Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,263
2	Annie	496
3	Willie	347
4	Ruby	299
5	Mattie	238
6	Ruth	228
7	Mildred	219
8	Bessie	213
9	Lillie	210
10	Ethel	202
11	Lucille	191
12	Margaret	189
13	Louise	185
14	Emma	178
14	Rosie	178
16	Sarah	177
17	Helen	172
18	Beatrice	170
19	Dorothy	168
19	Elizabeth	168
21	Frances	166
22	Gladys	155
23	Hattie	153
24	Clara	152
25	Jessie	145

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marie	141
27	Carrie	139
28	Martha	137
29	Edna	136
29	Thelma	136
31	Minnie	134
32	Irene	133
33	Alice	131
33	Lillian	131
33	Maggie	131
36	Hazel	129
37	Myrtle	124
38	Lula	123
39	Fannie	120
40	Ida	119
40	Virginia	119
42	Ella	117
43	Evelyn	114
44	Bertha	102
44	Josephine	102
46	Velma	100
47	Christine	98
48	Alma	92
48	Pauline	92
50	Mable	89
51	Bernice	88
51	Grace	88
51	Inez	88
51	Mamie	88
55	Lois	87
56	Susie	84
57	Katie	83
58	Nellie	80
59	Laura	79
60	Eva	78
60	Ora	78
62	Gertrude	77
63	Cora	75
64	Julia	74
65	Anna	73
65	Pearl	73
65	Vera	73
65	Viola	73
69	Katherine	72
69	Sallie	72
71	Essie	71
71	Lucy	71
71	Mae	71
74	Alberta	70
74	Flora	70
74	Geneva	70
77	Addie	69
78	Georgia	66
79	Edith	65
80	Juanita	64
81	Lena	63
82	Eula	62
82	Ollie	62
84	Daisy	60
84	Doris	60
86	Johnnie	59
87	Catherine	58
87	Dora	58
87	Lucile	58
90	Nancy	57
91	Lizzie	55
91	Rose	55
93	Sadie	54
94	Ada	53
95	Nettie	52
96	Eunice	51
97	Florence	50
97	Jewel	50
99	Rosa	49
100	Winnie	46