Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,766
2	Linda	1,123
3	Betty	652
4	Dorothy	646
5	Barbara	641
6	Shirley	586
7	Patricia	562
8	Annie	468
9	Brenda	441
10	Sandra	402
11	Carolyn	386
12	Gloria	382
13	Martha	357
14	Judy	320
15	Margaret	290
16	Rosie	268
17	Peggy	261
18	Willie	255
19	Nancy	243
20	Joyce	240
21	Ruby	237
22	Elizabeth	215
23	Bobbie	214
24	Doris	206
25	Sarah	197

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	196
27	Janice	195
28	Helen	194
29	Susan	188
30	Emma	184
31	Lillie	183
32	Ethel	164
33	Wanda	162
34	Virginia	160
35	Donna	159
36	Beverly	158
37	Frances	148
38	Patsy	144
39	Mattie	143
40	Carol	142
41	Diane	136
42	Glenda	135
43	Charlotte	132
44	Ella	130
44	Mildred	130
46	Evelyn	129
47	Bertha	128
47	Catherine	128
49	Edna	127
49	Jo	127
51	Georgia	126
52	Deborah	124
52	Kathy	124
54	Sharon	122
55	Johnnie	120
55	Katherine	120
55	Ruth	120
58	Rebecca	118
59	Jessie	117
60	Minnie	116
61	Bessie	115
61	Bettye	115
63	Laura	113
64	Clara	112
65	Bonnie	107
66	Christine	104
66	Rita	104
68	Cynthia	103
68	Pamela	103
70	Mae	102
71	Judith	100
71	Lula	100
73	Ann	99
73	Ida	99
75	Carrie	98
75	Earnestine	98
75	Marilyn	98
78	Hattie	96
79	Sherry	95
79	Thelma	95
81	Geraldine	94
82	Dianne	92
83	Bernice	91
83	Julia	91
83	Rose	91
86	Bettie	86
87	Juanita	85
87	Louise	85
89	Gladys	84
89	Sylvia	84
91	Cheryl	83
91	Katie	83
93	Gwendolyn	80
94	Delores	78
94	Lynda	78
94	Margie	78
97	Josephine	77
98	Marie	75
99	Hazel	74
100	Janet	73
100	Jean	73