Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,022
2	Dorothy	1,300
3	Helen	1,054
4	Ruth	791
5	Virginia	763
6	Mildred	695
7	Margaret	622
8	Frances	438
9	Betty	424
10	Marie	399
11	Anna	369
12	Thelma	333
13	Ruby	323
14	Marjorie	314
15	Evelyn	302
16	Doris	301
17	Hazel	288
18	Wilma	274
19	Edna	266
20	Lucille	263
21	Martha	254
22	Elizabeth	253
23	Gladys	248
24	Alice	246
25	Juanita	234

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louise	231
27	Pauline	220
28	Irene	215
29	Edith	214
30	Lillian	213
31	Bernice	207
31	Ethel	207
33	Florence	205
34	Geraldine	202
35	Maxine	201
36	Opal	199
37	Norma	179
38	Velma	169
39	Clara	168
40	Catherine	166
41	Lois	165
42	June	159
43	Lorraine	150
44	Jean	149
45	Rose	147
46	Kathryn	146
47	Esther	145
48	Katherine	144
49	Vera	140
50	Eleanor	139
50	Jane	139
52	Josephine	138
53	Violet	136
54	Grace	132
55	Viola	130
56	Emma	129
56	Georgia	129
58	Alma	128
58	Eva	128
58	Laura	128
58	Mabel	128
62	Dolores	127
63	Vivian	126
64	Nellie	123
65	Elsie	122
66	Audrey	117
67	Agnes	115
67	Gertrude	115
67	Myrtle	115
70	Leona	114
70	Pearl	114
72	Beulah	113
72	Fern	113
74	Bessie	105
74	Geneva	105
74	Shirley	105
77	Marian	102
78	Sarah	100
79	Bertha	99
80	Rosemary	98
81	Barbara	95
82	Lorene	93
82	Marion	93
84	Ann	92
84	Ida	92
86	Alberta	89
87	Ellen	87
87	Jessie	87
89	Charlotte	85
90	Genevieve	84
91	Kathleen	83
92	Ella	82
92	Marguerite	82
94	Beatrice	80
94	Sylvia	80
96	Julia	78
97	Minnie	77
98	Laverne	76
98	Nancy	76
98	Wanda	76