Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,680
2	Shirley	1,103
3	Barbara	912
4	Betty	899
5	Patricia	638
6	Carol	605
7	Dorothy	459
8	Donna	366
8	Margaret	366
10	Joyce	362
11	Nancy	361
12	Norma	333
13	Beverly	331
14	Helen	317
15	Ruth	307
16	Virginia	302
17	Wanda	297
18	Marilyn	295
19	Carolyn	288
20	Joan	287
21	Doris	284
22	Martha	258
23	Peggy	244
24	Janet	239
25	Patsy	222

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bonnie	216
27	Lois	213
28	Sandra	190
29	Alice	185
30	Wilma	184
31	Frances	181
32	Anna	180
33	Judith	175
34	Phyllis	174
35	Janice	170
36	Elizabeth	156
36	Jean	156
38	Rose	150
39	Evelyn	144
39	Joann	144
41	Gloria	141
41	Loretta	141
43	Delores	139
44	Jo	137
45	Ruby	135
46	Jacqueline	126
47	Sharon	122
48	Ann	121
49	Marjorie	118
50	Darlene	113
51	Linda	112
52	Mildred	111
53	Juanita	106
54	Jane	105
55	Carole	102
55	Judy	102
57	Edna	101
58	Thelma	97
59	Charlotte	95
59	Dolores	95
59	Roberta	95
62	Glenda	92
63	Pat	90
64	Sue	88
65	Catherine	87
65	June	87
67	Georgia	86
68	Rosemary	85
69	Marie	82
70	Emma	80
70	Rita	80
70	Sally	80
73	Kathleen	79
74	Clara	78
74	Geraldine	78
74	Kathryn	78
74	Kay	78
74	Marlene	78
74	Susan	78
80	Hazel	77
81	Sylvia	75
82	Dixie	73
83	Jeanette	72
84	Edith	71
84	Louise	71
84	Yvonne	71
87	Anita	67
88	Margie	66
88	Sarah	66
90	Eleanor	62
90	Ethel	62
92	Eva	60
92	Gladys	60
92	Nellie	60
95	Connie	56
95	Melba	56
97	Deloris	54
97	Joanne	54
97	Katherine	54
97	Maxine	54