Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,735
2	Dorothy	1,075
3	Helen	1,026
4	Ruth	726
5	Mildred	685
6	Margaret	633
7	Virginia	586
8	Marie	464
9	Frances	411
10	Ruby	379
11	Anna	378
12	Thelma	376
13	Hazel	326
14	Edna	317
15	Lucille	289
16	Elizabeth	287
17	Gladys	269
18	Evelyn	268
19	Martha	265
20	Alice	251
21	Lillian	249
22	Opal	248
23	Ethel	247
24	Wilma	244
25	Florence	240

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edith	221
26	Marjorie	221
28	Irene	220
29	Louise	214
30	Bernice	210
31	Pauline	208
32	Grace	205
33	Clara	183
34	Lois	180
35	Rose	171
36	Esther	170
37	Josephine	164
38	Catherine	160
38	Doris	160
40	Emma	158
41	Juanita	157
42	Gertrude	149
43	Nellie	148
43	Viola	148
45	Velma	143
46	Alma	142
46	Leona	142
48	Betty	140
49	Mabel	139
49	Pearl	139
51	Elsie	136
52	Eva	134
53	Maxine	133
54	Eleanor	129
54	Jane	129
56	Georgia	126
56	Vivian	126
58	Agnes	125
58	Myrtle	125
60	Jessie	124
61	Beulah	123
62	Bessie	120
63	Vera	119
64	Katherine	117
65	Ann	116
66	Kathryn	114
67	Geneva	112
68	Fern	110
68	Ida	110
70	Laura	108
71	Beatrice	107
71	Bertha	107
73	Lena	106
74	Jean	101
75	Lorene	100
76	Sarah	98
77	Geraldine	95
77	Violet	95
79	Eunice	92
80	Julia	88
81	June	87
82	Blanche	86
83	Marguerite	85
84	Stella	83
85	Genevieve	82
85	Goldie	82
85	Norma	82
88	Audrey	81
88	Ella	81
88	Sylvia	81
91	Barbara	77
91	Charlotte	77
91	Ellen	77
94	Loretta	76
94	Minnie	76
96	Jewell	72
97	Naomi	71
98	Cora	67
98	Marian	67
100	Alta	65
100	Lucy	65