Mississippi ★ 1938

Top names in Mississippi, 1938

Mary led for girls with 1,539 babies ; James for boys with 1,720. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,539
2	Betty	663
3	Dorothy	635
4	Annie	527
5	Shirley	449
6	Barbara	431
7	Martha	324
8	Willie	288
9	Ruby	267
10	Doris	254
11	Margaret	236
12	Peggy	214
13	Lillie	210
14	Rosie	207
15	Elizabeth	205
15	Helen	205
17	Sarah	204
18	Carolyn	191
18	Ethel	191
20	Emma	190
21	Mattie	189
22	Bobbie	187
23	Alice	186
23	Frances	186
25	Mildred	185
26	Patricia	179
27	Joyce	171
28	Virginia	163
29	Jessie	159
30	Louise	156
31	Ruth	152
32	Clara	146
33	Ella	144
34	Edna	143
35	Minnie	142
36	Nancy	132
37	Johnnie	130
38	Bernice	124
39	Catherine	121
40	Bessie	119
40	Lula	119
42	Evelyn	118
43	Bertha	117
44	Juanita	115
44	Thelma	115
46	Mae	111
47	Bonnie	109
48	Hattie	106
49	Marie	104
50	Margie	102
51	Gloria	100
52	Patsy	96
53	Ann	95
54	Fannie	94
54	Laura	94
56	Gladys	93
57	Ida	92
58	Jo	90
59	Josephine	87
59	Rose	87
61	Billie	85
62	Bettie	84
62	Hazel	84
62	Sylvia	84
65	Bettye	83
66	Christine	81
66	Lucille	81
68	Georgia	80
68	Pearlie	80
70	Carrie	79
70	Katie	79
72	Jean	78
72	Nellie	78
72	Ora	78
75	Vera	77
76	Linda	76
77	Essie	75
77	Eva	75
77	Geneva	75
80	Norma	74
81	Annette	73
81	Maggie	73
83	Katherine	71
84	Maxine	70
85	Cora	69
85	Geraldine	69
87	Jimmie	68
87	Yvonne	68
89	Flora	66
90	Beatrice	65
90	Julia	65
90	Mamie	65
93	Ruthie	63
94	Janice	61
94	Pauline	61
94	Velma	61
97	Earnestine	60
97	Irene	60
99	Alma	59
99	Ernestine	59

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,720
2	Robert	996
3	John	947
4	Willie	879
5	Charles	771
6	William	752
7	Billy	438
8	George	393
8	Joe	393
10	Thomas	354
11	Bobby	351
12	Henry	268
13	Jimmy	259
14	Walter	253
15	David	242
16	Jerry	229
17	Edward	223
18	Eddie	218
19	Jimmie	216
20	Richard	198
21	Charlie	185
21	Joseph	185
23	Frank	168
24	Albert	166
25	Johnnie	154
26	Lee	151
27	Leroy	147
28	Donald	146
29	Paul	144
30	Johnny	140
31	Fred	139
32	Roosevelt	135
33	Arthur	130
34	Louis	127
35	Harold	124
36	Samuel	122
37	Roy	121
38	Kenneth	120
39	Clarence	119
39	Jessie	119
39	Tommy	119
42	Curtis	116
43	Eugene	108
44	Earl	106
45	Larry	103
46	Howard	101
47	Tommie	96
48	Carl	92
49	Raymond	89
50	Jack	88
51	Bennie	86
52	Earnest	85
52	Jesse	85
54	Melvin	84
55	Ernest	82
56	Andrew	80
57	Clyde	78
58	Leon	75
58	Percy	75
60	Freddie	72
60	Sam	72
62	Gerald	71
63	Ralph	69
64	Wayne	68
65	Gene	66
65	Herman	66
67	Harry	61
68	Lawrence	60
69	Ray	59
70	Luther	58
71	Otis	57
72	Marvin	56
72	Oscar	56
74	Allen	55
74	Harvey	55
76	Lewis	53
77	Alfred	52
77	Claude	52
77	Herbert	52
80	Floyd	51
80	Mack	51
82	Lonnie	49
82	Milton	49
84	Nathaniel	48
84	Sammie	48
86	Alvin	46
86	Sylvester	46
88	Calvin	45
88	Clifton	45
88	Daniel	45
88	Sidney	45
92	Billie	43
92	Jim	43
92	Leonard	43
95	Cecil	42
95	Edwin	42
95	Tom	42
95	Will	42
99	Ben	41
100	Don	40