Missouri · 1940

Top 100 names in Missouri, 1940, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#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	Nancy	447
#13	Judy	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
#29	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	Sue	134
#47	Charlotte	134
#48	Wilma	130
#49	Glenda	129
#50	Loretta	128
#51	Brenda	128
#52	Jane	126
#53	Carole	125
#54	Ruby	123
#55	Joann	121
#56	Ann	114
#57	Connie	114
#58	Kathleen	108
#59	Delores	106
#60	Marjorie	102
#61	Mildred	102
#62	Juanita	97
#63	Jacqueline	96
#64	Kay	95
#65	Darlene	95
#66	Geraldine	91
#67	Rosemary	87
#68	Sally	83
#69	Elaine	82
#70	Roberta	82
#71	Dixie	81
#72	Catherine	79
#73	Hazel	79
#74	Anita	78
#75	Marie	75
#76	Georgia	74
#77	Edith	73
#78	Ellen	73
#79	Laura	71
#80	Diane	70
#81	Kathryn	69
#82	Pat	69
#83	June	68
#84	Thelma	68
#85	Edna	68
#86	Eleanor	67
#87	Margie	67
#88	Rita	67
#89	Dolores	66
#90	Deanna	64
#91	Jeanette	63
#92	Sarah	62
#93	Patty	61
#94	Gail	61
#95	Katherine	60
#96	Billie	60
#97	Julia	60
#98	Louise	59
#99	Sylvia	58
#100	Clara	58

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
Reva	26	9	2
Virgie	22	8	3
Willa	27	10	3
Dixie	81	29	10
Wanda	267	95	41
Marcella	40	14	6
Saundra	27	10	4
Patty	61	22	10
Glenda	129	46	21
Etta	23	8	4
Jerry	28	10	5
Freda	26	9	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.