Missouri · 1914

Top 100 names in Missouri, 1914, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,126
#2	Dorothy	692
#3	Helen	691
#4	Ruth	452
#5	Mildred	452
#6	Margaret	432
#7	Virginia	356
#8	Marie	329
#9	Frances	283
#10	Edna	235
#11	Hazel	233
#12	Thelma	232
#13	Ruby	221
#14	Elizabeth	220
#15	Anna	217
#16	Evelyn	209
#17	Gladys	203
#18	Alice	184
#19	Lucille	184
#20	Florence	184
#21	Opal	180
#22	Martha	168
#23	Louise	162
#24	Grace	151
#25	Bernice	148
#26	Irene	148
#27	Edith	144
#28	Ethel	143
#29	Lillian	142
#30	Pauline	138
#31	Clara	136
#32	Wilma	131
#33	Marjorie	130
#34	Catherine	130
#35	Rose	127
#36	Mabel	125
#37	Esther	123
#38	Josephine	120
#39	Doris	116
#40	Juanita	115
#41	Lois	114
#42	Gertrude	112
#43	Bertha	109
#44	Katherine	109
#45	Elsie	107
#46	Viola	105
#47	Nellie	104
#48	Velma	102
#49	Eva	101
#50	Pearl	99
#51	Eleanor	98
#52	Vera	95
#53	Myrtle	94
#54	Leona	93
#55	Emma	93
#56	Jessie	92
#57	Ida	90
#58	Bessie	89
#59	Beulah	88
#60	Alma	85
#61	Kathryn	83
#62	Jane	81
#63	Ann	80
#64	Maxine	79
#65	Georgia	78
#66	Agnes	78
#67	Fern	77
#68	Stella	76
#69	Loretta	75
#70	Genevieve	73
#71	Sarah	72
#72	Betty	71
#73	Violet	70
#74	Blanche	69
#75	Vivian	68
#76	Laura	65
#77	Goldie	65
#78	Beatrice	64
#79	Marguerite	63
#80	Minnie	63
#81	Ella	61
#82	Jewell	59
#83	Jean	59
#84	Geneva	58
#85	Lena	58
#86	Julia	57
#87	Sylvia	57
#88	Alberta	53
#89	Lorene	53
#90	Norma	51
#91	Eula	49
#92	Marion	49
#93	Lola	47
#94	Roberta	47
#95	Kathleen	46
#96	Ellen	46
#97	Lela	45
#98	Naomi	44
#99	Marcella	43
#100	Erma	43

Uniquely popular in Missouri

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

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Nadine	35	18	3
Jewell	59	31	7
Neva	34	18	5
Pansy	20	10	3
Opal	180	94	25
Fern	77	40	11
Nola	20	10	3
Zelma	31	16	5
Goldie	65	34	10
Berniece	23	12	4
Lora	22	11	4
Leota	20	10	3

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.