Missouri · 1939

Top 100 names in Missouri, 1939, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,618
#2	Barbara	1,074
#3	Shirley	840
#4	Betty	774
#5	Patricia	748
#6	Carol	640
#7	Judith	520
#8	Nancy	459
#9	Joyce	451
#10	Dorothy	405
#11	Carolyn	398
#12	Sandra	340
#13	Marilyn	336
#14	Donna	329
#15	Margaret	325
#16	Helen	324
#17	Ruth	321
#18	Janet	319
#19	Virginia	304
#20	Judy	301
#21	Joan	300
#22	Beverly	300
#23	Norma	283
#24	Linda	277
#25	Doris	271
#26	Sharon	247
#27	Martha	247
#28	Wanda	228
#29	Frances	226
#30	Bonnie	212
#31	Phyllis	208
#32	Peggy	205
#33	Janice	198
#34	Alice	189
#35	Patsy	184
#36	Lois	179
#37	Wilma	166
#38	Anna	162
#39	Evelyn	161
#40	Elizabeth	152
#41	Joann	152
#42	Jean	137
#43	Karen	136
#44	Rose	130
#45	Jane	128
#46	Loretta	127
#47	Carole	125
#48	Delores	123
#49	Geraldine	121
#50	Kathleen	119
#51	Jo	113
#52	Gloria	110
#53	Ruby	109
#54	Marjorie	108
#55	Susan	104
#56	Glenda	103
#57	Marie	103
#58	Jacqueline	102
#59	Charlotte	100
#60	Juanita	95
#61	Ann	95
#62	Roberta	93
#63	Mildred	92
#64	Sue	89
#65	Thelma	88
#66	Jeanette	88
#67	Dolores	85
#68	Sally	83
#69	Kay	82
#70	Darlene	80
#71	Edna	80
#72	Brenda	78
#73	Hazel	77
#74	Georgia	77
#75	Kathryn	76
#76	Clara	76
#77	Pat	76
#78	Rosemary	75
#79	Connie	74
#80	Sylvia	74
#81	June	73
#82	Sarah	73
#83	Deanna	73
#84	Charlene	69
#85	Laura	68
#86	Catherine	67
#87	Diane	65
#88	Emma	63
#89	Ellen	63
#90	Eleanor	62
#91	Ethel	62
#92	Rita	62
#93	Louise	61
#94	Anita	60
#95	Gladys	60
#96	Patty	60
#97	Marlene	60
#98	Gail	59
#99	Dixie	59
#100	Yvonne	58

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
Lora	20	7	3
Melba	53	20	7
Marcella	43	16	6
Freda	36	13	5
Opal	37	14	5
Laverne	39	15	6
Wilma	166	62	25
Imogene	24	9	4
Patty	60	22	10
Erma	45	17	7
Willa	21	8	3
Bonnie	212	79	35

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.