Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,557
2	Annie	656
3	Willie	432
4	Dorothy	317
5	Ruby	304
6	Lillie	273
7	Mattie	272
8	Mildred	267
9	Ruth	261
10	Helen	252
11	Rosie	242
12	Louise	233
13	Frances	226
14	Margaret	211
15	Marie	200
16	Elizabeth	199
17	Minnie	195
18	Emma	191
19	Bessie	190
20	Martha	187
21	Edna	186
22	Ethel	183
23	Thelma	180
24	Hazel	175
24	Sarah	175

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	171
27	Jessie	170
28	Beatrice	169
28	Lucille	169
30	Gladys	168
31	Hattie	158
31	Ida	158
33	Lula	148
34	Doris	147
35	Lillian	139
36	Clara	137
37	Eva	135
38	Virginia	133
39	Ella	131
39	Laura	131
41	Evelyn	130
42	Carrie	129
43	Fannie	128
44	Irene	124
45	Myrtle	116
46	Bertha	113
47	Grace	112
48	Juanita	111
49	Georgia	107
50	Maggie	106
51	Susie	105
52	Mae	104
53	Mamie	103
54	Alma	100
55	Christine	99
56	Bernice	97
57	Inez	94
57	Katherine	94
59	Julia	93
60	Velma	92
61	Anna	90
61	Pauline	90
63	Essie	89
63	Viola	89
65	Lois	88
66	Eula	86
66	Katie	86
68	Lucy	85
68	Vera	85
70	Edith	84
71	Josephine	83
72	Alberta	81
73	Mable	80
74	Eunice	77
74	Ora	77
76	Addie	76
76	Catherine	76
76	Flora	76
76	Nellie	76
80	Cora	75
81	Geneva	73
81	Rosa	73
83	Johnnie	72
84	Elsie	71
85	Lena	69
86	Gertrude	68
87	Agnes	67
87	Florence	67
89	Ollie	65
89	Pearl	65
91	Lizzie	61
91	Sallie	61
93	Lucile	60
93	Marjorie	60
93	Sadie	60
96	Daisy	59
96	Nancy	59
98	Sara	58
99	Ada	54
99	Jewel	54