Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,714
2	Annie	729
3	Dorothy	562
4	Willie	489
5	Ruby	359
6	Helen	343
7	Mildred	289
8	Louise	277
9	Lillie	267
10	Ruth	266
11	Rosie	258
12	Mattie	245
13	Emma	239
14	Bessie	238
15	Margaret	237
16	Martha	236
17	Frances	234
18	Elizabeth	218
18	Sarah	218
20	Doris	215
21	Jessie	210
22	Minnie	194
23	Virginia	191
24	Ethel	190
25	Gladys	187

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	183
26	Edna	183
28	Betty	180
29	Marie	179
30	Thelma	166
31	Lula	162
32	Lucille	153
33	Bernice	152
34	Ida	151
35	Clara	149
36	Hazel	146
37	Evelyn	145
38	Bertha	144
39	Hattie	138
40	Ella	134
40	Mae	134
42	Christine	130
43	Carrie	128
44	Lillian	127
45	Beatrice	125
46	Fannie	123
47	Catherine	122
48	Maggie	121
49	Lois	120
50	Irene	117
50	Juanita	117
52	Mamie	116
52	Pauline	116
54	Eva	111
54	Laura	111
56	Geneva	106
57	Georgia	102
58	Katherine	100
59	Daisy	96
60	Margie	95
61	Vera	94
62	Edith	93
62	Myrtle	93
64	Josephine	92
65	Alma	90
66	Johnnie	89
67	Essie	83
67	Katie	83
67	Nellie	83
67	Velma	83
71	Julia	82
72	Lena	81
73	Addie	79
73	Cora	79
75	Ora	78
76	Anna	76
77	Elsie	75
78	Susie	73
79	Vivian	72
80	Dora	71
80	Grace	71
80	Inez	71
83	Marjorie	69
84	Nancy	68
84	Sadie	68
86	Ada	67
86	Lee	67
88	Flora	66
89	Eunice	65
89	Joyce	65
91	Jean	64
92	Alberta	63
92	Bobbie	63
92	Hilda	63
92	Ollie	63
96	Bonnie	62
96	Sara	62
98	Wilma	61
99	Mable	60
99	Maxine	60
99	Rosa	60