Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Missouri, 1938

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,688
2	Barbara	1,023
3	Shirley	968
4	Betty	915
5	Patricia	670
6	Carol	620
7	Dorothy	436
8	Nancy	403
9	Joyce	394
10	Carolyn	360
11	Margaret	344
12	Donna	341
13	Beverly	320
13	Helen	320
15	Joan	312
16	Marilyn	311
17	Judith	308
18	Doris	305
18	Norma	305
20	Janet	292
21	Ruth	291
22	Sandra	290
23	Virginia	281
24	Wanda	254
25	Martha	242
26	Peggy	233
27	Bonnie	230
28	Linda	226
29	Phyllis	210
30	Janice	209
30	Sharon	209
32	Lois	208
33	Elizabeth	193
34	Frances	191
35	Evelyn	190
36	Patsy	187
37	Judy	186
38	Alice	184
39	Anna	180
40	Wilma	153
41	Joann	145
42	Gloria	142
43	Jean	141
44	Rose	140
45	Glenda	139
46	Ruby	130
47	Jane	129
48	Juanita	123
49	Ann	121
50	Loretta	120

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,531
2	Robert	1,498
3	John	1,198
4	William	1,013
5	Donald	991
6	Charles	971
7	Richard	759
8	Jerry	613
9	Ronald	591
10	Larry	561
11	David	549
12	Kenneth	507
13	Thomas	441
14	George	409
15	Billy	379
15	Paul	379
17	Gary	356
18	Harold	325
19	Jack	306
20	Edward	302
21	Carl	276
22	Bobby	268
22	Gerald	268
24	Joseph	251
25	Raymond	242
26	Joe	210
27	Bill	200
28	Frank	192
29	Don	191
30	Wayne	183
31	Roy	180
32	Ralph	179
33	Michael	178
34	Eugene	163
34	Fred	163
36	Lawrence	162
37	Howard	158
38	Walter	154
39	Jimmie	153
39	Marvin	153
41	Norman	149
42	Bob	146
42	Melvin	146
44	Jim	142
45	Dale	136
46	Arthur	135
46	Earl	135
48	Jimmy	134
49	Roger	133
50	Albert	130