Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,505
2	Dorothy	651
3	Betty	598
4	Annie	563
5	Shirley	455
6	Willie	310
7	Barbara	279
8	Martha	276
8	Ruby	276
10	Helen	241
11	Rosie	232
12	Doris	217
12	Margaret	217
14	Mildred	210
15	Lillie	206
16	Elizabeth	205
17	Sarah	195
18	Bobbie	188
18	Frances	188
18	Mattie	188
21	Louise	178
22	Ruth	175
23	Emma	164
24	Virginia	163
25	Jessie	151

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bessie	150
26	Clara	150
28	Minnie	144
29	Peggy	141
30	Alice	138
31	Bernice	133
31	Thelma	133
33	Evelyn	132
33	Joyce	132
35	Carolyn	130
35	Ethel	130
37	Edna	126
38	Patricia	124
39	Marie	123
40	Catherine	122
41	Fannie	120
42	Bertha	118
43	Billie	117
43	Johnnie	117
45	Gladys	116
46	Georgia	110
46	Juanita	110
48	Ella	109
49	Ida	108
50	Lula	107
51	Mae	105
52	Bonnie	104
52	Christine	104
52	Hattie	104
55	Lucille	101
56	Carrie	99
57	Eva	96
58	Nancy	93
59	Jean	91
59	Vera	91
61	Gloria	88
62	Hazel	87
62	Joan	87
64	Beatrice	86
65	Maggie	85
66	Ann	84
66	Josephine	84
68	Julia	83
68	Laura	83
68	Patsy	83
71	Jo	78
71	Katherine	78
71	Nellie	78
74	Geneva	75
74	Katie	75
76	Irene	74
77	Lillian	73
77	Sara	73
79	Ora	72
80	Mamie	70
80	Rose	70
80	Velma	70
83	Essie	69
83	Margie	69
85	Lois	67
86	Bettie	65
86	Earnestine	65
86	Geraldine	65
86	Jimmie	65
90	Norma	64
90	Ollie	64
92	Anna	63
92	Daisy	63
92	Sylvia	63
95	Flora	61
95	Mable	61
95	Rebecca	61
98	Alberta	60
98	Susie	60
100	Bettye	59