Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1949

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,766
2	Linda	1,123
3	Betty	652
4	Dorothy	646
5	Barbara	641
6	Shirley	586
7	Patricia	562
8	Annie	468
9	Brenda	441
10	Sandra	402
11	Carolyn	386
12	Gloria	382
13	Martha	357
14	Judy	320
15	Margaret	290
16	Rosie	268
17	Peggy	261
18	Willie	255
19	Nancy	243
20	Joyce	240
21	Ruby	237
22	Elizabeth	215
23	Bobbie	214
24	Doris	206
25	Sarah	197
26	Alice	196
27	Janice	195
28	Helen	194
29	Susan	188
30	Emma	184
31	Lillie	183
32	Ethel	164
33	Wanda	162
34	Virginia	160
35	Donna	159
36	Beverly	158
37	Frances	148
38	Patsy	144
39	Mattie	143
40	Carol	142
41	Diane	136
42	Glenda	135
43	Charlotte	132
44	Ella	130
44	Mildred	130
46	Evelyn	129
47	Bertha	128
47	Catherine	128
49	Edna	127
49	Jo	127

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,997
2	Robert	1,322
3	Willie	1,130
4	John	1,106
5	Charles	1,014
6	William	976
7	Larry	641
8	David	541
9	Jerry	470
10	Thomas	468
11	George	464
12	Johnny	383
13	Eddie	377
14	Henry	372
15	Richard	359
16	Michael	353
17	Jimmy	351
18	Billy	340
19	Joe	335
20	Bobby	312
21	Walter	288
22	Donald	276
23	Edward	259
24	Joseph	256
25	Kenneth	245
26	Ronald	225
27	Tommy	213
28	Frank	203
28	Roy	203
30	Jimmie	202
31	Albert	198
32	Gary	194
33	Johnnie	189
34	Paul	188
35	Danny	184
36	Lee	177
37	Charlie	169
38	Terry	168
39	Samuel	159
40	Curtis	156
41	Roger	155
42	Jessie	152
43	Arthur	147
44	Clarence	139
44	Jesse	139
46	Harold	132
47	Leroy	125
47	Louis	125
49	Melvin	124
50	Fred	123