Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Missouri, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,793
2	Barbara	1,099
3	Linda	1,023
4	Sharon	990
5	Patricia	888
6	Carol	828
7	Sandra	678
8	Judith	657
9	Carolyn	637
10	Shirley	588
11	Judy	587
12	Donna	586
13	Nancy	551
14	Betty	542
15	Joyce	523
16	Karen	496
17	Janet	420
18	Margaret	368
19	Susan	332
20	Marilyn	321
21	Dorothy	314
22	Beverly	292
23	Janice	283
24	Ruth	280
25	Virginia	268
26	Kathleen	256
27	Joan	253
28	Bonnie	241
29	Martha	237
30	Helen	221
31	Brenda	215
32	Wanda	210
33	Elizabeth	204
34	Gloria	201
35	Connie	200
36	Phyllis	199
37	Peggy	197
38	Frances	182
39	Doris	178
40	Cheryl	177
41	Glenda	174
42	Jane	165
43	Alice	156
44	Ann	155
44	Jo	155
46	Carole	146
47	Charlotte	137
47	Norma	137
49	Patsy	136
50	Pamela	135

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,978
2	Robert	1,659
3	John	1,563
4	William	1,233
5	Larry	1,059
6	Charles	1,050
7	Richard	1,011
8	David	987
9	Gary	835
10	Ronald	830
11	Donald	728
12	Michael	704
13	Thomas	682
14	Jerry	669
15	Kenneth	570
16	George	415
17	Paul	394
18	Edward	358
19	Dennis	333
20	Joseph	319
21	Harold	298
22	Roger	266
23	Raymond	258
24	Carl	240
25	Gerald	239
26	Billy	227
27	Terry	217
28	Lawrence	204
29	Frank	197
30	Daniel	195
31	Jack	190
31	Stephen	190
33	Ronnie	189
34	Joe	183
35	Roy	182
36	Ralph	181
37	Wayne	171
38	Jimmy	165
39	Bobby	162
40	Bill	161
41	Jim	159
42	Walter	144
43	Melvin	142
44	Don	138
45	Eugene	132
45	Howard	132
47	Arthur	130
47	Dale	130
47	Fred	130
50	Marvin	128