Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,651
2	Betty	697
3	Dorothy	683
4	Barbara	570
5	Annie	512
6	Shirley	401
7	Martha	370
8	Linda	347
9	Patricia	328
10	Willie	315
11	Carolyn	312
12	Ruby	260
13	Peggy	247
14	Sarah	241
15	Gloria	233
15	Margaret	233
17	Helen	229
18	Doris	228
19	Rosie	211
20	Bobbie	202
21	Alice	193
21	Emma	193
23	Sandra	191
24	Elizabeth	189
25	Joyce	180

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mattie	176
27	Lillie	173
27	Nancy	173
29	Frances	172
30	Minnie	166
31	Virginia	162
32	Mildred	150
33	Bessie	148
34	Clara	145
35	Jessie	144
36	Ethel	140
37	Ella	135
38	Johnnie	134
38	Ruth	134
40	Patsy	133
41	Louise	127
42	Edna	125
43	Brenda	124
44	Georgia	119
45	Bertha	118
46	Bernice	116
47	Carol	110
47	Marie	110
47	Thelma	110
50	Juanita	109
51	Ida	107
51	Laura	107
51	Lula	107
54	Bonnie	105
55	Evelyn	102
56	Carrie	96
56	Sylvia	96
58	Jean	95
59	Catherine	94
59	Glenda	94
61	Fannie	93
62	Charlotte	92
62	Eva	92
64	Ann	91
64	Rose	91
66	Mae	90
67	Gladys	87
67	Maggie	87
69	Janice	86
69	Margie	86
71	Bettie	85
72	Geraldine	84
73	Bettye	83
73	Christine	83
73	Joan	83
76	Hattie	82
77	Katie	80
78	Judy	79
78	Norma	79
80	Essie	78
80	Hazel	78
80	Jo	78
80	Pearlie	78
84	Lois	75
85	Lucille	74
86	Beatrice	73
86	Cora	73
88	Katherine	72
88	Rebecca	72
88	Vera	72
91	Beverly	71
92	Daisy	70
92	Earnestine	70
92	Irene	70
95	Jimmie	69
95	Julia	69
97	Josephine	67
98	Delores	65
99	Lillian	64
99	Ruthie	64