Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1941

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,631
2	Betty	634
3	Dorothy	621
4	Annie	509
5	Barbara	494
6	Shirley	392
7	Martha	376
8	Linda	312
9	Patricia	294
10	Willie	280
11	Carolyn	239
12	Helen	233
13	Margaret	226
14	Rosie	223
15	Doris	221
16	Elizabeth	218
17	Gloria	217
18	Peggy	216
19	Ruby	215
20	Bobbie	204
21	Emma	198
22	Sarah	189
23	Lillie	185
24	Alice	180
25	Nancy	176
26	Mattie	175
27	Frances	169
28	Virginia	166
29	Joyce	159
30	Patsy	153
31	Minnie	152
32	Ethel	143
33	Edna	140
34	Bertha	139
35	Brenda	138
36	Jessie	135
36	Sandra	135
38	Louise	129
39	Ruth	126
40	Johnnie	124
41	Mildred	122
42	Mae	121
43	Bessie	115
44	Hattie	114
45	Evelyn	113
46	Clara	110
47	Ann	109
48	Ida	107
49	Bonnie	106
50	Bernice	105

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,879
2	Robert	1,074
3	John	973
4	Willie	893
5	William	868
6	Charles	789
7	George	433
8	Thomas	410
9	Billy	396
10	Joe	363
11	Jerry	350
12	Bobby	302
13	Henry	296
14	Walter	267
15	David	263
16	Jimmy	256
17	Eddie	245
18	Edward	223
19	Jimmie	206
20	Richard	197
21	Larry	194
22	Joseph	189
23	Jessie	176
24	Charlie	166
25	Tommy	165
26	Johnny	163
27	Albert	162
28	Paul	159
29	Donald	158
30	Roy	156
31	Frank	155
32	Fred	142
32	Kenneth	142
34	Leroy	136
35	Roosevelt	131
36	Lee	125
37	Johnnie	123
38	Eugene	122
39	Arthur	114
40	Tommie	113
41	Howard	112
42	Jesse	110
42	Melvin	110
44	Samuel	109
45	Harold	108
46	Carl	106
46	Louis	106
48	Clarence	103
49	Earl	101
50	Curtis	97