Missouri ★ 1938

Top names in Missouri, 1938

Mary led for girls with 1,688 babies ; James for boys with 1,531. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,688
2	Barbara	1,023
3	Shirley	968
4	Betty	915
5	Patricia	670
6	Carol	620
7	Dorothy	436
8	Nancy	403
9	Joyce	394
10	Carolyn	360
11	Margaret	344
12	Donna	341
13	Beverly	320
13	Helen	320
15	Joan	312
16	Marilyn	311
17	Judith	308
18	Doris	305
18	Norma	305
20	Janet	292
21	Ruth	291
22	Sandra	290
23	Virginia	281
24	Wanda	254
25	Martha	242
26	Peggy	233
27	Bonnie	230
28	Linda	226
29	Phyllis	210
30	Janice	209
30	Sharon	209
32	Lois	208
33	Elizabeth	193
34	Frances	191
35	Evelyn	190
36	Patsy	187
37	Judy	186
38	Alice	184
39	Anna	180
40	Wilma	153
41	Joann	145
42	Gloria	142
43	Jean	141
44	Rose	140
45	Glenda	139
46	Ruby	130
47	Jane	129
48	Juanita	123
49	Ann	121
50	Loretta	120
50	Mildred	120
52	Delores	116
53	Karen	112
54	Geraldine	110
55	Jo	108
55	Sue	108
57	Marjorie	106
58	Carole	105
59	Charlotte	104
59	Jacqueline	104
59	Sally	104
62	Rosalie	102
63	Connie	99
64	Susan	98
65	Dolores	96
66	Darlene	91
67	Sylvia	90
68	Marie	89
69	Pat	88
70	Edna	87
70	Thelma	87
72	Kay	86
73	Kathleen	81
73	Marlene	81
75	Clara	80
76	Anita	76
76	Dixie	76
76	Rosemary	76
79	Margie	75
79	Roberta	75
81	Ethel	72
81	Kathryn	72
81	Laura	72
84	Georgia	71
85	Ellen	70
86	Rita	69
87	Catherine	67
88	Vivian	66
89	Joanne	65
89	June	65
91	Deanna	64
92	Jeanette	63
92	Marcia	63
94	Emma	61
94	Hazel	61
96	Louise	60
96	Yvonne	60
98	Eleanor	57
98	Velma	57
100	Charlene	56

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,531
2	Robert	1,498
3	John	1,198
4	William	1,013
5	Donald	991
6	Charles	971
7	Richard	759
8	Jerry	613
9	Ronald	591
10	Larry	561
11	David	549
12	Kenneth	507
13	Thomas	441
14	George	409
15	Billy	379
15	Paul	379
17	Gary	356
18	Harold	325
19	Jack	306
20	Edward	302
21	Carl	276
22	Bobby	268
22	Gerald	268
24	Joseph	251
25	Raymond	242
26	Joe	210
27	Bill	200
28	Frank	192
29	Don	191
30	Wayne	183
31	Roy	180
32	Ralph	179
33	Michael	178
34	Eugene	163
34	Fred	163
36	Lawrence	162
37	Howard	158
38	Walter	154
39	Jimmie	153
39	Marvin	153
41	Norman	149
42	Bob	146
42	Melvin	146
44	Jim	142
45	Dale	136
46	Arthur	135
46	Earl	135
48	Jimmy	134
49	Roger	133
50	Albert	130
51	Jackie	123
52	Leroy	121
53	Harry	120
54	Gene	115
55	Russell	112
56	Ray	109
57	Henry	108
58	Floyd	96
58	Lloyd	96
60	Clarence	95
61	Ronnie	93
61	Vernon	93
63	Francis	90
64	Terry	88
65	Louis	86
66	Clyde	84
67	Dennis	82
67	Eddie	82
67	Johnny	82
70	Herbert	81
71	Leonard	80
72	Daniel	79
72	Tommy	79
74	Allen	77
74	Glen	77
74	Stanley	77
77	Clifford	73
77	Tom	73
79	Phillip	72
80	Lester	69
81	Glenn	67
82	Bernard	65
82	Darrell	65
82	Theodore	65
85	Lee	64
86	Samuel	63
87	Elmer	61
87	Jesse	61
89	Cecil	60
89	Virgil	60
91	Ernest	59
92	Alfred	57
92	Philip	57
94	Claude	55
95	Curtis	54
96	Edwin	53
96	Leo	53
98	Alvin	52
98	Danny	52
98	Leon	52