Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1916

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,263
2	Annie	496
3	Willie	347
4	Ruby	299
5	Mattie	238
6	Ruth	228
7	Mildred	219
8	Bessie	213
9	Lillie	210
10	Ethel	202
11	Lucille	191
12	Margaret	189
13	Louise	185
14	Emma	178
14	Rosie	178
16	Sarah	177
17	Helen	172
18	Beatrice	170
19	Dorothy	168
19	Elizabeth	168
21	Frances	166
22	Gladys	155
23	Hattie	153
24	Clara	152
25	Jessie	145
26	Marie	141
27	Carrie	139
28	Martha	137
29	Edna	136
29	Thelma	136
31	Minnie	134
32	Irene	133
33	Alice	131
33	Lillian	131
33	Maggie	131
36	Hazel	129
37	Myrtle	124
38	Lula	123
39	Fannie	120
40	Ida	119
40	Virginia	119
42	Ella	117
43	Evelyn	114
44	Bertha	102
44	Josephine	102
46	Velma	100
47	Christine	98
48	Alma	92
48	Pauline	92
50	Mable	89

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,155
2	John	843
3	William	812
4	Willie	675
5	Robert	663
6	George	410
7	Henry	317
8	Thomas	263
9	Charles	243
10	Joe	220
11	Frank	210
12	Joseph	205
13	Walter	204
14	Charlie	183
15	Edward	174
16	Albert	168
17	Jessie	156
18	Fred	137
19	Eddie	135
20	Sam	132
21	Richard	129
22	Clarence	126
23	Jack	121
24	David	120
25	Woodrow	118
26	Johnnie	117
26	Louis	117
28	Arthur	116
29	Lee	110
30	Samuel	109
31	Earl	102
32	Jesse	98
33	Paul	93
34	Eugene	92
35	Ernest	87
36	Andrew	85
37	Howard	83
37	Leroy	83
37	Roy	83
40	Herman	79
41	Percy	75
42	Curtis	74
42	Tom	74
44	Leon	69
45	Clyde	67
45	Jim	67
47	Hubert	61
48	Jimmie	60
48	Oscar	60
48	Tommie	60