Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1926

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,714
2	Annie	729
3	Dorothy	562
4	Willie	489
5	Ruby	359
6	Helen	343
7	Mildred	289
8	Louise	277
9	Lillie	267
10	Ruth	266
11	Rosie	258
12	Mattie	245
13	Emma	239
14	Bessie	238
15	Margaret	237
16	Martha	236
17	Frances	234
18	Elizabeth	218
18	Sarah	218
20	Doris	215
21	Jessie	210
22	Minnie	194
23	Virginia	191
24	Ethel	190
25	Gladys	187
26	Alice	183
26	Edna	183
28	Betty	180
29	Marie	179
30	Thelma	166
31	Lula	162
32	Lucille	153
33	Bernice	152
34	Ida	151
35	Clara	149
36	Hazel	146
37	Evelyn	145
38	Bertha	144
39	Hattie	138
40	Ella	134
40	Mae	134
42	Christine	130
43	Carrie	128
44	Lillian	127
45	Beatrice	125
46	Fannie	123
47	Catherine	122
48	Maggie	121
49	Lois	120
50	Irene	117

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,854
2	John	1,083
3	William	942
4	Robert	886
5	Willie	868
6	Charles	498
7	George	425
8	Henry	337
9	Thomas	309
10	Walter	285
11	Joe	259
12	Edward	238
13	Frank	228
13	Joseph	228
15	Jessie	219
16	Charlie	198
17	David	195
18	Eddie	193
19	Johnnie	178
20	Richard	165
21	Albert	162
22	Fred	160
23	Clarence	153
24	Jack	152
25	Paul	140
25	Roy	140
27	Billy	131
28	Eugene	126
29	Leroy	122
30	Ernest	118
30	Sam	118
32	Samuel	117
33	Louis	116
34	Earl	115
34	Jimmie	115
36	Lee	110
37	Harold	107
38	Howard	105
39	Arthur	94
40	Curtis	92
41	Earnest	91
41	Herman	91
43	Andrew	85
44	Tommie	84
45	Johnie	83
46	Floyd	82
46	Jesse	82
48	Calvin	81
48	Leon	81
50	Cecil	78