Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,520
2	Annie	631
3	Willie	459
4	Ruby	356
5	Mildred	292
6	Mattie	290
7	Ruth	273
8	Dorothy	272
8	Lillie	272
10	Rosie	266
11	Helen	241
12	Bessie	226
13	Louise	223
14	Elizabeth	221
15	Sarah	203
16	Frances	196
16	Lucille	196
18	Edna	194
19	Margaret	193
20	Emma	189
21	Minnie	188
22	Martha	186
23	Jessie	185
24	Ethel	184
25	Gladys	177

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marie	175
27	Hazel	170
28	Alice	162
29	Thelma	160
30	Lillian	158
31	Ida	153
31	Lula	153
33	Clara	147
34	Irene	145
35	Hattie	144
36	Beatrice	142
36	Fannie	142
38	Ella	139
38	Maggie	139
40	Evelyn	137
41	Virginia	136
42	Bertha	135
43	Carrie	127
43	Josephine	127
45	Bernice	120
46	Laura	117
47	Susie	113
48	Eva	112
49	Christine	111
49	Doris	111
51	Pauline	110
52	Anna	108
52	Mamie	108
54	Lois	106
55	Grace	102
55	Myrtle	102
57	Johnnie	101
57	Lena	101
59	Flora	100
60	Edith	98
60	Katie	98
62	Georgia	95
63	Julia	92
63	Velma	92
65	Catherine	90
66	Mae	89
66	Viola	89
68	Nancy	88
69	Mable	86
70	Alma	83
70	Essie	83
70	Inez	83
73	Katherine	81
74	Elsie	80
74	Gertrude	80
74	Sadie	80
74	Sallie	80
74	Vera	80
79	Ollie	79
80	Pearl	78
81	Addie	77
81	Juanita	77
83	Alberta	75
83	Lucy	75
85	Daisy	73
85	Geneva	73
87	Rosa	71
87	Wilma	71
89	Dora	69
90	Cora	68
91	Eula	67
92	Ada	66
93	Josie	65
93	Lucile	65
95	Ora	64
96	Nellie	62
97	Florence	59
98	Lizzie	58
99	Agnes	56
100	Lottie	55