Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,631
2	Betty	634
3	Dorothy	621
4	Annie	509
5	Barbara	494
6	Shirley	392
7	Martha	376
8	Linda	312
9	Patricia	294
10	Willie	280
11	Carolyn	239
12	Helen	233
13	Margaret	226
14	Rosie	223
15	Doris	221
16	Elizabeth	218
17	Gloria	217
18	Peggy	216
19	Ruby	215
20	Bobbie	204
21	Emma	198
22	Sarah	189
23	Lillie	185
24	Alice	180
25	Nancy	176

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mattie	175
27	Frances	169
28	Virginia	166
29	Joyce	159
30	Patsy	153
31	Minnie	152
32	Ethel	143
33	Edna	140
34	Bertha	139
35	Brenda	138
36	Jessie	135
36	Sandra	135
38	Louise	129
39	Ruth	126
40	Johnnie	124
41	Mildred	122
42	Mae	121
43	Bessie	115
44	Hattie	114
45	Evelyn	113
46	Clara	110
47	Ann	109
48	Ida	107
49	Bonnie	106
50	Bernice	105
51	Catherine	104
52	Georgia	100
52	Jean	100
52	Marie	100
55	Ella	99
56	Thelma	96
57	Christine	94
57	Glenda	94
57	Sylvia	94
60	Jo	93
60	Juanita	93
62	Fannie	91
63	Lula	90
64	Eva	89
65	Margie	87
66	Carol	86
66	Earnestine	86
68	Laura	84
69	Hazel	83
70	Rose	81
71	Julia	80
71	Rebecca	80
73	Carrie	79
73	Judy	79
73	Lucille	79
76	Bettye	78
76	Geraldine	78
76	Katie	78
79	Billie	77
80	Josephine	74
81	Katherine	73
82	Charlotte	72
82	Gladys	72
84	Bettie	71
84	Maggie	71
86	Ora	70
87	Beatrice	69
87	Lois	69
89	Essie	68
90	Irene	67
90	Vera	67
92	Sara	65
93	Ruthie	64
93	Velma	64
95	Annette	63
95	Janice	63
95	Joan	63
98	Anna	62
99	Alma	61
99	Geneva	61