Missouri · 1920

Top 100 names in Missouri, 1920, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#1	Mary	2,022
#2	Dorothy	1,300
#3	Helen	1,054
#4	Ruth	791
#5	Virginia	763
#6	Mildred	695
#7	Margaret	622
#8	Frances	438
#9	Betty	424
#10	Marie	399
#11	Anna	369
#12	Thelma	333
#13	Ruby	323
#14	Marjorie	314
#15	Evelyn	302
#16	Doris	301
#17	Hazel	288
#18	Wilma	274
#19	Edna	266
#20	Lucille	263
#21	Martha	254
#22	Elizabeth	253
#23	Gladys	248
#24	Alice	246
#25	Juanita	234
#26	Louise	231
#27	Pauline	220
#28	Irene	215
#29	Edith	214
#30	Lillian	213
#31	Bernice	207
#32	Ethel	207
#33	Florence	205
#34	Geraldine	202
#35	Maxine	201
#36	Opal	199
#37	Norma	179
#38	Velma	169
#39	Clara	168
#40	Catherine	166
#41	Lois	165
#42	June	159
#43	Lorraine	150
#44	Jean	149
#45	Rose	147
#46	Kathryn	146
#47	Esther	145
#48	Katherine	144
#49	Vera	140
#50	Eleanor	139
#51	Jane	139
#52	Josephine	138
#53	Violet	136
#54	Grace	132
#55	Viola	130
#56	Georgia	129
#57	Emma	129
#58	Mabel	128
#59	Eva	128
#60	Alma	128
#61	Laura	128
#62	Dolores	127
#63	Vivian	126
#64	Nellie	123
#65	Elsie	122
#66	Audrey	117
#67	Myrtle	115
#68	Gertrude	115
#69	Agnes	115
#70	Leona	114
#71	Pearl	114
#72	Fern	113
#73	Beulah	113
#74	Bessie	105
#75	Geneva	105
#76	Shirley	105
#77	Marian	102
#78	Sarah	100
#79	Bertha	99
#80	Rosemary	98
#81	Barbara	95
#82	Lorene	93
#83	Marion	93
#84	Ida	92
#85	Ann	92
#86	Alberta	89
#87	Jessie	87
#88	Ellen	87
#89	Charlotte	85
#90	Genevieve	84
#91	Kathleen	83
#92	Marguerite	82
#93	Ella	82
#94	Beatrice	80
#95	Sylvia	80
#96	Julia	78
#97	Minnie	77
#98	Laverne	76
#99	Nancy	76
#100	Wanda	76

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
Leta	29	9	2
Nadine	69	23	5
Maurine	30	10	2
Reva	35	11	3
Dixie	32	10	3
Dortha	23	8	2
Willa	39	13	4
Fern	113	37	11
Letha	37	12	4
Wilma	274	89	31
Opal	199	65	23
Goldie	73	24	8

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.