Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1955

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,310
2	Linda	845
3	Deborah	612
4	Patricia	597
5	Barbara	530
6	Brenda	517
7	Shirley	505
8	Betty	454
9	Dorothy	452
10	Debra	439
11	Carolyn	364
12	Sandra	352
13	Annie	344
14	Gloria	314
15	Joyce	272
16	Susan	270
17	Cynthia	265
18	Donna	250
18	Martha	250
20	Janice	243
21	Pamela	240
22	Kathy	218
23	Judy	217
23	Margaret	217
25	Rebecca	216
26	Elizabeth	208
27	Marilyn	207
28	Nancy	203
29	Wanda	200
30	Doris	198
31	Diane	195
32	Beverly	192
33	Rosie	190
34	Sharon	184
35	Ruby	183
36	Karen	180
36	Willie	180
38	Sherry	177
39	Alice	161
40	Peggy	158
41	Teresa	157
42	Jo	156
43	Rose	155
44	Janet	151
45	Catherine	146
45	Sarah	146
47	Bobbie	143
48	Cathy	140
49	Glenda	139
49	Gwendolyn	139

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,743
2	Robert	1,143
3	John	981
4	Charles	881
5	Willie	876
6	William	826
7	Larry	796
8	David	781
9	Michael	615
10	Jerry	432
11	George	413
12	Richard	400
13	Thomas	375
14	Johnny	350
15	Kenneth	323
16	Billy	314
17	Eddie	298
18	Donald	294
19	Henry	275
20	Terry	274
21	Joseph	263
22	Joe	255
23	Bobby	250
24	Gary	238
24	Jimmy	238
26	Edward	236
27	Paul	233
28	Walter	231
29	Danny	229
30	Ronald	213
31	Randy	188
32	Roy	182
33	Melvin	181
34	Dennis	175
35	Carl	171
36	Curtis	167
37	Frank	164
38	Ricky	163
39	Tommy	160
40	Mark	159
41	Arthur	157
42	Lee	152
43	Albert	142
44	Stanley	141
45	Calvin	140
45	Daniel	140
47	Jimmie	136
48	Jessie	135
49	Ronnie	134
49	Steven	134