Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,122
2	Dorothy	1,411
3	Helen	1,038
4	Virginia	820
5	Ruth	731
6	Margaret	677
7	Mildred	666
8	Betty	627
9	Frances	458
10	Anna	425
10	Marjorie	425
12	Marie	358
13	Doris	346
14	Ruby	343
15	Evelyn	318
16	Martha	300
17	Gladys	282
17	Hazel	282
19	Alice	278
20	Thelma	273
21	Edna	272
22	Elizabeth	263
23	Wilma	257
24	Lucille	256
25	Juanita	255

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Norma	250
27	Maxine	222
28	Florence	214
28	Pauline	214
30	Bernice	213
31	Lois	211
32	Lillian	210
33	Irene	209
34	Louise	207
35	Opal	199
36	Edith	198
37	Velma	187
38	June	182
39	Catherine	174
40	Geraldine	173
41	Ethel	166
42	Lorraine	161
43	Josephine	157
44	Clara	156
45	Jean	152
45	Rose	152
47	Grace	150
48	Jane	144
49	Esther	143
50	Eva	142
51	Viola	141
52	Elsie	137
53	Alma	132
53	Eleanor	132
53	Georgia	132
53	Kathryn	132
57	Audrey	131
58	Dolores	128
58	Wanda	128
60	Marian	127
61	Nellie	126
62	Vivian	125
63	Geneva	124
64	Vera	123
65	Leona	120
65	Violet	120
67	Katherine	118
68	Mabel	117
69	Margie	116
70	Emma	113
70	Pearl	113
72	Beulah	112
73	Barbara	111
73	Myrtle	111
75	Rosemary	108
76	Gertrude	107
77	Agnes	105
77	Kathleen	105
77	Shirley	105
80	Laura	102
80	Marcella	102
80	Marion	102
83	Fern	101
84	Beatrice	99
85	Alberta	97
85	Ann	97
87	Loretta	95
87	Nadine	95
87	Roberta	95
87	Sarah	95
91	Bessie	92
91	Jessie	92
93	Bertha	91
93	Sylvia	91
95	Naomi	90
96	Ellen	88
96	Genevieve	88
96	Laverne	88
99	Marguerite	87
100	Eileen	86