Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,531
2	Linda	1,000
3	Patricia	649
4	Barbara	582
5	Betty	573
6	Dorothy	561
7	Deborah	530
8	Brenda	522
9	Shirley	514
10	Annie	422
11	Sandra	360
12	Carolyn	349
13	Gloria	336
14	Martha	291
15	Judy	266
16	Elizabeth	262
17	Joyce	244
18	Margaret	236
18	Nancy	236
20	Janice	222
21	Rosie	213
22	Peggy	210
23	Cynthia	203
23	Doris	203
25	Donna	197

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Debra	195
27	Willie	194
28	Alice	193
29	Helen	189
30	Susan	188
31	Bobbie	185
32	Ruby	182
33	Kathy	180
34	Beverly	179
35	Pamela	178
35	Sarah	178
35	Wanda	178
38	Rebecca	176
38	Sharon	176
40	Emma	175
41	Diane	158
42	Lillie	150
43	Jo	144
44	Carol	143
44	Virginia	143
46	Rose	141
47	Mattie	136
48	Ethel	129
48	Janet	129
50	Catherine	128
51	Evelyn	121
51	Karen	121
53	Bonnie	116
53	Mildred	116
55	Minnie	115
56	Patsy	114
57	Glenda	113
58	Charlotte	112
58	Frances	112
60	Georgia	108
61	Laura	107
62	Christine	106
63	Ella	104
64	Gwendolyn	103
65	Edna	102
66	Katherine	100
67	Johnnie	98
67	Sylvia	98
69	Marilyn	96
69	Ruth	96
71	Clara	93
72	Delores	90
73	Bessie	89
74	Earnestine	88
74	Sherry	88
76	Hattie	87
77	Cheryl	86
77	Dianne	86
79	Cathy	85
80	Bertha	83
80	Julia	83
80	Thelma	83
83	Louise	82
84	Jessie	80
85	Paula	78
85	Ruthie	78
85	Teresa	78
88	Jacqueline	77
89	Judith	76
90	Bettye	75
90	Carrie	75
90	Mae	75
90	Rita	75
94	Connie	74
94	Juanita	74
96	Ann	73
97	Belinda	71
97	Bernice	71
99	Geraldine	70
99	Ida	70
99	Lula	70
99	Vera	70