Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,215
2	Annie	502
3	Willie	411
4	Ruby	277
5	Ruth	235
6	Mildred	224
7	Mattie	221
8	Louise	211
9	Lillie	202
10	Ethel	190
11	Frances	186
11	Sarah	186
13	Dorothy	180
14	Elizabeth	177
15	Rosie	172
16	Bessie	167
17	Margaret	166
18	Jessie	163
19	Helen	162
20	Martha	159
21	Emma	156
22	Alice	150
22	Lucille	150
24	Edna	148
25	Beatrice	145

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Minnie	144
27	Thelma	137
28	Hazel	136
29	Fannie	135
29	Marie	135
31	Clara	132
32	Gladys	129
33	Carrie	125
34	Lillian	123
35	Myrtle	110
36	Ida	108
37	Hattie	107
37	Maggie	107
37	Virginia	107
40	Irene	106
40	Laura	106
42	Lula	105
43	Mamie	102
44	Bertha	100
44	Ella	100
46	Evelyn	99
47	Eva	92
48	Bernice	89
48	Susie	89
50	Grace	87
51	Alberta	86
52	Anna	85
52	Julia	85
54	Josephine	84
54	Mable	84
56	Velma	81
57	Christine	80
57	Doris	80
59	Edith	79
59	Georgia	79
61	Gertrude	78
61	Katie	78
63	Eula	77
63	Pauline	77
65	Katherine	76
66	Cora	75
66	Elsie	75
68	Catherine	74
69	Alma	73
70	Lena	72
70	Nellie	72
72	Inez	71
72	Rosa	71
74	Juanita	70
74	Viola	70
76	Lois	69
77	Pearl	66
78	Essie	64
78	Flora	64
80	Ora	63
81	Ollie	61
82	Eunice	60
82	Mae	60
82	Nancy	60
85	Addie	57
85	Lizzie	57
85	Lucile	57
88	Florence	56
88	Johnnie	56
90	Lucy	55
90	Sadie	55
92	Geneva	53
92	Lottie	53
92	Sallie	53
95	Dora	52
96	Ada	50
96	Marguerite	50
98	Estella	49
98	Sara	49
100	Agnes	48