Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,972
2	Betty	1,540
3	Dorothy	764
4	Barbara	711
5	Shirley	622
6	Patricia	561
7	Helen	487
8	Norma	482
9	Joan	444
10	Doris	417
11	Virginia	406
12	Margaret	358
13	Ruth	337
14	Lois	309
15	Wanda	300
16	Anna	274
17	Joyce	273
18	Martha	265
19	Bonnie	254
19	Marilyn	254
21	Wilma	252
22	Dolores	232
22	Frances	232
24	Peggy	227
25	Evelyn	221

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Nancy	221
27	Jean	220
28	Donna	211
29	Mildred	207
30	Marjorie	202
31	Beverly	200
32	Alice	191
33	Elizabeth	188
34	Ruby	184
35	Juanita	182
36	Phyllis	176
37	Patsy	173
38	Delores	172
39	Rose	167
40	Carol	154
41	Marie	149
42	Gloria	147
43	Geraldine	146
44	June	142
44	Thelma	142
46	Joann	140
47	Rosemary	136
48	Jo	129
49	Edna	126
49	Louise	126
51	Carolyn	121
52	Catherine	114
53	Georgia	107
54	Ethel	101
55	Jane	99
56	Hazel	98
57	Jacqueline	97
58	Ann	95
58	Charlotte	95
60	Gladys	93
60	Loretta	93
60	Pauline	93
63	Billie	92
63	Velma	92
65	Maxine	89
65	Roberta	89
67	Clara	87
67	Vivian	87
69	Darlene	85
70	Alma	84
70	Edith	84
70	Florence	84
70	Margie	84
74	Audrey	83
74	Laura	83
74	Marian	83
77	Janet	82
78	Lillian	81
78	Opal	81
80	Marlene	79
81	Kathryn	77
82	Vera	76
83	Bernice	75
83	Irene	75
85	Lorraine	73
86	Nellie	72
87	Emma	71
87	Esther	71
89	Violet	70
90	Dixie	69
90	Lucille	69
92	Rita	68
93	Josephine	67
93	Lola	67
95	Eleanor	66
95	Katherine	66
95	Melba	66
98	Charlene	65
98	Laverne	65
100	Ella	63
100	Eva	63
100	Jeanette	63