Mississippi ★ 1940

Top names in Mississippi, 1940

Mary led for girls with 1,557 babies ; James for boys with 1,780. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,557
2	Betty	631
3	Dorothy	605
4	Annie	492
5	Barbara	456
6	Shirley	392
7	Martha	360
8	Willie	270
9	Ruby	238
10	Peggy	236
11	Linda	235
11	Patricia	235
13	Helen	230
14	Doris	220
15	Rosie	209
16	Carolyn	201
16	Emma	201
18	Margaret	198
19	Gloria	194
20	Elizabeth	191
21	Lillie	190
22	Sarah	184
23	Alice	181
24	Mildred	176
25	Nancy	175
26	Frances	172
27	Bobbie	169
27	Mattie	169
29	Joyce	156
30	Virginia	155
31	Ruth	149
32	Clara	143
33	Ethel	139
34	Minnie	138
35	Bernice	135
36	Louise	133
37	Bertha	131
38	Patsy	130
39	Edna	129
40	Catherine	121
41	Bessie	119
42	Jessie	115
43	Bonnie	114
44	Ida	110
45	Carrie	109
46	Ann	108
47	Hattie	106
48	Ella	105
49	Juanita	104
50	Jean	103
51	Lula	102
52	Evelyn	97
53	Johnnie	94
54	Sandra	93
55	Thelma	92
56	Christine	91
57	Earnestine	90
58	Brenda	88
59	Margie	86
60	Mae	85
60	Rose	85
62	Laura	84
63	Gladys	83
63	Vera	83
65	Georgia	81
65	Jo	81
65	Katie	81
68	Marie	80
69	Fannie	79
69	Geraldine	79
69	Yvonne	79
72	Hazel	78
73	Mamie	77
74	Rebecca	76
74	Sylvia	76
76	Pearlie	75
77	Josephine	74
78	Glenda	72
78	Jane	72
78	Maggie	72
78	Velma	72
82	Jimmie	71
82	Julia	71
84	Alma	70
84	Eva	70
84	Katherine	70
87	Bettye	69
88	Ruthie	68
89	Bettie	67
90	Billie	66
91	Charlotte	65
92	Cora	64
93	Joan	63
93	Nellie	63
93	Norma	63
96	Eddie	62
96	Janice	62
96	Ora	62
96	Susie	62
100	Lucille	61

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,780
2	Robert	1,026
3	John	917
4	Charles	853
5	Willie	824
6	William	806
7	George	417
8	Billy	401
9	Thomas	390
10	Bobby	387
11	Joe	385
12	Henry	333
13	Jerry	306
14	Walter	263
15	David	261
16	Jimmy	229
17	Eddie	225
18	Richard	213
19	Jimmie	211
20	Frank	207
21	Joseph	205
22	Johnny	199
23	Charlie	190
23	Edward	190
25	Paul	178
26	Roy	172
27	Jessie	164
28	Donald	163
29	Albert	160
30	Johnnie	149
31	Larry	140
32	Arthur	130
32	Eugene	130
34	Kenneth	129
35	Roosevelt	128
36	Fred	124
37	Lee	123
38	Earl	119
39	Tommy	117
40	Leroy	116
41	Samuel	112
42	Curtis	109
42	Harold	109
44	Jesse	107
45	Melvin	104
46	Clarence	98
47	Howard	96
48	Tommie	94
49	Louis	93
50	Carl	90
50	Jack	90
52	Ernest	84
53	Gerald	82
54	Earnest	79
55	Leon	77
55	Sammie	77
57	Andrew	76
57	Sam	76
59	Freddie	72
60	Percy	69
61	Raymond	68
61	Wayne	68
63	Clyde	65
64	Bennie	64
65	Lawrence	61
65	Oscar	61
67	Herman	59
68	Herbert	57
69	Milton	56
70	Ralph	55
71	Ben	54
71	Gene	54
73	Alfred	52
73	Floyd	52
73	Lewis	52
76	Clifton	51
77	Daniel	50
77	Lonnie	50
77	Otis	50
80	Allen	49
80	Lester	49
82	Don	48
82	Gary	48
82	Sidney	48
85	Chester	47
85	Claude	47
85	Marvin	47
88	Nathaniel	46
89	Hugh	45
89	Luther	45
89	Ronald	45
92	Calvin	44
92	Harvey	44
92	Ray	44
92	Tom	44
96	Dennis	43
96	Harry	43
98	Cecil	42
98	Sylvester	42
100	Jim	41