Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,679
2	Dorothy	628
3	Annie	604
4	Willie	395
5	Ruby	361
6	Mildred	300
7	Helen	287
8	Rosie	255
9	Betty	252
10	Ruth	249
11	Martha	235
12	Doris	232
13	Mattie	231
14	Margaret	229
15	Lillie	221
16	Sarah	209
17	Frances	205
18	Elizabeth	200
18	Louise	200
20	Edna	196
21	Evelyn	192
22	Virginia	189
23	Bessie	187
24	Minnie	185
25	Emma	178

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bernice	167
27	Jessie	166
28	Ethel	161
29	Lucille	153
30	Alice	151
31	Marie	147
32	Clara	146
32	Hazel	146
34	Ida	143
35	Ella	135
36	Christine	134
37	Thelma	132
38	Gladys	126
39	Bertha	125
39	Catherine	125
41	Fannie	124
42	Lula	118
43	Juanita	113
44	Beatrice	112
44	Bobbie	112
44	Hattie	112
44	Maggie	112
48	Carrie	107
49	Laura	103
49	Mamie	103
51	Velma	101
52	Mae	100
53	Pauline	99
54	Geneva	98
55	Essie	97
56	Joyce	96
56	Lillian	96
58	Eva	94
59	Johnnie	93
60	Irene	89
60	Julia	89
62	Georgia	86
62	Jimmie	86
62	Vera	86
65	Josephine	84
66	Katie	83
67	Elsie	82
67	Grace	82
67	Katherine	82
67	Rose	82
71	Billie	81
71	Margie	81
71	Susie	81
74	Lois	80
75	Jean	79
76	Alma	78
76	Anna	78
78	Daisy	77
78	Myrtle	77
78	Nellie	77
81	Bonnie	75
81	Ora	75
83	Inez	74
84	Flora	73
85	Cora	70
86	Edith	69
87	Addie	68
88	Alberta	67
89	Eula	64
89	Gloria	64
89	Jewel	64
92	Geraldine	63
92	Lena	63
94	Ann	62
94	Barbara	62
94	Marjorie	62
94	Ollie	62
98	Earnestine	61
98	Nancy	61
98	Sadie	61