Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Missouri, 1918

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,950
2	Dorothy	1,293
3	Helen	1,013
4	Ruth	798
5	Virginia	748
6	Mildred	708
7	Margaret	651
8	Frances	436
9	Marie	426
10	Anna	369
11	Ruby	355
12	Edna	322
13	Hazel	312
14	Martha	292
15	Elizabeth	290
16	Evelyn	288
17	Gladys	286
18	Marjorie	284
19	Thelma	283
20	Lucille	281
21	Alice	275
22	Wilma	258
23	Betty	250
24	Pauline	245
25	Doris	237
25	Lillian	237
27	Irene	236
28	Florence	229
29	Edith	216
30	Bernice	213
31	Juanita	209
32	Louise	208
33	Opal	207
34	Lois	200
35	Josephine	192
36	Ethel	190
37	Catherine	185
38	Maxine	184
39	Esther	181
40	Grace	174
41	Clara	162
42	Viola	161
43	Alma	159
44	Rose	152
45	Georgia	150
45	Mabel	150
47	Jane	147
48	Velma	146
49	Geraldine	141
49	Nellie	141

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	1,428
2	John	1,368
3	Robert	1,125
4	James	1,120
5	Charles	921
6	George	677
7	Joseph	566
8	Harold	463
9	Edward	450
10	Paul	410
11	Raymond	403
12	Frank	362
13	Thomas	324
14	Walter	323
15	Richard	307
16	Roy	306
17	Ralph	304
18	Harry	302
19	Kenneth	290
20	Clarence	285
21	Earl	278
22	Donald	272
23	Arthur	262
24	Carl	256
24	Jack	256
26	Eugene	246
27	Henry	243
28	Albert	236
29	Fred	212
30	Elmer	206
31	Lawrence	201
32	Howard	197
33	Leonard	191
34	Russell	188
35	Francis	183
36	Lloyd	182
37	Melvin	170
38	Vernon	167
39	Joe	160
40	Floyd	155
41	David	151
42	Lester	148
43	Virgil	145
44	Herbert	142
45	Marvin	141
45	Ray	141
47	Louis	140
48	Ernest	133
49	Norman	128
50	Leo	127