Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,562
2	Betty	659
3	Dorothy	586
4	Barbara	466
5	Annie	456
6	Shirley	390
7	Martha	341
8	Willie	271
9	Ruby	239
10	Doris	226
11	Margaret	225
12	Patricia	218
13	Rosie	210
14	Peggy	209
15	Carolyn	206
16	Helen	205
17	Bobbie	201
18	Sarah	195
19	Alice	187
20	Mildred	185
21	Frances	184
22	Lillie	178
23	Nancy	176
24	Emma	174
24	Virginia	174

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louise	172
27	Elizabeth	166
28	Linda	150
29	Bessie	145
30	Ethel	142
30	Joyce	142
32	Bernice	141
33	Clara	139
33	Mattie	139
35	Minnie	138
36	Ruth	136
37	Thelma	130
38	Hattie	122
39	Jessie	119
40	Edna	116
40	Ella	116
42	Ida	115
43	Gloria	114
43	Mae	114
45	Jo	111
46	Marie	108
47	Ann	107
48	Bertha	106
49	Johnnie	103
49	Juanita	103
51	Bonnie	102
51	Catherine	102
51	Evelyn	102
51	Georgia	102
51	Hazel	102
56	Lula	101
57	Carrie	99
58	Patsy	97
59	Rose	92
60	Fannie	91
60	Gladys	91
62	Bettie	90
63	Vera	88
64	Billie	87
65	Margie	86
66	Lucille	79
67	Christine	78
68	Laura	75
69	Eva	74
69	Katie	74
69	Sylvia	74
72	Geraldine	73
72	Norma	73
72	Sandra	73
75	Ora	71
76	Julia	70
76	Yvonne	70
78	Essie	69
78	Jean	69
80	Bettye	68
80	Velma	68
82	Earnestine	67
82	Nellie	67
84	Geneva	66
85	Jimmie	65
85	Lillian	65
85	Maggie	65
88	Cora	64
88	Pearlie	64
90	Joan	63
91	Charlotte	62
91	Ernestine	62
93	Alberta	60
94	Carol	59
94	Faye	59
94	Flora	59
97	Alma	58
97	Annette	58
97	Maxine	58
100	Anna	57