Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,557
2	Betty	631
3	Dorothy	605
4	Annie	492
5	Barbara	456
6	Shirley	392
7	Martha	360
8	Willie	270
9	Ruby	238
10	Peggy	236
11	Linda	235
11	Patricia	235
13	Helen	230
14	Doris	220
15	Rosie	209
16	Carolyn	201
16	Emma	201
18	Margaret	198
19	Gloria	194
20	Elizabeth	191
21	Lillie	190
22	Sarah	184
23	Alice	181
24	Mildred	176
25	Nancy	175

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frances	172
27	Bobbie	169
27	Mattie	169
29	Joyce	156
30	Virginia	155
31	Ruth	149
32	Clara	143
33	Ethel	139
34	Minnie	138
35	Bernice	135
36	Louise	133
37	Bertha	131
38	Patsy	130
39	Edna	129
40	Catherine	121
41	Bessie	119
42	Jessie	115
43	Bonnie	114
44	Ida	110
45	Carrie	109
46	Ann	108
47	Hattie	106
48	Ella	105
49	Juanita	104
50	Jean	103
51	Lula	102
52	Evelyn	97
53	Johnnie	94
54	Sandra	93
55	Thelma	92
56	Christine	91
57	Earnestine	90
58	Brenda	88
59	Margie	86
60	Mae	85
60	Rose	85
62	Laura	84
63	Gladys	83
63	Vera	83
65	Georgia	81
65	Jo	81
65	Katie	81
68	Marie	80
69	Fannie	79
69	Geraldine	79
69	Yvonne	79
72	Hazel	78
73	Mamie	77
74	Rebecca	76
74	Sylvia	76
76	Pearlie	75
77	Josephine	74
78	Glenda	72
78	Jane	72
78	Maggie	72
78	Velma	72
82	Jimmie	71
82	Julia	71
84	Alma	70
84	Eva	70
84	Katherine	70
87	Bettye	69
88	Ruthie	68
89	Bettie	67
90	Billie	66
91	Charlotte	65
92	Cora	64
93	Joan	63
93	Nellie	63
93	Norma	63
96	Eddie	62
96	Janice	62
96	Ora	62
96	Susie	62
100	Lucille	61