Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,117
2	Dorothy	1,366
3	Helen	1,013
4	Betty	1,009
5	Virginia	761
6	Ruth	671
7	Margaret	605
8	Mildred	580
9	Doris	432
10	Marjorie	422
11	Frances	414
12	Anna	407
13	Evelyn	320
14	Marie	313
15	Ruby	307
16	Martha	292
17	Wilma	286
18	Elizabeth	269
19	Alice	268
20	Norma	262
21	Hazel	256
22	Juanita	245
23	Thelma	244
24	Lois	231
25	Edna	225

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Maxine	225
27	Lillian	213
27	Pauline	213
29	Bernice	211
30	Lucille	203
31	Jean	194
32	Louise	192
33	Irene	185
34	Gladys	183
35	Edith	182
35	Geraldine	182
37	Shirley	181
38	Wanda	179
39	Catherine	166
40	Ethel	164
41	Opal	154
42	Florence	148
42	Rose	148
44	June	144
45	Velma	143
46	Lorraine	138
47	Bonnie	136
48	Grace	134
49	Georgia	133
50	Audrey	130
51	Margie	129
51	Patricia	129
53	Barbara	128
54	Alma	126
54	Katherine	126
56	Vivian	125
57	Clara	124
58	Josephine	122
59	Eva	121
60	Dolores	120
60	Esther	120
60	Gloria	120
63	Vera	119
64	Beulah	118
65	Rosemary	117
66	Emma	116
66	Jane	116
68	Laverne	113
68	Violet	113
70	Eleanor	111
71	Nancy	108
72	Laura	107
73	Kathryn	106
74	Elsie	102
74	Kathleen	102
76	Geneva	101
76	Ida	101
78	Marian	100
79	Bessie	98
80	Viola	97
81	Myrtle	95
82	Gertrude	94
82	Lorene	94
82	Nellie	94
82	Peggy	94
86	Leona	93
87	Mabel	91
88	Agnes	90
88	Jessie	90
90	Bertha	89
91	Rita	88
92	Beatrice	86
93	Naomi	85
93	Pearl	85
95	Fern	83
95	Loretta	83
97	Sarah	82
98	Marcella	81
99	Ann	80
100	Charlotte	79