Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,525
2	Annie	599
3	Dorothy	377
4	Willie	364
5	Ruby	324
6	Mildred	287
7	Helen	281
8	Ruth	246
9	Louise	245
10	Lillie	241
11	Mattie	218
12	Frances	217
13	Bessie	214
13	Ethel	214
15	Margaret	209
16	Rosie	206
17	Elizabeth	200
18	Alice	191
18	Marie	191
18	Martha	191
21	Gladys	187
22	Thelma	185
23	Minnie	183
24	Hazel	180
25	Edna	179

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Emma	178
27	Virginia	177
28	Beatrice	171
29	Sarah	166
30	Ida	162
30	Lucille	162
32	Jessie	160
33	Lillian	147
34	Doris	142
35	Carrie	141
36	Evelyn	139
37	Clara	136
37	Lula	136
39	Hattie	133
40	Bernice	129
40	Bertha	129
42	Ella	128
43	Fannie	124
44	Irene	123
44	Pauline	123
46	Maggie	116
47	Juanita	114
48	Edith	113
49	Anna	110
50	Laura	108
50	Mamie	108
52	Mae	107
53	Katherine	106
54	Lois	104
55	Catherine	102
55	Inez	102
57	Eva	96
57	Myrtle	96
59	Christine	95
59	Lucy	95
61	Vera	94
62	Velma	93
63	Georgia	89
64	Alma	87
64	Grace	87
64	Julia	87
67	Elsie	86
67	Essie	86
67	Flora	86
67	Geneva	86
67	Katie	86
72	Josephine	85
72	Lena	85
74	Susie	84
75	Alberta	78
76	Daisy	76
77	Eula	73
78	Mable	72
79	Ora	71
80	Johnnie	70
80	Nancy	70
82	Rosa	69
83	Eunice	68
83	Nellie	68
85	Cora	67
86	Marjorie	66
86	Ollie	66
86	Pearl	66
89	Audrey	65
89	Sara	65
89	Viola	65
92	Lucile	64
92	Sallie	64
94	Addie	63
95	Margie	62
96	Florence	60
96	Wilma	60
98	Agnes	59
98	Rose	59
98	Sadie	59