Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1956

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,226
2	Linda	822
3	Patricia	610
4	Deborah	551
5	Brenda	502
5	Debra	502
7	Barbara	474
8	Shirley	471
9	Dorothy	428
10	Betty	379
11	Sandra	375
12	Carolyn	343
13	Annie	328
14	Cynthia	310
15	Gloria	302
16	Sharon	278
17	Pamela	274
18	Donna	262
19	Martha	261
20	Janice	260
21	Joyce	246
22	Wanda	241
23	Susan	238
24	Nancy	228
25	Elizabeth	221
26	Judy	205
27	Kathy	202
28	Beverly	192
28	Marilyn	192
30	Karen	190
31	Diane	186
32	Margaret	184
33	Rebecca	182
34	Janet	180
35	Rosie	172
36	Doris	168
37	Helen	166
37	Ruby	166
39	Bobbie	165
40	Teresa	159
41	Willie	158
42	Alice	155
43	Cathy	151
44	Jo	141
45	Rose	140
45	Sherry	140
47	Catherine	135
48	Cheryl	129
48	Gwendolyn	129
50	Peggy	127

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,634
2	Robert	1,146
3	John	927
4	Charles	875
5	Willie	853
6	William	796
7	Larry	716
8	David	705
8	Michael	705
10	Thomas	434
11	Jerry	388
12	Richard	380
13	Kenneth	348
14	Donald	329
15	Bobby	325
16	Johnny	320
17	George	319
18	Billy	301
19	Eddie	298
20	Joseph	283
21	Jimmy	279
22	Ronald	257
23	Terry	244
24	Edward	243
24	Henry	243
24	Joe	243
27	Gary	222
28	Walter	213
29	Danny	202
30	Randy	188
31	Carl	183
32	Paul	182
33	Roy	169
34	Mark	165
34	Tommy	165
36	Steven	164
37	Ricky	163
38	Ronnie	162
39	Melvin	158
40	Dennis	157
41	Frank	154
41	Gregory	154
43	Anthony	146
44	Albert	144
44	Roger	144
46	Curtis	142
47	Timothy	141
48	Arthur	137
48	Jimmie	137
50	Jessie	136