Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1950

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,636
2	Linda	1,078
3	Barbara	628
4	Patricia	613
5	Betty	579
6	Dorothy	570
7	Shirley	567
8	Brenda	532
9	Annie	472
10	Sandra	403
11	Gloria	397
12	Martha	356
13	Carolyn	352
14	Judy	284
15	Margaret	267
16	Joyce	266
17	Deborah	260
18	Elizabeth	237
19	Willie	231
20	Bobbie	229
21	Nancy	227
22	Doris	214
23	Rosie	210
24	Emma	209
25	Ruby	205
26	Peggy	200
27	Susan	196
28	Sarah	191
29	Janice	188
30	Helen	186
31	Wanda	185
32	Alice	183
32	Lillie	183
34	Rebecca	177
35	Beverly	173
36	Donna	165
37	Carol	159
37	Virginia	159
39	Ethel	150
40	Glenda	148
41	Sharon	137
42	Jo	134
43	Cynthia	130
43	Evelyn	130
45	Catherine	128
46	Diane	123
46	Rose	123
48	Frances	120
49	Bertha	116
50	Ella	115

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,978
2	Robert	1,392
3	Willie	1,143
4	John	1,090
5	Charles	1,012
6	William	969
7	Larry	813
8	David	605
9	George	476
10	Jerry	474
11	Thomas	453
12	Michael	407
13	Johnny	390
14	Billy	374
15	Eddie	358
16	Jimmy	356
17	Richard	343
18	Henry	330
19	Joe	310
20	Bobby	304
21	Kenneth	271
22	Donald	265
23	Walter	262
24	Edward	242
25	Joseph	240
26	Ronald	238
27	Tommy	205
28	Roy	198
29	Frank	196
30	Jimmie	189
31	Danny	181
32	Albert	180
33	Gary	174
33	Paul	174
35	Lee	173
36	Jessie	166
36	Johnnie	166
38	Melvin	160
39	Charlie	159
40	Arthur	158
41	Curtis	155
42	Terry	149
43	Samuel	147
44	Roger	133
45	Carl	129
46	Leroy	127
47	Clarence	125
48	Dennis	124
48	Eugene	124
50	Tommie	117