Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1922

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,720
2	Annie	653
3	Willie	452
4	Dorothy	398
5	Mildred	301
6	Ruby	300
7	Louise	275
8	Lillie	274
9	Mattie	267
10	Helen	263
11	Ruth	257
12	Frances	248
13	Rosie	241
14	Martha	220
15	Elizabeth	211
16	Ethel	205
17	Minnie	204
18	Margaret	195
18	Sarah	195
20	Jessie	194
21	Marie	191
22	Emma	190
23	Gladys	188
24	Bessie	186
25	Edna	183
26	Virginia	178
27	Alice	177
28	Hazel	174
29	Lucille	171
30	Doris	161
31	Fannie	157
32	Ida	155
32	Thelma	155
34	Bernice	148
34	Irene	148
36	Clara	146
37	Lula	145
38	Hattie	141
39	Beatrice	140
39	Ella	140
41	Evelyn	138
41	Lillian	138
43	Maggie	136
44	Laura	132
45	Juanita	128
46	Carrie	127
47	Bertha	125
48	Mamie	120
49	Eva	119
50	Pauline	116

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,598
2	John	931
3	William	885
4	Willie	841
5	Robert	810
6	George	513
7	Charles	449
8	Henry	393
9	Thomas	303
10	Joe	275
11	Walter	266
12	Frank	243
13	Albert	215
13	Joseph	215
15	Edward	201
16	Charlie	200
17	Jessie	181
18	Eddie	171
19	Johnnie	169
20	Richard	163
21	David	159
22	Sam	144
23	Louis	142
24	Lee	135
25	Fred	131
26	Jack	129
27	Eugene	126
28	Leroy	125
29	Ernest	122
30	Howard	120
31	Earl	118
32	Samuel	115
33	Paul	114
34	Arthur	108
35	Jimmie	106
36	Clarence	99
37	Roy	96
38	Andrew	93
39	Harold	89
40	Clyde	87
41	Percy	84
42	Cecil	82
43	Jesse	81
44	Hubert	80
45	Curtis	79
46	Leon	75
46	Luther	75
48	Herman	73
48	Raymond	73
50	Johnie	69