Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Missouri, 1939

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,618
2	Barbara	1,074
3	Shirley	840
4	Betty	774
5	Patricia	748
6	Carol	640
7	Judith	520
8	Nancy	459
9	Joyce	451
10	Dorothy	405
11	Carolyn	398
12	Sandra	340
13	Marilyn	336
14	Donna	329
15	Margaret	325
16	Helen	324
17	Ruth	321
18	Janet	319
19	Virginia	304
20	Judy	301
21	Beverly	300
21	Joan	300
23	Norma	283
24	Linda	277
25	Doris	271
26	Martha	247
26	Sharon	247
28	Wanda	228
29	Frances	226
30	Bonnie	212
31	Phyllis	208
32	Peggy	205
33	Janice	198
34	Alice	189
35	Patsy	184
36	Lois	179
37	Wilma	166
38	Anna	162
39	Evelyn	161
40	Elizabeth	152
40	Joann	152
42	Jean	137
43	Karen	136
44	Rose	130
45	Jane	128
46	Loretta	127
47	Carole	125
48	Delores	123
49	Geraldine	121
50	Kathleen	119

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,564
2	Robert	1,469
3	John	1,283
4	William	1,026
5	Charles	983
6	Donald	921
7	Richard	866
8	Larry	708
9	Jerry	655
10	David	634
11	Ronald	571
12	Kenneth	508
13	Thomas	447
14	George	400
15	Gary	364
16	Paul	362
17	Edward	319
18	Harold	306
19	Billy	298
20	Joseph	297
21	Gerald	268
22	Jack	243
23	Raymond	235
24	Carl	230
25	Michael	227
26	Bobby	221
27	Joe	204
28	Bill	195
28	Roger	195
30	Roy	190
31	Frank	185
32	Wayne	172
33	Lawrence	166
34	Ralph	165
35	Walter	162
36	Dennis	153
37	Don	149
38	Marvin	144
39	Earl	143
39	Jimmy	143
41	Fred	141
41	Melvin	141
43	Dale	139
43	Eugene	139
45	Arthur	138
45	Harry	138
45	Jim	138
48	Norman	137
49	Bob	128
50	Howard	125