Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,126
2	Dorothy	692
3	Helen	691
4	Mildred	452
4	Ruth	452
6	Margaret	432
7	Virginia	356
8	Marie	329
9	Frances	283
10	Edna	235
11	Hazel	233
12	Thelma	232
13	Ruby	221
14	Elizabeth	220
15	Anna	217
16	Evelyn	209
17	Gladys	203
18	Alice	184
18	Florence	184
18	Lucille	184
21	Opal	180
22	Martha	168
23	Louise	162
24	Grace	151
25	Bernice	148

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Irene	148
27	Edith	144
28	Ethel	143
29	Lillian	142
30	Pauline	138
31	Clara	136
32	Wilma	131
33	Catherine	130
33	Marjorie	130
35	Rose	127
36	Mabel	125
37	Esther	123
38	Josephine	120
39	Doris	116
40	Juanita	115
41	Lois	114
42	Gertrude	112
43	Bertha	109
43	Katherine	109
45	Elsie	107
46	Viola	105
47	Nellie	104
48	Velma	102
49	Eva	101
50	Pearl	99
51	Eleanor	98
52	Vera	95
53	Myrtle	94
54	Emma	93
54	Leona	93
56	Jessie	92
57	Ida	90
58	Bessie	89
59	Beulah	88
60	Alma	85
61	Kathryn	83
62	Jane	81
63	Ann	80
64	Maxine	79
65	Agnes	78
65	Georgia	78
67	Fern	77
68	Stella	76
69	Loretta	75
70	Genevieve	73
71	Sarah	72
72	Betty	71
73	Violet	70
74	Blanche	69
75	Vivian	68
76	Goldie	65
76	Laura	65
78	Beatrice	64
79	Marguerite	63
79	Minnie	63
81	Ella	61
82	Jean	59
82	Jewell	59
84	Geneva	58
84	Lena	58
86	Julia	57
86	Sylvia	57
88	Alberta	53
88	Lorene	53
90	Norma	51
91	Eula	49
91	Marion	49
93	Lola	47
93	Roberta	47
95	Ellen	46
95	Kathleen	46
97	Lela	45
98	Naomi	44
99	Erma	43
99	Marcella	43