Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1946

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,621
2	Linda	803
3	Betty	691
4	Barbara	653
5	Dorothy	642
6	Annie	505
7	Shirley	486
8	Patricia	471
9	Carolyn	383
10	Sandra	372
11	Martha	368
12	Brenda	309
13	Gloria	307
14	Margaret	265
15	Judy	258
16	Willie	244
17	Joyce	240
18	Helen	239
19	Nancy	235
20	Elizabeth	232
21	Doris	228
22	Peggy	222
23	Ruby	217
24	Rosie	215
25	Alice	213
26	Sarah	198
27	Bobbie	186
28	Carol	173
29	Emma	167
30	Janice	162
31	Patsy	155
32	Mattie	154
33	Virginia	153
34	Minnie	149
35	Edna	144
36	Ethel	139
36	Lillie	139
38	Evelyn	134
38	Frances	134
40	Ruth	133
41	Jo	132
41	Mildred	132
41	Susan	132
44	Catherine	131
45	Jessie	129
46	Glenda	128
47	Rebecca	126
48	Bessie	119
48	Clara	119
50	Beverly	114

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,138
2	Robert	1,278
3	John	1,171
4	Willie	1,043
5	William	1,004
6	Charles	954
7	George	472
8	Larry	434
9	Thomas	433
10	David	423
11	Jerry	422
12	Billy	404
13	Richard	375
14	Joe	362
15	Johnny	360
16	Jimmy	359
17	Henry	337
18	Bobby	318
19	Walter	285
20	Eddie	277
21	Edward	261
22	Donald	257
23	Jimmie	233
24	Joseph	229
25	Michael	222
26	Frank	217
27	Tommy	204
28	Kenneth	196
29	Paul	182
30	Johnnie	175
31	Roy	168
32	Albert	161
33	Danny	160
34	Ronald	159
35	Charlie	158
36	Gary	156
37	Curtis	152
37	Jessie	152
39	Lee	149
40	Arthur	139
40	Harold	139
42	Leroy	138
43	Fred	135
44	Eugene	129
45	Clarence	122
46	Melvin	120
47	Tommie	113
48	Earl	109
49	Samuel	108
50	Louis	107