Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,545
2	Betty	678
3	Dorothy	626
4	Barbara	578
5	Linda	544
6	Annie	485
7	Patricia	390
8	Shirley	387
9	Martha	346
10	Carolyn	310
11	Willie	292
12	Sandra	255
13	Margaret	248
14	Ruby	225
15	Gloria	221
16	Sarah	213
17	Doris	210
18	Nancy	208
19	Bobbie	207
20	Helen	205
21	Emma	198
22	Lillie	196
22	Peggy	196
24	Rosie	194
25	Alice	187

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Elizabeth	170
27	Brenda	164
27	Joyce	164
29	Minnie	157
30	Judy	151
31	Mildred	150
32	Ethel	147
32	Virginia	147
34	Patsy	146
35	Mattie	143
36	Frances	141
37	Johnnie	140
38	Clara	137
39	Ella	131
40	Bessie	130
41	Edna	129
42	Ruth	128
43	Bertha	125
43	Louise	125
45	Carol	123
46	Evelyn	122
47	Jessie	119
48	Bonnie	114
49	Catherine	110
50	Ann	108
51	Glenda	106
52	Georgia	103
53	Earnestine	101
53	Janice	101
55	Judith	100
56	Laura	98
57	Bettye	97
57	Jean	97
59	Rose	96
60	Carrie	94
61	Hattie	93
61	Mae	93
63	Bettie	90
63	Rebecca	90
65	Gladys	89
66	Charlotte	88
66	Eva	88
66	Ida	88
69	Juanita	87
69	Julia	87
69	Marie	87
72	Fannie	86
73	Bernice	84
73	Thelma	84
75	Lula	81
75	Wanda	81
77	Jo	79
77	Margie	79
79	Sylvia	78
80	Diane	74
80	Geraldine	74
82	Beverly	73
82	Daisy	73
84	Maggie	71
85	Susan	69
86	Marilyn	68
87	Alma	67
87	Anna	67
89	Hazel	66
89	Janie	66
89	Lucille	66
89	Susie	66
89	Vera	66
94	Christine	65
94	Janet	65
96	Pearlie	64
97	Cora	63
97	Lynda	63
99	Essie	62
100	Katherine	61