Mississippi ★ 1937

Top names in Mississippi, 1937

Mary led for girls with 1,500 babies ; James for boys with 1,698. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,500
2	Betty	614
3	Dorothy	561
4	Annie	522
5	Shirley	484
6	Barbara	385
7	Willie	311
8	Martha	292
9	Ruby	251
10	Doris	246
11	Lillie	227
11	Rosie	227
13	Margaret	219
14	Helen	210
15	Peggy	209
16	Sarah	205
17	Mattie	196
18	Frances	193
19	Elizabeth	189
20	Bobbie	183
21	Alice	177
22	Mildred	171
23	Louise	170
24	Emma	156
24	Patricia	156
26	Carolyn	155
27	Bessie	154
28	Minnie	153
28	Nancy	153
28	Virginia	153
31	Edna	148
32	Jessie	141
33	Clara	133
34	Ethel	131
35	Joyce	130
36	Lula	129
37	Bernice	123
37	Thelma	123
39	Ruth	122
40	Bertha	121
41	Gloria	117
42	Marie	113
43	Billie	111
44	Hattie	109
45	Ella	108
46	Juanita	104
47	Gladys	103
47	Johnnie	103
49	Ann	100
49	Jean	100
51	Ida	98
51	Jo	98
53	Georgia	97
54	Bonnie	96
54	Evelyn	96
56	Carrie	94
56	Laura	94
56	Patsy	94
59	Yvonne	92
60	Eva	89
60	Irene	89
62	Catherine	88
63	Fannie	87
64	Katherine	85
64	Lucille	85
66	Mae	84
67	Ora	83
68	Earnestine	82
68	Hazel	82
70	Alma	80
70	Maggie	80
72	Geneva	79
72	Margie	79
74	Beatrice	78
74	Essie	78
76	Mamie	77
77	Christine	76
78	Julia	75
78	Pearlie	75
80	Sylvia	73
80	Vera	73
82	Rose	72
83	Jimmie	71
83	Joan	71
85	Josephine	68
85	Sara	68
87	Bettie	66
87	Nellie	66
87	Norma	66
90	Lillian	65
90	Pauline	65
90	Velma	65
93	Katie	64
94	Cora	62
94	Shelby	62
96	Jane	61
97	Carol	60
97	Ernestine	60
97	Susie	60
100	Geraldine	58

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,698
2	John	957
3	Robert	934
4	Willie	797
5	William	761
6	Charles	743
7	Joe	459
8	Billy	407
9	George	394
10	Bobby	344
11	Thomas	296
12	Henry	281
13	Eddie	223
13	Jimmie	223
13	Jimmy	223
16	Walter	213
17	David	209
18	Joseph	204
19	Edward	193
20	Jerry	188
21	Richard	180
22	Frank	175
23	Charlie	168
24	Johnnie	162
25	Albert	149
26	Jessie	144
26	Johnny	144
28	Donald	143
28	Harold	143
30	Eugene	140
31	Lee	139
31	Roy	139
33	Paul	134
34	Fred	120
35	Clarence	118
36	Louis	116
37	Roosevelt	113
38	Arthur	112
38	Kenneth	112
40	Leroy	111
41	Jack	108
42	Howard	106
43	Tommie	103
44	Earl	101
45	Carl	99
46	Jesse	96
47	Larry	95
47	Samuel	95
49	Ernest	94
50	Curtis	93
51	Tommy	92
52	Floyd	82
53	Leon	79
54	Cecil	78
54	Raymond	78
56	Freddie	77
57	Gerald	76
57	Percy	76
59	Oscar	73
60	Andrew	72
61	Sam	71
62	Bennie	68
63	Herman	66
63	Lawrence	66
65	Alfred	63
66	Melvin	61
67	Lonnie	57
68	Clyde	56
68	Marvin	56
68	Ralph	56
71	Sylvester	52
72	Alvin	51
72	Ray	51
72	Sammie	51
75	Claude	50
75	Harry	50
75	Milton	50
78	Clifton	49
78	Johnie	49
78	Lewis	49
81	Allen	48
81	Billie	48
81	Earnest	48
81	Franklin	48
81	Luther	48
86	Calvin	47
86	Gene	47
86	Herbert	47
86	Marion	47
90	Bobbie	45
91	Harvey	43
91	Otis	43
93	Ben	42
93	Mack	42
93	Oliver	42
96	Don	41
96	Leo	41
96	Sidney	41
99	Bill	40
99	Lester	40