Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,141
2	Annie	475
3	Willie	309
4	Ruby	290
5	Ruth	222
6	Louise	210
7	Lillie	207
8	Ethel	205
9	Mattie	198
10	Mildred	195
11	Beatrice	171
11	Bessie	171
11	Emma	171
14	Elizabeth	170
15	Margaret	165
16	Rosie	162
17	Lucille	160
18	Sarah	157
19	Jessie	153
20	Alice	152
21	Minnie	149
22	Gladys	147
23	Helen	146
24	Hattie	136
25	Marie	129

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Martha	126
27	Dorothy	125
27	Edna	125
29	Lillian	124
30	Frances	123
31	Ida	118
32	Evelyn	117
33	Lula	116
34	Virginia	115
35	Carrie	114
36	Irene	113
37	Fannie	111
38	Velma	109
39	Clara	107
39	Thelma	107
41	Anna	103
42	Hazel	100
43	Bertha	97
44	Mamie	95
45	Nellie	93
46	Susie	91
47	Myrtle	90
48	Ella	89
48	Maggie	89
50	Julia	87
50	Laura	87
50	Pauline	87
53	Lois	86
54	Inez	85
55	Cora	84
56	Gertrude	81
57	Katie	80
57	Ora	80
57	Pearl	80
60	Grace	79
61	Eva	78
62	Essie	77
62	Vera	77
64	Christine	76
65	Edith	73
65	Katherine	73
67	Geneva	70
68	Bernice	68
68	Lucy	68
70	Alberta	67
71	Flora	65
71	Georgia	65
73	Alma	64
73	Daisy	64
73	Eunice	64
76	Lena	62
77	Elsie	61
77	Lucile	61
77	Mae	61
77	Sadie	61
81	Josephine	58
82	Addie	57
83	Catherine	56
84	Florence	54
84	Lizzie	54
86	Nancy	53
86	Ollie	53
88	Eula	52
88	Viola	52
90	Rosa	51
91	Juanita	50
91	Roberta	50
93	Doris	49
93	Johnnie	49
93	Lottie	49
93	Rebecca	49
97	Janie	48
97	Mable	48
97	Rose	48
100	Dora	46
100	Nettie	46