Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,882
2	Dorothy	1,062
3	Helen	1,012
4	Ruth	725
5	Virginia	653
6	Mildred	625
7	Margaret	602
8	Frances	442
9	Marie	383
10	Ruby	342
11	Anna	339
12	Edna	301
12	Hazel	301
14	Evelyn	295
15	Elizabeth	294
16	Thelma	293
17	Martha	281
18	Lucille	270
19	Wilma	256
20	Alice	240
21	Pauline	238
22	Gladys	237
23	Irene	224
24	Bernice	221
25	Marjorie	219

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edith	215
27	Louise	211
28	Opal	201
29	Ethel	196
30	Lillian	194
31	Clara	193
32	Florence	189
32	Grace	189
34	Lois	188
35	Doris	183
36	Juanita	180
37	Catherine	166
38	Josephine	161
39	Esther	159
40	Betty	156
40	Rose	156
42	Viola	149
43	Georgia	147
44	Nellie	146
45	Gertrude	143
45	Maxine	143
47	Alma	142
48	Bertha	141
49	Jean	140
50	Mabel	139
51	Velma	136
52	Myrtle	135
53	Emma	132
54	Elsie	131
55	Agnes	128
55	Vera	128
57	Eva	127
58	Eleanor	126
59	Leona	121
60	Bessie	119
60	Vivian	119
62	Jane	117
63	Violet	114
64	Geneva	112
65	Pearl	108
66	Julia	107
67	Ida	105
67	Katherine	105
67	Kathryn	105
70	Fern	103
71	Ann	100
71	June	100
71	Lena	100
74	Sarah	99
75	Sylvia	98
76	Beulah	97
76	Geraldine	97
78	Norma	95
79	Audrey	94
80	Marguerite	93
81	Blanche	90
81	Lorene	90
83	Laura	89
84	Beatrice	88
84	Genevieve	88
84	Minnie	88
87	Jessie	86
88	Ellen	83
89	Eileen	81
90	Loretta	79
91	Ella	77
92	Charlotte	76
92	Marian	76
94	Ada	74
95	Marion	73
96	Dolores	72
97	Eunice	71
97	Lola	71
99	Goldie	70
99	Roberta	70
99	Verna	70