Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,636
2	Linda	1,078
3	Barbara	628
4	Patricia	613
5	Betty	579
6	Dorothy	570
7	Shirley	567
8	Brenda	532
9	Annie	472
10	Sandra	403
11	Gloria	397
12	Martha	356
13	Carolyn	352
14	Judy	284
15	Margaret	267
16	Joyce	266
17	Deborah	260
18	Elizabeth	237
19	Willie	231
20	Bobbie	229
21	Nancy	227
22	Doris	214
23	Rosie	210
24	Emma	209
25	Ruby	205

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Peggy	200
27	Susan	196
28	Sarah	191
29	Janice	188
30	Helen	186
31	Wanda	185
32	Alice	183
32	Lillie	183
34	Rebecca	177
35	Beverly	173
36	Donna	165
37	Carol	159
37	Virginia	159
39	Ethel	150
40	Glenda	148
41	Sharon	137
42	Jo	134
43	Cynthia	130
43	Evelyn	130
45	Catherine	128
46	Diane	123
46	Rose	123
48	Frances	120
49	Bertha	116
50	Ella	115
50	Judith	115
52	Mattie	114
53	Bonnie	113
53	Charlotte	113
53	Minnie	113
56	Bessie	112
56	Mildred	112
58	Clara	111
59	Kathy	109
59	Patsy	109
61	Johnnie	107
61	Mae	107
63	Christine	106
64	Marilyn	105
64	Ruth	105
66	Geraldine	103
66	Rita	103
68	Janet	102
69	Georgia	101
69	Pamela	101
71	Bernice	97
71	Gladys	97
71	Jessie	97
74	Edna	94
75	Ann	91
75	Katherine	91
75	Laura	91
78	Sherry	90
79	Thelma	89
80	Gwendolyn	88
81	Jacqueline	87
82	Karen	86
83	Jean	82
84	Margie	81
84	Sylvia	81
86	Hattie	80
87	Louise	78
87	Vera	78
89	Eva	77
90	Alma	76
90	Cheryl	76
92	Bettye	75
92	Delores	75
92	Earnestine	75
92	Ida	75
92	Juanita	75
92	Julia	75
98	Josephine	73
98	Marie	73
100	Lula	72