Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,688
2	Barbara	1,023
3	Shirley	968
4	Betty	915
5	Patricia	670
6	Carol	620
7	Dorothy	436
8	Nancy	403
9	Joyce	394
10	Carolyn	360
11	Margaret	344
12	Donna	341
13	Beverly	320
13	Helen	320
15	Joan	312
16	Marilyn	311
17	Judith	308
18	Doris	305
18	Norma	305
20	Janet	292
21	Ruth	291
22	Sandra	290
23	Virginia	281
24	Wanda	254
25	Martha	242

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Peggy	233
27	Bonnie	230
28	Linda	226
29	Phyllis	210
30	Janice	209
30	Sharon	209
32	Lois	208
33	Elizabeth	193
34	Frances	191
35	Evelyn	190
36	Patsy	187
37	Judy	186
38	Alice	184
39	Anna	180
40	Wilma	153
41	Joann	145
42	Gloria	142
43	Jean	141
44	Rose	140
45	Glenda	139
46	Ruby	130
47	Jane	129
48	Juanita	123
49	Ann	121
50	Loretta	120
50	Mildred	120
52	Delores	116
53	Karen	112
54	Geraldine	110
55	Jo	108
55	Sue	108
57	Marjorie	106
58	Carole	105
59	Charlotte	104
59	Jacqueline	104
59	Sally	104
62	Rosalie	102
63	Connie	99
64	Susan	98
65	Dolores	96
66	Darlene	91
67	Sylvia	90
68	Marie	89
69	Pat	88
70	Edna	87
70	Thelma	87
72	Kay	86
73	Kathleen	81
73	Marlene	81
75	Clara	80
76	Anita	76
76	Dixie	76
76	Rosemary	76
79	Margie	75
79	Roberta	75
81	Ethel	72
81	Kathryn	72
81	Laura	72
84	Georgia	71
85	Ellen	70
86	Rita	69
87	Catherine	67
88	Vivian	66
89	Joanne	65
89	June	65
91	Deanna	64
92	Jeanette	63
92	Marcia	63
94	Emma	61
94	Hazel	61
96	Louise	60
96	Yvonne	60
98	Eleanor	57
98	Velma	57
100	Charlene	56
100	Edith	56