Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1954

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,377
2	Linda	856
3	Deborah	665
4	Patricia	611
5	Shirley	546
6	Dorothy	537
7	Barbara	535
8	Betty	501
9	Brenda	476
10	Gloria	396
11	Debra	381
12	Carolyn	359
13	Sandra	357
14	Annie	355
15	Martha	319
16	Pamela	271
17	Joyce	258
18	Susan	248
19	Judy	247
20	Donna	242
21	Elizabeth	241
22	Cynthia	232
23	Beverly	229
24	Rebecca	221
25	Nancy	220
26	Margaret	217
27	Kathy	209
28	Janice	202
29	Wanda	201
30	Doris	198
31	Bobbie	197
32	Ruby	196
32	Willie	196
34	Rosie	193
35	Helen	192
36	Marilyn	188
37	Jo	185
38	Peggy	181
38	Sharon	181
40	Diane	173
41	Virginia	172
42	Sarah	152
43	Janet	151
44	Alice	146
45	Karen	144
46	Rose	142
46	Sherry	142
48	Emma	140
49	Glenda	136
50	Catherine	133

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,782
2	Robert	1,259
3	John	1,014
4	Charles	969
5	Willie	929
6	William	837
7	Larry	739
8	David	689
9	Michael	648
10	Jerry	485
11	Thomas	415
12	Richard	411
13	George	378
14	Johnny	363
15	Billy	351
16	Donald	322
17	Henry	313
18	Kenneth	310
19	Eddie	298
20	Bobby	295
21	Gary	282
22	Joseph	262
23	Edward	261
24	Jimmy	260
25	Joe	254
26	Ronald	252
27	Terry	233
28	Danny	227
29	Tommy	216
29	Walter	216
31	Roy	196
32	Paul	191
33	Curtis	188
34	Jimmie	173
35	Melvin	172
36	Frank	170
37	Dennis	162
38	Jessie	151
39	Arthur	150
40	Lee	149
41	Albert	146
42	Carl	143
43	Roger	140
44	Randy	135
45	Steven	133
46	Ricky	129
47	Eugene	128
47	Ronnie	128
49	Gregory	127
49	Mark	127