Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1923

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,616
2	Annie	672
3	Willie	437
4	Dorothy	423
5	Ruby	344
6	Mildred	317
7	Helen	290
8	Ruth	279
9	Louise	273
10	Lillie	261
11	Elizabeth	243
11	Rosie	243
13	Martha	232
14	Frances	227
15	Sarah	219
16	Mattie	213
17	Margaret	196
18	Ethel	194
18	Jessie	194
18	Minnie	194
21	Bessie	189
22	Emma	182
23	Marie	177
24	Hazel	175
25	Alice	171
26	Thelma	170
27	Doris	169
27	Gladys	169
29	Clara	165
29	Edna	165
31	Virginia	160
32	Beatrice	156
32	Hattie	156
34	Lillian	148
35	Lucille	147
36	Evelyn	145
37	Ella	144
38	Lula	142
39	Ida	132
40	Laura	131
41	Carrie	130
42	Juanita	129
43	Bertha	124
44	Bernice	123
44	Lois	123
46	Fannie	121
47	Pauline	120
48	Eva	115
48	Mae	115
50	Irene	112

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,547
2	John	969
3	William	877
4	Willie	811
5	Robert	790
6	George	450
7	Charles	430
8	Henry	334
9	Thomas	276
10	Walter	251
11	Joe	222
12	Joseph	205
13	Albert	204
13	Frank	204
15	Edward	202
16	Charlie	189
17	Jessie	182
18	Johnnie	167
19	Eddie	166
20	Fred	164
21	David	160
22	Jack	151
23	Sam	140
24	Clarence	131
24	Richard	131
26	Samuel	127
27	Lee	123
27	Louis	123
29	Earl	122
30	Arthur	119
30	Howard	119
32	Eugene	114
33	Paul	111
34	Roy	110
35	Andrew	109
36	Leroy	107
37	Curtis	101
38	Harold	100
39	Jimmie	96
40	Ernest	90
40	Herman	90
42	Luther	84
43	Leon	82
44	Carl	76
45	Clyde	73
46	Percy	72
47	Clifton	71
47	Ray	71
49	Oscar	70
50	Earnest	69