Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1911

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	606
2	Annie	296
3	Willie	206
4	Ruby	158
5	Mattie	138
6	Ethel	130
7	Lillie	127
8	Emma	119
9	Rosie	114
10	Bessie	109
10	Elizabeth	109
12	Minnie	106
13	Carrie	105
14	Alice	95
15	Sarah	94
16	Mildred	90
17	Clara	85
17	Edna	85
17	Hattie	85
20	Lucille	84
21	Beatrice	83
21	Fannie	83
23	Jessie	80
23	Louise	80
23	Ruth	80
26	Maggie	76
27	Lillian	75
28	Ida	74
29	Helen	70
30	Gladys	68
30	Lula	68
30	Mamie	68
30	Martha	68
30	Susie	68
35	Bertha	66
36	Frances	65
37	Velma	63
38	Margaret	60
38	Marie	60
40	Ella	58
40	Katie	58
40	Viola	58
43	Thelma	57
44	Anna	56
44	Julia	56
44	Virginia	56
47	Irene	55
47	Nellie	55
49	Dorothy	54
49	Myrtle	54

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	401
2	John	364
3	Willie	303
4	William	238
5	Robert	210
6	George	193
7	Henry	138
8	Joe	101
9	Frank	100
10	Charles	83
10	Thomas	83
12	Walter	81
13	Sam	79
14	Albert	77
15	Charlie	75
16	Eddie	64
16	Edward	64
18	Fred	62
18	Jessie	62
20	Jack	55
21	Joseph	50
22	Johnnie	48
23	Earl	47
24	Louis	44
25	Lee	43
26	Ernest	42
27	Andrew	41
27	Clarence	41
27	Percy	41
27	Samuel	41
31	David	40
31	Roosevelt	40
31	Will	40
34	Oscar	38
34	Richard	38
34	Tom	38
37	Jimmie	36
37	Leroy	36
39	Arthur	35
40	Howard	33
41	Eugene	31
41	Leon	31
41	Roy	31
44	Jesse	30
45	Jim	29
46	Bill	28
46	Herman	28
46	Johnie	28
46	Tommie	28
50	Curtis	27