Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1971

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Angela	523
2	Jennifer	450
3	Kimberly	411
4	Mary	353
5	Melissa	305
6	Stephanie	288
7	Lisa	278
8	Tammy	273
9	Pamela	267
10	Amy	247
11	Sharon	234
12	Patricia	216
13	Tracy	210
14	Teresa	193
15	Cynthia	191
15	Sandra	191
17	Linda	177
18	Tina	154
19	Elizabeth	153
20	Karen	151
20	Michelle	151
22	Shannon	150
23	Stacy	149
24	Donna	145
25	Rhonda	138
26	Susan	137
27	Brenda	127
27	Tonya	127
29	Barbara	126
30	Rebecca	125
31	Laura	123
32	Jacqueline	120
33	Regina	108
34	Dana	105
34	Wendy	105
36	Debra	102
36	Sherry	102
38	Carolyn	101
39	Tiffany	100
39	Yolanda	100
41	Amanda	99
42	Christy	97
43	Wanda	94
44	Felicia	93
44	Julie	93
44	Sheila	93
47	Sonya	90
48	Cassandra	89
48	Monica	89
48	Shelia	89

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	967
2	Michael	841
3	John	661
4	Robert	660
5	Christopher	616
6	William	568
7	David	502
8	Charles	413
9	Anthony	342
10	Timothy	294
11	Willie	259
12	Jason	253
13	Thomas	251
14	Kenneth	250
15	Kevin	249
16	Richard	247
17	Joseph	237
18	Eric	226
19	Steven	218
20	Gregory	216
21	Larry	200
22	Terry	198
23	Jerry	197
24	Mark	194
25	Brian	188
26	Patrick	180
27	Jeffrey	171
28	Tony	164
29	Johnny	161
30	Paul	159
31	Marcus	156
32	Bobby	154
33	Jimmy	152
34	Donald	150
35	Ronald	147
36	Billy	141
37	Stephen	135
38	Scott	134
39	George	133
40	Jeffery	128
41	Gary	118
42	Keith	116
42	Rodney	116
44	Daniel	114
45	Frederick	101
46	Curtis	97
46	Tracy	97
48	Edward	93
49	Dennis	92
49	Ricky	92