Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,872
2	Betty	1,744
3	Dorothy	946
4	Shirley	584
5	Helen	558
6	Virginia	496
7	Doris	483
8	Norma	452
9	Margaret	424
9	Ruth	424
11	Patricia	402
12	Barbara	341
13	Anna	310
14	Mildred	309
15	Wilma	285
16	Wanda	270
17	Dolores	269
18	Evelyn	258
18	Lois	258
20	Jean	247
21	Joan	238
22	Frances	237
23	Alice	235
23	Ruby	235
25	Marjorie	231

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Martha	226
27	Rose	217
28	Elizabeth	191
29	Peggy	190
30	Bonnie	176
31	Juanita	175
31	Marie	175
33	Thelma	170
34	Geraldine	164
35	Joyce	150
36	Marilyn	149
37	Nancy	146
38	June	143
39	Louise	141
39	Rosemary	141
41	Maxine	138
42	Gloria	137
43	Delores	130
44	Catherine	128
44	Edna	128
46	Pauline	127
47	Gladys	125
48	Beverly	121
49	Audrey	120
49	Phyllis	120
51	Bernice	117
52	Vera	112
53	Velma	111
54	Hazel	110
55	Georgia	108
56	Carol	107
57	Billie	104
58	Edith	102
59	Clara	101
59	Florence	101
59	Irene	101
62	Donna	99
63	Jane	98
63	Opal	98
65	Charlotte	96
65	Ethel	96
67	Lillian	95
68	Eva	94
68	Jacqueline	94
68	Lucille	94
71	Laverne	93
72	Jo	92
73	Emma	91
73	Grace	91
75	Patsy	89
76	Ann	87
77	Alma	84
77	Marian	84
79	Katherine	82
80	Laura	81
80	Vivian	81
82	Eleanor	80
82	Kathryn	80
84	Loretta	79
85	Elsie	78
86	Lorraine	77
86	Margie	77
86	Viola	77
86	Violet	77
90	Jeanne	76
91	Josephine	75
92	Sarah	74
93	Bertha	73
94	Esther	71
94	Ida	71
94	Marion	71
94	Roberta	71
98	Bessie	70
98	Kathleen	70
100	Leona	69