Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,716
2	Dorothy	687
3	Betty	685
4	Barbara	653
5	Linda	515
6	Annie	485
7	Martha	390
8	Shirley	384
9	Patricia	332
10	Carolyn	330
11	Willie	296
12	Ruby	255
13	Doris	249
14	Margaret	246
15	Bobbie	231
16	Helen	230
17	Sandra	228
18	Elizabeth	224
19	Rosie	208
20	Sarah	207
21	Gloria	204
22	Nancy	196
23	Peggy	190
24	Frances	189
25	Lillie	186

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Emma	182
27	Alice	181
28	Virginia	180
29	Joyce	179
30	Minnie	173
31	Brenda	169
32	Mattie	168
33	Patsy	161
34	Ethel	143
35	Mildred	141
36	Edna	136
37	Bessie	133
38	Bonnie	129
39	Johnnie	128
40	Bernice	127
41	Bertha	126
42	Carol	125
43	Clara	123
43	Georgia	123
45	Ruth	120
46	Jessie	119
47	Jo	117
48	Judy	115
48	Louise	115
50	Thelma	114
51	Glenda	113
51	Ida	113
53	Lula	112
54	Catherine	110
54	Evelyn	110
54	Hattie	110
57	Ella	106
58	Janice	103
59	Bettye	102
60	Ann	101
61	Jean	96
62	Charlotte	94
63	Christine	93
64	Julia	92
64	Margie	92
64	Rebecca	92
67	Carrie	89
68	Bettie	88
68	Geraldine	88
68	Mae	88
68	Rose	88
72	Laura	86
73	Gladys	85
73	Josephine	85
73	Marie	85
76	Billie	81
76	Eva	81
76	Hazel	81
79	Velma	80
80	Beverly	78
80	Judith	78
80	Ora	78
83	Katherine	77
83	Wanda	77
85	Earnestine	75
85	Sylvia	75
87	Maggie	74
88	Juanita	73
89	Lucille	71
90	Fannie	70
91	Joan	69
91	Lois	69
93	Ruthie	67
94	Katie	66
95	Beatrice	65
95	Maxine	65
97	Alma	63
97	Norma	63
97	Vera	63
97	Wilma	63