Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,089
2	Betty	1,641
3	Dorothy	1,077
4	Helen	715
5	Virginia	510
6	Shirley	495
7	Ruth	485
8	Doris	474
9	Margaret	446
10	Norma	412
11	Mildred	360
12	Patricia	314
13	Anna	313
14	Martha	294
15	Wanda	288
16	Barbara	286
17	Frances	285
18	Lois	279
19	Jean	275
20	Wilma	269
21	Dolores	262
22	Evelyn	254
23	Alice	242
24	Rose	236
25	Marjorie	232

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ruby	229
27	Marie	198
28	Elizabeth	190
29	Bonnie	187
30	Gloria	182
31	Juanita	174
32	Geraldine	173
33	Thelma	168
34	Peggy	167
35	Edna	165
36	Hazel	156
37	Joan	150
37	Pauline	150
39	Joyce	149
40	Maxine	145
41	June	144
42	Marilyn	142
43	Marian	139
44	Velma	138
45	Audrey	135
45	Nancy	135
47	Catherine	134
48	Rosemary	132
49	Georgia	130
50	Lillian	126
50	Louise	126
52	Bernice	123
52	Gladys	123
54	Phyllis	121
55	Beverly	119
56	Lucille	117
57	Clara	116
57	Florence	116
59	Lorraine	114
60	Jane	113
61	Emma	112
62	Edith	108
62	Ethel	108
64	Opal	107
65	Alma	106
65	Jacqueline	106
67	Irene	105
68	Delores	104
69	Charlotte	102
70	Esther	99
71	Carol	97
71	Vera	97
71	Vivian	97
74	Laverne	95
75	Eleanor	93
75	Marcella	93
77	Eva	92
78	Patsy	91
79	Donna	88
79	Marion	88
81	Grace	87
81	Josephine	87
81	Margie	87
84	Loretta	86
85	Billie	85
86	Viola	83
87	Imogene	81
88	Laura	79
88	Roberta	79
90	Ella	77
91	Ellen	74
91	Erma	74
93	Katherine	72
93	Violet	72
95	Bertha	71
95	Kathleen	71
95	Kathryn	71
98	Elsie	70
98	Jessie	70
98	Sarah	70