Missouri ★ 1940

Top names in Missouri, 1940

Mary led for girls with 1,707 babies ; James for boys with 1,684. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,707
2	Barbara	1,011
3	Patricia	798
4	Betty	753
5	Shirley	697
6	Carol	679
7	Judith	676
8	Joyce	512
9	Carolyn	477
10	Linda	471
11	Sandra	455
12	Judy	447
12	Nancy	447
14	Donna	405
15	Sharon	371
16	Janet	350
17	Margaret	348
18	Dorothy	347
19	Marilyn	345
20	Ruth	302
21	Helen	300
22	Beverly	296
23	Virginia	284
24	Joan	282
25	Bonnie	277
26	Wanda	267
27	Janice	259
28	Doris	248
28	Martha	248
30	Norma	237
31	Peggy	232
32	Phyllis	213
33	Frances	209
34	Patsy	201
35	Karen	198
36	Alice	184
37	Susan	176
38	Evelyn	171
39	Elizabeth	170
40	Lois	161
41	Anna	159
42	Jean	154
43	Gloria	152
44	Rose	142
45	Jo	136
46	Charlotte	134
46	Sue	134
48	Wilma	130
49	Glenda	129
50	Brenda	128
50	Loretta	128
52	Jane	126
53	Carole	125
54	Ruby	123
55	Joann	121
56	Ann	114
56	Connie	114
58	Kathleen	108
59	Delores	106
60	Marjorie	102
60	Mildred	102
62	Juanita	97
63	Jacqueline	96
64	Darlene	95
64	Kay	95
66	Geraldine	91
67	Rosemary	87
68	Sally	83
69	Elaine	82
69	Roberta	82
71	Dixie	81
72	Catherine	79
72	Hazel	79
74	Anita	78
75	Marie	75
76	Georgia	74
77	Edith	73
77	Ellen	73
79	Laura	71
80	Diane	70
81	Kathryn	69
81	Pat	69
83	Edna	68
83	June	68
83	Thelma	68
86	Eleanor	67
86	Margie	67
86	Rita	67
89	Dolores	66
90	Deanna	64
91	Jeanette	63
92	Sarah	62
93	Gail	61
93	Patty	61
95	Billie	60
95	Julia	60
95	Katherine	60
98	Louise	59
99	Clara	58
99	Sylvia	58

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,684
2	Robert	1,474
3	John	1,323
4	William	1,098
5	Charles	1,056
6	Larry	877
7	Donald	861
8	Richard	855
9	David	732
10	Ronald	685
11	Jerry	671
12	Gary	529
13	Kenneth	515
14	Thomas	475
15	George	448
16	Paul	368
17	Billy	315
18	Harold	293
19	Edward	288
19	Michael	288
21	Joseph	284
22	Gerald	278
23	Carl	266
24	Bobby	254
25	Raymond	231
26	Jack	204
27	Roy	202
28	Dennis	191
29	Frank	190
29	Lawrence	190
31	Roger	186
32	Joe	185
33	Wayne	171
34	Walter	162
35	Marvin	157
36	Bill	156
36	Fred	156
38	Norman	154
38	Ralph	154
40	Don	153
41	Dale	146
42	Henry	143
42	Howard	143
44	Arthur	137
45	Earl	133
46	Jim	130
47	Daniel	125
48	Harry	123
49	Bob	122
49	Jimmie	122
51	Albert	120
52	Jimmy	119
53	Eugene	117
54	Jackie	114
54	Ronnie	114
56	Melvin	113
56	Russell	113
58	Terry	109
59	Stephen	104
60	Clarence	103
61	Leroy	100
62	Phillip	99
63	Leonard	96
64	Wendell	92
65	Tommy	91
66	Gene	89
67	Clifford	87
68	Lloyd	85
68	Louis	85
70	Johnny	82
71	Francis	80
71	Ray	80
71	Tom	80
74	Ernest	79
74	Vernon	79
76	Floyd	78
76	Glen	78
78	Eddie	72
79	Darrell	70
79	Franklin	70
79	Herbert	70
82	Allen	69
83	Lee	67
84	Stanley	66
85	Alfred	65
85	Glenn	65
87	Clyde	64
87	Leo	64
89	Jesse	63
90	Anthony	62
91	Patrick	61
92	Bernard	59
93	Danny	58
93	Frederick	58
95	Alvin	57
96	Jerome	56
97	Elmer	55
97	Harvey	55
97	Lester	55
100	Cecil	54