Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,707
2	Barbara	1,011
3	Patricia	798
4	Betty	753
5	Shirley	697
6	Carol	679
7	Judith	676
8	Joyce	512
9	Carolyn	477
10	Linda	471
11	Sandra	455
12	Judy	447
12	Nancy	447
14	Donna	405
15	Sharon	371
16	Janet	350
17	Margaret	348
18	Dorothy	347
19	Marilyn	345
20	Ruth	302
21	Helen	300
22	Beverly	296
23	Virginia	284
24	Joan	282
25	Bonnie	277

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wanda	267
27	Janice	259
28	Doris	248
28	Martha	248
30	Norma	237
31	Peggy	232
32	Phyllis	213
33	Frances	209
34	Patsy	201
35	Karen	198
36	Alice	184
37	Susan	176
38	Evelyn	171
39	Elizabeth	170
40	Lois	161
41	Anna	159
42	Jean	154
43	Gloria	152
44	Rose	142
45	Jo	136
46	Charlotte	134
46	Sue	134
48	Wilma	130
49	Glenda	129
50	Brenda	128
50	Loretta	128
52	Jane	126
53	Carole	125
54	Ruby	123
55	Joann	121
56	Ann	114
56	Connie	114
58	Kathleen	108
59	Delores	106
60	Marjorie	102
60	Mildred	102
62	Juanita	97
63	Jacqueline	96
64	Darlene	95
64	Kay	95
66	Geraldine	91
67	Rosemary	87
68	Sally	83
69	Elaine	82
69	Roberta	82
71	Dixie	81
72	Catherine	79
72	Hazel	79
74	Anita	78
75	Marie	75
76	Georgia	74
77	Edith	73
77	Ellen	73
79	Laura	71
80	Diane	70
81	Kathryn	69
81	Pat	69
83	Edna	68
83	June	68
83	Thelma	68
86	Eleanor	67
86	Margie	67
86	Rita	67
89	Dolores	66
90	Deanna	64
91	Jeanette	63
92	Sarah	62
93	Gail	61
93	Patty	61
95	Billie	60
95	Julia	60
95	Katherine	60
98	Louise	59
99	Clara	58
99	Sylvia	58