Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,107
2	Dorothy	1,356
3	Helen	966
4	Virginia	831
5	Betty	806
6	Ruth	642
7	Margaret	603
8	Mildred	568
9	Anna	402
10	Marjorie	374
11	Frances	371
12	Doris	367
13	Marie	331
14	Evelyn	329
15	Martha	292
16	Ruby	285
17	Wilma	270
18	Elizabeth	254
19	Thelma	248
20	Alice	241
21	Hazel	238
22	Lucille	232
23	Norma	228
24	Juanita	225
25	Lois	220

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edna	218
27	Lillian	214
28	Pauline	210
29	Gladys	208
30	Bernice	202
31	Jean	198
32	Maxine	197
33	Louise	194
34	Catherine	192
35	Irene	188
36	Geraldine	179
37	Florence	178
38	Wanda	174
39	Edith	170
40	Ethel	169
41	June	168
41	Rose	168
43	Esther	151
44	Clara	145
44	Opal	145
46	Jane	143
47	Georgia	141
48	Emma	140
49	Grace	139
49	Velma	139
51	Shirley	130
52	Nellie	126
53	Lorraine	125
54	Audrey	124
54	Rosemary	124
56	Eleanor	122
56	Josephine	122
58	Violet	116
59	Vivian	115
60	Alma	114
60	Viola	114
62	Elsie	113
62	Eva	113
62	Margie	113
65	Patricia	112
66	Beulah	109
67	Sarah	108
68	Geneva	107
68	Marian	107
70	Katherine	106
70	Vera	106
72	Gertrude	104
73	Kathryn	102
73	Leona	102
75	Fern	101
76	Agnes	100
77	Bonnie	98
78	Ann	97
78	Laura	97
80	Barbara	96
80	Dolores	96
82	Marion	95
83	Bertha	94
84	Gloria	92
84	Lorene	92
84	Nancy	92
87	Myrtle	90
88	Pearl	87
89	Jessie	86
90	Beatrice	85
90	Lena	85
90	Marcella	85
93	Bessie	84
93	Loretta	84
95	Ida	83
96	Erma	82
96	Kathleen	82
96	Mabel	82
99	Laverne	80
99	Sylvia	80