Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1921

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,525
2	Annie	599
3	Dorothy	377
4	Willie	364
5	Ruby	324
6	Mildred	287
7	Helen	281
8	Ruth	246
9	Louise	245
10	Lillie	241
11	Mattie	218
12	Frances	217
13	Bessie	214
13	Ethel	214
15	Margaret	209
16	Rosie	206
17	Elizabeth	200
18	Alice	191
18	Marie	191
18	Martha	191
21	Gladys	187
22	Thelma	185
23	Minnie	183
24	Hazel	180
25	Edna	179
26	Emma	178
27	Virginia	177
28	Beatrice	171
29	Sarah	166
30	Ida	162
30	Lucille	162
32	Jessie	160
33	Lillian	147
34	Doris	142
35	Carrie	141
36	Evelyn	139
37	Clara	136
37	Lula	136
39	Hattie	133
40	Bernice	129
40	Bertha	129
42	Ella	128
43	Fannie	124
44	Irene	123
44	Pauline	123
46	Maggie	116
47	Juanita	114
48	Edith	113
49	Anna	110
50	Laura	108

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,537
2	John	956
3	William	895
4	Robert	761
5	Willie	747
6	Charles	442
7	George	431
8	Henry	343
9	Thomas	275
10	Joe	252
11	Walter	249
12	Joseph	238
13	Frank	221
14	Edward	216
15	Jessie	196
16	Charlie	178
17	Eddie	176
18	Albert	172
19	Fred	168
20	Jack	167
21	David	166
22	Clarence	145
23	Earl	129
23	Richard	129
25	Sam	124
26	Lee	121
26	Paul	121
26	Samuel	121
29	Arthur	119
30	Johnnie	117
31	Eugene	115
32	Louis	114
33	Roy	106
34	Howard	105
35	Leroy	103
36	Andrew	102
37	Herman	94
38	Ernest	87
39	Harold	86
40	Curtis	82
41	Clyde	77
41	Harry	77
43	Jesse	75
43	Jimmie	75
45	Carl	73
45	Luther	73
47	Cecil	70
48	Otis	69
49	Marvin	68
50	Leon	67