Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Shirley	1,764
2	Mary	1,669
3	Betty	1,117
4	Barbara	822
5	Patricia	612
6	Dorothy	554
7	Carol	429
8	Norma	384
9	Joan	375
10	Helen	373
11	Doris	331
12	Marilyn	328
13	Margaret	326
14	Ruth	322
14	Virginia	322
16	Joyce	293
17	Nancy	284
18	Donna	281
19	Wanda	275
20	Lois	250
21	Bonnie	243
22	Beverly	236
22	Martha	236
24	Wilma	217
25	Anna	216

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Peggy	212
27	Alice	193
28	Phyllis	190
29	Carolyn	189
30	Frances	188
31	Patsy	185
32	Dolores	178
33	Jean	176
34	Joann	169
35	Evelyn	166
36	Delores	153
37	Mildred	148
38	Elizabeth	143
38	Janet	143
40	Ruby	142
41	Jane	139
42	Jo	135
43	Jacqueline	124
43	Loretta	124
45	Rose	123
46	Sandra	116
47	Gloria	113
48	Marjorie	112
49	Juanita	110
50	Sharon	102
50	Thelma	102
52	Geraldine	100
53	Ann	98
53	Marie	98
55	Edna	94
55	Roberta	94
57	Charlotte	92
57	Janice	92
59	Hazel	91
60	June	90
61	Clara	89
62	Georgia	88
63	Judith	87
64	Sally	86
65	Darlene	85
66	Catherine	84
66	Kathleen	84
68	Rosemary	83
69	Louise	82
70	Marlene	81
71	Billie	80
72	Ethel	77
72	Sue	77
74	Alma	75
75	Audrey	74
76	Glenda	73
76	Rita	73
78	Carole	72
78	Margie	72
78	Pat	72
78	Sylvia	72
82	Charlene	67
82	Edith	67
84	Kathryn	66
84	Lillian	66
86	Dixie	65
86	Ellen	65
88	Marian	64
89	Eleanor	63
89	Emma	63
89	Jeanette	63
89	Velma	63
93	Eva	62
93	Joanne	62
93	Vera	62
96	Pauline	61
96	Yvonne	61
98	Arlene	60
98	Laura	60
100	Vivian	59