Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1961

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	838
2	Linda	702
3	Brenda	595
4	Patricia	493
5	Lisa	466
6	Sandra	423
7	Cynthia	384
8	Barbara	362
9	Deborah	325
10	Debra	320
11	Shirley	318
12	Donna	309
13	Gloria	292
14	Pamela	269
14	Sharon	269
16	Teresa	261
17	Carolyn	257
18	Susan	243
19	Betty	238
19	Dorothy	238
21	Kathy	227
22	Elizabeth	211
23	Tammy	209
24	Angela	203
25	Karen	200
26	Jacqueline	196
27	Janice	191
28	Debbie	178
29	Joyce	172
30	Wanda	170
31	Sheila	167
32	Sherry	164
33	Martha	160
34	Annie	149
35	Beverly	146
36	Margaret	141
36	Nancy	141
38	Janet	140
39	Judy	139
40	Carol	138
40	Rhonda	138
42	Connie	137
43	Rebecca	135
44	Cheryl	134
45	Laura	132
46	Doris	131
47	Diane	130
48	Robin	123
49	Cindy	119
50	Rosie	118

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,413
2	Robert	887
3	John	872
4	Michael	827
5	David	822
6	Charles	658
7	William	611
8	Willie	556
9	Larry	434
10	Jerry	377
11	Kenneth	365
12	Terry	353
13	Thomas	327
14	Mark	324
14	Richard	324
16	Bobby	287
16	Gregory	287
18	Johnny	282
19	Anthony	262
20	Donald	260
21	Billy	250
22	Timothy	246
23	Ricky	241
24	Jimmy	240
25	Joseph	233
26	George	228
27	Eddie	223
28	Gary	221
29	Paul	207
30	Ronald	195
31	Danny	194
32	Dennis	188
33	Tony	187
34	Randy	186
35	Joe	180
36	Curtis	178
37	Henry	176
38	Walter	169
39	Edward	167
40	Steven	164
41	Jeffery	160
42	Jeffrey	158
43	Tommy	146
44	Roy	142
45	Carl	141
45	Melvin	141
47	Roger	139
48	Calvin	136
49	Ronnie	133
50	Albert	127