Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1931

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,465
2	Dorothy	587
3	Annie	552
4	Betty	480
5	Willie	332
6	Ruby	292
7	Martha	249
8	Margaret	230
9	Rosie	221
10	Helen	220
11	Mildred	216
12	Louise	213
13	Doris	194
14	Elizabeth	191
15	Lillie	189
15	Mattie	189
15	Sarah	189
18	Ruth	183
19	Frances	175
20	Ethel	167
21	Bernice	161
22	Bobbie	157
23	Emma	153
24	Jessie	151
24	Minnie	151
26	Alice	149
27	Bessie	146
28	Gladys	143
29	Clara	141
29	Virginia	141
31	Ida	133
32	Thelma	131
33	Marie	125
34	Barbara	123
35	Edna	122
35	Hattie	122
37	Joyce	119
38	Evelyn	117
39	Lula	116
40	Ella	110
41	Carrie	109
42	Christine	108
43	Billie	106
44	Lucille	105
45	Beatrice	102
45	Catherine	102
45	Mae	102
45	Peggy	102
49	Hazel	100
50	Johnnie	97

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,520
2	Robert	888
3	John	789
4	Willie	738
5	William	693
6	Charles	602
7	George	389
8	Henry	327
9	Billy	304
10	Joe	273
11	Walter	268
12	Thomas	261
13	Bobby	187
14	David	181
15	Edward	180
16	Eddie	178
17	Jessie	172
18	Albert	161
19	Joseph	160
20	Charlie	154
20	Richard	154
22	Frank	153
23	Paul	142
24	Johnnie	140
25	Jimmie	137
26	Fred	134
27	Louis	128
28	Jack	124
29	Roy	121
30	Leroy	118
31	Howard	105
32	Arthur	104
33	Clarence	103
34	Harold	102
34	Lee	102
36	Samuel	100
37	Eugene	99
38	Earl	95
39	Curtis	92
39	Sam	92
41	Carl	90
42	Donald	89
43	Ernest	86
44	Johnny	84
45	Kenneth	80
46	Andrew	78
47	Clyde	76
48	Earnest	74
49	Tommie	73
50	Jimmy	71