Missouri · 1931

Top 100 names in Missouri, 1931, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,885
#2	Betty	1,572
#3	Dorothy	820
#4	Shirley	652
#5	Helen	544
#6	Barbara	535
#7	Virginia	500
#8	Norma	490
#9	Patricia	460
#10	Doris	446
#11	Margaret	415
#12	Joan	379
#13	Ruth	330
#14	Bonnie	278
#15	Wanda	273
#16	Anna	271
#17	Lois	264
#18	Dolores	256
#19	Mildred	250
#20	Jean	248
#21	Wilma	245
#22	Joyce	236
#23	Marilyn	234
#24	Evelyn	233
#25	Frances	228
#26	Alice	220
#27	Martha	220
#28	Peggy	217
#29	Nancy	203
#30	Ruby	192
#31	Gloria	189
#32	Marjorie	189
#33	Rose	185
#34	Donna	180
#35	Juanita	173
#36	Beverly	171
#37	Elizabeth	171
#38	Marie	166
#39	Delores	155
#40	Phyllis	144
#41	Patsy	143
#42	Edna	139
#43	Thelma	137
#44	Geraldine	134
#45	Carol	133
#46	June	127
#47	Louise	121
#48	Clara	119
#49	Rosemary	118
#50	Joann	108
#51	Billie	103
#52	Jane	103
#53	Ann	103
#54	Jo	102
#55	Maxine	102
#56	Hazel	101
#57	Pauline	100
#58	Velma	98
#59	Lillian	98
#60	Jacqueline	97
#61	Georgia	96
#62	Gladys	96
#63	Carolyn	95
#64	Catherine	93
#65	Audrey	92
#66	Florence	90
#67	Rita	89
#68	Lucille	89
#69	Charlotte	88
#70	Ethel	87
#71	Emma	86
#72	Loretta	86
#73	Janet	85
#74	Bernice	84
#75	Roberta	84
#76	Irene	81
#77	Vera	79
#78	Lorraine	78
#79	Grace	77
#80	Laverne	77
#81	Vivian	76
#82	Marlene	75
#83	Edith	75
#84	Nellie	74
#85	Esther	74
#86	Marian	72
#87	Kathleen	71
#88	Erma	70
#89	Ellen	69
#90	Viola	68
#91	Ida	67
#92	Josephine	66
#93	Eva	66
#94	Melba	66
#95	Sarah	66
#96	Bertha	65
#97	Naomi	65
#98	Elsie	65
#99	Kathryn	64
#100	Alma	64

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
Rowena	23	9	1
Glenda	30	11	2
Leota	21	8	2
Pansy	21	8	2
Dixie	54	20	6
Melba	66	24	7
Bonnie	278	103	33
Jewell	34	13	4
Laverne	77	29	10
Goldie	31	11	4
Nadine	46	17	6
Neva	26	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.