Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,616
2	Annie	672
3	Willie	437
4	Dorothy	423
5	Ruby	344
6	Mildred	317
7	Helen	290
8	Ruth	279
9	Louise	273
10	Lillie	261
11	Elizabeth	243
11	Rosie	243
13	Martha	232
14	Frances	227
15	Sarah	219
16	Mattie	213
17	Margaret	196
18	Ethel	194
18	Jessie	194
18	Minnie	194
21	Bessie	189
22	Emma	182
23	Marie	177
24	Hazel	175
25	Alice	171

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Thelma	170
27	Doris	169
27	Gladys	169
29	Clara	165
29	Edna	165
31	Virginia	160
32	Beatrice	156
32	Hattie	156
34	Lillian	148
35	Lucille	147
36	Evelyn	145
37	Ella	144
38	Lula	142
39	Ida	132
40	Laura	131
41	Carrie	130
42	Juanita	129
43	Bertha	124
44	Bernice	123
44	Lois	123
46	Fannie	121
47	Pauline	120
48	Eva	115
48	Mae	115
50	Irene	112
51	Maggie	111
52	Katherine	109
52	Velma	109
54	Josephine	107
55	Catherine	105
55	Christine	105
55	Georgia	105
58	Mamie	104
58	Margie	104
60	Susie	103
61	Alberta	101
62	Johnnie	99
63	Katie	97
64	Essie	95
65	Betty	93
66	Anna	92
67	Alma	90
67	Grace	90
69	Julia	87
70	Daisy	86
71	Flora	84
71	Vera	84
73	Eula	83
73	Inez	83
73	Marjorie	83
73	Myrtle	83
77	Geneva	78
77	Nellie	78
79	Lucy	77
80	Florence	76
81	Nancy	75
81	Ora	75
83	Rosa	74
84	Edith	73
85	Addie	72
86	Mable	70
87	Cora	69
87	Elsie	69
89	Lena	68
89	Ollie	68
91	Sara	64
92	Kathleen	63
92	Pearl	63
94	Viola	62
95	Vivian	61
96	Lucile	60
96	Opal	60
96	Sallie	60
96	Wilma	60
100	Gertrude	59