Missouri · 1926

Top 100 names in Missouri, 1926, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,098
#2	Betty	1,455
#3	Dorothy	1,207
#4	Helen	751
#5	Virginia	665
#6	Ruth	542
#7	Margaret	508
#8	Mildred	423
#9	Doris	415
#10	Norma	397
#11	Anna	355
#12	Shirley	355
#13	Wilma	329
#14	Frances	320
#15	Ruby	298
#16	Lois	292
#17	Evelyn	288
#18	Martha	279
#19	Marjorie	276
#20	Alice	270
#21	Juanita	254
#22	Jean	250
#23	Marie	249
#24	Patricia	245
#25	Wanda	238
#26	Elizabeth	237
#27	Thelma	235
#28	Rose	232
#29	Barbara	198
#30	Edna	197
#31	Gloria	185
#32	Dolores	185
#33	Bonnie	183
#34	Louise	182
#35	Geraldine	173
#36	Hazel	172
#37	Pauline	164
#38	Maxine	156
#39	June	156
#40	Gladys	150
#41	Lucille	149
#42	Irene	149
#43	Audrey	148
#44	Lillian	147
#45	Rosemary	143
#46	Ethel	143
#47	Catherine	141
#48	Velma	141
#49	Opal	138
#50	Georgia	134
#51	Bernice	131
#52	Clara	131
#53	Peggy	128
#54	Edith	127
#55	Florence	123
#56	Marian	122
#57	Jane	120
#58	Laverne	119
#59	Margie	119
#60	Lorraine	118
#61	Eleanor	116
#62	Geneva	115
#63	Marilyn	115
#64	Alma	114
#65	Emma	114
#66	Vivian	114
#67	Josephine	111
#68	Grace	107
#69	Vera	106
#70	Joan	105
#71	Kathryn	104
#72	Elsie	103
#73	Nancy	99
#74	Viola	96
#75	Nellie	96
#76	Bessie	95
#77	Eva	95
#78	Joyce	94
#79	Esther	93
#80	Marion	92
#81	Katherine	91
#82	Loretta	91
#83	Bertha	89
#84	Myrtle	88
#85	Beulah	88
#86	Phyllis	87
#87	Violet	85
#88	Melba	84
#89	Jessie	84
#90	Lorene	83
#91	Billie	83
#92	Beverly	83
#93	Laura	81
#94	Beatrice	81
#95	Ella	79
#96	Imogene	78
#97	Jacqueline	78
#98	Jeanne	78
#99	Erma	77
#100	Sarah	76

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
Leta	25	8	2
Willa	55	18	5
Leota	25	8	2
Nadine	74	24	7
Dixie	35	12	3
Melba	84	28	8
Laverne	119	39	11
Jaunita	23	8	2
Lorene	83	27	9
Wilma	329	109	34
Dorris	24	8	3
Dortha	21	7	2

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.