Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1912

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	806
2	Annie	358
3	Willie	260
4	Mattie	196
5	Ruby	190
6	Louise	148
7	Rosie	147
8	Ethel	141
9	Ruth	136
10	Lillie	133
11	Bessie	128
11	Hattie	128
13	Emma	125
14	Lucille	123
15	Elizabeth	120
16	Gladys	117
17	Clara	111
17	Jessie	111
19	Beatrice	109
20	Mildred	108
21	Carrie	106
21	Maggie	106
23	Alice	103
23	Sarah	103
25	Ida	100

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marie	99
26	Minnie	99
28	Edna	97
29	Lula	95
30	Myrtle	92
31	Martha	91
32	Bertha	90
32	Irene	90
34	Fannie	88
34	Frances	88
36	Lillian	84
37	Hazel	83
38	Margaret	82
38	Thelma	82
40	Susie	81
41	Alberta	80
42	Georgia	79
43	Evelyn	78
44	Laura	77
45	Mamie	76
46	Virginia	75
47	Dorothy	74
47	Helen	74
49	Julia	71
50	Alma	70
51	Eva	69
52	Katie	68
53	Cora	66
53	Ella	66
53	Lena	66
56	Anna	65
57	Velma	64
58	Grace	63
59	Ora	60
60	Pearl	59
60	Rosa	59
62	Addie	57
62	Nellie	57
64	Gertrude	56
65	Daisy	55
66	Sadie	54
67	Pauline	53
67	Viola	53
69	Josephine	52
69	Lucy	52
69	Sallie	52
72	Florence	51
72	Geneva	51
74	Lizzie	50
75	Vera	49
76	Mae	48
77	Essie	46
77	Inez	46
79	Bernice	45
79	Mable	45
81	Dora	44
81	Eula	44
81	Flora	44
81	Ollie	44
85	Lois	43
85	Nancy	43
87	Eunice	42
87	Johnnie	42
89	Callie	41
89	Elnora	41
91	Christine	40
92	Edith	39
92	Mabel	39
94	Leola	37
95	Effie	35
95	Elsie	35
97	Stella	34
98	Ada	33
98	Lola	33
100	Agnes	32
100	Doris	32
100	Katherine	32
100	Rose	32