Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1962

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	814
2	Linda	589
3	Brenda	586
4	Lisa	448
4	Patricia	448
6	Sandra	411
7	Cynthia	403
8	Barbara	354
9	Donna	335
10	Debra	296
11	Teresa	290
12	Shirley	282
13	Karen	275
14	Deborah	273
15	Carolyn	268
15	Pamela	268
17	Sharon	266
18	Jacqueline	248
19	Angela	247
20	Susan	224
21	Tammy	217
22	Sherry	215
23	Dorothy	213
23	Gloria	213
25	Betty	212
26	Janice	192
27	Wanda	189
28	Elizabeth	181
29	Kathy	177
30	Sheila	169
31	Beverly	165
32	Annie	164
33	Debbie	161
34	Kimberly	157
35	Joyce	152
35	Martha	152
37	Janet	150
38	Shelia	149
39	Jennifer	148
39	Rhonda	148
41	Tina	141
42	Cindy	138
43	Connie	135
43	Margaret	135
45	Laura	130
46	Sarah	129
47	Cheryl	126
48	Judy	124
48	Lori	124
50	Nancy	123

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,308
2	Robert	901
3	Michael	847
4	John	843
5	David	714
6	William	673
7	Charles	597
8	Willie	529
9	Larry	398
10	Jerry	395
11	Kenneth	382
12	Richard	354
12	Thomas	354
14	Terry	334
15	Donald	308
15	Mark	308
17	Gregory	280
18	Anthony	275
19	Bobby	265
20	Timothy	263
21	Johnny	262
22	Joseph	240
23	Billy	235
24	Ricky	233
25	George	228
26	Gary	208
27	Jimmy	207
28	Eddie	197
29	Ronald	196
30	Jeffrey	191
30	Randy	191
30	Tony	191
33	Jeffery	190
34	Joe	187
35	Paul	185
35	Steven	185
37	Edward	178
38	Carl	171
39	Dennis	169
40	Henry	165
41	Tommy	159
42	Danny	156
43	Melvin	153
44	Curtis	149
45	Ronnie	134
46	Walter	132
47	Kevin	131
48	Calvin	124
49	Daniel	121
50	Roger	120