Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Missouri, 1934

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,796
2	Betty	1,179
3	Shirley	1,100
4	Barbara	812
5	Patricia	645
6	Dorothy	625
7	Norma	434
8	Helen	421
9	Joan	404
10	Doris	392
11	Virginia	369
12	Margaret	359
13	Carol	338
14	Joyce	304
15	Wanda	303
16	Nancy	289
17	Donna	287
18	Ruth	279
19	Bonnie	270
20	Marilyn	265
21	Lois	261
22	Martha	253
23	Peggy	246
24	Beverly	239
25	Frances	214
26	Wilma	213
27	Evelyn	201
28	Mildred	198
29	Anna	196
30	Phyllis	191
31	Carolyn	190
31	Patsy	190
33	Delores	187
34	Jean	186
35	Elizabeth	181
36	Alice	179
37	Janet	177
38	Ruby	174
39	Joann	170
40	Marjorie	168
41	Juanita	158
42	Jo	155
43	Dolores	154
43	Gloria	154
43	Rose	154
46	Ann	128
47	June	125
48	Jane	121
49	Thelma	120
50	Marie	119

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,534
2	James	1,515
3	Donald	1,202
4	William	1,104
5	John	1,075
6	Charles	1,042
7	Richard	851
8	Harold	448
8	Kenneth	448
10	Billy	433
11	George	430
12	Jerry	390
13	Paul	386
14	David	355
15	Jack	353
16	Thomas	339
17	Ronald	314
18	Joseph	310
19	Bobby	283
20	Edward	277
21	Carl	267
22	Raymond	263
23	Bill	257
24	Joe	249
25	Eugene	221
26	Frank	200
27	Gerald	197
28	Roy	196
29	Walter	195
30	Norman	193
31	Ralph	189
32	Bob	186
33	Don	185
34	Harry	176
35	Marvin	169
36	Larry	156
37	Earl	154
38	Jimmie	153
38	Wayne	153
40	Lawrence	152
41	Leroy	151
42	Arthur	148
43	Dale	144
43	Howard	144
45	Melvin	143
46	Albert	141
47	Jimmy	139
48	Henry	129
49	Fred	125
50	Gary	124