Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Missouri, 1945

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,682
2	Linda	1,173
3	Barbara	929
4	Sharon	928
5	Carol	867
6	Patricia	859
7	Donna	602
8	Judith	601
9	Judy	600
10	Sandra	590
11	Carolyn	572
12	Nancy	520
13	Shirley	497
14	Betty	483
15	Joyce	468
16	Karen	461
17	Janet	460
18	Susan	395
19	Margaret	350
20	Marilyn	326
21	Janice	322
22	Dorothy	278
23	Ruth	276
24	Kathleen	266
25	Martha	256
26	Brenda	244
27	Virginia	236
28	Beverly	233
29	Gloria	226
30	Helen	221
31	Joan	209
32	Cheryl	208
33	Phyllis	206
34	Connie	200
35	Bonnie	195
35	Wanda	195
37	Jane	194
38	Elizabeth	189
39	Diane	170
40	Frances	166
40	Peggy	166
42	Alice	160
42	Jean	160
44	Doris	159
45	Glenda	154
46	Norma	150
46	Pamela	150
48	Diana	146
49	Jo	139
50	Sue	137

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,915
2	Robert	1,671
3	John	1,595
4	William	1,194
5	Richard	1,008
6	Larry	1,007
7	David	1,000
8	Charles	957
9	Gary	876
10	Michael	825
11	Ronald	736
12	Thomas	668
13	Donald	661
14	Kenneth	611
15	Jerry	567
16	Paul	388
17	George	385
18	Dennis	376
19	Joseph	359
20	Edward	290
21	Roger	250
22	Raymond	238
23	Harold	235
24	Terry	230
25	Gerald	227
26	Carl	223
27	Billy	218
28	Stephen	210
29	Lawrence	202
30	Frank	196
31	Jack	184
32	Roy	182
33	Daniel	181
34	Bill	173
35	Jimmy	167
36	Danny	163
37	Ronnie	158
38	Jim	153
39	Ralph	150
39	Walter	150
41	Bobby	146
42	Don	141
43	Wayne	136
44	Dale	135
45	Joe	132
46	Harry	129
47	Jimmie	122
48	Arthur	120
49	Mike	119
50	Eugene	117