Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Mississippi, 1972

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Angela	584
2	Jennifer	566
3	Kimberly	401
4	Mary	315
5	Stephanie	295
6	Melissa	281
7	Tammy	245
8	Lisa	237
9	Amy	230
10	Cynthia	199
11	Sharon	191
12	Tina	175
13	Tracy	163
14	Pamela	158
15	Michelle	154
16	Tonya	153
17	Teresa	146
18	Elizabeth	139
18	Linda	139
20	Sandra	138
21	Stacy	137
22	Patricia	136
23	Susan	131
24	Donna	128
25	Rebecca	127
26	Brenda	121
27	Rhonda	114
28	Amanda	112
28	Christy	112
28	Karen	112
31	Jacqueline	107
32	Yolanda	101
33	Shannon	98
34	Regina	97
35	Katina	95
35	Laura	95
37	Barbara	94
38	Carolyn	93
38	Monica	93
40	Melanie	92
41	Felicia	91
41	Sherry	91
41	Tiffany	91
44	Debra	88
44	Tara	88
46	Tanya	87
47	Andrea	86
47	Denise	86
49	Dana	85
50	Catina	84

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	904
2	Michael	810
3	Christopher	769
4	John	611
5	Robert	550
6	William	519
7	David	430
8	Charles	347
9	Jason	310
10	Anthony	306
11	Timothy	291
12	Brian	263
13	Kevin	247
14	Joseph	244
15	Thomas	228
16	Richard	225
17	Eric	220
18	Gregory	205
19	Willie	203
20	Kenneth	189
21	Steven	185
22	Larry	168
23	Jerry	166
24	Patrick	161
25	Mark	152
26	Stephen	151
27	Daniel	148
28	Jeffrey	147
29	Johnny	146
30	Paul	137
31	Terry	136
32	Keith	134
33	Marcus	133
34	Jimmy	130
35	Donald	124
36	Tony	122
37	George	119
37	Jonathan	119
39	Billy	117
39	Edward	117
41	Scott	114
42	Bobby	110
43	Jeffery	108
44	Gary	106
45	Ronald	105
46	Rodney	100
47	Tracy	98
48	Derrick	97
49	Matthew	91
50	Chad	90