Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1914

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	970
2	Annie	417
3	Willie	301
4	Mattie	210
5	Ruby	203
6	Ruth	187
7	Ethel	175
8	Lillie	171
9	Rosie	166
10	Louise	164
11	Bessie	163
12	Lucille	157
13	Mildred	153
14	Alice	151
15	Minnie	147
16	Elizabeth	145
17	Emma	144
18	Hattie	139
19	Jessie	137
20	Helen	132
21	Edna	126
21	Ida	126
23	Frances	124
23	Sarah	124
25	Marie	122
26	Beatrice	121
26	Gladys	121
28	Hazel	115
29	Lillian	114
30	Martha	112
31	Lula	108
32	Carrie	106
33	Dorothy	105
34	Clara	104
34	Maggie	104
36	Margaret	103
37	Fannie	102
38	Myrtle	95
39	Mamie	93
40	Bertha	92
41	Evelyn	88
42	Anna	87
43	Thelma	86
44	Susie	85
45	Gertrude	84
46	Laura	83
47	Josephine	82
48	Ella	81
49	Irene	80
50	Christine	76

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	960
2	John	665
3	William	589
4	Willie	550
5	Robert	539
6	George	311
7	Henry	276
8	Charles	209
9	Frank	189
10	Thomas	184
11	Joe	175
12	Charlie	161
12	Walter	161
14	Albert	146
15	Joseph	144
16	Jessie	140
17	Fred	123
18	Eddie	122
18	Sam	122
20	Edward	119
21	Clarence	102
22	David	100
23	Earl	93
23	Lee	93
25	Woodrow	91
26	Johnnie	89
26	Louis	89
28	Eugene	88
28	Jack	88
28	Leroy	88
31	Arthur	78
32	Andrew	77
33	Jesse	72
34	Richard	71
35	Samuel	70
36	Ernest	67
36	Herman	67
38	Oscar	62
39	Percy	60
40	Clyde	59
40	Jim	59
40	Paul	59
43	Roy	58
44	Jimmie	57
45	Harry	55
45	Luther	55
47	Curtis	54
48	Ben	53
49	Johnie	52
50	Floyd	50