Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,623
2	Annie	628
3	Dorothy	564
4	Willie	400
5	Betty	323
6	Ruby	293
7	Helen	280
8	Lillie	267
9	Mildred	260
10	Louise	255
11	Mattie	245
12	Doris	237
13	Ruth	234
14	Martha	225
15	Rosie	211
16	Frances	208
17	Margaret	201
18	Jessie	183
19	Elizabeth	182
20	Sarah	176
21	Emma	171
22	Bernice	167
23	Virginia	164
24	Bessie	161
24	Clara	161

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ethel	156
27	Minnie	154
28	Bertha	150
28	Evelyn	150
30	Hattie	144
31	Alice	143
31	Lula	143
33	Hazel	142
34	Marie	141
35	Ida	139
36	Bobbie	136
36	Thelma	136
38	Ella	132
38	Lucille	132
40	Edna	129
41	Gladys	127
42	Catherine	121
43	Juanita	118
44	Carrie	114
44	Mae	114
46	Beatrice	108
47	Joyce	105
48	Fannie	104
48	Johnnie	104
50	Georgia	100
51	Lillian	95
52	Eva	94
52	Pauline	94
54	Irene	93
55	Christine	92
56	Cora	91
56	Maggie	91
58	Bonnie	90
59	Billie	88
59	Nellie	88
61	Katie	87
62	Essie	86
63	Anna	84
63	Margie	84
65	Velma	82
66	Josephine	81
66	Katherine	81
68	Grace	80
69	Daisy	79
69	Myrtle	79
71	Lois	78
72	Jean	77
73	Lena	75
73	Mamie	75
73	Vera	75
76	Julia	74
76	Peggy	74
78	Ann	73
78	Geneva	73
78	Laura	73
81	Gloria	72
81	Susie	72
81	Wilma	72
84	Ollie	68
85	Inez	67
86	Eula	66
86	Ora	66
88	Elsie	65
88	Maxine	65
90	Alma	64
90	Earline	64
90	Flora	64
90	Mable	64
94	Dora	63
95	Barbara	60
95	Sadie	60
95	Sara	60
98	Earnestine	58
98	Eddie	58
98	Geraldine	58
98	Rose	58