Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,260
2	Dorothy	1,377
3	Betty	1,274
4	Helen	927
5	Virginia	766
6	Ruth	689
7	Margaret	667
8	Mildred	526
9	Doris	476
10	Anna	415
11	Frances	396
12	Ruby	326
13	Marjorie	323
14	Wilma	311
15	Norma	309
16	Evelyn	307
17	Marie	292
18	Martha	285
19	Lois	268
20	Juanita	266
21	Elizabeth	253
22	Alice	247
23	Shirley	242
24	Thelma	240
25	Edna	239

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Hazel	230
27	Jean	207
27	Patricia	207
29	Louise	204
30	Lucille	203
31	Wanda	194
32	Lillian	193
33	Edith	188
33	Pauline	188
35	Geraldine	185
36	Gladys	181
36	Maxine	181
38	Ethel	176
39	Catherine	174
40	Florence	168
41	Bernice	167
41	Opal	167
43	Lorraine	165
44	June	161
45	Gloria	160
46	Irene	156
47	Rosemary	151
48	Rose	149
49	Audrey	147
50	Grace	142
51	Emma	139
52	Dolores	137
52	Georgia	137
54	Esther	135
55	Eleanor	134
55	Elsie	134
57	Josephine	133
58	Bonnie	129
59	Margie	128
60	Leona	127
60	Viola	127
62	Barbara	126
63	Clara	125
64	Jane	124
65	Velma	123
66	Vivian	122
67	Alma	119
67	Marian	119
69	Ida	118
69	Katherine	118
71	Vera	116
72	Kathryn	115
72	Laverne	115
74	Laura	111
75	Violet	110
76	Eva	109
77	Geneva	103
78	Marcella	98
78	Sarah	98
80	Gertrude	97
81	Lorene	95
82	Bessie	94
83	Marion	93
84	Fern	91
84	Nellie	91
86	Kathleen	89
87	Genevieve	87
88	Ann	86
88	Mabel	86
88	Myrtle	86
91	Nadine	85
92	Eileen	84
92	Loretta	84
94	Beatrice	83
95	Ellen	81
95	Jessie	81
95	Pearl	81
98	Lena	80
99	Ella	79
99	Melba	79