Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1959

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,009
2	Linda	806
3	Patricia	551
4	Brenda	538
5	Cynthia	434
6	Debra	421
7	Barbara	411
8	Deborah	402
9	Shirley	400
10	Sandra	397
11	Donna	386
12	Carolyn	308
13	Betty	290
14	Dorothy	288
15	Kathy	277
16	Pamela	274
17	Gloria	270
18	Sharon	258
19	Lisa	255
20	Susan	247
21	Karen	246
22	Annie	219
23	Teresa	218
24	Janice	217
25	Debbie	208
25	Martha	208
27	Elizabeth	201
28	Wanda	192
29	Tammy	188
30	Nancy	184
31	Joyce	182
32	Beverly	181
33	Diane	180
34	Margaret	172
35	Judy	163
35	Sherry	163
37	Janet	162
38	Sheila	154
39	Doris	151
40	Cindy	148
41	Angela	138
42	Cheryl	136
43	Rebecca	135
44	Annette	134
44	Gwendolyn	134
46	Alice	133
47	Carol	124
48	Rose	121
49	Ruby	120
50	Cathy	116

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,471
2	Robert	944
3	John	833
4	David	812
5	Michael	735
6	Charles	721
7	William	677
8	Larry	603
9	Willie	601
10	Jerry	407
11	Kenneth	393
12	Richard	385
13	Thomas	371
14	Billy	335
15	Ricky	321
16	Johnny	316
17	George	302
18	Terry	301
19	Mark	298
20	Donald	276
21	Bobby	273
21	Eddie	273
21	Timothy	273
24	Jimmy	268
25	Henry	220
26	Edward	218
27	Dennis	215
27	Ronald	215
29	Joseph	212
30	Gary	203
31	Gregory	202
31	Paul	202
33	Joe	201
34	Curtis	200
35	Ronnie	194
36	Randy	192
37	Anthony	180
37	Danny	180
39	Melvin	173
40	Walter	166
41	Tommy	162
42	Steven	157
43	Carl	151
43	Tony	151
45	Rickey	150
46	Calvin	147
47	Lee	141
48	Roy	134
49	Frank	131
49	Stephen	131