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Baby names in Mississippi, 1910s

1910–1919 · 280,480 recorded births

Mary was the most common name given in Mississippi across the 1910s, with 10,557 births in the decade. The state recorded 280,480 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Mississippi in the 1910s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Bilbo10140×
Clytee2722×
Toxie1421×
Myrtis27110×
Prentiss4810×
Kattie135
Earlean55
Rosie1,695

Top 25 in the 1910s

RankNameBirths
#1Mary10,557
#2James9,748
#3Willie8,824
#4John6,756
#5William5,894
#6Robert5,259
#7Annie4,475
#8George3,400
#9Henry2,662
#10Jessie2,592
#11Ruby2,424
#12Charles2,180
#13Mattie2,070
#14Thomas1,986
#15Joe1,913
#16Walter1,859
#17Lillie1,848
#18Ruth1,840
#19Ethel1,749
#20Mildred1,733
#21Rosie1,695
#22Frank1,672
#23Louise1,656
#24Charlie1,646
#25Bessie1,618

Other decades in Mississippi

All Mississippi names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org