Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,570
2	Dorothy	628
3	Annie	584
4	Betty	539
5	Willie	330
6	Ruby	320
7	Helen	288
8	Martha	263
9	Doris	255
10	Mildred	248
10	Rosie	248
12	Mattie	226
13	Lillie	224
14	Frances	214
15	Emma	203
16	Elizabeth	202
17	Ruth	200
18	Louise	195
19	Barbara	191
20	Margaret	188
21	Sarah	185
22	Bessie	175
23	Bobbie	172
23	Ethel	172
25	Jessie	167

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bernice	166
27	Alice	164
28	Virginia	158
29	Clara	156
30	Minnie	150
31	Bertha	148
32	Edna	146
32	Gladys	146
34	Lula	142
35	Ida	140
36	Evelyn	139
36	Thelma	139
38	Juanita	134
39	Ella	131
40	Marie	129
41	Joyce	126
42	Johnnie	124
43	Fannie	114
43	Hattie	114
45	Peggy	113
46	Hazel	112
47	Carrie	109
47	Mae	109
49	Catherine	108
50	Billie	106
51	Bonnie	102
52	Christine	98
52	Laura	98
54	Lucille	93
55	Katie	91
56	Eva	90
56	Georgia	90
58	Katherine	89
58	Lillian	89
58	Mamie	89
61	Essie	88
61	Rose	88
63	Jean	86
64	Maggie	85
65	Nancy	83
65	Nellie	83
67	Beatrice	82
68	Norma	81
69	Geneva	80
70	Daisy	79
71	Margie	78
72	Carolyn	76
72	Lois	76
74	Ann	74
74	Irene	74
74	Wilma	74
77	Marjorie	73
77	Patsy	73
77	Velma	73
80	Alma	72
80	Anna	72
80	Vera	72
83	Jimmie	70
83	Josephine	70
85	Ollie	69
85	Patricia	69
87	Julia	68
87	Lucy	68
87	Sara	68
87	Shirley	68
91	Flora	67
92	Pauline	65
93	Ora	64
93	Ruthie	64
95	Ernestine	63
96	Joan	62
96	Susie	62
98	Gloria	61
98	Grace	61
98	Myrtle	61