Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,841
2	Annie	662
3	Dorothy	605
4	Willie	454
5	Ruby	365
6	Mildred	323
7	Helen	295
8	Louise	290
9	Lillie	282
10	Ruth	263
11	Martha	248
12	Frances	243
13	Rosie	238
14	Mattie	232
15	Betty	225
16	Bessie	221
17	Doris	220
18	Ethel	219
19	Margaret	215
20	Jessie	214
21	Emma	206
22	Elizabeth	199
23	Edna	195
24	Sarah	192
25	Minnie	190

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	188
27	Virginia	184
28	Marie	177
29	Gladys	172
30	Clara	167
31	Evelyn	164
31	Hazel	164
33	Lucille	153
33	Lula	153
35	Christine	152
36	Bernice	150
37	Thelma	149
38	Carrie	140
39	Juanita	139
40	Ida	134
41	Ella	131
41	Hattie	131
43	Beatrice	129
44	Fannie	126
45	Bertha	125
45	Lillian	125
47	Maggie	123
48	Catherine	121
49	Laura	119
50	Johnnie	114
51	Katherine	109
52	Alma	107
52	Eva	107
54	Irene	106
54	Pauline	106
56	Ora	104
57	Georgia	103
58	Mae	101
59	Katie	98
59	Mamie	98
61	Julia	97
62	Edith	96
63	Essie	95
64	Lois	94
64	Velma	94
66	Margie	92
67	Geneva	90
68	Bonnie	88
68	Jean	88
70	Cora	79
70	Inez	79
70	Josephine	79
70	Sara	79
74	Addie	78
74	Anna	78
74	Daisy	78
74	Flora	78
74	Myrtle	78
79	Wilma	76
80	Ollie	74
80	Susie	74
82	Vera	73
83	Alberta	72
83	Joyce	72
85	Marjorie	71
86	Lizzie	70
86	Rose	70
88	Bobbie	69
89	Nellie	68
90	Barbara	67
90	Ernestine	67
90	Mable	67
90	Sadie	67
94	Rosa	65
95	Eunice	64
96	Ada	63
96	Dora	63
96	Gloria	63
99	Earline	62
100	Billie	61
100	Lucy	61