Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1957

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,163
2	Linda	809
3	Patricia	602
4	Brenda	592
5	Deborah	511
6	Barbara	479
7	Shirley	470
8	Debra	439
9	Cynthia	415
10	Carolyn	361
11	Dorothy	358
12	Betty	350
13	Gloria	315
14	Sandra	295
15	Pamela	272
16	Martha	255
16	Sharon	255
18	Susan	254
19	Kathy	252
20	Donna	251
21	Janice	249
22	Joyce	246
23	Annie	238
24	Elizabeth	221
25	Wanda	202
26	Karen	197
27	Beverly	191
28	Diane	190
29	Margaret	186
30	Judy	185
31	Rose	179
32	Teresa	171
33	Doris	169
33	Rosie	169
35	Rebecca	156
35	Sherry	156
37	Ruby	155
38	Marilyn	153
39	Carol	144
39	Nancy	144
41	Debbie	143
42	Janet	141
42	Virginia	141
44	Willie	139
45	Bobbie	137
45	Rhonda	137
47	Gwendolyn	135
48	Cathy	133
49	Alice	132
50	Sarah	131

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,619
2	Robert	1,089
3	John	844
4	Willie	801
5	Charles	780
6	Larry	749
7	Michael	742
8	William	741
9	David	713
10	Jerry	423
11	Thomas	417
12	Richard	414
13	Johnny	345
14	Kenneth	336
15	Billy	312
16	Bobby	302
17	Donald	300
18	George	289
19	Jimmy	287
20	Terry	275
21	Eddie	273
22	Henry	262
23	Joseph	258
24	Mark	235
25	Joe	233
26	Gary	225
27	Edward	223
27	Ronald	223
29	Ricky	210
30	Danny	201
31	Paul	197
32	Walter	189
33	Gregory	184
34	Roy	179
34	Steven	179
36	Randy	178
37	Anthony	175
38	Dennis	171
39	Melvin	168
40	Carl	165
41	Ronnie	160
42	Curtis	149
42	Tommy	149
44	Timothy	147
45	Calvin	144
46	Frank	142
46	Lee	142
48	Jimmie	136
49	Albert	135
50	Jessie	133