Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,500
2	Linda	916
3	Deborah	600
4	Patricia	593
5	Barbara	582
6	Dorothy	565
6	Shirley	565
8	Betty	534
9	Brenda	465
10	Carolyn	349
11	Annie	340
11	Gloria	340
13	Martha	335
14	Sandra	324
15	Debra	297
16	Judy	272
17	Elizabeth	270
18	Joyce	267
19	Pamela	250
20	Janice	243
21	Donna	232
22	Margaret	225
23	Nancy	220
24	Cynthia	219
25	Doris	216

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ruby	212
26	Susan	212
28	Kathy	205
29	Rosie	200
30	Bobbie	194
31	Beverly	191
32	Wanda	188
33	Sharon	185
34	Peggy	184
35	Rebecca	183
35	Willie	183
37	Marilyn	177
38	Sarah	171
39	Alice	166
39	Virginia	166
41	Diane	161
42	Helen	160
43	Karen	153
44	Rose	149
45	Jo	142
46	Janet	131
47	Catherine	130
48	Emma	128
49	Lillie	127
50	Carol	125
51	Gwendolyn	122
52	Ethel	121
53	Frances	117
53	Glenda	117
55	Evelyn	113
56	Sherry	111
57	Paula	109
58	Georgia	108
59	Teresa	105
60	Katherine	104
60	Patsy	104
62	Rita	103
63	Cathy	101
63	Jacqueline	101
65	Mildred	99
66	Christine	97
67	Charlotte	96
67	Edna	96
67	Mattie	96
70	Bonnie	93
70	Connie	93
70	Laura	93
73	Dianne	92
73	Sheila	92
75	Clara	91
76	Ella	87
76	Jessie	87
78	Minnie	86
79	Ruth	85
80	Johnnie	84
81	Bessie	80
82	Louise	79
83	Bertha	78
83	Thelma	78
85	Bernice	77
86	Marsha	75
86	Vera	75
88	Carrie	73
89	Cheryl	72
89	Earnestine	72
89	Hattie	72
89	Rhonda	72
93	Bettye	70
94	Ida	69
94	Sylvia	69
96	Phyllis	68
96	Velma	68
98	Josephine	66
99	Delores	65
99	Ruthie	65