Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,539
2	Betty	663
3	Dorothy	635
4	Annie	527
5	Shirley	449
6	Barbara	431
7	Martha	324
8	Willie	288
9	Ruby	267
10	Doris	254
11	Margaret	236
12	Peggy	214
13	Lillie	210
14	Rosie	207
15	Elizabeth	205
15	Helen	205
17	Sarah	204
18	Carolyn	191
18	Ethel	191
20	Emma	190
21	Mattie	189
22	Bobbie	187
23	Alice	186
23	Frances	186
25	Mildred	185

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Patricia	179
27	Joyce	171
28	Virginia	163
29	Jessie	159
30	Louise	156
31	Ruth	152
32	Clara	146
33	Ella	144
34	Edna	143
35	Minnie	142
36	Nancy	132
37	Johnnie	130
38	Bernice	124
39	Catherine	121
40	Bessie	119
40	Lula	119
42	Evelyn	118
43	Bertha	117
44	Juanita	115
44	Thelma	115
46	Mae	111
47	Bonnie	109
48	Hattie	106
49	Marie	104
50	Margie	102
51	Gloria	100
52	Patsy	96
53	Ann	95
54	Fannie	94
54	Laura	94
56	Gladys	93
57	Ida	92
58	Jo	90
59	Josephine	87
59	Rose	87
61	Billie	85
62	Bettie	84
62	Hazel	84
62	Sylvia	84
65	Bettye	83
66	Christine	81
66	Lucille	81
68	Georgia	80
68	Pearlie	80
70	Carrie	79
70	Katie	79
72	Jean	78
72	Nellie	78
72	Ora	78
75	Vera	77
76	Linda	76
77	Essie	75
77	Eva	75
77	Geneva	75
80	Norma	74
81	Annette	73
81	Maggie	73
83	Katherine	71
84	Maxine	70
85	Cora	69
85	Geraldine	69
87	Jimmie	68
87	Yvonne	68
89	Flora	66
90	Beatrice	65
90	Julia	65
90	Mamie	65
93	Ruthie	63
94	Janice	61
94	Pauline	61
94	Velma	61
97	Earnestine	60
97	Irene	60
99	Alma	59
99	Ernestine	59
99	Glenda	59
99	Joan	59
99	Susie	59