Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,741
2	Linda	1,233
3	Betty	731
4	Dorothy	730
5	Barbara	727
6	Patricia	578
7	Shirley	493
8	Annie	484
9	Carolyn	428
10	Sandra	414
11	Martha	395
12	Brenda	351
13	Gloria	302
14	Margaret	292
15	Elizabeth	275
15	Judy	275
17	Helen	270
18	Ruby	264
19	Willie	247
20	Nancy	245
21	Peggy	239
22	Joyce	233
23	Bobbie	218
24	Doris	216
25	Rosie	212
26	Sarah	210
27	Alice	206
28	Janice	187
29	Frances	182
30	Lillie	180
31	Patsy	178
32	Carol	174
33	Ethel	169
34	Jo	165
35	Emma	162
36	Virginia	161
37	Mattie	159
38	Minnie	152
39	Mildred	149
40	Charlotte	139
40	Evelyn	139
42	Catherine	136
43	Wanda	134
44	Donna	133
45	Edna	132
46	Rebecca	131
47	Glenda	130
48	Ruth	129
49	Susan	128
50	Judith	125

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,277
2	Robert	1,322
3	John	1,219
4	Willie	1,091
5	William	1,055
6	Charles	1,024
7	Larry	586
8	David	530
9	Jerry	500
10	Thomas	498
11	George	489
12	Jimmy	430
13	Billy	420
14	Richard	397
15	Johnny	372
16	Joe	355
17	Henry	354
18	Bobby	328
19	Eddie	325
20	Donald	284
21	Walter	278
22	Edward	258
23	Joseph	246
24	Michael	242
25	Ronald	236
26	Frank	227
27	Kenneth	225
28	Roy	214
29	Danny	205
29	Jimmie	205
29	Tommy	205
32	Paul	203
33	Albert	181
34	Charlie	171
35	Lee	167
36	Johnnie	163
37	Jessie	158
38	Arthur	149
38	Samuel	149
40	Gary	146
41	Harold	137
42	Leroy	132
43	Eugene	129
44	Clarence	126
45	Melvin	125
46	Fred	124
47	Curtis	120
47	Louis	120
49	Terry	117
50	Earl	112