Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,562
2	Dorothy	943
3	Helen	899
4	Ruth	649
5	Mildred	640
6	Virginia	559
7	Margaret	506
8	Marie	432
9	Frances	385
10	Anna	352
11	Ruby	331
12	Hazel	325
13	Lucille	317
14	Thelma	292
15	Edna	284
16	Gladys	281
17	Evelyn	270
18	Alice	255
19	Elizabeth	253
20	Florence	234
21	Martha	233
22	Lillian	231
23	Louise	221
24	Opal	216
25	Wilma	209

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Esther	203
27	Irene	202
28	Pauline	201
29	Bernice	191
30	Catherine	185
31	Ethel	184
32	Edith	181
33	Juanita	173
34	Grace	166
34	Marjorie	166
36	Rose	163
37	Josephine	159
38	Gertrude	153
39	Mabel	151
40	Velma	149
41	Viola	146
42	Doris	143
43	Lois	141
44	Nellie	139
45	Elsie	136
45	Pearl	136
47	Vera	134
48	Alma	133
49	Clara	131
50	Maxine	129
51	Bertha	126
52	Beulah	124
52	Eleanor	124
54	Katherine	123
55	Emma	118
56	Jessie	117
57	Agnes	111
57	Eva	111
59	Vivian	110
60	Bessie	109
60	Betty	109
60	Myrtle	109
63	Fern	104
63	Leona	104
65	Georgia	103
65	Norma	103
67	Violet	102
68	Genevieve	100
68	Kathryn	100
70	Geneva	97
70	Jane	97
70	Laura	97
73	Lena	96
74	Julia	95
75	Ann	92
75	Ida	92
77	Sarah	90
78	Jean	87
79	Beatrice	82
79	Marguerite	82
81	Minnie	81
82	Lorene	79
83	Sylvia	78
84	Stella	76
85	Ada	75
86	Blanche	74
87	Alberta	73
87	Naomi	73
89	Loretta	72
89	Lucy	72
89	Mae	72
92	Eileen	71
92	Erma	71
94	Goldie	70
95	Ella	69
96	Geraldine	68
96	Jewell	68
96	June	68
99	Verna	67
100	Ellen	66
100	Eunice	66
100	Nadine	66