Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1953

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,500
2	Linda	916
3	Deborah	600
4	Patricia	593
5	Barbara	582
6	Dorothy	565
6	Shirley	565
8	Betty	534
9	Brenda	465
10	Carolyn	349
11	Annie	340
11	Gloria	340
13	Martha	335
14	Sandra	324
15	Debra	297
16	Judy	272
17	Elizabeth	270
18	Joyce	267
19	Pamela	250
20	Janice	243
21	Donna	232
22	Margaret	225
23	Nancy	220
24	Cynthia	219
25	Doris	216
26	Ruby	212
26	Susan	212
28	Kathy	205
29	Rosie	200
30	Bobbie	194
31	Beverly	191
32	Wanda	188
33	Sharon	185
34	Peggy	184
35	Rebecca	183
35	Willie	183
37	Marilyn	177
38	Sarah	171
39	Alice	166
39	Virginia	166
41	Diane	161
42	Helen	160
43	Karen	153
44	Rose	149
45	Jo	142
46	Janet	131
47	Catherine	130
48	Emma	128
49	Lillie	127
50	Carol	125

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,844
2	Robert	1,202
3	John	1,049
4	Willie	981
5	Charles	971
6	William	887
7	Larry	785
8	David	669
9	Michael	594
10	Thomas	444
11	Jerry	436
12	George	418
13	Richard	412
14	Johnny	363
15	Henry	354
16	Billy	327
17	Donald	300
17	Eddie	300
19	Joe	287
20	Walter	280
21	Joseph	271
22	Bobby	270
23	Jimmy	269
24	Kenneth	263
25	Edward	260
26	Gary	235
27	Ronald	231
28	Danny	220
29	Tommy	205
30	Paul	198
31	Terry	195
32	Frank	178
33	Melvin	173
34	Dennis	171
35	Lee	170
36	Johnnie	169
37	Roy	167
38	Carl	161
39	Jessie	160
40	Jimmie	157
41	Roger	156
42	Albert	152
43	Charlie	148
44	Curtis	136
44	Samuel	136
46	Ronnie	134
47	Stephen	131
47	Steven	131
49	Arthur	128
50	Daniel	121