Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,741
2	Linda	1,233
3	Betty	731
4	Dorothy	730
5	Barbara	727
6	Patricia	578
7	Shirley	493
8	Annie	484
9	Carolyn	428
10	Sandra	414
11	Martha	395
12	Brenda	351
13	Gloria	302
14	Margaret	292
15	Elizabeth	275
15	Judy	275
17	Helen	270
18	Ruby	264
19	Willie	247
20	Nancy	245
21	Peggy	239
22	Joyce	233
23	Bobbie	218
24	Doris	216
25	Rosie	212

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Sarah	210
27	Alice	206
28	Janice	187
29	Frances	182
30	Lillie	180
31	Patsy	178
32	Carol	174
33	Ethel	169
34	Jo	165
35	Emma	162
36	Virginia	161
37	Mattie	159
38	Minnie	152
39	Mildred	149
40	Charlotte	139
40	Evelyn	139
42	Catherine	136
43	Wanda	134
44	Donna	133
45	Edna	132
46	Rebecca	131
47	Glenda	130
48	Ruth	129
49	Susan	128
50	Judith	125
51	Bertha	116
51	Bessie	116
51	Georgia	116
54	Bonnie	115
54	Johnnie	115
56	Ella	114
57	Hattie	113
58	Sharon	112
59	Jessie	111
60	Bettye	109
61	Beverly	108
61	Diane	108
63	Cheryl	106
64	Louise	105
65	Carrie	103
66	Clara	102
66	Mae	102
68	Ann	101
68	Christine	101
68	Lynda	101
71	Sherry	100
72	Sylvia	99
73	Marilyn	98
74	Laura	95
75	Marie	92
75	Rose	92
77	Geraldine	91
77	Maggie	91
79	Joan	90
80	Bettie	89
81	Thelma	88
82	Bernice	87
83	Cynthia	86
84	Earnestine	85
85	Julia	84
86	Lula	83
87	Katherine	82
88	Dianne	81
88	Phyllis	81
90	Rita	80
91	Eva	79
91	Jean	79
91	Norma	79
94	Juanita	78
95	Margie	77
96	Ida	76
97	Vera	75
98	Delores	73
98	Janet	73
98	Ruthie	73
98	Sue	73