Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,664
2	Annie	650
3	Dorothy	634
4	Betty	412
5	Willie	341
6	Ruby	299
7	Helen	276
8	Ruth	259
9	Lillie	251
10	Mildred	250
11	Martha	242
12	Louise	231
13	Rosie	227
14	Mattie	218
15	Doris	212
16	Margaret	203
17	Sarah	202
18	Emma	188
18	Frances	188
20	Minnie	183
21	Elizabeth	182
22	Bernice	179
23	Bessie	175
24	Ethel	172
24	Virginia	172

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bobbie	156
27	Alice	153
27	Jessie	153
29	Ella	151
30	Clara	148
31	Bertha	146
32	Thelma	145
33	Gladys	143
34	Lula	142
35	Evelyn	141
36	Hattie	140
37	Hazel	138
38	Marie	136
39	Ida	130
40	Edna	129
41	Carrie	120
42	Juanita	119
43	Mae	113
44	Fannie	112
45	Beatrice	111
45	Johnnie	111
45	Joyce	111
48	Catherine	107
49	Billie	105
50	Christine	98
50	Jean	98
52	Lucille	96
52	Peggy	96
54	Ora	95
55	Eva	93
56	Bonnie	92
57	Georgia	91
57	Julia	91
59	Katherine	90
60	Irene	89
61	Katie	88
61	Mamie	88
63	Margie	84
64	Lois	83
65	Lillian	81
66	Barbara	79
66	Essie	79
68	Josephine	77
68	Nellie	77
70	Geraldine	75
70	Ruthie	75
72	Maggie	74
72	Myrtle	74
74	Cora	73
74	Laura	73
74	Vera	73
77	Carolyn	72
77	Lucy	72
79	Alma	71
79	Rose	71
81	Gloria	70
82	Ann	69
82	Geneva	69
82	Marjorie	69
82	Norma	69
82	Pauline	69
87	Edith	68
87	Maxine	68
89	Inez	67
90	Florence	66
91	Alberta	65
92	Dora	63
92	Earnestine	63
92	Shirley	63
95	Flora	62
95	Velma	62
97	Anna	61
97	Lena	61
99	Addie	60
100	Jimmie	59
100	Nancy	59
100	Sadie	59
100	Susie	59