Missouri · 1918

Top 100 names in Missouri, 1918, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#1	Mary	1,950
#2	Dorothy	1,293
#3	Helen	1,013
#4	Ruth	798
#5	Virginia	748
#6	Mildred	708
#7	Margaret	651
#8	Frances	436
#9	Marie	426
#10	Anna	369
#11	Ruby	355
#12	Edna	322
#13	Hazel	312
#14	Martha	292
#15	Elizabeth	290
#16	Evelyn	288
#17	Gladys	286
#18	Marjorie	284
#19	Thelma	283
#20	Lucille	281
#21	Alice	275
#22	Wilma	258
#23	Betty	250
#24	Pauline	245
#25	Doris	237
#26	Lillian	237
#27	Irene	236
#28	Florence	229
#29	Edith	216
#30	Bernice	213
#31	Juanita	209
#32	Louise	208
#33	Opal	207
#34	Lois	200
#35	Josephine	192
#36	Ethel	190
#37	Catherine	185
#38	Maxine	184
#39	Esther	181
#40	Grace	174
#41	Clara	162
#42	Viola	161
#43	Alma	159
#44	Rose	152
#45	Georgia	150
#46	Mabel	150
#47	Jane	147
#48	Velma	146
#49	Nellie	141
#50	Geraldine	141
#51	Vera	140
#52	Leona	139
#53	Agnes	139
#54	Eva	138
#55	Beulah	137
#56	Vivian	136
#57	Jean	133
#58	Elsie	131
#59	Katherine	130
#60	Lorraine	129
#61	Bertha	127
#62	Jessie	123
#63	Gertrude	123
#64	Pearl	119
#65	Emma	118
#66	Laura	117
#67	Eleanor	116
#68	June	114
#69	Sarah	112
#70	Lorene	111
#71	Geneva	110
#72	Violet	109
#73	Ida	108
#74	Myrtle	106
#75	Bessie	106
#76	Marguerite	102
#77	Genevieve	100
#78	Kathryn	100
#79	Lena	100
#80	Audrey	97
#81	Ann	94
#82	Beatrice	91
#83	Ella	88
#84	Julia	88
#85	Fern	87
#86	Marian	87
#87	Loretta	84
#88	Alberta	84
#89	Sylvia	81
#90	Eunice	81
#91	Charlotte	80
#92	Melba	80
#93	Norma	78
#94	Roberta	77
#95	Jewell	76
#96	Naomi	76
#97	Nadine	76
#98	Verna	75
#99	Marion	74
#100	Ellen	74

Uniquely popular in Missouri

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Geburten	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Nadine	76	25	4
Dortha	22	7	2
Melba	80	26	7
Jewell	76	25	7
Leta	21	7	2
Lorene	111	36	11
Berniece	42	14	4
Dixie	30	10	3
Vesta	22	7	2
Willa	35	11	4
Neva	37	12	4
Zelma	37	12	4

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.