Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,500
2	Betty	614
3	Dorothy	561
4	Annie	522
5	Shirley	484
6	Barbara	385
7	Willie	311
8	Martha	292
9	Ruby	251
10	Doris	246
11	Lillie	227
11	Rosie	227
13	Margaret	219
14	Helen	210
15	Peggy	209
16	Sarah	205
17	Mattie	196
18	Frances	193
19	Elizabeth	189
20	Bobbie	183
21	Alice	177
22	Mildred	171
23	Louise	170
24	Emma	156
24	Patricia	156

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carolyn	155
27	Bessie	154
28	Minnie	153
28	Nancy	153
28	Virginia	153
31	Edna	148
32	Jessie	141
33	Clara	133
34	Ethel	131
35	Joyce	130
36	Lula	129
37	Bernice	123
37	Thelma	123
39	Ruth	122
40	Bertha	121
41	Gloria	117
42	Marie	113
43	Billie	111
44	Hattie	109
45	Ella	108
46	Juanita	104
47	Gladys	103
47	Johnnie	103
49	Ann	100
49	Jean	100
51	Ida	98
51	Jo	98
53	Georgia	97
54	Bonnie	96
54	Evelyn	96
56	Carrie	94
56	Laura	94
56	Patsy	94
59	Yvonne	92
60	Eva	89
60	Irene	89
62	Catherine	88
63	Fannie	87
64	Katherine	85
64	Lucille	85
66	Mae	84
67	Ora	83
68	Earnestine	82
68	Hazel	82
70	Alma	80
70	Maggie	80
72	Geneva	79
72	Margie	79
74	Beatrice	78
74	Essie	78
76	Mamie	77
77	Christine	76
78	Julia	75
78	Pearlie	75
80	Sylvia	73
80	Vera	73
82	Rose	72
83	Jimmie	71
83	Joan	71
85	Josephine	68
85	Sara	68
87	Bettie	66
87	Nellie	66
87	Norma	66
90	Lillian	65
90	Pauline	65
90	Velma	65
93	Katie	64
94	Cora	62
94	Shelby	62
96	Jane	61
97	Carol	60
97	Ernestine	60
97	Susie	60
100	Geraldine	58