Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,545
2	Betty	678
3	Dorothy	626
4	Barbara	578
5	Linda	544
6	Annie	485
7	Patricia	390
8	Shirley	387
9	Martha	346
10	Carolyn	310
11	Willie	292
12	Sandra	255
13	Margaret	248
14	Ruby	225
15	Gloria	221
16	Sarah	213
17	Doris	210
18	Nancy	208
19	Bobbie	207
20	Helen	205
21	Emma	198
22	Lillie	196
22	Peggy	196
24	Rosie	194
25	Alice	187
26	Elizabeth	170
27	Brenda	164
27	Joyce	164
29	Minnie	157
30	Judy	151
31	Mildred	150
32	Ethel	147
32	Virginia	147
34	Patsy	146
35	Mattie	143
36	Frances	141
37	Johnnie	140
38	Clara	137
39	Ella	131
40	Bessie	130
41	Edna	129
42	Ruth	128
43	Bertha	125
43	Louise	125
45	Carol	123
46	Evelyn	122
47	Jessie	119
48	Bonnie	114
49	Catherine	110
50	Ann	108

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,915
2	Robert	1,148
3	John	1,087
4	Willie	1,004
5	William	848
6	Charles	823
7	George	470
8	Thomas	398
9	Jerry	376
10	Billy	351
11	David	334
12	Joe	333
13	Jimmy	317
14	Henry	312
15	Richard	280
16	Larry	270
17	Johnny	269
18	Walter	268
19	Eddie	263
20	Bobby	256
21	Edward	214
22	Joseph	213
23	Albert	193
23	Jimmie	193
25	Frank	191
26	Donald	176
26	Roy	176
28	Johnnie	174
29	Charlie	169
30	Kenneth	165
31	Jessie	162
32	Lee	151
32	Tommy	151
34	Paul	150
35	Curtis	139
36	Leroy	135
37	Arthur	129
38	Clarence	128
39	Louis	125
40	Samuel	118
41	Fred	116
42	Michael	114
42	Ronald	114
44	Andrew	108
45	Ernest	104
45	Eugene	104
45	Harold	104
48	Tommie	103
49	Gary	102
50	Roger	98