Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Missouri, 1943

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,851
2	Sharon	1,146
3	Barbara	1,100
4	Patricia	1,016
5	Linda	1,004
6	Carol	871
7	Judith	754
8	Sandra	741
9	Carolyn	733
10	Betty	671
11	Judy	637
12	Shirley	604
13	Joyce	565
14	Nancy	559
15	Donna	528
16	Karen	505
17	Janet	492
18	Margaret	360
19	Marilyn	347
20	Ruth	339
21	Janice	330
22	Beverly	329
23	Susan	320
24	Dorothy	314
25	Virginia	284
26	Joan	282
27	Bonnie	281
28	Helen	276
29	Martha	266
30	Kathleen	260
31	Wanda	253
32	Brenda	230
33	Phyllis	222
34	Elizabeth	217
35	Peggy	208
36	Norma	207
37	Frances	206
38	Doris	203
39	Connie	199
40	Patsy	195
41	Alice	187
42	Lois	174
43	Glenda	169
44	Diane	164
45	Gloria	161
46	Charlotte	159
47	Jean	155
48	Jane	149
49	Carole	147
50	Ann	142

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,120
2	Robert	1,828
3	John	1,626
4	William	1,443
5	Larry	1,167
6	Charles	1,111
7	Richard	1,074
8	David	1,005
9	Ronald	962
10	Donald	777
11	Gary	771
12	Jerry	755
13	Thomas	698
14	Michael	616
15	Kenneth	606
16	George	444
17	Paul	408
18	Edward	360
19	Dennis	359
20	Joseph	330
21	Harold	316
22	Carl	306
23	Raymond	303
24	Gerald	289
25	Billy	261
26	Roger	230
27	Ronnie	210
28	Lawrence	209
29	Roy	207
30	Ralph	205
31	Terry	199
32	Stephen	198
33	Joe	197
34	Jack	194
35	Jim	191
36	Bill	189
36	Daniel	189
38	Frank	183
39	Walter	175
40	Wayne	173
41	Jimmy	166
42	Bobby	163
43	Dale	153
44	Fred	149
45	Arthur	147
46	Jimmie	144
47	Don	143
48	Howard	142
49	Earl	141
49	Melvin	141