Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1913

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	971
2	Dorothy	602
3	Helen	562
4	Mildred	462
5	Ruth	421
6	Margaret	351
7	Virginia	293
8	Marie	280
9	Edna	242
9	Frances	242
9	Ruby	242
12	Anna	221
13	Gladys	215
14	Hazel	205
15	Elizabeth	185
16	Lucille	181
17	Thelma	178
18	Evelyn	168
19	Alice	160
20	Irene	153
21	Ethel	152
21	Martha	152
23	Grace	151
24	Opal	150
25	Florence	140

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Pauline	136
26	Rose	136
28	Edith	131
28	Louise	131
30	Esther	128
31	Catherine	125
32	Elsie	124
32	Lillian	124
34	Clara	123
35	Wilma	117
36	Bernice	115
37	Gertrude	111
37	Josephine	111
39	Nellie	108
40	Lois	103
41	Pearl	98
42	Mabel	97
42	Velma	97
44	Alma	95
44	Bertha	95
46	Myrtle	94
46	Viola	94
48	Eva	91
49	Marjorie	89
50	Jessie	88
50	Juanita	88
52	Agnes	84
52	Laura	84
54	Emma	82
55	Georgia	81
56	Beulah	80
56	Leona	80
58	Doris	74
59	Ann	73
59	Violet	73
61	Bessie	72
62	Blanche	69
63	Ida	67
63	Katherine	67
65	Sarah	66
66	Sylvia	64
67	Eleanor	63
68	Beatrice	62
69	Fern	61
69	Minnie	61
71	Vera	60
72	Vivian	59
73	Julia	58
74	Ada	56
74	Jane	56
74	Kathryn	56
74	Marguerite	56
78	Betty	54
79	Ella	53
79	Geneva	53
81	Geraldine	50
81	Lena	50
81	Lorene	50
81	Maxine	50
85	Goldie	47
85	Stella	47
87	Loretta	45
88	Alberta	44
88	Genevieve	44
90	Mae	43
91	Audrey	42
91	Ellen	42
91	Jean	42
94	Inez	41
94	Lola	41
94	Norma	41
97	Faye	40
97	Marian	40
99	Eunice	39
100	Naomi	38