Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Missouri, 1946

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,947
2	Linda	1,485
3	Patricia	1,195
4	Sharon	1,176
5	Barbara	1,121
6	Carol	881
7	Sandra	820
8	Carolyn	716
9	Donna	704
10	Judith	690
11	Judy	682
12	Nancy	681
13	Susan	637
14	Shirley	607
15	Karen	594
16	Betty	552
17	Janet	545
18	Joyce	530
19	Janice	438
20	Kathleen	412
21	Margaret	395
22	Marilyn	363
23	Cheryl	340
24	Beverly	327
25	Brenda	326
26	Dorothy	315
27	Connie	314
28	Ruth	289
29	Virginia	260
30	Martha	253
31	Phyllis	249
32	Pamela	240
33	Jane	233
34	Diane	227
35	Bonnie	225
36	Wanda	218
37	Diana	213
38	Elizabeth	206
39	Peggy	205
40	Helen	204
41	Gloria	203
42	Joan	194
43	Glenda	191
44	Jean	184
45	Ann	183
46	Jo	180
47	Alice	179
48	Doris	163
48	Sue	163
50	Frances	156

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,279
2	Robert	1,986
3	John	1,896
4	Richard	1,363
4	William	1,363
6	Larry	1,218
7	Michael	1,202
8	David	1,181
9	Gary	1,162
10	Charles	999
11	Ronald	977
12	Donald	887
13	Thomas	839
14	Jerry	686
15	Kenneth	684
16	Dennis	579
17	Joseph	446
18	Paul	436
19	George	405
20	Terry	401
21	Edward	376
22	Stephen	314
23	Daniel	293
24	Roger	284
25	Harold	279
26	Danny	269
27	Gerald	256
28	Raymond	252
29	Ronnie	236
30	Billy	234
31	Steven	230
32	Carl	228
33	Lawrence	221
34	Roy	219
35	Jack	212
36	Frank	206
37	Wayne	203
38	Walter	198
39	Bill	193
40	Joe	188
41	Jim	177
42	Dale	176
43	Jimmy	164
43	Mike	164
45	Ralph	161
46	Harry	157
47	Arthur	154
48	Fred	152
49	Bobby	150
50	Bruce	145