Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1933

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,724
2	Betty	1,377
3	Barbara	725
4	Dorothy	677
5	Shirley	664
6	Patricia	537
7	Norma	449
8	Helen	448
9	Joan	445
10	Doris	419
11	Virginia	371
12	Margaret	348
13	Wanda	305
14	Ruth	304
15	Carol	293
16	Joyce	292
17	Marilyn	271
18	Donna	259
19	Nancy	252
20	Anna	251
21	Wilma	243
22	Peggy	236
23	Lois	235
24	Dolores	225
25	Bonnie	221

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Evelyn	213
27	Jean	206
28	Frances	203
29	Beverly	202
30	Patsy	199
31	Martha	198
32	Alice	193
33	Mildred	189
34	Ruby	176
35	Rose	173
36	June	160
37	Marjorie	158
38	Juanita	152
39	Jo	150
40	Delores	147
40	Elizabeth	147
42	Joann	142
43	Phyllis	140
44	Carolyn	138
44	Geraldine	138
44	Gloria	138
47	Marie	136
48	Janet	129
49	Jane	125
50	Loretta	114
51	Thelma	113
52	Catherine	109
53	Jacqueline	108
54	Clara	107
55	Edna	106
56	Charlotte	105
57	Marlene	102
57	Rosemary	102
59	Louise	101
60	Darlene	91
61	Ann	89
62	Maxine	88
63	Margie	85
63	Vivian	85
65	Roberta	84
66	Marian	83
67	Georgia	82
68	Eleanor	79
68	Hazel	79
70	Audrey	77
71	Billie	76
71	Emma	76
71	Gladys	76
74	Ethel	75
75	Eva	74
76	Lucille	72
77	Velma	71
78	Janice	70
78	Kathryn	70
78	Lillian	70
78	Sylvia	70
82	Laura	69
83	Vera	68
84	Florence	67
84	Laverne	67
86	Rita	66
87	Bernice	65
87	Edith	65
87	Elsie	65
90	Pauline	64
91	Irene	63
91	Jeanette	63
91	Sally	63
94	Erma	62
94	Ida	62
94	Josephine	62
94	Sue	62
98	Grace	61
98	Naomi	61
98	Opal	61