Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1928

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,679
2	Dorothy	628
3	Annie	604
4	Willie	395
5	Ruby	361
6	Mildred	300
7	Helen	287
8	Rosie	255
9	Betty	252
10	Ruth	249
11	Martha	235
12	Doris	232
13	Mattie	231
14	Margaret	229
15	Lillie	221
16	Sarah	209
17	Frances	205
18	Elizabeth	200
18	Louise	200
20	Edna	196
21	Evelyn	192
22	Virginia	189
23	Bessie	187
24	Minnie	185
25	Emma	178
26	Bernice	167
27	Jessie	166
28	Ethel	161
29	Lucille	153
30	Alice	151
31	Marie	147
32	Clara	146
32	Hazel	146
34	Ida	143
35	Ella	135
36	Christine	134
37	Thelma	132
38	Gladys	126
39	Bertha	125
39	Catherine	125
41	Fannie	124
42	Lula	118
43	Juanita	113
44	Beatrice	112
44	Bobbie	112
44	Hattie	112
44	Maggie	112
48	Carrie	107
49	Laura	103
49	Mamie	103

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,690
2	John	937
3	William	928
4	Willie	859
5	Robert	839
6	Charles	592
7	George	471
8	Henry	357
9	Thomas	304
10	Joe	264
11	Walter	260
12	Charlie	229
13	Edward	215
14	Joseph	210
15	Jessie	196
16	Frank	195
17	Albert	194
18	Eddie	187
19	Billy	176
19	Jack	176
21	Richard	170
22	Jimmie	165
23	Johnnie	163
24	David	158
25	Fred	142
26	Clarence	135
27	Leroy	132
27	Louis	132
29	Eugene	129
30	Howard	126
31	Paul	125
32	Roy	123
33	Harold	118
33	Lee	118
35	Herbert	110
36	Earl	105
37	Curtis	103
37	Samuel	103
39	Ernest	99
40	Andrew	98
41	Sam	97
42	Arthur	91
43	Percy	82
44	Jesse	81
44	Roosevelt	81
46	Earnest	80
47	Herman	76
48	Floyd	73
49	Leon	71
50	Bobby	68