Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Missouri, 1941

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,743
2	Barbara	1,157
3	Patricia	920
4	Judith	765
5	Carol	764
6	Shirley	680
7	Linda	679
8	Betty	675
9	Carolyn	608
10	Joyce	552
11	Nancy	535
12	Sharon	534
13	Judy	531
14	Sandra	496
15	Donna	466
16	Dorothy	395
17	Margaret	365
18	Janet	345
19	Virginia	326
20	Janice	316
21	Ruth	303
22	Marilyn	299
23	Karen	296
24	Beverly	294
25	Wanda	282
26	Bonnie	274
27	Joan	273
28	Helen	263
29	Martha	243
30	Doris	236
31	Susan	223
32	Peggy	221
33	Phyllis	220
34	Patsy	211
35	Alice	204
35	Norma	204
37	Frances	189
38	Gloria	187
39	Lois	178
40	Elizabeth	160
41	Kathleen	159
42	Anna	155
43	Rose	154
44	Evelyn	153
45	Brenda	150
46	Jean	149
47	Jo	148
48	Joann	146
49	Wilma	144
50	Glenda	142

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,859
2	Robert	1,598
3	John	1,424
4	William	1,187
5	Charles	1,091
6	Larry	1,057
7	Richard	937
8	Donald	866
9	Jerry	834
10	Ronald	779
11	David	756
12	Gary	584
13	Thomas	529
14	Kenneth	515
15	George	419
16	Paul	366
17	Joseph	361
18	Michael	340
19	Edward	310
20	Harold	306
21	Gerald	300
22	Raymond	281
23	Carl	258
24	Billy	255
25	Jack	231
26	Bobby	223
27	Lawrence	199
28	Dennis	197
29	Frank	188
30	Roger	185
31	Joe	183
31	Roy	183
33	Bill	181
34	Jimmy	166
34	Ralph	166
36	Wayne	164
37	Fred	160
38	Walter	155
39	Don	151
40	Howard	150
40	Ronnie	150
42	Marvin	149
43	Dale	144
44	Eugene	142
45	Albert	139
46	Arthur	137
47	Stephen	136
48	Norman	133
49	Daniel	132
50	Harry	131