Mississippi ★ 1947

Top names in Mississippi, 1947

Mary led for girls with 1,741 babies ; James for boys with 2,277. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,741
2	Linda	1,233
3	Betty	731
4	Dorothy	730
5	Barbara	727
6	Patricia	578
7	Shirley	493
8	Annie	484
9	Carolyn	428
10	Sandra	414
11	Martha	395
12	Brenda	351
13	Gloria	302
14	Margaret	292
15	Elizabeth	275
15	Judy	275
17	Helen	270
18	Ruby	264
19	Willie	247
20	Nancy	245
21	Peggy	239
22	Joyce	233
23	Bobbie	218
24	Doris	216
25	Rosie	212
26	Sarah	210
27	Alice	206
28	Janice	187
29	Frances	182
30	Lillie	180
31	Patsy	178
32	Carol	174
33	Ethel	169
34	Jo	165
35	Emma	162
36	Virginia	161
37	Mattie	159
38	Minnie	152
39	Mildred	149
40	Charlotte	139
40	Evelyn	139
42	Catherine	136
43	Wanda	134
44	Donna	133
45	Edna	132
46	Rebecca	131
47	Glenda	130
48	Ruth	129
49	Susan	128
50	Judith	125
51	Bertha	116
51	Bessie	116
51	Georgia	116
54	Bonnie	115
54	Johnnie	115
56	Ella	114
57	Hattie	113
58	Sharon	112
59	Jessie	111
60	Bettye	109
61	Beverly	108
61	Diane	108
63	Cheryl	106
64	Louise	105
65	Carrie	103
66	Clara	102
66	Mae	102
68	Ann	101
68	Christine	101
68	Lynda	101
71	Sherry	100
72	Sylvia	99
73	Marilyn	98
74	Laura	95
75	Marie	92
75	Rose	92
77	Geraldine	91
77	Maggie	91
79	Joan	90
80	Bettie	89
81	Thelma	88
82	Bernice	87
83	Cynthia	86
84	Earnestine	85
85	Julia	84
86	Lula	83
87	Katherine	82
88	Dianne	81
88	Phyllis	81
90	Rita	80
91	Eva	79
91	Jean	79
91	Norma	79
94	Juanita	78
95	Margie	77
96	Ida	76
97	Vera	75
98	Delores	73
98	Janet	73
98	Ruthie	73

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,277
2	Robert	1,322
3	John	1,219
4	Willie	1,091
5	William	1,055
6	Charles	1,024
7	Larry	586
8	David	530
9	Jerry	500
10	Thomas	498
11	George	489
12	Jimmy	430
13	Billy	420
14	Richard	397
15	Johnny	372
16	Joe	355
17	Henry	354
18	Bobby	328
19	Eddie	325
20	Donald	284
21	Walter	278
22	Edward	258
23	Joseph	246
24	Michael	242
25	Ronald	236
26	Frank	227
27	Kenneth	225
28	Roy	214
29	Danny	205
29	Jimmie	205
29	Tommy	205
32	Paul	203
33	Albert	181
34	Charlie	171
35	Lee	167
36	Johnnie	163
37	Jessie	158
38	Arthur	149
38	Samuel	149
40	Gary	146
41	Harold	137
42	Leroy	132
43	Eugene	129
44	Clarence	126
45	Melvin	125
46	Fred	124
47	Curtis	120
47	Louis	120
49	Terry	117
50	Earl	112
50	Raymond	112
52	Ernest	109
52	Harry	109
54	Ronnie	108
55	Wayne	107
56	Carl	106
57	Andrew	105
57	Tommie	105
59	Lawrence	104
60	Roosevelt	103
61	Jack	102
62	Jesse	101
62	Roger	101
64	Freddie	99
64	Sammie	99
66	Gerald	98
67	Howard	97
68	Daniel	95
69	Earnest	94
70	Dennis	92
70	Leon	92
72	Douglas	91
73	Lonnie	89
74	Bennie	79
74	Ralph	79
76	Marvin	73
77	Herman	71
78	Calvin	70
79	Floyd	69
79	Percy	69
81	Phillip	68
82	Herbert	67
83	Milton	65
84	Glenn	64
84	Otis	64
84	Ray	64
87	Sam	62
87	Steve	62
89	Clifton	60
90	Allen	59
90	Lewis	59
90	Sammy	59
90	Stanley	59
90	Stephen	59
95	Alvin	57
96	Harvey	56
96	Luther	56
96	Sylvester	56
99	Clyde	55
99	Don	55