Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1958

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,005
2	Linda	744
3	Patricia	565
4	Brenda	543
5	Barbara	433
6	Debra	429
7	Shirley	425
8	Deborah	420
9	Cynthia	375
10	Sandra	344
11	Dorothy	335
12	Betty	318
13	Pamela	308
14	Carolyn	283
15	Donna	266
16	Gloria	261
17	Kathy	253
18	Susan	252
19	Annie	241
19	Janice	241
21	Martha	233
22	Sharon	221
23	Karen	209
24	Joyce	206
25	Elizabeth	196
26	Lisa	195
27	Debbie	183
28	Wanda	178
29	Judy	175
30	Beverly	174
31	Diane	170
32	Cathy	166
33	Nancy	162
34	Teresa	158
35	Marilyn	157
36	Cheryl	156
37	Janet	153
38	Bobbie	152
38	Margaret	152
40	Ruby	150
41	Helen	149
42	Peggy	144
42	Rebecca	144
44	Doris	143
45	Sheila	142
46	Rosie	141
46	Sherry	141
48	Annette	133
49	Vickie	127
50	Cindy	124

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,492
2	Robert	965
3	John	823
4	David	737
5	William	732
6	Charles	718
7	Michael	675
8	Larry	653
8	Willie	653
10	Jerry	422
11	Richard	396
12	Kenneth	380
13	Thomas	334
14	Bobby	329
15	Terry	319
16	Johnny	317
17	Billy	303
18	George	282
19	Donald	278
20	Jimmy	270
21	Joseph	240
22	Ricky	238
23	Eddie	231
24	Gary	224
24	Mark	224
26	Ronald	223
27	Paul	203
28	Edward	197
29	Gregory	196
30	Joe	195
31	Timothy	194
32	Danny	181
33	Randy	180
34	Ronnie	179
34	Tommy	179
36	Henry	178
37	Anthony	177
38	Dennis	171
39	Curtis	168
40	Walter	158
41	Frank	149
42	Carl	147
43	Calvin	139
44	Tony	138
45	Rickey	136
46	Melvin	135
46	Steven	135
48	Jimmie	128
49	Samuel	127
50	Albert	125