Mississippi · 1943

Top 100 names in Mississippi, 1943, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,716
#2	Dorothy	687
#3	Betty	685
#4	Barbara	653
#5	Linda	515
#6	Annie	485
#7	Martha	390
#8	Shirley	384
#9	Patricia	332
#10	Carolyn	330
#11	Willie	296
#12	Ruby	255
#13	Doris	249
#14	Margaret	246
#15	Bobbie	231
#16	Helen	230
#17	Sandra	228
#18	Elizabeth	224
#19	Rosie	208
#20	Sarah	207
#21	Gloria	204
#22	Nancy	196
#23	Peggy	190
#24	Frances	189
#25	Lillie	186
#26	Emma	182
#27	Alice	181
#28	Virginia	180
#29	Joyce	179
#30	Minnie	173
#31	Brenda	169
#32	Mattie	168
#33	Patsy	161
#34	Ethel	143
#35	Mildred	141
#36	Edna	136
#37	Bessie	133
#38	Bonnie	129
#39	Johnnie	128
#40	Bernice	127
#41	Bertha	126
#42	Carol	125
#43	Clara	123
#44	Georgia	123
#45	Ruth	120
#46	Jessie	119
#47	Jo	117
#48	Louise	115
#49	Judy	115
#50	Thelma	114
#51	Glenda	113
#52	Ida	113
#53	Lula	112
#54	Hattie	110
#55	Evelyn	110
#56	Catherine	110
#57	Ella	106
#58	Janice	103
#59	Bettye	102
#60	Ann	101
#61	Jean	96
#62	Charlotte	94
#63	Christine	93
#64	Julia	92
#65	Rebecca	92
#66	Margie	92
#67	Carrie	89
#68	Mae	88
#69	Rose	88
#70	Bettie	88
#71	Geraldine	88
#72	Laura	86
#73	Josephine	85
#74	Gladys	85
#75	Marie	85
#76	Hazel	81
#77	Billie	81
#78	Eva	81
#79	Velma	80
#80	Beverly	78
#81	Judith	78
#82	Ora	78
#83	Wanda	77
#84	Katherine	77
#85	Sylvia	75
#86	Earnestine	75
#87	Maggie	74
#88	Juanita	73
#89	Lucille	71
#90	Fannie	70
#91	Joan	69
#92	Lois	69
#93	Ruthie	67
#94	Katie	66
#95	Maxine	65
#96	Beatrice	65
#97	Norma	63
#98	Alma	63
#99	Vera	63
#100	Wilma	63

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	32	13	1
Kattie	21	8	0
Lue	20	8	1
Ora	78	31	3
Rosie	208	83	8
Ruthie	67	27	3
Bobby	26	10	1
Essie	60	24	3
Pearlie	57	23	2
Earnestine	75	30	3
Doretha	21	8	1
Allie	20	8	1

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.