Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,465
2	Dorothy	587
3	Annie	552
4	Betty	480
5	Willie	332
6	Ruby	292
7	Martha	249
8	Margaret	230
9	Rosie	221
10	Helen	220
11	Mildred	216
12	Louise	213
13	Doris	194
14	Elizabeth	191
15	Lillie	189
15	Mattie	189
15	Sarah	189
18	Ruth	183
19	Frances	175
20	Ethel	167
21	Bernice	161
22	Bobbie	157
23	Emma	153
24	Jessie	151
24	Minnie	151

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	149
27	Bessie	146
28	Gladys	143
29	Clara	141
29	Virginia	141
31	Ida	133
32	Thelma	131
33	Marie	125
34	Barbara	123
35	Edna	122
35	Hattie	122
37	Joyce	119
38	Evelyn	117
39	Lula	116
40	Ella	110
41	Carrie	109
42	Christine	108
43	Billie	106
44	Lucille	105
45	Beatrice	102
45	Catherine	102
45	Mae	102
45	Peggy	102
49	Hazel	100
50	Johnnie	97
51	Jean	95
51	Katherine	95
51	Nancy	95
54	Fannie	93
55	Eva	92
56	Bertha	90
57	Bonnie	87
57	Juanita	87
59	Velma	85
60	Ora	83
61	Ann	82
62	Irene	81
62	Laura	81
64	Nellie	79
65	Lillian	78
66	Geneva	76
67	Gloria	75
68	Susie	74
69	Georgia	72
70	Earnestine	71
70	Lois	71
70	Maggie	71
73	Daisy	70
73	Josephine	70
73	Maxine	70
73	Vera	70
77	Carolyn	69
77	Margie	69
79	Katie	68
80	Anna	67
80	Lucy	67
82	Pauline	66
82	Sara	66
84	Essie	65
85	Ernestine	64
85	Flora	64
85	Julia	64
88	Mamie	63
88	Rose	63
88	Shirley	63
91	Bettie	62
91	Norma	62
93	Alma	60
93	Cora	60
95	Wilma	58
96	Lizzie	57
96	Patricia	57
98	Grace	56
99	Inez	55
100	Myrtle	54
100	Ollie	54