Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,736
2	Annie	684
3	Dorothy	469
4	Willie	446
5	Ruby	359
6	Helen	319
7	Mildred	292
8	Louise	268
9	Ruth	257
10	Frances	234
11	Elizabeth	230
12	Doris	225
12	Lillie	225
12	Rosie	225
15	Margaret	222
16	Mattie	217
17	Martha	215
18	Sarah	209
19	Ethel	202
20	Emma	196
21	Edna	193
22	Minnie	192
23	Gladys	190
24	Bessie	188
25	Jessie	177

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Thelma	170
26	Virginia	170
28	Alice	167
28	Evelyn	167
30	Marie	161
31	Hazel	160
32	Lula	155
33	Beatrice	151
34	Bernice	148
35	Lucille	147
36	Fannie	145
37	Hattie	144
38	Ida	140
39	Bertha	136
40	Maggie	134
41	Carrie	132
41	Clara	132
43	Catherine	128
44	Juanita	127
45	Lillian	124
46	Mamie	117
47	Betty	113
47	Katie	113
49	Katherine	111
50	Johnnie	110
51	Alma	109
52	Ella	108
52	Laura	108
54	Christine	105
54	Irene	105
54	Mae	105
57	Eva	103
58	Anna	99
58	Lois	99
60	Velma	98
61	Edith	96
62	Essie	95
62	Susie	95
64	Pauline	93
65	Mable	92
66	Myrtle	91
67	Geneva	90
67	Inez	90
69	Josephine	88
70	Daisy	86
71	Grace	85
72	Margie	84
73	Georgia	83
73	Rosa	83
75	Nellie	78
75	Vera	78
77	Ora	77
78	Alberta	75
79	Lucy	74
80	Elsie	72
80	Lena	72
82	Ollie	71
83	Florence	70
84	Cora	69
84	Julia	69
86	Eunice	66
87	Addie	65
87	Sara	65
89	Flora	64
89	Viola	64
89	Wilma	64
92	Pearl	61
93	Gertrude	60
93	Marjorie	60
93	Opal	60
96	Estella	58
96	Lizzie	58
96	Nancy	58
99	Ernestine	57
99	Eula	57