Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Missouri, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,707
2	Barbara	1,011
3	Patricia	798
4	Betty	753
5	Shirley	697
6	Carol	679
7	Judith	676
8	Joyce	512
9	Carolyn	477
10	Linda	471
11	Sandra	455
12	Judy	447
12	Nancy	447
14	Donna	405
15	Sharon	371
16	Janet	350
17	Margaret	348
18	Dorothy	347
19	Marilyn	345
20	Ruth	302
21	Helen	300
22	Beverly	296
23	Virginia	284
24	Joan	282
25	Bonnie	277
26	Wanda	267
27	Janice	259
28	Doris	248
28	Martha	248
30	Norma	237
31	Peggy	232
32	Phyllis	213
33	Frances	209
34	Patsy	201
35	Karen	198
36	Alice	184
37	Susan	176
38	Evelyn	171
39	Elizabeth	170
40	Lois	161
41	Anna	159
42	Jean	154
43	Gloria	152
44	Rose	142
45	Jo	136
46	Charlotte	134
46	Sue	134
48	Wilma	130
49	Glenda	129
50	Brenda	128

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,684
2	Robert	1,474
3	John	1,323
4	William	1,098
5	Charles	1,056
6	Larry	877
7	Donald	861
8	Richard	855
9	David	732
10	Ronald	685
11	Jerry	671
12	Gary	529
13	Kenneth	515
14	Thomas	475
15	George	448
16	Paul	368
17	Billy	315
18	Harold	293
19	Edward	288
19	Michael	288
21	Joseph	284
22	Gerald	278
23	Carl	266
24	Bobby	254
25	Raymond	231
26	Jack	204
27	Roy	202
28	Dennis	191
29	Frank	190
29	Lawrence	190
31	Roger	186
32	Joe	185
33	Wayne	171
34	Walter	162
35	Marvin	157
36	Bill	156
36	Fred	156
38	Norman	154
38	Ralph	154
40	Don	153
41	Dale	146
42	Henry	143
42	Howard	143
44	Arthur	137
45	Earl	133
46	Jim	130
47	Daniel	125
48	Harry	123
49	Bob	122
49	Jimmie	122