Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,990
2	Betty	1,675
3	Dorothy	932
4	Shirley	592
5	Virginia	540
6	Helen	533
7	Doris	474
7	Norma	474
9	Patricia	428
10	Barbara	420
11	Margaret	419
12	Ruth	416
13	Dolores	302
13	Wanda	302
15	Lois	294
16	Joan	289
17	Anna	287
18	Mildred	277
19	Wilma	263
20	Martha	262
21	Jean	257
22	Frances	250
23	Bonnie	236
24	Evelyn	232
25	Rose	230

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ruby	221
27	Joyce	219
28	Alice	216
29	Marilyn	206
30	Peggy	198
31	Elizabeth	192
32	Marjorie	188
33	Nancy	184
34	Juanita	182
35	Thelma	173
36	Delores	163
37	Phyllis	160
38	Geraldine	154
38	Gloria	154
40	June	152
41	Edna	150
42	Beverly	149
43	Rosemary	148
44	Marie	144
45	Louise	143
46	Donna	138
47	Patsy	132
48	Audrey	122
49	Hazel	121
50	Clara	117
50	Edith	117
50	Maxine	117
53	Carol	115
53	Loretta	115
55	Gladys	113
56	Billie	110
57	Jacqueline	107
57	Pauline	107
59	Carolyn	104
59	Emma	104
59	Irene	104
62	Catherine	102
63	Georgia	101
63	Jane	101
63	Velma	101
66	Lucille	99
67	Lillian	97
68	Bernice	96
69	Jo	92
70	Florence	91
70	Laura	91
72	Eva	90
73	Ethel	88
73	Rita	88
75	Alma	87
76	Josephine	86
77	Janet	84
77	Kathryn	84
79	Marian	82
79	Vera	82
79	Violet	82
79	Vivian	82
83	Geneva	80
84	Ann	79
84	Bessie	79
84	Grace	79
87	Opal	78
87	Roberta	78
89	Joann	77
90	Charlotte	76
90	Jeanne	76
90	Margie	76
93	Laverne	74
94	Esther	73
95	Eleanor	72
96	Jessie	70
97	Leona	69
97	Nellie	69
99	Naomi	68
100	Ida	67