Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,492
2	Dorothy	657
3	Betty	578
4	Annie	549
5	Willie	312
6	Ruby	284
7	Martha	268
8	Helen	255
9	Margaret	234
10	Doris	230
11	Barbara	224
12	Sarah	217
13	Mildred	216
14	Frances	211
15	Rosie	208
16	Lillie	207
17	Louise	193
18	Bobbie	187
19	Ruth	185
20	Elizabeth	184
21	Mattie	183
22	Emma	177
23	Ethel	160
24	Jessie	159
25	Bessie	156

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Minnie	156
27	Edna	154
28	Shirley	152
29	Joyce	151
30	Bernice	149
30	Peggy	149
32	Virginia	147
33	Clara	132
34	Alice	126
35	Thelma	125
36	Hattie	124
37	Billie	123
38	Ella	122
38	Juanita	122
40	Georgia	121
41	Catherine	120
42	Gladys	119
43	Johnnie	117
44	Ida	115
45	Evelyn	112
45	Fannie	112
47	Hazel	110
48	Carolyn	109
49	Bertha	107
50	Christine	106
51	Ann	105
52	Carrie	104
52	Lula	104
54	Marie	100
55	Mae	98
56	Nancy	97
57	Vera	95
58	Anna	94
58	Eva	94
60	Bonnie	93
61	Jean	91
62	Josephine	89
62	Lucille	89
64	Jo	85
65	Maggie	84
66	Katherine	83
66	Patricia	83
68	Julia	80
68	Ora	80
68	Rose	80
71	Patsy	79
72	Laura	78
73	Essie	76
74	Irene	75
75	Alma	74
75	Gloria	74
77	Margie	73
77	Norma	73
79	Alberta	72
79	Beatrice	72
79	Daisy	72
79	Geneva	72
79	Joan	72
79	Lois	72
85	Mamie	71
86	Nellie	70
87	Geraldine	68
87	Lillian	68
89	Ernestine	67
90	Jimmie	66
91	Katie	65
92	Pauline	64
92	Sara	64
92	Velma	64
95	Bettie	63
95	Cora	63
97	Susie	59
98	Bettye	58
99	Ruthie	57
100	Lucy	56
100	Ollie	56
100	Sylvia	56