Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,950
2	Dorothy	1,293
3	Helen	1,013
4	Ruth	798
5	Virginia	748
6	Mildred	708
7	Margaret	651
8	Frances	436
9	Marie	426
10	Anna	369
11	Ruby	355
12	Edna	322
13	Hazel	312
14	Martha	292
15	Elizabeth	290
16	Evelyn	288
17	Gladys	286
18	Marjorie	284
19	Thelma	283
20	Lucille	281
21	Alice	275
22	Wilma	258
23	Betty	250
24	Pauline	245
25	Doris	237

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Lillian	237
27	Irene	236
28	Florence	229
29	Edith	216
30	Bernice	213
31	Juanita	209
32	Louise	208
33	Opal	207
34	Lois	200
35	Josephine	192
36	Ethel	190
37	Catherine	185
38	Maxine	184
39	Esther	181
40	Grace	174
41	Clara	162
42	Viola	161
43	Alma	159
44	Rose	152
45	Georgia	150
45	Mabel	150
47	Jane	147
48	Velma	146
49	Geraldine	141
49	Nellie	141
51	Vera	140
52	Agnes	139
52	Leona	139
54	Eva	138
55	Beulah	137
56	Vivian	136
57	Jean	133
58	Elsie	131
59	Katherine	130
60	Lorraine	129
61	Bertha	127
62	Gertrude	123
62	Jessie	123
64	Pearl	119
65	Emma	118
66	Laura	117
67	Eleanor	116
68	June	114
69	Sarah	112
70	Lorene	111
71	Geneva	110
72	Violet	109
73	Ida	108
74	Bessie	106
74	Myrtle	106
76	Marguerite	102
77	Genevieve	100
77	Kathryn	100
77	Lena	100
80	Audrey	97
81	Ann	94
82	Beatrice	91
83	Ella	88
83	Julia	88
85	Fern	87
85	Marian	87
87	Alberta	84
87	Loretta	84
89	Eunice	81
89	Sylvia	81
91	Charlotte	80
91	Melba	80
93	Norma	78
94	Roberta	77
95	Jewell	76
95	Nadine	76
95	Naomi	76
98	Verna	75
99	Ellen	74
99	Marion	74