Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1912

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	806
2	Annie	358
3	Willie	260
4	Mattie	196
5	Ruby	190
6	Louise	148
7	Rosie	147
8	Ethel	141
9	Ruth	136
10	Lillie	133
11	Bessie	128
11	Hattie	128
13	Emma	125
14	Lucille	123
15	Elizabeth	120
16	Gladys	117
17	Clara	111
17	Jessie	111
19	Beatrice	109
20	Mildred	108
21	Carrie	106
21	Maggie	106
23	Alice	103
23	Sarah	103
25	Ida	100
26	Marie	99
26	Minnie	99
28	Edna	97
29	Lula	95
30	Myrtle	92
31	Martha	91
32	Bertha	90
32	Irene	90
34	Fannie	88
34	Frances	88
36	Lillian	84
37	Hazel	83
38	Margaret	82
38	Thelma	82
40	Susie	81
41	Alberta	80
42	Georgia	79
43	Evelyn	78
44	Laura	77
45	Mamie	76
46	Virginia	75
47	Dorothy	74
47	Helen	74
49	Julia	71
50	Alma	70

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	662
2	John	529
3	Willie	414
4	William	411
5	Robert	400
6	George	220
7	Henry	207
8	Charles	159
9	Joe	148
10	Thomas	142
11	Frank	137
12	Walter	133
13	Albert	118
14	Joseph	109
15	Charlie	93
15	Jack	93
17	Sam	90
18	Edward	87
19	Eddie	84
20	Jessie	82
21	Richard	78
22	Fred	75
23	Ernest	74
24	Clarence	70
25	Earl	67
26	Lee	66
27	David	65
28	Johnnie	63
28	Leroy	63
28	Roy	63
31	Louis	61
32	Woodrow	60
33	Arthur	59
34	Samuel	58
35	Jesse	52
36	Oscar	51
37	Andrew	50
38	Howard	48
38	Percy	48
40	Curtis	47
41	Tom	46
42	Roosevelt	41
43	Earnest	40
43	Eugene	40
43	Jimmie	40
46	Claude	37
46	Jim	37
48	Leon	36
48	Luther	36
48	Otis	36