Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,796
2	Betty	1,179
3	Shirley	1,100
4	Barbara	812
5	Patricia	645
6	Dorothy	625
7	Norma	434
8	Helen	421
9	Joan	404
10	Doris	392
11	Virginia	369
12	Margaret	359
13	Carol	338
14	Joyce	304
15	Wanda	303
16	Nancy	289
17	Donna	287
18	Ruth	279
19	Bonnie	270
20	Marilyn	265
21	Lois	261
22	Martha	253
23	Peggy	246
24	Beverly	239
25	Frances	214

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wilma	213
27	Evelyn	201
28	Mildred	198
29	Anna	196
30	Phyllis	191
31	Carolyn	190
31	Patsy	190
33	Delores	187
34	Jean	186
35	Elizabeth	181
36	Alice	179
37	Janet	177
38	Ruby	174
39	Joann	170
40	Marjorie	168
41	Juanita	158
42	Jo	155
43	Dolores	154
43	Gloria	154
43	Rose	154
46	Ann	128
47	June	125
48	Jane	121
49	Thelma	120
50	Marie	119
51	Edna	115
52	Jacqueline	112
53	Loretta	111
54	Clara	109
55	Geraldine	107
56	Louise	105
57	Billie	99
58	Rosemary	96
59	Sue	94
60	Marlene	92
61	Joanne	89
62	Kathleen	86
63	Hazel	85
63	Sylvia	85
65	Charlotte	84
66	Rita	83
67	Catherine	82
68	Dixie	81
68	Kathryn	81
70	Sally	79
71	Emma	78
71	Margie	78
73	Charlene	77
73	Ellen	77
73	Georgia	77
76	Carole	76
76	Gladys	76
76	Josephine	76
79	Audrey	75
79	Katherine	75
81	Alma	74
82	Velma	72
83	Darlene	71
83	Marian	71
83	Vera	71
86	Eva	70
86	Glenda	70
86	Roberta	70
89	Arlene	69
90	Edith	68
90	Ethel	68
90	Vivian	68
93	Maxine	67
93	Sandra	67
95	Esther	66
96	Erma	65
96	Irene	65
96	Lucille	65
99	Laura	64
99	Pauline	64
99	Viola	64