Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Missouri, 1928

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,089
2	Betty	1,641
3	Dorothy	1,077
4	Helen	715
5	Virginia	510
6	Shirley	495
7	Ruth	485
8	Doris	474
9	Margaret	446
10	Norma	412
11	Mildred	360
12	Patricia	314
13	Anna	313
14	Martha	294
15	Wanda	288
16	Barbara	286
17	Frances	285
18	Lois	279
19	Jean	275
20	Wilma	269
21	Dolores	262
22	Evelyn	254
23	Alice	242
24	Rose	236
25	Marjorie	232
26	Ruby	229
27	Marie	198
28	Elizabeth	190
29	Bonnie	187
30	Gloria	182
31	Juanita	174
32	Geraldine	173
33	Thelma	168
34	Peggy	167
35	Edna	165
36	Hazel	156
37	Joan	150
37	Pauline	150
39	Joyce	149
40	Maxine	145
41	June	144
42	Marilyn	142
43	Marian	139
44	Velma	138
45	Audrey	135
45	Nancy	135
47	Catherine	134
48	Rosemary	132
49	Georgia	130
50	Lillian	126

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,804
2	James	1,371
3	William	1,328
4	John	1,231
5	Charles	1,049
6	Donald	854
7	Richard	624
8	George	579
9	Harold	514
10	Kenneth	458
11	Billy	452
12	Paul	418
13	Joseph	394
14	Jack	385
15	Edward	382
16	Raymond	358
17	Thomas	347
18	Eugene	328
19	Ralph	264
20	Carl	256
21	Walter	254
22	Roy	242
23	Frank	235
24	Harry	222
25	Earl	221
26	Joe	214
27	Arthur	210
28	Herbert	209
29	David	205
30	Bobby	196
31	Norman	185
32	Howard	180
33	Clarence	177
34	Lawrence	170
35	Henry	165
36	Albert	164
37	Louis	161
38	Gerald	160
39	Alfred	159
39	Gene	159
39	Melvin	159
42	Bill	157
43	Marvin	156
44	Fred	153
45	Floyd	149
46	Leonard	146
47	Vernon	145
48	Bob	138
49	Francis	137
50	Ray	118