	341
#8	Willie	271
#9	Ruby	239
#10	Doris	226
#11	Margaret	225
#12	Patricia	218
#13	Rosie	210
#14	Peggy	209
#15	Carolyn	206
#16	Helen	205
#17	Bobbie	201
#18	Sarah	195
#19	Alice	187
#20	Mildred	185
#21	Frances	184
#22	Lillie	178
#23	Nancy	176
#24	Emma	174
#25	Virginia	174
#26	Louise	172
#27	Elizabeth	166
#28	Linda	150
#29	Bessie	145
#30	Joyce	142
#31	Ethel	142
#32	Bernice	141
#33	Mattie	139
#34	Clara	139
#35	Minnie	138
#36	Ruth	136
#37	Thelma	130
#38	Hattie	122
#39	Jessie	119
#40	Ella	116
#41	Edna	116
#42	Ida	115
#43	Gloria	114
#44	Mae	114
#45	Jo	111
#46	Marie	108
#47	Ann	107
#48	Bertha	106
#49	Johnnie	103
#50	Juanita	103
#51	Georgia	102
#52	Bonnie	102
#53	Evelyn	102
#54	Hazel	102
#55	Catherine	102
#56	Lula	101
#57	Carrie	99
#58	Patsy	97
#59	Rose	92
#60	Gladys	91
#61	Fannie	91
#62	Bettie	90
#63	Vera	88
#64	Billie	87
#65	Margie	86
#66	Lucille	79
#67	Christine	78
#68	Laura	75
#69	Katie	74
#70	Sylvia	74
#71	Eva	74
#72	Geraldine	73
#73	Sandra	73
#74	Norma	73
#75	Ora	71
#76	Julia	70
#77	Yvonne	70
#78	Jean	69
#79	Essie	69
#80	Bettye	68
#81	Velma	68
#82	Earnestine	67
#83	Nellie	67
#84	Geneva	66
#85	Jimmie	65
#86	Maggie	65
#87	Lillian	65
#88	Pearlie	64
#89	Cora	64
#90	Joan	63
#91	Ernestine	62
#92	Charlotte	62
#93	Alberta	60
#94	Flora	59
#95	Carol	59
#96	Faye	59
#97	Maxine	58
#98	Alma	58
#99	Annette	58
#100	Anna	57

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	20	9	1
Ouida	26	12	1
Myrtis	21	10	1
Pearlie	64	29	3
Rosie	210	95	11
Earnestine	67	30	3
Callie	25	11	1
Ora	71	32	4
Essie	69	31	4
Earline	48	22	3
Lessie	21	10	1
Ruthie	55	25	4

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.