Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,098
2	Betty	1,455
3	Dorothy	1,207
4	Helen	751
5	Virginia	665
6	Ruth	542
7	Margaret	508
8	Mildred	423
9	Doris	415
10	Norma	397
11	Anna	355
11	Shirley	355
13	Wilma	329
14	Frances	320
15	Ruby	298
16	Lois	292
17	Evelyn	288
18	Martha	279
19	Marjorie	276
20	Alice	270
21	Juanita	254
22	Jean	250
23	Marie	249
24	Patricia	245
25	Wanda	238

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Elizabeth	237
27	Thelma	235
28	Rose	232
29	Barbara	198
30	Edna	197
31	Dolores	185
31	Gloria	185
33	Bonnie	183
34	Louise	182
35	Geraldine	173
36	Hazel	172
37	Pauline	164
38	June	156
38	Maxine	156
40	Gladys	150
41	Irene	149
41	Lucille	149
43	Audrey	148
44	Lillian	147
45	Ethel	143
45	Rosemary	143
47	Catherine	141
47	Velma	141
49	Opal	138
50	Georgia	134
51	Bernice	131
51	Clara	131
53	Peggy	128
54	Edith	127
55	Florence	123
56	Marian	122
57	Jane	120
58	Laverne	119
58	Margie	119
60	Lorraine	118
61	Eleanor	116
62	Geneva	115
62	Marilyn	115
64	Alma	114
64	Emma	114
64	Vivian	114
67	Josephine	111
68	Grace	107
69	Vera	106
70	Joan	105
71	Kathryn	104
72	Elsie	103
73	Nancy	99
74	Nellie	96
74	Viola	96
76	Bessie	95
76	Eva	95
78	Joyce	94
79	Esther	93
80	Marion	92
81	Katherine	91
81	Loretta	91
83	Bertha	89
84	Beulah	88
84	Myrtle	88
86	Phyllis	87
87	Violet	85
88	Jessie	84
88	Melba	84
90	Beverly	83
90	Billie	83
90	Lorene	83
93	Beatrice	81
93	Laura	81
95	Ella	79
96	Imogene	78
96	Jacqueline	78
96	Jeanne	78
99	Erma	77
100	Sarah	76