Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Missouri, 1936

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,681
2	Shirley	1,466
3	Betty	923
4	Barbara	853
5	Patricia	613
6	Carol	545
7	Dorothy	525
8	Joan	376
9	Nancy	360
10	Joyce	354
11	Helen	353
12	Norma	350
13	Marilyn	314
14	Donna	304
15	Margaret	303
16	Doris	302
17	Beverly	298
18	Virginia	297
19	Ruth	278
20	Peggy	265
21	Wanda	250
22	Carolyn	222
22	Martha	222
24	Bonnie	220
25	Wilma	218
26	Anna	194
27	Lois	192
28	Frances	190
29	Patsy	180
30	Phyllis	179
31	Alice	176
32	Janet	174
33	Evelyn	171
34	Dolores	168
35	Rose	166
36	Jean	164
37	Joann	162
38	Mildred	158
39	Elizabeth	151
39	Ruby	151
41	Delores	144
41	Marjorie	144
43	Jo	139
44	Gloria	131
45	Sandra	127
46	Judith	123
47	Juanita	122
48	Jane	119
49	Geraldine	118
50	Janice	116

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,506
2	Robert	1,505
3	John	1,109
4	Donald	1,096
5	William	1,015
6	Charles	989
7	Richard	737
8	Ronald	477
9	Jerry	473
10	George	447
11	Kenneth	441
12	David	430
13	Thomas	377
14	Billy	371
14	Paul	371
16	Harold	335
17	Jack	318
18	Edward	300
19	Joseph	289
19	Larry	289
21	Bobby	278
22	Carl	269
23	Raymond	263
24	Gerald	224
25	Joe	221
26	Bill	198
27	Bob	183
28	Walter	177
29	Don	173
29	Lawrence	173
31	Gary	172
32	Eugene	170
33	Roy	169
34	Frank	164
35	Ralph	161
36	Wayne	150
37	Fred	149
38	Norman	147
39	Roger	143
40	Jimmie	142
41	Melvin	138
42	Jimmy	137
43	Arthur	132
43	Earl	132
43	Marvin	132
46	Jackie	131
47	Dale	124
47	Harry	124
49	Howard	123
50	Jim	121