Most popular girls’ names in Missouri, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,743
2	Barbara	1,157
3	Patricia	920
4	Judith	765
5	Carol	764
6	Shirley	680
7	Linda	679
8	Betty	675
9	Carolyn	608
10	Joyce	552
11	Nancy	535
12	Sharon	534
13	Judy	531
14	Sandra	496
15	Donna	466
16	Dorothy	395
17	Margaret	365
18	Janet	345
19	Virginia	326
20	Janice	316
21	Ruth	303
22	Marilyn	299
23	Karen	296
24	Beverly	294
25	Wanda	282

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bonnie	274
27	Joan	273
28	Helen	263
29	Martha	243
30	Doris	236
31	Susan	223
32	Peggy	221
33	Phyllis	220
34	Patsy	211
35	Alice	204
35	Norma	204
37	Frances	189
38	Gloria	187
39	Lois	178
40	Elizabeth	160
41	Kathleen	159
42	Anna	155
43	Rose	154
44	Evelyn	153
45	Brenda	150
46	Jean	149
47	Jo	148
48	Joann	146
49	Wilma	144
50	Glenda	142
51	Carole	133
52	Charlotte	132
53	Ann	129
54	Jane	127
55	Sue	121
56	Connie	119
57	Ruby	117
58	Geraldine	114
59	Delores	111
60	Loretta	105
61	Mildred	104
62	Jacqueline	102
63	Juanita	98
64	Rita	95
65	Diane	93
65	Elaine	93
67	Catherine	92
67	Roberta	92
69	Kay	90
70	Marjorie	88
71	Darlene	86
71	Edna	86
73	Ellen	84
73	Rosemary	84
75	Katherine	81
75	Kathryn	81
75	Sally	81
78	Georgia	78
79	Anita	73
79	Deanna	73
81	Margie	71
81	Marie	71
83	Jeanette	70
84	Laura	68
85	Pat	67
85	Sarah	67
85	Thelma	67
88	Billie	65
89	Dolores	64
89	June	64
91	Sylvia	62
92	Charlene	61
92	Dixie	61
94	Ethel	60
94	Patty	60
94	Rebecca	60
97	Edith	59
97	Vivian	59
99	Eleanor	58
100	Melba	56