Missouri · 1917

Top 100 names in Missouri, 1917, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,882
#2	Dorothy	1,062
#3	Helen	1,012
#4	Ruth	725
#5	Virginia	653
#6	Mildred	625
#7	Margaret	602
#8	Frances	442
#9	Marie	383
#10	Ruby	342
#11	Anna	339
#12	Edna	301
#13	Hazel	301
#14	Evelyn	295
#15	Elizabeth	294
#16	Thelma	293
#17	Martha	281
#18	Lucille	270
#19	Wilma	256
#20	Alice	240
#21	Pauline	238
#22	Gladys	237
#23	Irene	224
#24	Bernice	221
#25	Marjorie	219
#26	Edith	215
#27	Louise	211
#28	Opal	201
#29	Ethel	196
#30	Lillian	194
#31	Clara	193
#32	Grace	189
#33	Florence	189
#34	Lois	188
#35	Doris	183
#36	Juanita	180
#37	Catherine	166
#38	Josephine	161
#39	Esther	159
#40	Rose	156
#41	Betty	156
#42	Viola	149
#43	Georgia	147
#44	Nellie	146
#45	Maxine	143
#46	Gertrude	143
#47	Alma	142
#48	Bertha	141
#49	Jean	140
#50	Mabel	139
#51	Velma	136
#52	Myrtle	135
#53	Emma	132
#54	Elsie	131
#55	Vera	128
#56	Agnes	128
#57	Eva	127
#58	Eleanor	126
#59	Leona	121
#60	Bessie	119
#61	Vivian	119
#62	Jane	117
#63	Violet	114
#64	Geneva	112
#65	Pearl	108
#66	Julia	107
#67	Ida	105
#68	Katherine	105
#69	Kathryn	105
#70	Fern	103
#71	Ann	100
#72	Lena	100
#73	June	100
#74	Sarah	99
#75	Sylvia	98
#76	Geraldine	97
#77	Beulah	97
#78	Norma	95
#79	Audrey	94
#80	Marguerite	93
#81	Lorene	90
#82	Blanche	90
#83	Laura	89
#84	Genevieve	88
#85	Beatrice	88
#86	Minnie	88
#87	Jessie	86
#88	Ellen	83
#89	Eileen	81
#90	Loretta	79
#91	Ella	77
#92	Marian	76
#93	Charlotte	76
#94	Ada	74
#95	Marion	73
#96	Dolores	72
#97	Lola	71
#98	Eunice	71
#99	Goldie	70
#100	Roberta	70

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
Cleta	20	7	1
Leta	27	9	2
Nadine	53	19	4
Willa	35	12	3
Pansy	23	8	2
Jewell	68	24	7
Berniece	38	13	4
Lorene	90	32	10
Wilma	256	90	28
Fern	103	36	12
Opal	201	70	24
Imogene	42	15	5

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.