Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,618
2	Barbara	1,074
3	Shirley	840
4	Betty	774
5	Patricia	748
6	Carol	640
7	Judith	520
8	Nancy	459
9	Joyce	451
10	Dorothy	405
11	Carolyn	398
12	Sandra	340
13	Marilyn	336
14	Donna	329
15	Margaret	325
16	Helen	324
17	Ruth	321
18	Janet	319
19	Virginia	304
20	Judy	301
21	Beverly	300
21	Joan	300
23	Norma	283
24	Linda	277
25	Doris	271

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Martha	247
26	Sharon	247
28	Wanda	228
29	Frances	226
30	Bonnie	212
31	Phyllis	208
32	Peggy	205
33	Janice	198
34	Alice	189
35	Patsy	184
36	Lois	179
37	Wilma	166
38	Anna	162
39	Evelyn	161
40	Elizabeth	152
40	Joann	152
42	Jean	137
43	Karen	136
44	Rose	130
45	Jane	128
46	Loretta	127
47	Carole	125
48	Delores	123
49	Geraldine	121
50	Kathleen	119
51	Jo	113
52	Gloria	110
53	Ruby	109
54	Marjorie	108
55	Susan	104
56	Glenda	103
56	Marie	103
58	Jacqueline	102
59	Charlotte	100
60	Ann	95
60	Juanita	95
62	Roberta	93
63	Mildred	92
64	Sue	89
65	Jeanette	88
65	Thelma	88
67	Dolores	85
68	Sally	83
69	Kay	82
70	Darlene	80
70	Edna	80
72	Brenda	78
73	Georgia	77
73	Hazel	77
75	Clara	76
75	Kathryn	76
75	Pat	76
78	Rosemary	75
79	Connie	74
79	Sylvia	74
81	Deanna	73
81	June	73
81	Sarah	73
84	Charlene	69
85	Laura	68
86	Catherine	67
87	Diane	65
88	Ellen	63
88	Emma	63
90	Eleanor	62
90	Ethel	62
90	Rita	62
93	Louise	61
94	Anita	60
94	Gladys	60
94	Marlene	60
94	Patty	60
98	Dixie	59
98	Gail	59
100	Yvonne	58