Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Missouri, 1925

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,155
2	Betty	1,413
3	Dorothy	1,279
4	Helen	845
5	Virginia	747
6	Ruth	619
7	Margaret	584
8	Doris	472
9	Mildred	456
10	Anna	353
11	Frances	352
12	Norma	343
13	Marjorie	327
14	Wilma	318
15	Ruby	303
16	Evelyn	287
16	Lois	287
18	Martha	277
19	Shirley	272
20	Alice	269
21	Juanita	258
22	Marie	243
23	Elizabeth	232
24	Wanda	228
25	Patricia	227
25	Thelma	227
27	Jean	210
28	Rose	205
29	June	202
30	Lucille	197
31	Edna	190
32	Gloria	189
33	Pauline	183
34	Geraldine	181
35	Gladys	178
36	Hazel	177
36	Maxine	177
38	Florence	174
39	Louise	170
40	Bernice	166
41	Irene	165
42	Barbara	164
43	Bonnie	161
44	Catherine	159
44	Lorraine	159
46	Lillian	157
47	Dolores	156
48	Edith	148
49	Audrey	144
50	Rosemary	141

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,718
2	William	1,619
3	James	1,513
4	John	1,417
5	Charles	1,136
6	George	633
7	Donald	568
8	Harold	555
9	Richard	511
10	Joseph	476
11	Edward	439
12	Paul	438
13	Kenneth	431
14	Jack	413
15	Thomas	410
16	Raymond	377
17	Walter	333
18	Frank	310
19	Carl	305
20	Eugene	301
21	Roy	300
22	Ralph	297
23	Arthur	284
24	Billy	278
25	Harry	261
26	Albert	241
27	Earl	231
28	Clarence	229
29	David	217
30	Howard	201
31	Henry	197
31	Lawrence	197
33	Joe	193
34	Marvin	191
35	Melvin	188
36	Francis	178
37	Norman	176
38	Fred	174
39	Floyd	166
40	Lloyd	162
41	Calvin	161
42	Russell	155
43	Elmer	152
44	Clifford	148
44	Leonard	148
44	Vernon	148
47	Bill	147
48	Louis	146
49	Herbert	142
50	Ernest	138