Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1948

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,714
2	Linda	1,095
3	Barbara	724
4	Dorothy	712
5	Betty	699
6	Patricia	523
7	Shirley	519
8	Annie	486
9	Brenda	426
10	Carolyn	398
11	Martha	377
12	Gloria	355
13	Sandra	350
14	Margaret	279
15	Judy	274
16	Willie	267
17	Helen	256
18	Peggy	252
19	Nancy	248
20	Bobbie	241
21	Joyce	238
22	Ruby	237
23	Rosie	222
24	Elizabeth	214
25	Alice	206
26	Janice	204
26	Sarah	204
28	Doris	197
29	Emma	191
30	Lillie	177
31	Ethel	167
32	Glenda	166
33	Virginia	164
34	Susan	159
35	Patsy	158
36	Beverly	149
37	Frances	145
38	Donna	143
39	Bertha	142
40	Wanda	140
41	Bessie	136
42	Mattie	135
42	Minnie	135
44	Rebecca	134
45	Catherine	132
46	Carol	128
46	Mildred	128
48	Evelyn	127
49	Clara	126
50	Edna	124

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,138
2	Robert	1,264
3	John	1,147
4	Willie	1,090
5	Charles	966
6	William	941
7	Larry	569
8	David	542
9	Jerry	507
10	Thomas	495
11	George	482
12	Jimmy	402
13	Richard	360
14	Johnny	359
15	Joe	352
16	Billy	340
17	Eddie	323
18	Henry	318
19	Bobby	317
20	Michael	307
21	Walter	275
22	Donald	258
22	Edward	258
24	Joseph	256
25	Ronald	249
26	Jimmie	232
27	Kenneth	204
28	Frank	203
29	Danny	199
30	Roy	189
31	Tommy	186
32	Paul	185
33	Albert	165
34	Johnnie	159
35	Charlie	158
36	Jessie	154
37	Arthur	152
38	Samuel	151
38	Terry	151
40	Curtis	149
41	Clarence	147
41	Lee	147
43	Gary	146
44	Leroy	145
45	Eugene	141
46	Howard	131
47	Louis	130
48	Harold	127
49	Carl	124
49	Roger	124