Mississippi · 1940

Top 100 names in Mississippi, 1940, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,557
#2	Betty	631
#3	Dorothy	605
#4	Annie	492
#5	Barbara	456
#6	Shirley	392
#7	Martha	360
#8	Willie	270
#9	Ruby	238
#10	Peggy	236
#11	Linda	235
#12	Patricia	235
#13	Helen	230
#14	Doris	220
#15	Rosie	209
#16	Emma	201
#17	Carolyn	201
#18	Margaret	198
#19	Gloria	194
#20	Elizabeth	191
#21	Lillie	190
#22	Sarah	184
#23	Alice	181
#24	Mildred	176
#25	Nancy	175
#26	Frances	172
#27	Bobbie	169
#28	Mattie	169
#29	Joyce	156
#30	Virginia	155
#31	Ruth	149
#32	Clara	143
#33	Ethel	139
#34	Minnie	138
#35	Bernice	135
#36	Louise	133
#37	Bertha	131
#38	Patsy	130
#39	Edna	129
#40	Catherine	121
#41	Bessie	119
#42	Jessie	115
#43	Bonnie	114
#44	Ida	110
#45	Carrie	109
#46	Ann	108
#47	Hattie	106
#48	Ella	105
#49	Juanita	104
#50	Jean	103
#51	Lula	102
#52	Evelyn	97
#53	Johnnie	94
#54	Sandra	93
#55	Thelma	92
#56	Christine	91
#57	Earnestine	90
#58	Brenda	88
#59	Margie	86
#60	Rose	85
#61	Mae	85
#62	Laura	84
#63	Vera	83
#64	Gladys	83
#65	Katie	81
#66	Georgia	81
#67	Jo	81
#68	Marie	80
#69	Fannie	79
#70	Yvonne	79
#71	Geraldine	79
#72	Hazel	78
#73	Mamie	77
#74	Rebecca	76
#75	Sylvia	76
#76	Pearlie	75
#77	Josephine	74
#78	Velma	72
#79	Jane	72
#80	Maggie	72
#81	Glenda	72
#82	Julia	71
#83	Jimmie	71
#84	Alma	70
#85	Katherine	70
#86	Eva	70
#87	Bettye	69
#88	Ruthie	68
#89	Bettie	67
#90	Billie	66
#91	Charlotte	65
#92	Cora	64
#93	Nellie	63
#94	Joan	63
#95	Norma	63
#96	Eddie	62
#97	Ora	62
#98	Janice	62
#99	Susie	62
#100	Lucille	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
Earlean	34	15	1
Kattie	22	10	1
Myrtis	21	9	1
Callie	40	18	2
Eddie	62	27	3
Pearlie	75	33	3
Earnestine	90	40	4
Lue	23	10	1
Rosie	209	92	10
Ruthie	68	30	4
Gussie	20	9	1
Addie	54	24	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.