Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,593
2	Linda	1,049
3	Patricia	676
4	Betty	649
5	Barbara	621
6	Dorothy	593
7	Shirley	544
8	Brenda	532
9	Deborah	437
10	Annie	409
11	Gloria	372
12	Martha	358
13	Sandra	357
14	Carolyn	346
15	Judy	321
16	Joyce	269
16	Nancy	269
18	Margaret	252
19	Willie	234
20	Janice	231
21	Bobbie	221
21	Helen	221
23	Elizabeth	216
24	Rosie	214
25	Donna	213

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ruby	208
27	Peggy	207
28	Emma	203
29	Susan	198
30	Wanda	197
31	Sarah	189
32	Beverly	185
33	Doris	182
34	Virginia	168
35	Pamela	163
36	Rebecca	162
37	Alice	161
38	Cynthia	160
39	Sharon	153
40	Evelyn	151
41	Rose	148
42	Catherine	147
42	Kathy	147
44	Carol	140
45	Glenda	137
45	Jo	137
47	Lillie	136
48	Frances	134
49	Diane	130
49	Patsy	130
51	Mildred	124
52	Marilyn	123
53	Charlotte	121
54	Ethel	117
55	Mattie	116
56	Bonnie	115
56	Edna	115
58	Minnie	114
59	Janet	113
60	Debra	111
61	Clara	109
62	Bertha	105
62	Karen	105
64	Georgia	104
65	Sherry	103
66	Dianne	102
66	Jessie	102
68	Johnnie	101
69	Geraldine	99
69	Laura	99
71	Gwendolyn	96
72	Christine	95
72	Jacqueline	95
72	Katherine	95
75	Bernice	94
75	Ruth	94
77	Thelma	93
78	Ella	92
79	Bessie	86
80	Carrie	85
80	Judith	85
82	Sylvia	84
83	Bettye	83
84	Delores	81
84	Josephine	81
86	Cathy	80
86	Jean	80
88	Juanita	79
89	Mae	78
90	Rita	77
90	Vera	77
92	Ida	76
92	Marie	76
94	Hattie	75
95	Phyllis	73
95	Sheila	73
97	Louise	72
98	Earnestine	71
98	Teresa	71
100	Cheryl	69
100	Julia	69
100	Kathryn	69
100	Velma	69