Missouri · 1927

Top 100 names in Missouri, 1927, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,312
#2	Betty	1,708
#3	Dorothy	1,042
#4	Helen	778
#5	Virginia	620
#6	Ruth	541
#7	Doris	483
#8	Margaret	481
#9	Norma	418
#10	Shirley	417
#11	Mildred	404
#12	Anna	364
#13	Frances	356
#14	Patricia	307
#15	Ruby	306
#16	Wilma	305
#17	Martha	294
#18	Evelyn	284
#19	Lois	269
#20	Barbara	268
#21	Wanda	268
#22	Marjorie	256
#23	Alice	253
#24	Jean	236
#25	Rose	221
#26	Juanita	217
#27	Marie	216
#28	Elizabeth	213
#29	Dolores	202
#30	Thelma	200
#31	Edna	198
#32	Geraldine	178
#33	Gloria	172
#34	Louise	172
#35	Bonnie	169
#36	Pauline	166
#37	Gladys	164
#38	June	163
#39	Hazel	154
#40	Rosemary	153
#41	Peggy	149
#42	Maxine	147
#43	Edith	145
#44	Lucille	144
#45	Catherine	133
#46	Irene	130
#47	Lillian	129
#48	Emma	129
#49	Audrey	128
#50	Jane	127
#51	Joan	126
#52	Lorraine	125
#53	Florence	125
#54	Marilyn	123
#55	Velma	121
#56	Joyce	121
#57	Laverne	116
#58	Ethel	115
#59	Clara	114
#60	Georgia	110
#61	Vera	110
#62	Alma	109
#63	Billie	109
#64	Kathryn	108
#65	Vivian	107
#66	Nancy	103
#67	Josephine	103
#68	Bernice	102
#69	Grace	102
#70	Beverly	101
#71	Jacqueline	100
#72	Marian	97
#73	Eva	97
#74	Donna	96
#75	Laura	96
#76	Loretta	95
#77	Margie	93
#78	Opal	92
#79	Violet	91
#80	Sarah	91
#81	Ann	90
#82	Geneva	90
#83	Elsie	88
#84	Roberta	88
#85	Jeanne	86
#86	Marion	85
#87	Jessie	84
#88	Charlotte	84
#89	Kathleen	84
#90	Ida	84
#91	Katherine	83
#92	Eileen	82
#93	Imogene	82
#94	Esther	82
#95	Phyllis	81
#96	Delores	81
#97	Eleanor	81
#98	Bessie	80
#99	Bertha	78
#100	Rita	78

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
Dixie	40	13	3
Leta	24	8	2
Freida	21	7	2
Leota	22	7	2
Laverne	116	38	11
Nadine	63	21	7
Willa	45	15	5
Lora	27	9	3
Neva	32	11	4
Wilma	305	101	35
Berniece	20	7	2
Fern	56	19	7

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.