Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,817
2	Dorothy	1,158
3	Helen	1,011
4	Mildred	706
5	Virginia	676
6	Margaret	646
7	Ruth	645
8	Frances	458
9	Marie	396
10	Anna	377
11	Ruby	357
12	Thelma	305
13	Hazel	295
14	Evelyn	292
15	Betty	283
16	Edna	276
17	Martha	263
18	Lucille	248
19	Gladys	247
20	Wilma	245
21	Irene	244
22	Marjorie	241
23	Elizabeth	240
24	Alice	235
25	Pauline	222

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Juanita	215
27	Edith	213
28	Doris	210
28	Lillian	210
30	Opal	205
31	Bernice	198
32	Maxine	192
33	Ethel	189
34	Lois	183
34	Louise	183
36	Catherine	178
37	Florence	175
37	Grace	175
39	Geraldine	153
40	Clara	151
41	Esther	150
42	Viola	149
43	Nellie	148
44	Eva	146
44	Rose	146
46	Alma	141
47	Emma	138
48	Josephine	135
48	Velma	135
48	Vera	135
51	Lorraine	132
51	Norma	132
53	Jane	130
54	Katherine	128
54	Kathryn	128
56	Jean	126
57	June	124
58	Myrtle	123
58	Vivian	123
60	Elsie	122
61	Violet	119
62	Mabel	118
63	Georgia	116
64	Beulah	114
64	Lorene	114
66	Loretta	113
67	Geneva	112
68	Agnes	110
68	Gertrude	110
70	Fern	108
71	Bessie	107
72	Pearl	105
73	Bertha	104
74	Lena	100
75	Jessie	98
76	Leona	97
77	Eleanor	94
78	Audrey	92
79	Beatrice	90
79	Ida	90
79	Laura	90
82	Sarah	85
83	Ann	83
83	Marion	83
83	Nancy	83
86	Eunice	81
86	Rosemary	81
86	Sylvia	81
89	Ella	80
89	Marguerite	80
91	Blanche	78
92	Marcella	77
93	Dolores	75
93	Ellen	75
93	Genevieve	75
93	Jewell	75
97	Kathleen	74
98	Lola	73
99	Marian	71
100	Stella	69