Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,885
2	Betty	1,572
3	Dorothy	820
4	Shirley	652
5	Helen	544
6	Barbara	535
7	Virginia	500
8	Norma	490
9	Patricia	460
10	Doris	446
11	Margaret	415
12	Joan	379
13	Ruth	330
14	Bonnie	278
15	Wanda	273
16	Anna	271
17	Lois	264
18	Dolores	256
19	Mildred	250
20	Jean	248
21	Wilma	245
22	Joyce	236
23	Marilyn	234
24	Evelyn	233
25	Frances	228

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	220
26	Martha	220
28	Peggy	217
29	Nancy	203
30	Ruby	192
31	Gloria	189
31	Marjorie	189
33	Rose	185
34	Donna	180
35	Juanita	173
36	Beverly	171
36	Elizabeth	171
38	Marie	166
39	Delores	155
40	Phyllis	144
41	Patsy	143
42	Edna	139
43	Thelma	137
44	Geraldine	134
45	Carol	133
46	June	127
47	Louise	121
48	Clara	119
49	Rosemary	118
50	Joann	108
51	Ann	103
51	Billie	103
51	Jane	103
54	Jo	102
54	Maxine	102
56	Hazel	101
57	Pauline	100
58	Lillian	98
58	Velma	98
60	Jacqueline	97
61	Georgia	96
61	Gladys	96
63	Carolyn	95
64	Catherine	93
65	Audrey	92
66	Florence	90
67	Lucille	89
67	Rita	89
69	Charlotte	88
70	Ethel	87
71	Emma	86
71	Loretta	86
73	Janet	85
74	Bernice	84
74	Roberta	84
76	Irene	81
77	Vera	79
78	Lorraine	78
79	Grace	77
79	Laverne	77
81	Vivian	76
82	Edith	75
82	Marlene	75
84	Esther	74
84	Nellie	74
86	Marian	72
87	Kathleen	71
88	Erma	70
89	Ellen	69
90	Viola	68
91	Ida	67
92	Eva	66
92	Josephine	66
92	Melba	66
92	Sarah	66
96	Bertha	65
96	Elsie	65
96	Naomi	65
99	Alma	64
99	Kathryn	64