Most popular girls’ names in Mississippi, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,310
2	Linda	845
3	Deborah	612
4	Patricia	597
5	Barbara	530
6	Brenda	517
7	Shirley	505
8	Betty	454
9	Dorothy	452
10	Debra	439
11	Carolyn	364
12	Sandra	352
13	Annie	344
14	Gloria	314
15	Joyce	272
16	Susan	270
17	Cynthia	265
18	Donna	250
18	Martha	250
20	Janice	243
21	Pamela	240
22	Kathy	218
23	Judy	217
23	Margaret	217
25	Rebecca	216

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Elizabeth	208
27	Marilyn	207
28	Nancy	203
29	Wanda	200
30	Doris	198
31	Diane	195
32	Beverly	192
33	Rosie	190
34	Sharon	184
35	Ruby	183
36	Karen	180
36	Willie	180
38	Sherry	177
39	Alice	161
40	Peggy	158
41	Teresa	157
42	Jo	156
43	Rose	155
44	Janet	151
45	Catherine	146
45	Sarah	146
47	Bobbie	143
48	Cathy	140
49	Glenda	139
49	Gwendolyn	139
51	Helen	138
52	Carol	134
53	Virginia	133
54	Emma	125
55	Cheryl	123
56	Evelyn	121
57	Laura	119
58	Lillie	114
58	Sheila	114
60	Connie	113
61	Rhonda	111
61	Rita	111
63	Dianne	108
63	Jacqueline	108
65	Sylvia	106
66	Paula	105
67	Katherine	104
68	Bonnie	96
69	Mildred	95
70	Edna	94
71	Charlotte	92
71	Vicki	92
73	Debbie	89
74	Christine	88
75	Frances	86
75	Johnnie	86
77	Ella	84
78	Patsy	83
79	Ethel	82
80	Clara	81
80	Mattie	81
82	Minnie	80
83	Vera	79
84	Phyllis	78
85	Vickie	76
86	Anita	74
86	Theresa	74
88	Ann	73
88	Bertha	73
88	Georgia	73
88	Marsha	73
92	Ruth	72
92	Shelia	72
94	Mae	70
94	Thelma	70
96	Diana	67
97	Bessie	64
97	Earnestine	64
97	Vivian	64
100	Ida	63