Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Missouri, 1927

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,312
2	Betty	1,708
3	Dorothy	1,042
4	Helen	778
5	Virginia	620
6	Ruth	541
7	Doris	483
8	Margaret	481
9	Norma	418
10	Shirley	417
11	Mildred	404
12	Anna	364
13	Frances	356
14	Patricia	307
15	Ruby	306
16	Wilma	305
17	Martha	294
18	Evelyn	284
19	Lois	269
20	Barbara	268
20	Wanda	268
22	Marjorie	256
23	Alice	253
24	Jean	236
25	Rose	221
26	Juanita	217
27	Marie	216
28	Elizabeth	213
29	Dolores	202
30	Thelma	200
31	Edna	198
32	Geraldine	178
33	Gloria	172
33	Louise	172
35	Bonnie	169
36	Pauline	166
37	Gladys	164
38	June	163
39	Hazel	154
40	Rosemary	153
41	Peggy	149
42	Maxine	147
43	Edith	145
44	Lucille	144
45	Catherine	133
46	Irene	130
47	Emma	129
47	Lillian	129
49	Audrey	128
50	Jane	127

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,827
2	James	1,485
3	William	1,437
4	John	1,370
5	Charles	1,101
6	Donald	781
7	George	663
8	Richard	574
9	Harold	562
10	Paul	447
11	Kenneth	417
12	Billy	395
13	Jack	393
14	Edward	392
15	Joseph	389
16	Raymond	373
17	Thomas	357
18	Eugene	341
19	Ralph	295
20	Walter	293
21	Frank	271
22	Carl	263
23	Earl	253
24	Roy	249
25	Arthur	224
26	Albert	214
27	Joe	213
28	Henry	208
29	David	194
30	Harry	193
31	Clarence	192
32	Howard	188
33	Norman	187
34	Lloyd	180
35	Lawrence	179
36	Marvin	173
37	Floyd	172
38	Bill	168
39	Elmer	165
40	Bobby	160
41	Gerald	154
42	Louis	149
43	Melvin	148
44	Bob	146
44	Fred	146
46	Leonard	139
47	Francis	138
47	Gene	138
49	Leroy	132
50	Ernest	128