Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,312
2	Betty	1,708
3	Dorothy	1,042
4	Helen	778
5	Virginia	620
6	Ruth	541
7	Doris	483
8	Margaret	481
9	Norma	418
10	Shirley	417
11	Mildred	404
12	Anna	364
13	Frances	356
14	Patricia	307
15	Ruby	306
16	Wilma	305
17	Martha	294
18	Evelyn	284
19	Lois	269
20	Barbara	268
20	Wanda	268
22	Marjorie	256
23	Alice	253
24	Jean	236
25	Rose	221

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Juanita	217
27	Marie	216
28	Elizabeth	213
29	Dolores	202
30	Thelma	200
31	Edna	198
32	Geraldine	178
33	Gloria	172
33	Louise	172
35	Bonnie	169
36	Pauline	166
37	Gladys	164
38	June	163
39	Hazel	154
40	Rosemary	153
41	Peggy	149
42	Maxine	147
43	Edith	145
44	Lucille	144
45	Catherine	133
46	Irene	130
47	Emma	129
47	Lillian	129
49	Audrey	128
50	Jane	127
51	Joan	126
52	Florence	125
52	Lorraine	125
54	Marilyn	123
55	Joyce	121
55	Velma	121
57	Laverne	116
58	Ethel	115
59	Clara	114
60	Georgia	110
60	Vera	110
62	Alma	109
62	Billie	109
64	Kathryn	108
65	Vivian	107
66	Josephine	103
66	Nancy	103
68	Bernice	102
68	Grace	102
70	Beverly	101
71	Jacqueline	100
72	Eva	97
72	Marian	97
74	Donna	96
74	Laura	96
76	Loretta	95
77	Margie	93
78	Opal	92
79	Sarah	91
79	Violet	91
81	Ann	90
81	Geneva	90
83	Elsie	88
83	Roberta	88
85	Jeanne	86
86	Marion	85
87	Charlotte	84
87	Ida	84
87	Jessie	84
87	Kathleen	84
91	Katherine	83
92	Eileen	82
92	Esther	82
92	Imogene	82
95	Delores	81
95	Eleanor	81
95	Phyllis	81
98	Bessie	80
99	Bertha	78
99	Rita	78