Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1917

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,215
2	Annie	502
3	Willie	411
4	Ruby	277
5	Ruth	235
6	Mildred	224
7	Mattie	221
8	Louise	211
9	Lillie	202
10	Ethel	190
11	Frances	186
11	Sarah	186
13	Dorothy	180
14	Elizabeth	177
15	Rosie	172
16	Bessie	167
17	Margaret	166
18	Jessie	163
19	Helen	162
20	Martha	159
21	Emma	156
22	Alice	150
22	Lucille	150
24	Edna	148
25	Beatrice	145
26	Minnie	144
27	Thelma	137
28	Hazel	136
29	Fannie	135
29	Marie	135
31	Clara	132
32	Gladys	129
33	Carrie	125
34	Lillian	123
35	Myrtle	110
36	Ida	108
37	Hattie	107
37	Maggie	107
37	Virginia	107
40	Irene	106
40	Laura	106
42	Lula	105
43	Mamie	102
44	Bertha	100
44	Ella	100
46	Evelyn	99
47	Eva	92
48	Bernice	89
48	Susie	89
50	Grace	87

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,230
2	John	758
3	William	741
4	Willie	662
5	Robert	633
6	George	461
7	Henry	305
8	Charles	271
9	Thomas	261
10	Walter	229
11	Joe	215
12	Charlie	206
13	Frank	198
14	Joseph	196
15	Edward	175
16	Eddie	156
17	Albert	155
18	Jessie	143
19	Sam	138
20	David	137
20	Fred	137
22	Clarence	128
23	Johnnie	126
24	Richard	122
25	Jack	118
26	Louis	107
27	Arthur	101
28	Lee	100
28	Samuel	100
30	Roy	99
31	Woodrow	98
32	Howard	97
33	Earl	96
34	Paul	90
35	Ernest	88
36	Eugene	87
37	Leroy	85
38	Curtis	81
39	Tom	76
40	Percy	74
41	Earnest	73
42	Andrew	70
42	Jim	70
42	Jimmie	70
45	Jesse	69
45	Tommie	69
47	Herman	68
48	Clyde	65
49	Johnie	64
50	Cecil	60