Missouri · 1923

Top 100 names in Missouri, 1923, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,117
#2	Dorothy	1,366
#3	Helen	1,013
#4	Betty	1,009
#5	Virginia	761
#6	Ruth	671
#7	Margaret	605
#8	Mildred	580
#9	Doris	432
#10	Marjorie	422
#11	Frances	414
#12	Anna	407
#13	Evelyn	320
#14	Marie	313
#15	Ruby	307
#16	Martha	292
#17	Wilma	286
#18	Elizabeth	269
#19	Alice	268
#20	Norma	262
#21	Hazel	256
#22	Juanita	245
#23	Thelma	244
#24	Lois	231
#25	Maxine	225
#26	Edna	225
#27	Lillian	213
#28	Pauline	213
#29	Bernice	211
#30	Lucille	203
#31	Jean	194
#32	Louise	192
#33	Irene	185
#34	Gladys	183
#35	Geraldine	182
#36	Edith	182
#37	Shirley	181
#38	Wanda	179
#39	Catherine	166
#40	Ethel	164
#41	Opal	154
#42	Florence	148
#43	Rose	148
#44	June	144
#45	Velma	143
#46	Lorraine	138
#47	Bonnie	136
#48	Grace	134
#49	Georgia	133
#50	Audrey	130
#51	Patricia	129
#52	Margie	129
#53	Barbara	128
#54	Alma	126
#55	Katherine	126
#56	Vivian	125
#57	Clara	124
#58	Josephine	122
#59	Eva	121
#60	Dolores	120
#61	Gloria	120
#62	Esther	120
#63	Vera	119
#64	Beulah	118
#65	Rosemary	117
#66	Emma	116
#67	Jane	116
#68	Violet	113
#69	Laverne	113
#70	Eleanor	111
#71	Nancy	108
#72	Laura	107
#73	Kathryn	106
#74	Kathleen	102
#75	Elsie	102
#76	Geneva	101
#77	Ida	101
#78	Marian	100
#79	Bessie	98
#80	Viola	97
#81	Myrtle	95
#82	Lorene	94
#83	Nellie	94
#84	Peggy	94
#85	Gertrude	94
#86	Leona	93
#87	Mabel	91
#88	Agnes	90
#89	Jessie	90
#90	Bertha	89
#91	Rita	88
#92	Beatrice	86
#93	Pearl	85
#94	Naomi	85
#95	Loretta	83
#96	Fern	83
#97	Sarah	82
#98	Marcella	81
#99	Ann	80
#100	Charlotte	79

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	76	24	5
Pansy	23	7	2
Leota	26	8	2
Laverne	113	36	11
Berniece	30	10	3
Letha	33	11	3
Dortha	22	7	2
Willa	36	12	4
Jaunita	22	7	2
Wilma	286	92	31
Lorene	94	30	10
Dixie	25	8	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.