Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1952

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,531
2	Linda	1,000
3	Patricia	649
4	Barbara	582
5	Betty	573
6	Dorothy	561
7	Deborah	530
8	Brenda	522
9	Shirley	514
10	Annie	422
11	Sandra	360
12	Carolyn	349
13	Gloria	336
14	Martha	291
15	Judy	266
16	Elizabeth	262
17	Joyce	244
18	Margaret	236
18	Nancy	236
20	Janice	222
21	Rosie	213
22	Peggy	210
23	Cynthia	203
23	Doris	203
25	Donna	197
26	Debra	195
27	Willie	194
28	Alice	193
29	Helen	189
30	Susan	188
31	Bobbie	185
32	Ruby	182
33	Kathy	180
34	Beverly	179
35	Pamela	178
35	Sarah	178
35	Wanda	178
38	Rebecca	176
38	Sharon	176
40	Emma	175
41	Diane	158
42	Lillie	150
43	Jo	144
44	Carol	143
44	Virginia	143
46	Rose	141
47	Mattie	136
48	Ethel	129
48	Janet	129
50	Catherine	128

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,838
2	Robert	1,204
3	Charles	1,029
4	John	1,012
5	Willie	961
6	William	846
7	Larry	828
8	David	689
9	Michael	480
10	Jerry	465
11	Thomas	437
12	Richard	419
13	George	410
14	Johnny	387
15	Eddie	332
16	Henry	329
17	Joe	302
18	Billy	286
19	Donald	285
19	Jimmy	285
21	Edward	278
22	Joseph	276
23	Kenneth	275
24	Bobby	269
25	Walter	244
26	Ronald	232
27	Danny	220
28	Gary	199
28	Terry	199
30	Jimmie	194
31	Paul	185
32	Lee	184
33	Roy	179
34	Tommy	178
35	Curtis	171
36	Albert	165
37	Frank	163
37	Johnnie	163
39	Arthur	160
40	Charlie	157
41	Samuel	153
42	Carl	149
43	Dennis	146
44	Jessie	142
45	Ronnie	134
46	Roger	129
47	Melvin	128
48	Clarence	126
49	Eugene	123
49	Harold	123