Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,621
2	Linda	803
3	Betty	691
4	Barbara	653
5	Dorothy	642
6	Annie	505
7	Shirley	486
8	Patricia	471
9	Carolyn	383
10	Sandra	372
11	Martha	368
12	Brenda	309
13	Gloria	307
14	Margaret	265
15	Judy	258
16	Willie	244
17	Joyce	240
18	Helen	239
19	Nancy	235
20	Elizabeth	232
21	Doris	228
22	Peggy	222
23	Ruby	217
24	Rosie	215
25	Alice	213

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Sarah	198
27	Bobbie	186
28	Carol	173
29	Emma	167
30	Janice	162
31	Patsy	155
32	Mattie	154
33	Virginia	153
34	Minnie	149
35	Edna	144
36	Ethel	139
36	Lillie	139
38	Evelyn	134
38	Frances	134
40	Ruth	133
41	Jo	132
41	Mildred	132
41	Susan	132
44	Catherine	131
45	Jessie	129
46	Glenda	128
47	Rebecca	126
48	Bessie	119
48	Clara	119
50	Beverly	114
50	Wanda	114
52	Rose	113
53	Ann	112
54	Hattie	111
54	Louise	111
56	Johnnie	110
57	Sylvia	107
58	Judith	106
59	Ella	105
60	Bonnie	104
61	Bettye	103
62	Charlotte	102
62	Donna	102
62	Jean	102
65	Georgia	98
65	Sharon	98
67	Marie	97
67	Marilyn	97
69	Bertha	96
70	Ida	94
71	Laura	92
72	Geraldine	91
73	Carrie	89
74	Sherry	88
74	Thelma	88
76	Lynda	86
77	Katherine	85
78	Alma	84
79	Earnestine	80
80	Bernice	79
80	Lois	79
82	Cheryl	78
83	Gladys	77
83	Julia	77
85	Diane	76
85	Dianne	76
87	Eva	75
87	Fannie	75
87	Janie	75
90	Bettie	74
90	Christine	74
90	Norma	74
93	Lula	73
94	Cynthia	72
94	Juanita	72
94	Vera	72
97	Janet	71
98	Mae	70
99	Rita	69
100	Josephine	68
100	Katie	68
100	Margie	68