Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	834
2	Helen	523
3	Dorothy	464
4	Ruth	392
5	Mildred	345
6	Margaret	316
7	Virginia	263
8	Marie	256
9	Anna	210
10	Frances	207
11	Thelma	191
12	Ruby	188
13	Edna	187
14	Elizabeth	169
14	Hazel	169
16	Lucille	163
17	Gladys	159
18	Grace	154
19	Irene	152
20	Opal	148
21	Florence	144
22	Ethel	139
23	Alice	132
24	Edith	131
25	Martha	125

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Esther	120
26	Evelyn	120
26	Louise	120
29	Clara	117
30	Lillian	115
31	Catherine	112
32	Mabel	109
33	Gertrude	105
34	Bernice	103
34	Rose	103
36	Emma	101
37	Myrtle	99
38	Pauline	97
39	Bertha	94
40	Eva	93
41	Wilma	90
42	Elsie	89
42	Josephine	89
44	Alma	88
45	Bessie	87
46	Nellie	86
47	Beulah	85
48	Ida	83
49	Agnes	82
50	Viola	79
51	Vera	78
52	Marjorie	77
52	Velma	77
54	Lena	76
54	Pearl	76
56	Leona	75
57	Katherine	73
58	Georgia	70
59	Lois	67
59	Minnie	67
61	Blanche	65
62	Jessie	64
62	Juanita	64
62	Laura	64
65	Beatrice	60
65	Julia	60
67	Vivian	58
68	Ann	57
68	Fern	57
68	Marguerite	57
71	Betty	56
71	Jane	56
73	Violet	55
74	Sarah	54
75	Eleanor	53
76	Doris	52
76	Loretta	52
78	Goldie	50
78	Kathryn	50
78	Maxine	50
81	Stella	49
82	Geneva	48
83	Norma	47
84	Ada	46
84	Lola	46
84	Sylvia	46
87	Genevieve	45
87	Jean	45
89	Eula	43
90	Erma	42
90	Marian	42
92	Audrey	41
92	Naomi	41
94	Iva	40
94	Lillie	40
96	Eunice	39
96	Inez	39
96	Nora	39
99	Ella	38
99	Hilda	38
99	Lucy	38