Mississippi ★ 1917

Top names in Mississippi, 1917

Mary led for girls with 1,215 babies ; James for boys with 1,230. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,215
2	Annie	502
3	Willie	411
4	Ruby	277
5	Ruth	235
6	Mildred	224
7	Mattie	221
8	Louise	211
9	Lillie	202
10	Ethel	190
11	Frances	186
11	Sarah	186
13	Dorothy	180
14	Elizabeth	177
15	Rosie	172
16	Bessie	167
17	Margaret	166
18	Jessie	163
19	Helen	162
20	Martha	159
21	Emma	156
22	Alice	150
22	Lucille	150
24	Edna	148
25	Beatrice	145
26	Minnie	144
27	Thelma	137
28	Hazel	136
29	Fannie	135
29	Marie	135
31	Clara	132
32	Gladys	129
33	Carrie	125
34	Lillian	123
35	Myrtle	110
36	Ida	108
37	Hattie	107
37	Maggie	107
37	Virginia	107
40	Irene	106
40	Laura	106
42	Lula	105
43	Mamie	102
44	Bertha	100
44	Ella	100
46	Evelyn	99
47	Eva	92
48	Bernice	89
48	Susie	89
50	Grace	87
51	Alberta	86
52	Anna	85
52	Julia	85
54	Josephine	84
54	Mable	84
56	Velma	81
57	Christine	80
57	Doris	80
59	Edith	79
59	Georgia	79
61	Gertrude	78
61	Katie	78
63	Eula	77
63	Pauline	77
65	Katherine	76
66	Cora	75
66	Elsie	75
68	Catherine	74
69	Alma	73
70	Lena	72
70	Nellie	72
72	Inez	71
72	Rosa	71
74	Juanita	70
74	Viola	70
76	Lois	69
77	Pearl	66
78	Essie	64
78	Flora	64
80	Ora	63
81	Ollie	61
82	Eunice	60
82	Mae	60
82	Nancy	60
85	Addie	57
85	Lizzie	57
85	Lucile	57
88	Florence	56
88	Johnnie	56
90	Lucy	55
90	Sadie	55
92	Geneva	53
92	Lottie	53
92	Sallie	53
95	Dora	52
96	Ada	50
96	Marguerite	50
98	Estella	49
98	Sara	49
100	Agnes	48

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,230
2	John	758
3	William	741
4	Willie	662
5	Robert	633
6	George	461
7	Henry	305
8	Charles	271
9	Thomas	261
10	Walter	229
11	Joe	215
12	Charlie	206
13	Frank	198
14	Joseph	196
15	Edward	175
16	Eddie	156
17	Albert	155
18	Jessie	143
19	Sam	138
20	David	137
20	Fred	137
22	Clarence	128
23	Johnnie	126
24	Richard	122
25	Jack	118
26	Louis	107
27	Arthur	101
28	Lee	100
28	Samuel	100
30	Roy	99
31	Woodrow	98
32	Howard	97
33	Earl	96
34	Paul	90
35	Ernest	88
36	Eugene	87
37	Leroy	85
38	Curtis	81
39	Tom	76
40	Percy	74
41	Earnest	73
42	Andrew	70
42	Jim	70
42	Jimmie	70
45	Jesse	69
45	Tommie	69
47	Herman	68
48	Clyde	65
49	Johnie	64
50	Cecil	60
51	Leon	56
52	Harold	55
52	Herbert	55
52	Lewis	55
52	Oscar	55
56	Luther	54
56	Ralph	54
58	Bennie	53
58	Carl	53
58	Clifton	53
61	Otis	51
61	Will	51
63	Claude	50
63	Harry	50
65	Edgar	48
65	Lawrence	48
67	Roosevelt	46
68	Alfred	45
68	Leonard	45
70	Milton	44
71	Ben	43
71	Homer	43
73	Bill	42
74	Allen	41
74	Floyd	41
74	Harvey	41
74	Hubert	41
74	Rufus	41
79	Daniel	40
79	Hugh	40
79	Leo	40
79	Lonnie	40
83	Nathaniel	39
83	Sidney	39
85	Booker	38
85	Elmer	38
85	Johnny	38
85	Oliver	38
89	Horace	37
89	Julius	37
89	Ray	37
92	Chester	36
92	Ellis	36
92	Marvin	36
92	Sylvester	36
96	Vernon	35
97	Calvin	34
98	Dan	33
98	Melvin	33
98	Moses	33