Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Missouri, 1937

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,680
2	Shirley	1,103
3	Barbara	912
4	Betty	899
5	Patricia	638
6	Carol	605
7	Dorothy	459
8	Donna	366
8	Margaret	366
10	Joyce	362
11	Nancy	361
12	Norma	333
13	Beverly	331
14	Helen	317
15	Ruth	307
16	Virginia	302
17	Wanda	297
18	Marilyn	295
19	Carolyn	288
20	Joan	287
21	Doris	284
22	Martha	258
23	Peggy	244
24	Janet	239
25	Patsy	222
26	Bonnie	216
27	Lois	213
28	Sandra	190
29	Alice	185
30	Wilma	184
31	Frances	181
32	Anna	180
33	Judith	175
34	Phyllis	174
35	Janice	170
36	Elizabeth	156
36	Jean	156
38	Rose	150
39	Evelyn	144
39	Joann	144
41	Gloria	141
41	Loretta	141
43	Delores	139
44	Jo	137
45	Ruby	135
46	Jacqueline	126
47	Sharon	122
48	Ann	121
49	Marjorie	118
50	Darlene	113

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,588
2	Robert	1,533
3	John	1,141
4	Donald	1,116
5	Charles	1,016
6	William	980
7	Richard	730
8	David	569
9	Jerry	547
10	Ronald	491
11	Kenneth	473
12	Larry	412
13	George	402
14	Billy	379
15	Thomas	365
16	Harold	329
17	Paul	312
18	Edward	301
19	Joseph	272
20	Carl	265
21	Bobby	259
22	Jack	241
23	Gerald	228
24	Raymond	224
25	Gary	222
26	Joe	195
27	Frank	190
28	Ralph	186
29	Don	178
30	Marvin	173
30	Roy	173
32	Wayne	169
33	Bill	161
34	Bob	157
35	Eugene	150
35	Melvin	150
37	Walter	144
38	Jimmy	140
39	Dale	137
39	Norman	137
41	Harry	136
42	Jackie	131
43	Jimmie	127
44	Arthur	126
44	Earl	126
44	Lawrence	126
47	Henry	124
47	Michael	124
49	Albert	122
50	Fred	120