Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Missouri, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,854
2	Barbara	1,298
3	Patricia	954
4	Carol	914
5	Linda	838
6	Sharon	789
7	Judith	766
8	Carolyn	715
9	Shirley	682
10	Sandra	648
11	Betty	647
12	Judy	599
13	Joyce	580
14	Donna	508
15	Nancy	507
16	Janet	444
17	Karen	433
18	Dorothy	365
19	Margaret	353
19	Marilyn	353
21	Ruth	326
22	Beverly	307
23	Joan	302
24	Janice	297
24	Virginia	297
26	Martha	280
27	Wanda	276
28	Helen	262
29	Susan	260
30	Phyllis	250
31	Bonnie	245
32	Kathleen	224
33	Norma	221
34	Carole	218
34	Patsy	218
36	Peggy	214
37	Frances	208
38	Brenda	191
39	Elizabeth	187
40	Doris	184
41	Lois	179
42	Gloria	177
43	Jo	169
44	Glenda	168
45	Alice	158
46	Jean	152
47	Connie	151
48	Jane	147
49	Anna	145
50	Wilma	140

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,040
2	Robert	1,769
3	John	1,595
4	William	1,283
5	Charles	1,150
6	Larry	1,085
7	Richard	969
8	David	891
9	Donald	821
10	Ronald	793
11	Jerry	792
12	Gary	722
13	Thomas	635
14	Kenneth	610
15	Michael	482
16	George	478
17	Paul	405
18	Joseph	400
19	Edward	383
20	Gerald	318
21	Dennis	317
22	Harold	306
23	Raymond	298
24	Billy	282
25	Carl	268
26	Roger	235
27	Lawrence	219
28	Frank	218
29	Jack	207
30	Roy	201
31	Joe	190
32	Ralph	189
33	Walter	187
34	Ronnie	180
34	Stephen	180
36	Douglas	178
37	Bobby	175
38	Terry	173
39	Arthur	172
40	Bill	170
41	Wayne	167
42	Jimmy	164
43	Daniel	157
44	Eugene	154
45	Melvin	152
46	Jim	149
47	Fred	148
47	Marvin	148
49	Howard	145
50	Jimmie	136